Original Remixes & Rarities is a compilation album of tracks by The Human League released by Virgin/EMI in 2005.
According to inner booklet nortes by Becky Ross the compilation "brings together for the first time the Human League's extraordinarily inventive mixes as found on various long-since-deleted B sides and holy grail rarities".
Many of the tracks featured effectively appeared on CD for the first time.
The compilation is now also available as a digital download on and on streaming sites.
Tracklisting[]
timings are not stated on physical release
1. Being Boiled (album version) (4:16)
2. The Sound of the Crowd (12" version) (6:31)
3. Hard Times (4:55)
4. Non-Stop (4:19)
5. Don't You Want Me (Special extended dance mix) (7:29)
6. Mirror Man (extended version) (4:22)
7. You Remind Me of Gold (3:38)
8. (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Improvisation) (6:10)
9. Total Panic (3:30)
10. The Lebanon (12" extended) (5:54)
11. Life on Your Own (extended) (5:48)
12. Together in Electric Dreams (extended) (6:23)
13. Human (extended version) (5:05)
14. Heart Like a Wheel (extended mix) (6:49)
Track notes[]
1. Being Boiled (album version) - this is the Travelogue version. Previously available on the Holiday '80 EP, Travelogue LP and CD (2003).
2. The Sound of the Crowd (12" version) - A side of the original 12" single. First time on CD/digital.
3. Hard Times - B side to the Love Action 7" single (1981). Previously available digitally on the Love Action CD single (1988) and The Best of the Human League (1997, 2004).
4. Non-Stop - B side to the Love Action 7" single (1981). First time on CD/digital.
5. Don't You Want Me (Special extended dance mix). Exclusive to this release.
6. Mirror Man (extended version) - A side of the original 12" single (1982). First time on CD/digital.
7. You Remind Me of Gold - B side to the Mirror Man 7" single (1982). First time on CD/digital.
8. (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Improvisation) (6:10) - first appeared on the (Keep Feeling) Fascination 12" single (1983). This is a slighly edited version which fades out as opposed to having the abrupt ending of the original.
9. Total Panic - B side to the (Keep Feeling) Fascination 7" single (1982). First time on CD/digital.
10. The Lebanon (12" extended) - originally released on the 12" issue of the single (1984). First UK CD/digital release, but also featured on the US CD re-issue of Hysteria which was released a few weeks prior to Original Remixes & Rarities.
11. Life on Your Own (extended) - originally released on the 12" issue of the single (1984). First UK CD/digital release, but also featured on the US CD re-issue of Hysteria which was released a few weeks prior to Original Remixes & Rarities.
12. Together in Electric Dreams (extended) - originally released on the 12" issue of the single released by Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder (1984). First CD/digital release.
13. Human (extended version) - A side of the original 12" single (1986). Also features on a US CD re-issue of the Crash album, released around the same time as this compilation.
14. Heart Like a Wheel (extended mix) - A side of the original 12" single and included on CD single releases (1990).
External links[]
- Original Remixes & Rarities - release on muscibrainz.com
