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RATIONAL YOUTH

DISCOGRAPHY FOR CANADA

Oct 1981 12" I Want To See the Light

    I Want To See the Light 4.23 [Howe] //
    Coboloid Race 5.18 [Vorn] /
    Light instrumental 4.23 [= 'I Want To See the Light' instrumental version] (YUL Records, 12YUL-2)
Jan/Feb 1982 7" Cite phosphore
    Cite phosphore 4.00 [Howe/Vorn/Babette Duran] / Le meilleur des mondes 3.14 [Howe/Vorn] (YUL-003)
March 1982 LP COLD WAR NIGHT LIFE
  1. Close to Nature 4.40 [Howe/Vorn]
  2. Beware the Fly 4.04 [Howe/Vorn]
  3. Saturdays in Silesia 4.20 [Howe/Vorn]
  4. Just a Sound in the Night 5.11 [Howe/Vorn]
  1. Le meilleur des mondes 3.14 [Howe/Vorn]
  2. Ring the Bells 5.12 [Howe/Vorn]
  3. City of Night 4.02 [Howe/Vorn/Babette Duran]
  4. Dancing on the Berlin Wall 4.34 [Howe/Vorn] (YUL Records, YULP-01)
    1997/1998 CD:
  1. Close to Nature 4.40
  2. Beware the Fly 4.04
  3. Saturdays in Silesia 4.20
  4. Just a Sound in the Night 5.05 [1997 re-edit]
  5. Le meilleur des mondes 3.14
  6. Ring the Bells 5.12
  7. City of Night 4.02
  8. Dancing on the Berlin Wall 4.34
  9. Power Zone 3.37
  10. I Want to See the Light 3.41 [1997 re-edit]
  11. Coboloid Race 5.18 (Canadian CD 23 Sep 1997: EMI Canada 7243-8-21187-2-5; Swedish CD Jan 1998: October OCT 043)
Excellent sound quality, three bonus tracks, lyrics to all songs, some pictures and generous thanks to fans who helped make this CD possible. The Swedish CD was sold at the Virtual X-Mas Party 13 Dec 1997 in Lund, Sweden (wrongly stating that it includes two additional extended bonus tracks.) (I wrote the liner notes for this Swedish CD by the way.) My only complaints about this CD are that it should have more bonus tracks: Cite phosphore, Saturdays in Silesia (single remix), Pile ou face, and the two extended versions. Tracy made some edits on some of the tracks, here are his comments from 24/7/97: "On 'Just a Sound in the Night' I chopped 8 bars out of the intro because it was always too long. And on 'I Want to See the Light' I did three cuts to the middle section and lead-in to the outro which basically just removed some repetitive junk. I think these cuts make the track tighter and should have been done in the first place."

March 1982 various artists cassette AFFECTION

Magazine/cassette 'Affection', March 1982 - Issue 1. Thanks to Janne Slätt and Tomas Gustavsson for info on this cassette.

Summer 1982 12" City of Night

    City of Night (Danse Mix) 7.10 [remixed by Pat Deseri] // Cite phosphore 4.00 / Power Zone 3.37 (12YUL-3)
Nov 1982 7"/12" Saturdays in Silesia
    Saturdays in Silesia (single remix) 4.04 / Pile ou face 2.36 (7": YUL Records, YUL-004)

    Saturdays in Silesia (extended version) 7.16 // Pile ou face 2.36 / Pile ou face [instrumental] 2.36 (12": 12YUL4)

Aug 1983 7"/12" In Your Eyes

    In Your Eyes 2.51 [Howe/Komoda] / The Man in Grey 3.22 [Howe] (7": Capitol Records, B-72927)

    In Your Eyes (Extended) 5.19 // Hot Streets [English remix version of Pile ou face] 3.02 [Howe/Komoda/Duran] (12": B-75044)

Aug 1983 mini-LP Rational Youth
    In Your Eyes 2.51 / Just a Sound in the Night 3.49 [1983 remix] / Latin Lovers 4.03 [Howe/Komoda] //
    Holiday in Bangkok 5.30 [Howe] / The Man in Grey 3.22 [Howe] (Capitol Records, MLP-15012)

limited Swedish CD-maxi box RATIONAL YOUTH

  1. In Your Eyes 2.53
  2. Just a Sound in the Night 3.47
  3. Latin Lovers 3.52
  4. Holiday in Bangkok 5.26
  5. The Man in Grey 3.22
  6. Holiday in Bangkok (live summer 1998 in Helsingborg) 5.09 [bonus track]
  1. Coboloid Race 5.17
  2. I Want To See the Light 3.41 [edited]
  3. Coboloid Race (remix) 6.12 [remixed by Bill Vorn] [bonus track]
  1. City of Night (Danse Mix) 7.09 [remixed by Pat Deseri]
  2. Power Zone 3.37
  3. Cite phosphore 4.00
  1. Saturdays in Silesia (extended version) 7.13
  2. Pile ou face 2.36
  3. Saturdays in Silesia (single remix) 4.04 [bonus track]
  1. In Your Eyes (Extended) 5.22
  2. Hot Streets 3.02 [English remix version of Pile ou face]
  3. I've Got a Sister in the Navy 3.49 [previously unreleased bonus track] (CD-box 10 July 2000: October Records OCT 049)
Limited to only 600 boxes.

1984 Dutch 12" Dancing on the Berlin Wall

    Dancing on the Berlin Wall [Dutch 1984 extended edit] 5.43 / Close to Nature 4.40 (Rams Horn, 3322)
Note: this extended version was done in Holland without Rational Youths' knowledge (or approval). It was simply edited from the existing version by Rutger 'Rutti' Kroese at Rams Horn.

Dutch CD TOTAL RATIONAL!

  1. Saturdays in Silesia 4.03
  2. Close to Nature 4.35
  3. Ring the Bells 5.10
  4. Power Zone 3.36
  5. Dancing on the Berlin Wall 4.33
  6. Beware of the Fly 4.03
  7. City of Night 3.48
  8. Just a Sound in the Night 4.49
  9. Pile ou face 5.37
  10. Le meilleur des mondes 2.54
  11. Cite phosphore 4.00
  12. Saturdays in Silesia (extended version) 7.14
  13. Dancing on the Berlin Wall [Dutch 1984 extended edit] 5.43
  14. City of Night (danse mix) 7.08 (Dutch CD 1994: Rams Horn, RHR 02-7137)
Although three bonus tracks and three extended versions are included, Rams Horn could have put much more effort into the booklet: apart from some credits, no info whatsoever is included, no discography, no photos, no nothing. I also don't understand why the track running order had to be changed from the original LP. The sound is less than acceptable: it has a generally dull sound and audible vinyl surface noise.

Jan/Feb 1985 7"/12" No More and No Less

    No More and No Less 4.05 / Holiday in Bangkok 5.14 (7": Capitol, B-5489)

    No More and No Less 4.05 // / Holiday in Bangkok (12": B-72963)

March 1985 LP HEREDITY
  1. Heredity 4.16 [Howe/McGee]
  2. No More and No Less 4.05 [Howe]
  3. Call Me 2.58 [Howe]
  4. In Your Eyes [LP version] 3.10 [Howe/Komoda]
  5. I've Got a Sister in the Navy 3.42 [Howe]
  1. Bang on 4.10 [John Jones]
  2. Freeze 4.58 [Howe/McGee]
  3. Burn the Night Away 3.20 [Howe]
  4. Holiday in Bangkok [LP version] 5.14 [Howe]
  5. Sorry 4.48 [Howe] (Capitol Records, ST-12399)
Spring 1985 7"/promo 12" Call Me
    Call Me 2.58 / Burn the Night Away 3.20 (7": Capitol, B-72971)

    Call Me (extended mix) 6.35 / Call Me 2.58 (promo 12": Capitol, SPRO 273)

Summer 1985 7"/promo 12" Bang on
    Bang on 4.10 / Sorry 4.48 (7": Capitol, B-72980)

    Bang on 6.55 // Call me 7.49 / Malade 4.17 [remix of 'Bang on' with French lyrics] (promo 12": SPRO 278)

Autumn? 1985 7" Malade
    Malade [remix of 'Bang on' with French lyrics] / Freeze (Instrumental) 4.58 (Capitol, B-72988)

18 Aug 1986 movie CRAZY MOON

Directed by Alan Eastman. Featured 14 songs by various artists. No soundtrack album was released.

Feb 1996 Canadian coll-CD ALL OUR SATURDAYS (1981-1986)

  1. Saturdays in Silesia 4.05 [previously unreleased 1985 remix by Dee Long]
  2. No More and No Less 4.05
  3. Heredity 4.16
  4. Close to Nature 4.15 [previously unreleased 1985 remix by Dee Long]
  5. I've Got a Sister in the Navy 6.55 [unreleased extended version]
  6. Holiday in Bangkok 5.14 [LP version]
  7. May Day 1984 3.29 [previously unreleased demo from 1984, remixed by Dee Long in 1985]
  8. In Your Eyes 3.10 [LP version]
  9. Call Me 2.58
  10. Beat the Bad Times Down 3.25 [from the film Crazy Moon]
  11. Speak to Me in Dreams 4.18 [from the film Crazy Moon]
  12. Freeze 4.58
  13. Latin Lovers 2.49 [fade-out; original version is 4.03]
  14. Hot Streets 2.53
  15. Pile ou face 2.36
  16. City of Night (Danse Mix) 7.10
  17. Saturdays in Silesia (Extended) 7.16 (EMI Music Canada, E2-72438-37358-2-2)
A great-sounding collection with a lot of care and love put into the booklet: The story of RY (albeit short), comments from Tracy himself on every track included, musician credits, basic discography, black and white photos of RY, live posters and a primitive lyrics sheet, and finally full colour pictures of every RY release! Not bad! The only thing missing would be lyrics.

13 Dec 1997 Swedish give-away various artists 3" CD single Virtual X-Mas 1997

Free with tickets for Virtual X-Mas in Lund, Sweden, where Rational Youth did an amazing performance with incredible new versions of the following songs: Le meilleur des mondes, Close to Nature, I Want to See the Light, City of Night, Ring the Bells, Just a Sound in the Night, Beware the Fly, Power Zone, Dancing on the Berlin Wall, Saturdays in Silesia, Coboloid Race.

21 July 1998 Canadian remix CDM 3 Remixes for the New Cold War

  1. Le meilleur des mondes 6.58 [remixed by CJ Bolland]
  2. Close to Nature 6.32 [remixed by DIN & INFOR/mental]
  3. Coboloid Race 6.12 [remixed by Bill Vorn] (Coboloid, COB001)
DIN & INFOR/mental are the new RY members Jean-Claude Cutz and Dave Rout.

7 June 1999 Swedish CDM Everything Is Vapour

  1. Everything Is Vapour 4.15 [single version]
  2. Money and Blood Part 2 (3.50)
  3. Everything Is Vapour (money and blood mix) 6.02 [remixed by DIN]
  4. Everything Is Vapour (in the moment mix) 6.14 [remixed by Will Skol of Transformantra] (October Records, OCT 053)
4 Oct 1999 Swedish CD TO THE GODDESS ELECTRICITY
  1. Ludwigshafen 4.34
  2. Pink Pills, Orange Pills 4.52
  3. Money and Blood 5.05
  4. Energie 3.36
  5. Back from Madrapour 4.14
  6. Talk to Me (I'm only human) 3.48
  7. In My Imagination 3.37
  8. To the Goddess Electricity 2.36
  9. Everything Is Vapour 3.40
  10. The Ghosts of Montreal 3.28
  11. Open Your Heart 3.11 (Swedish CD 4 Oct 1999: October Records, OCT 054; German CD 11 Oct 1999)
Oct 1999 Swedish various artists CD SHOT 99
2000 Scandiavian various artists magazine CD PROSPECTIVE MUSIC MAGAZINE VOLUME 3
March 2000 Swedish remix CDM Project-X: All Systems Dead E.P.
1 July 2001 Swedish promotional various artists CD MEMENTO MATERIA SAMPLER 2001
A re-recording of 'No More and No Less'. "Also available on the forthcoming album" [which never came out]. I guess "comp" stands for "compressed", meaning compressed in duration compared to the planned album version.

2001 US various artists CD SYNTHETIK WONDERLAND

26 Aug 2001 US various artists 'cover' 2-CD NEW WAVE UNDERCOVER
A cover version of a song originally performed by Psyche.

Sep/Oct 2002 German magazine various artists CD A REFLECTION OF SYNTHPOP - VOLUME 3

www.re-flexion.de

14 March 2011 Canadian CDM Dancing on the Berlin Wall - Wir Tanzen auf der Berliner Mauer

  1. Dancing on the Berlin Wall (Pure Extended Mix) 6.58
  2. Dancing on the Berlin Wall (JeeP Euro Remix) 4.00 [remix/additional recording by Jean-Pierre Isaac]
  3. Dancing on the Berlin Wall (Pure Edit) 3.43
  4. Wir Tanzen auf der Berliner Mauer (JeeP German Euro Remix) 4.00 [remix/additional recording by Jean-Pierre Isaac]
  5. Wir Tanzen auf der Berliner Mauer (Pure German Edit) 3.43
  6. Dancing on the Berlin Wall (1982 Original Mix) 4.35 (CD-maxi: Yul Records YUL12CDEP)
http://www.yulrecords.ca/artist_rational_youth.php

24 March 2011 digital remix single City of Night 2011 - House Remixes

http://www.deepsoundmusic.com/Rational-Youth--City-of-Night-2011_A599.html

12 May 2011 digital remix single Cité Phosphore 2011 - House Remixes

http://www.deepsoundmusic.com/Rational-Youth--Cite-Phosphore-2011_A607.html

22 Dec 2011 digital remix single City of Night / Cité Phosphore 2011 - Trance Remixes by Re:hab

http://www.deepsoundmusic.com/
http://www.beatport.com/#release/city-of-night-cite-phosphore-2011/844432

10 Jan 2012 Canadian remix CDM City of Night 2011

  1. City of Night – re:hab Vocal Remix 7.20
  2. City of Night – Max Julien Thunderdome Mix 7.31
  3. City of Night – Marco Zappala Remix 7.30
  4. Cite Phosphore – Max Julien Afterhours in Paris Mix 9.27
  5. Cite Phosphore – The Cito & E.P. Bergen Remix 7.58
  6. City of Night – DJ Michael Angello On the Town Remix 6.04
  7. City of Night – Original 1982 Pat Deserio Extended Mix 7.11
  8. City of Night – Max Julien Thunderdome Radio Edit 4.15
  9. Cite Phosphore – Max Julien Thunderdome Radio Edit 4.15 (CD-maxi: Yul Records YUL13CDEP)
http://www.yulrecords.ca/albums_rational_youth03.php

10 Jan 2012 Canadian CDM Coboloid Race / I Want To See the Light - 30th anniversary edition

  1. Coboloid Race 2011 5.14 (New Recording)
  2. I Want To See the Light 2011 3.56 (New Recording)
  3. Coboloid Race (1981 Alternate Mix, Previously Unreleased) 5.15
  4. I Want To See the Light (1981 Alternate Mix, Previously Unreleased) 4.26
  5. Coboloid Race (1997 Bill Vorn Remix) 7.25
  6. Merry Christmas Mary Ann (New Recording) 3.41 (CD-maxi: Yul Records YUL2CDEP)
http://www.yulrecords.ca/albums_rational_youth05.php

Copyright (c) 1996-08-14 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2012-01-10.

Thanks to Tracy Howe himself for help in general and to Dave Rout for info on 12" promotional singles.

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www.electrocity.it/Discografie/rational_youth.htm

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