T'Pau - Bridge Of Spies (1987) (2CD) (Remastered Expanded Edition 2015)

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T'Pau - Bridge Of Spies (1987) (2CD) (Remastered Expanded Edition 2015)

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T'Pau - Bridge Of Spies (1987) (2CD) (Remastered Expanded Edition 2015)

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Year : 1987 (Remastered Expanded Edition 2015)
Style : Pop Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 385 mb


Bio:

T'Pau /təˈpaʊ/ are a British pop group led by singer Carol Decker. They had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK in the late 1980s, most notably "China in Your Hand", "Heart and Soul" and "Valentine" and several hits in Europe, before disbanding in the early 1990s. Decker still performs under the name T'Pau at solo shows and 1980s nostalgia concerts, and in 2013 she reunited with original bandmember and co-songwriter Ronnie Rogers for a 25th anniversary UK tour.The band formed in 1986 in Shropshire, taking their name from a Vulcan elder of the same name in the sci-fi series Star Trek.Prior to deciding on this name, they were called Talking America on early demos sent to record and publishing companies.Their first hit was the 1987 release "Heart and Soul". Initially a flop in the UK, it first became a hit in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching No. 4 after being featured on a Pepe Jeans advertisement; it repeated the feat in the UK Singles Chart some months later. Their next single, "China in Your Hand", was their biggest UK hit, spending five weeks at number 1.It also reached the top spot in several other European countries, but made little impact in the United States. Their debut album, Bridge of Spies (simply called T'Pau in the USA), also reached number 1 and went quadruple platinum in the UK. The album produced a total of five hit singles including "Valentine", "Sex Talk" (a live recording of early flop single, "Intimate Strangers"), and "I Will Be with You".1988 saw the release of their second album Rage, which peaked at No. 4 in the UK and reached platinum status there, but failed to come close to the level of success of the band's debut album the year before. It produced the UK Top 20 single "Secret Garden", though chart returns were diminishing by this point, and two following singles earned very modest success. Third album The Promise followed in 1991: it peaked at No. 10 in the UK, earning a silver disc. It included one Top 20 hit, "Whenever You Need Me", but the band's commercial peak had now passed and they split up following its release. A compilation album, Heart and Soul – The Very Best of T'Pau, was released in 1993 and reached the UK Top 40.Another greatest hits release appeared in 1997, and Decker reformed the band with a new line-up in 1998, for the release of a new studio album, Red. The record was not a commercial success, but T'Pau have continued to perform live on a semi-regular basis. Two singles "With a Little Luck" and "Giving Up the Ghost" were released from the album. Decker still made guest appearances on TV shows throughout the 2000s, including Hit Me, Baby, One More Time, Just the Two of Us and The Weakest Link. In 2007, marking the 20th anniversary of T'Pau's first success, Ron Rogers and Carol Decker released a new single, "Just Dream", exclusively as an Internet download. In 2008, T'Pau were part of the Here and Now 80s nostalgia tour.To mark the 25th anniversary of the formation of the band, Decker and Rogers embarked on a 28-date UK tour during the spring of 2013.In February 2015, T'Pau released their fifth studio album, Pleasure & Pain, and embarked on a tour. The final eight shows on the Pleasure & Pain Tour had to be cancelled in early March after Decker suffered damage to her voice while suffering from bronchitis. Around the same time it emerged that she had also grown frustrated at a lack of airplay for her band's new material, as many radio stations were only interested in playing T'Pau's classic hits. In an interview she stated, "It's a little harder to get on the radio because all the '80s stations play the '80s stuff and they won't play your new stuff. They actually say they can't, and then the younger stations play the younger artists, the hip stations. That's the downside, and I miss hearing radio plays for the new stuff... it is a little frustrating that I can't get it out to the wider audience anymore."Despite this however the album did manage to edge into the charts at No.98, their first chart action for more than two decades.

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Bridge of Spies is the debut album by British pop group T'Pau, released in September 1987. For its US release, Virgin Records renamed Bridge of Spies to simply T'Pau.Lead by singer Carol Decker, T'PAU is one finest rock&pop acts emerged from UK in the Eighties. T'Pau's 1987 celebrated debut album "Bridge Of Spies" was reissued at the end of last year by Universal/Virgin as a 2CD+DVD Super Deluxe Edition featuring a remastered version of the original album, singles, B-sides, hard-to-find remixes, live tracks and previously unreleased demo sessions.T'Pau' had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK in the late '80s, most notably 'China in Your Hand', 'Heart and Soul' and 'Valentine', and several hits in Europe before disbanding in the early Nineties.From the outside looking in the T'Pau story seems to bear all the hallmarks of an overnight success story. The band formed in Shropshire in the UK in 1986 and were signed to a major label and recorded their debut album with legendary producer Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, Journey).Despite the power of a major label and an A-list producer twiddling the knobs initially things were a little slow as ‘Heart and Soul’ failed to chart in the UK. The fortunes of the band would change when the single was featured in an ad for Pepe jeans resulting in a huge hit in the USA.A UK re-release would provide the band with their first hit before ‘China in Your Hand’ would spend five weeks at the top of the British charts.From a personal point of view, in the mid '80s my taste in music was fixated on melodic hard rock and AOR so T’Pau (oddly named after a Star Trek character) seemed to have some pretty good tunes and just enough guitars and keyboards to catch my attention. The fact that the music videos for the singles seemed to be on MTV every five minutes may have helped.All of this brings us, finally, to the release of this new 'huge' expanded edition of "Bridge Of Spies" which was originally rumored to be happening back in 2012 but these things can take time. A band such as T’Pau and other 80’s acts that have recently received the deluxe style treatment is that the 1980’s were a maze of releases that kept any fan of the band on their toes.If you wanted to own all the various mixes, live tracks and other oddities you might well need to buy the 7” single, 12” single, Cd single, 7” Picture Disc, 12” Picture Disc and maybe even a cassette single, all almost impossible to find.In these modern times record companies / big box retailers have invented the Target, Best Buy, iTunes exclusive content… so maybe times haven’t changed that much.The new release of "Bridge Of Spies" is a remastered 3 disc set; the first disc features a remastered version of the album with an additional 8 bonus tracks. This is very much an '80s album, mainly due to the production choices of the day, the drums have that crisp sound of the period.The bonus tracks that round out the first disc include the single versions of their two signature hits, which is great for fans as ‘China In Your Hand’ was re-recorded for single release.Other B-sides from the period include an energetic live version of ‘Sex Talk’ which demonstrates that the band could put on a good show.Other hard to find B-sides are ‘On a Wing’ which benefits from spiky, rocking tremolo guitar parts courtesy of Dean Howard, while ‘Giving My Love Away’ is a neat catchy song that could have easily fitted into the album running time.Disc two has a mix of live material from Hammersmith ’88 and a Scottish show from 1987 plus an overdose of ‘Heart and Soul’. No less than 5 more versions of the huge stateside hit are presented here including the US Radio Edit, and an extended remix which boosts drum & vocal tracks and is a must for '80s music fans.The exhaustive selection of material on this disc is rounded out by two cover tunes as singer Carol Decker takes a break and guitarist Ronnie Rogers do lead vocal duties on ‘Walk Away Renee’, and the guitar driven, fun and frisky ‘I’m A Believer’.The disc concludes with four demo tracks including the first official release of ‘Maggie’ which is a very welcome addition to the set. The DVD include six official video clips and the long out-of-print VHS live show from Hammersmith Odeon 1988 finally makes it to silver disc.Universal and the band have done a great job of pulling this together. This Expanded Edition of "Bridge Of Spies" couldn't be more complete, including extremely hard to find material.It has been very nicely remastered and the temptation that is currently plaguing CD releases of maximizing loudness at the expense of fidelity and resolution has thankfully been avoided.There's plenty of headroom for the audio to breathe. It sounds superb, noticeably when keyboards tinkle and the drums sound fatter with better base.A highly recommended release for all '80s music fans.

Line-Up:

Carol Decker: All Vocals
Ronnie Rogers: Guitars
Taj Wyzgowski: Guitars
Michael Chetwood: Keyboards
Paul Jackson: Bass
Tim Burgess: Drums, Percussion

Production:

Produced by Roy Thomas Baker
Engineered and mixed by Jerry Napier

Tracklist:

CD1: Bridge Of Spies remastered + Bonus Tracks

01 - Heart And Soul
02 - I Will Be With You
03 - China In Your Hand
04 - Friends Like These
05 - Sex Talk
06 - Bridge Of Spies
07 - Monkey House
08 - Valentine
09 - Thank You For Goodbye
10 - You Give Up
11 - China In Your Hand - Reprise
12 - Heart And Soul (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
13 - China In Your Hand (Single Version) (Bonus Track)
14 - Sex Talk (Live Single Version) (Bonus Track)
15 - On The Wing (B-Side) (Bonus Track)
16 - No Sense Of Pride (B-Side) (Bonus Track)
17 - Giving My Love Away (B-Side) (Bonus Track)
18 - Still So In Love (B-Side) (Bonus Track)
19 - Thank You For Goodbye Rides Again (B-Side) (Bonus Track)

CD2: B-Sides, Remix, Live and Demos

01 - Heart And Soul (US Radio Edit)
02 - Heart And Soul (Remix)
03 - Taking Time Out (Live Scottish Centre 29-10-87)
04 - Bridge Of Spies (Live Scottish Centre 29-10-87)
05 - Monkey House (Live Scottish Centre 29-10-87)
06 - You Give Up (Live Scottish Centre 29-10-87)
07 - China In Your Hand (Live Hammersmith Odeon '88)
08 - Heart And Soul (Live Hammersmith Odeon '88)
09 - Sex Talk (Live Hammersmith Odeon '88)
10 - Walk Away Renee (B-Side)
11 - I'm A Believer (B-Side)
12 - Heart And Soul (Dance Mix - 4 Twelve Mix)
13 - Heart And Soul (Beats And Rap Mix)
14 - Heart And Soul (Dub Mix)
15 - Monkey House (Demo)
16 - You Give Up (Demo)
17 - Only One Dream [Friends Like These] (Demo)
18 - Maggie (Previously Unreleased Demo)


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