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JAPAN

THE VIRGIN YEARS

10 Oct 1980 2x7" Gentlemen Take Polaroids

    1: Gentlemen Take Polaroids 3.28 / The Experience of Swimming 4.04
    2: The Width of a Room 3.12 / Burning Bridges 3.59 (Virgin VS 379)
24 Oct 1980 LP (+ CD) GENTLEMEN TAKE POLAROIDS
  1. Gentlemen Take Polaroids 7.05
  2. Swing 6.23
  3. Burning Bridges 5.22
  4. My New Career 3.52//
  5. Methods of Dance 6.53
  6. Ain't That Peculiar 4.37
  7. Nightporter 6.56
  8. Taking Islands in Africa 5.11 (UK CD: CDV 2180)

    Remastered CD bonus tracks:

  9. The Experience of Swimming 4.04
  10. The Width of a Room 3.12
  11. Taking Islands in Africa (Steve Nye 1981 Remix) 4.53 (remastered CD 15 Sep 2003: CDVX 2180)
Produced by John Punter.

late? 1980 various artists LP CASH-COWS

Different compared to the LP version. Produced by John Punter.

29 April 1981 7"/12" The Art of Parties

    The Art of Parties 3.55 [single mix] / Life without Buildings 6.33 (Virgin VS 409) [also as fold-out sleeve]

    The Art of Parties 6.41 [extended mix] / Life without Buildings 6.33 (Virgin VS 409-12)

6 Nov 1981 7"/12" Visions of China
    Visions of China 3.37 / Taking Islands in Africa 4.53 [Steve Nye 1981 Remix] (Virgin VS 436)

    Visions of China 3.37 / Swing 6.23 (Virgin VS 436-12)

An 'extended version' (4.37) of Visions of China was released on the German various artists 2-CD 'KULT KLASSIX VOLUME 3' in 1994 (Total Recall Records, TR 1027 CD). Japan expert Paul Rymer comments: "This [version] was supposed to have been released on a UK 12" along with a remixed version of "Swing" but it never happened. The track begins with drums before an instrumental section. Then the song carries on as usual until the final chorus, which is extended, then there is an extra instrumental bit before the end."

13 Nov 1981 LP (+ CD) TIN DRUM

  1. The Art of Parties 4.10
  2. Talking Drum 3.33
  3. Ghosts 4.33
  4. Canton 5.28//
  5. Still Life in Mobile Homes 5.32
  6. Visions of China 3.37
  7. Sons of Pioneers 7.07
  8. Cantonese Boy 3.44 (LP: Virgin V 2209; CD: CDV 2209)
    CD 2 in remastered CD set:
  1. The Art of Parties (extended version) 6.41
  2. Life without Buildings 6.33
  3. The Art of Parties (live) 5.18
  4. Ghosts (single version) 3.55 (remastered CD 15 Sep 2003: CDVX 2209)
Produced by Steve Nye.

12 March 1982 7"/12" Ghosts

    Ghosts 3.55 [single version] / The Art of Parties (live) 5.18 (Virgin VS 472)

    Ghosts 3.55 [single version] / The Art of Parties (live) 5.18 (Virgin VS 472-12)

UK double DVD THE BEST OF THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST
UK Region 2 encoding.

13 May 1982 7"/2x7"/12" Cantonese Boy

    Cantonese Boy 3.44 / Burning Bridges 3.59 [edit] (7": Virgin VS 502)

    1: Cantonese Boy 3.44 / Burning Bridges 3.59 [edit]
    2: Gentlemen Take Polaroids 3.28 [edit] / The Experience of Swimming 4.04 (2x7": Virgin VS 502)

    Cantonese Boy 3.44 / Burning Bridges 3.59 [edit] //
    Gentlemen Take Polaroids 3.28 [edit] / The Experience of Swimming 4.04 (12": Virgin VS 502-12)

12 Nov 1982 7"/12" Nightporter [Remix]

    Nightporter 5.01 [Steve Nye single remix]/Ain't That Peculiar 4.49 [1980 'Cash-Cow' version] (Virgin VS 554)

    Nightporter 3.35 [Steve Nye edited remix] (DJ 7": VDJ-554) [this edit was used for the video soundtrack]

    Nightporter 6.48 [Steve Nye extended remix]/Methods of Dance 6.53 (Virgin VS 554-12)

21 May 1983 7"/12" Canton (live)

    Canton (live) 4.05 [edit]/Visions of China (live) 3.45 (Virgin VS 581) [fold-out sleeve]

    Canton (live) 5.27/Visions of China (live) 3.45 (Virgin VS 581-12)

June 1983 live 2-LP/VHS (+ 2-CD 2003) OIL ON CANVAS
    2-LP:
  1. Oil on Canvas 1.23 [new studio recording]
  2. Sons of Pioneers 5.00
  3. Gentlemen Take Polaroids
  4. Swing [on reissue CD]
  5. Cantonese Boy 3.45
  6. Visions of China 3.34
  7. Ghosts 6.24
  8. Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer 3.29 [new studio recording]
  1. Nightporter 6.45 [studio re-recording]
  2. Still Life in Mobile Homes 5.37
  3. Methods of Dance 6.07
  4. Quiet Life 4.35
  5. The Art of Parties 5.28
  6. Canton 5.43
  7. Temple of Dawn 1.44 [new studio recording] (CD: CDV 2513; remastered 2-CD 15 Sep 2003: CDVDX 2513)
    VHS:
  1. Overture: Burning Bridges [studio playback]
  2. Sons of Pioneers
  3. Gentlemen Take Polaroids
  4. Swing
  5. Cantonese Boy
  6. Visions of China
  7. Canton
  8. Ghosts
  9. Methods of Dance
  10. Still Life in Mobile Homes
  11. The Art of Parties
  12. End credits: Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer [new studio recording]
Recorded live in Nov 1982. Released on DVD in its entirety on DVD "Japan - The very Best of" in 2006 (it also includes 7 video clips that Japan did from 1979 to 1982).

Dec 1984 coll 2-LP (+CD) EXORCISING GHOSTS

  1. Methods of Dance 6.53
  2. Swing 6.23 [not on CD]
  3. Gentlemen Take Polaroids 7.05
  4. Quiet Life 4.50/
  5. A Foreign Place 3.11 [not on CD]
  6. Nightporter 6.56
  7. My New Career 3.52
  8. The Other Side of Life 7.23//
  9. Visions of China 3.37
  10. Taking Islands in Africa 4.53 [1981 Remix] [not on CD]
  11. Ghosts 4.33
  12. Sons of Pioneers 7.07 [not on CD]/
  13. Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer (edit) [not on CD]
  14. Life Without Buildings 6.33
  15. Talking Drum 3.34 [different drum intro]
  16. The Art of Parties 6.41 [extended version] (CD: VGDCD 3510)
The Japanese double CD includes all tracks.

1988 3" CDS Ghosts

  1. Ghosts 3.55 [single edit]
  2. The Art of Parties (version, live) 5.18
  3. Visions of China 3.37 (Virgin, CDT 11)
1988 3" CDS Gentlemen Take Polaroids
  1. Gentlemen Take Polaroids 7.05
  2. Cantonese Boy 3.44
  3. Methods of Dance 6.53 (Virgin, CDT 32)
These two 3" CD singles were released to promote the reissue of Japan's Virgin albums on CD.

March 1991 'reunion' CDM/7"/12" Rain Tree Crow: Blackwater

  1. Blackwater 4.18
  2. Red Earth 3.34
  3. I Drink to Forget 1.45 (CDM: Virgin VSCDT 1340; 12": VST 1340)
  1. Blackwater 4.18
  2. Rain Tree Crow 2.03
  3. Red Earth 3.34
  4. I Drink to Forget 1.45 (ltd edition folio pic disc CDM: VSCDX 1340)
    Blackwater 4.18//Rain Tree Crow 2.03/I Drink to Forget 1.45 (7": VS 1340)
20 April 1991 'reunion' CD/LP RAIN TREE CROW: RAIN TREE CROW
  1. Big Wheels in Shanty Town 7.05
  2. Every Colour You Are 4.44
  3. Rain Tree Crow 2.03
  4. Red Earth (as summertime ends) 3.34
  5. Pocket Full of Change 6.05
  6. Boat's for Burning 0.45
  7. New Moon at Red Deer Wallow 5.10
  8. Blackwater 4.18
  9. A Reassuringly Dull Sunday 1.20
  10. Blackcrow Hits Shoe Shine City 5.09
  11. Scratching on the Bible Belt 2.41
  12. Cries and Whispers 2.29 (CD: Virgin, CDV 2659)

    REMASTERED CD BONUS TRACK:

  13. I Drink To Forget 1.45 (remastered CD 15 Sep 2003: CDVX 2659)
Recorded Sep 1989-April 1990 by Steve Jansen, Mick Karn, Richard Barbieri and David Sylvian.

27 March 2006 UK coll-CD JAPAN - THE VERY BEST OF [1980-83]

  1. Ghosts (single version) 3.55 [March 1982]
  2. I Second That Emotion 3.45 [single March 1980] [NOT the 1982 remix]
  3. Quiet Life 3.51 [fade-out] [B-side fade-out version, NOT the 1981 3.34 single edit]
  4. Gentlemen Take Polaroids 7.05 [LP version, Oct 1980]
  5. The Art of Parties (extended 12" mix) 6.41 [April 1981]
  6. Visions Of China 3.37 [Nov 1981]
  7. Taking Islands In Africa (Steve Nye 1981 remix) 4.53 [B-side Visions of China]
  8. European Son 3.37 [1980 B-side version, NOT 1982 remix]
  9. Cantonese Boy 3.44
  10. Life In Tokyo (special remix) 3.59 [single Sep 1982]
  11. Nightporter 6.56 [LP version, NOT the 1982 single remix]
  12. Methods of Dance 6.53
  13. All Tomorrow's Parties (1983 single remix) 3.32 [March 1983]
  14. Canton (live) 5.27 [full length 12" single version May 1983]
  15. Ghosts (album version) 4.33 (EMI 357633-2/CDV 3018)

Copyright (c) 1997-02-18 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2006-09-30.

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