12 x 12 Original Remixes [Import]

Talking Heads | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00000K43Z
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,544 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Lady Don't Mind(Extended Version)

2. Television Man(Extended Mix)

3. And She Was(Extended Mix)

4. Wild Wild Life(Long E.T. Mix)

5. Love For Sale(Extended Mix)

6. Hey Now(Milwaukee Mix)

7. Radio Head(Extended Mix)

8. Blind(Extended Mix)

9. Nothing But Flowers(Lillywhite Mix)

10. Ruby Dear(Bush Mix)

11. Blind(Deaf Dub & Blind Mix)

12. Love For Sale(Love Dub)

Editorial Reviews

A must for '80s/ new wave fans, this is a compilation of 12 original 12 inch remixes of hits by the group during their heyday. Many of the tracks are on CD for the first time! Includes 'And She Was' (Extended Mix), 'Wild Wild Life' (Long E.T. Mix), two ve

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good listen for Talking Heads fans, August 24, 1999

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Thomas Caris (Harrogate, N. Yorks United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 12 x 12 Original Remixes (Audio CD)

I became a late fan of Talking Heads starting with the Little Creatures album. I worked backwards and now I love the whole catalog. I was at first very skeptical with this release. However, after my first listening of this CD I was very happy I bought it. It contains all of the 12" mixes from their later singles (Little Creatures-True Stories-Naked). The remixes enhance all of the songs and makes them different from the originals. My favorite was As She Was. The only tedious moment was the second mix of Blind. One remix was enough. Bottom line: Talking Heads fans will probably like this 71 minute CD. It will make you look forward to the new Stop Making Sense.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Typical Disco Dance Remixes, April 28, 2006

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kireviewer (Sunnyvale, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 12 x 12 Original Remixes (Audio CD)

If you like the Talking Heads and you like disco remixes, you will love this CD.

In the later days of disco (after the classic period of the Donna Summer and the Bee Gees), it was common to take New Wave music and electronically remix and extend it. These were sold as EP's, which were basically singles on a 12 inch record and played in discos. Some of the extended mixes were very good. One of my favorites was Blonde's Rapture. Others were done poorly or were just annoying. That is what I think of most of the ones on this CD.

The best extended disco mixes included involvement from the band with new music being recorded and being edited in to the original. The worst consisted of outsiders taking the music and just looping sections of it. The Thomas Dolby 12 x 12 is very good.

Most of the tracks here are extended just by simply looping sections of it. This type of music is really a struggle to sit through. It is boring if you just sit and listen to it. If you have it in the background, the constant looping is just annoying. It is if you had an LP that got stuck.

Where there are new additions, they are just silly noises. There are whoop, whoops from Byrne. And nyeah, nyeah's from the band.

This music type of music is only of any value for dancing. So, if you turn you family room into a disco, with flashing lights and really loud stereo, you might enjoy it. However, I think there is much better dance music out there.

A much better dance CD and/or DVD from the Talking Heads is Stop Making Sense.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshes songs that were already greats, February 26, 2001

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Brian L. Beattty (Lawrence, Kansas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 12 x 12 Original Remixes (Audio CD)

I'm a big fan of the Talking Heads and must say that it is completely worth it. Not only is there a new spin on classicly great songs from their last wo albums, but occasionally it almost sounds like they teased out individual souns clips that are sometimes not theard in the original album recordings due to other louder or more intense sounds. Even David Byrne's voice sounds clearer sometimes. As a long time fan it's also nice to hear a kind of "new" album by my favorite band, especially with some longer versions of these songs. Wahoo!