Absolute Synth Classics (2 CD)
Sweden 2002
EVA ACCD 3004
Track: Visions Of China
Action Replay (1979) (LP)
Includes the alternate video
edit version of "Adolescent Sex" (3.08). This is a shorter version of
the "re-recorded" version, missing one verse.
K-Tel Holland TN-1411
Action Trax 2 (LP)
UK 1982
K-Tel International NE 1162
Track: European Son (Steve Nye 7” remix)
A KICK UP THE EIGHTIES: TALKING LOUD AND CLEAR – Volume 4 (CD)
UK 1990
OLD GOLD – OG3523
Track: Nightporter – 7”
remix [5.01] - thanks to Robin for confirming this - I originally
had this CD listed as including the 12" version
A Kick Up The Eighties: Shout To The Top - Volume 8 (CD)
UK 1992
Old Gold OG 3527
Track: Quiet Life (3.35)
All Lined Up - The Kult Of The Eighties (2 CD)
Netherlands 2003
Universal TV 039 477-2
Track: Quiet Life
Ambient - Imaginary Landscapes (2 CD)
UK 1993
Virgin AMBT2
Tracks: Rain Tree Crow - New Moon at Red Deer Wallow. Also features
David Sylvian (The Healing Place), Sylvian/Fripp (Bringing Down The Light),
Sylvian & Czukay (Premonition), Jansen/Barbieri (When Things Dream)
Ambient Journeys (CD)
UK 1997
Virgin CDOVD495
Track: Rain Tree Crow - Red Earth (As Summertime Ends)
Ambient Moods (CD)
UK 1996
Polygram TV 5259522
Track: Ghosts (LP version)
Ambient3: The Music of Changes (2 CD)
UK 1994
Virgin AMBT3
Tracks: Red Earth As summertime Ends (RTC). Also includes Darshana, Epiphany and Mutability by David Sylvian.
Atomic 80s (2 CD)
UK 2001
Universal 585162-2
Track: Quiet Life (LP version)
Audio 80's (CD)
Germany 1990
BMG 261 299
Track: I Second That Emotion
Back To The 80's - Pop & Wave (3 CD)
Netherlands 2000
Sony SMM 501266 2
Track: Adolesent Sex
The Best Of 80's Remixed (3 CD)
UK 2007
Apace Music BOFCD14
Track: I Second That Emotion (Steve Nye extended mix) 5.16
The Best Of Music - Electro 2.0
EEC (made in the Netherlands) 2005
Disky DC 903204
Track: Visions Of China
Best of New Romantic
UK 2006
Sony BMG/EMI 094637446522
Tracks: I Second That Emotion and After a Fashion by Mick Karn & Midge Ure.
The
Best Of 12" Synth Gold (1990) (CD)
Includes the 6.15 remix of Life In Tokyo that was first released on the cassette of "Assemblage".
UK 1990
Old
Gold OG-3802
THE BEST OF SYNTH GOLD – Volume 2 (CD)
This compilation
from the late, lamented Old Gold, is the only place I’ve ever
seen Nightporter – 12” remix [6.46].
UK1991
OLD GOLD – OG3806
Best of The Eighties (6 CD box set)
EU 2000
EMI Gold 7243 5 28435 2 7
Track: "Ghosts"
Best Of The 80s (3CD box set)
UK 2006
EMI/Sony 094636454122
Track: I Second That Emotion (7” version)
The Best Of Eighties (3CD box set)
UK 2006
Apace BOFCD01
Track: I Second That Emotion (7” version)
Brilliant Eighties
UK 1998
Virgin CDVIP199
Track: Ghosts (LP version)
Brilliant Eighties Two
UK 1998
Virgin CDVIP224
Track: Visions of China
Brilliant 80's Glittering Prize (CD)
Netherlands 2004
Disky 0724389912227
Track: Visions Of China
The Britpack: 80s UK innovators Of Pop (3 CD)
EU 2005
K West/Disky 8711539021160
Track: Ghosts
Cash
Cows (1981) (LP)
Various
artists compilation including the
"alternate" recording of "Ain't That Peculiar" that was later put on
the b-side of "Nightporter" in the UK and has never appeared on CD.
This may be of interest as the recording here is more likely to be free
of crackles than the 7" single.
- UK - Virgin
Records MILK-1
- Netherlands - Ariola Benelux 202.969
Catch
The 80's (CD + VCD)
Hong Kong CD + CD video
Includes the video
of "Gentlemen Take Polaroids"
on the CDV, plus audio tracks of Polaroids (5.14 edit), Bamboo Music
and
Sakamoto's Fieldwork. Japan and Sakamoto both appear on the
sleeve.
Chartbeat (LP)
UK 1982
K-Tel International NR 1180A
Track: I Second That Emotion (7” remix version)
Chart Wars (LP)
UK 1982 LP
Ronco RTL 2086
Track: "Life In Tokyo (Special Remix)"
Chilled Out (3 CD box set)
UK 2003
EMI Gold 724358193725
Track: Ghosts (LP version)
CHOICE: Danny Howells (2 different versions)
UK 2007
Azuli Image 1. AZCD42UM (2 CD only, unmixed), Image 2. AZCD42 (CD + DVD, tracks mixed)
Tracks: Ghosts (3.56) - on the mix CD this is an edited version mixed
with other tracks and with added sound FX. It is the full song, so
counts as a remix. Really good. On the unmixed CD Ghosts is the album
version.
The Classic Eighties Mix (2 CD)
Australia 1998
Startel Entertainment STELCD0055
Features "Quiet Life".
Classic Rock (CD)
Netherlands 1993
MCA 31064 MCD
Track: Adolesent Sex
Club For Heroes (CD)
UK 1992
Telstar TCD 2566
Track: I Second That Emotion (7” version)
Completely New Romantic (CD)
UK 2001
EMI Gold 724353119324
Track: Ghosts (LP Version)
Computer Sound 3 (CD)
(artwork needed)
Russia 1995
(Catalogue number needed)
Track: Alien (5.02)
This may be an MP3 only compilation, as it seems only to appear on Russian MP3 sites.
Daily Star 80's Pop (CD)
UK, date ?
Express Newspapers/Daily Star DS004
Track: "Quiet Life" (3.37)
Dance The Alternative 2 (2 CD)
Dutch/German 2000
Universal 541.573-2
Track: The Art of Parties (7 inch single version)
The Dawn of Electronica Uncut (CD)
UK 2000
Demon Uncut CD001
Track: Life In Tokyo (Souvenir from Japan mix) (4.01)
The Decade One (LP)
Germany 1991
EMI Germany 186-7967091
Track: The Art of Parties (12” version)
Direct
Hits (UK 1982) (LP)
"Nightporter"
- a unique edited version that is shorter than the regular 7" but longer than the DJ 7".
Disco del Mese
(means: "Record of the month")
Italy 1995
Catalogue #: DdM-22
Roberto Spiga: "It is a NOT FOR SALE (in italian: "Edizione fuori commercio") just a
supplement to the italian newspaper "LA REPUBBLICA". # 22 in a series,
this is the only one that included a Japan's track."
Japan track included: Visions of China (time 3'38")
Disco Mania (LP)
Germany 1979 - also released in Austria, Switzerland and Holland.
K-Tel TG 1211
Track: "Adolescent Sex" - this is another edit of the
"re-recorded version", missing the second verse and with a second cut
in the final few "take it much higher" parts. The version on "Action
Replay" is much better, and the fact that Japan used that version for
TV performances and the video makes it more "official'. This
compilation reached No3 in the Swiss charts.
Double Art (LP)
Germany 1981
Ariola 204 012
Tracks: Life In Tokyo (3.30), Art of Parties (3.55)
Double Art Vol. 2
(cover image needed)
Germany 1982
Ariola 204 754
Track: Visions Of China (3.37)
Dressed In Black (2 CD)
EU 1999
PolygramTV 564 410-2
Track: Adolescent Sex (4.14)
Echoes of Darkness (CD)
Germany/Belgium 1997
PolygramTV 731455392128
Track: Adolescent Sex (Re-recorded Version) (4.14)
Echoes of Darkness Volume 2 (CD)
Germany/Belgium 1997
PolygramTV 555 560-2
Track: Suburban Love (7.28)
The Edge of the 80s
UK 2008
Sony BMG 8869729402
Track: Quiet Life (7” single version), Life In Tokyo (original 7” version) and Red Guitar
The
Eighties Mix (CD)
Global
Polygram TV RADCD85 - 1998
Megamix
of early 80's electronic/new wave
hits including a version of "Quiet Life" (3.54) segued between The
Communards
"Don't Leave Me This Way" and Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams".
The 80s Nightclubbing (CD)
USA 1999
K-Tel 022775430820
Track: Quiet Life
The 80s Tapes: pop & wave
Germany 2007
Sony/BMG 88697136682
Track: All Tomorrowís Parties (12 inch remix)
Elec-trax
UK 2002
Demon Music Club MCCD508
Track: Quiet Life (LP Version)
Electrax
UK 2007
Music Club MCCD623
Track: Quiet Life (LP version)
Electric Dreams (2 CD)
Country/Year: UK 1995
Label: PolygramTV 525435-2
Track: Quiet Life (LP Version)
Electric Dreams
UK 1995
NECTAR NTRCD033
Track: Life In Tokyo (7 inch version as on Assemblage LP)
Electric Dreams: 80s Synth Pop Classics (2 CD)
UK 2002
Virgin/EMI VTDCD447
Track: Ghosts (LP version)
ELECTRIC 80s (3 CD)
UK 2005
This 2005 3CD set includes Life in Tokyo (original 12” version) [7.06] and Quiet Life (LP version) [4.48].
SONY/BMG – 82876705382
Appears to have been released in a white or black cover.
Electric: High voltage hits from the 80s (CD)
UK 1997
Crimson CRIMIDCD03
Track: Quiet Life 4.24 edit . I got excited when I saw this one as I
thought it may have been the Japanese 7" edit, but it is different.
ELECTRIC – THE VERY BEST OF ELECTRONIC, NEW WAVE & SYNTH (CD)
This 2002 compilation is
the only UK CD I’ve ever found I Second that Emotion (7”
remix) [3.56] on and, amazingly, the booklet to this 2CD set actually
correctly lists that it’s the remix by Steve Nye! Also contains
the mono version of Quiet Life (LP version) [4.48] obviously given to
them from the, then recent, master compiled for the In Vogue CD.
BMG/TELSTAR – TTVCD3246
Electric Level 2 (CD)
UK 2003
BMG/Telstar TV TTVCD3329
Track: Life In Tokyo (original 7” version)
Electricity: 18 Synth Pop Hits (CD)
UK 1993
MCI Music MUSCD 008
Track: Quiet Life (LP Version)
Electrocity Vol.1 (CD)
Germany 1992
Ausfahrt EFA-CD-06303
Track: Taking Islands In Africa (5.07)
Electronic (CD)
UK 1997
BMG DIRCD 13
Track: Life In Tokyo Remix (6min 18 sec version)
Electropop Essentials (CD)
USA 1999
Universal HIPD-40145
Track: Gentlemen Take Polaroids (7" version 3.29).
Essential 80s (3 CD)
UK 2006
EMI Gold 094634974325
Track: Cantonese Boy
Essential New Wave Vol. 1 (CD)
Belgium 2005
EMI 0094633627628
Track: Visions of China
EXTENDED 80s – CLASSIC HITS & REMIXES
This 2006 2CD set features Quiet Life (LP version) [4.48].
EMI – 82876705382
Fantastic 80s: Go For It! (2 CD)
UK 2000
Sony TV92CD
Track: Ghosts (7” version)
February 89 Mixes 2 (LP)
UK 1989
DMC 073/2
Track: Life In Tokyo (Sanny X Mix) 6.00
Fingers Off! (Levi’s compilation LP)
UK 1982
Pushbike Records PBR 0020
Track: Visions of China
FM Rock - The Rock Collection
UK 1992
Time Life TL 527/18
Featuring "I Second That Emotion"
Full Throttle (3 CD)
EU 2003
Disky CB 901451
Track: "Life In Tokyo"
Giorgio Moroder - Electronic Dancefloor Classics 2 (2 LP)
Germany 2006
GMR Entertainment GMR002
Track: Life In Tokyo (Extended Disco Mix) (7.01)
GOTH: 18 Classics From The Dark Side (CD)
UK 2005
Crimson CRIMCD426
Track: Quiet Life edit 4.26 - this is the same as the edit that appears
on the other Crimson CD release "Electric - High Voltage Hits.."
The Greatest Eighties Collection (4 CD box set)
UK 2001
HMV/EMI 7243 5 33863 2 0
Track: "I Second That Emotion"
The Greatest Eighties Collection 2
(4 CD box set)
UK 2001
HMV/EMI 7243 5 43200 2 6
Track: "Quiet Life"
Greatest Hits New Romantic (3 CD)
UK 2005
EMI Gold 094634472623
Track: Visions of China, Cantonese Boy, Ghosts (LP versions)
and After A Fashion by Mick Karn and Midge Ure.
The Greatest New Romantic Collection (3 CD)
UK 2001
EMI 724353538323
Tracks: I Second That Emotion, Quiet Life (LP version), European Son (original version), Ghosts (LP version)
- also available in a boxed version.
Hardest Hits Vol 4
Canada 1993
SPG Music Ltd. SPG 004
Features "Life In Tokyo" Disco Mix
Het Beste Uit De Arbeidsvitaminen Top 100 (2 CD)
Netherlands 1998
PolygramTV 565 777-2
Track: Adolescent Sex (4.14)
The History Of Rock (Volume 38) (LP)
Includes a photo and biography of Japan inside the gatefold sleeve.
"The History Of Rock" was a companion to the magazine of the same name
that was available on subsciption for a very limited time in the 1980s.
All of the tracks here are the same versions that appear on
"Assemblage".
Japan
1. Quiet Life
2. European Son
3. I Second That Emotion
4. Life In Tokyo
5. All Tomorrow's Parties
Hits Hits Hits (LP)
UK 1981
Ronco RTL 2063
Track: Visions of China (printed as Vision of China) - unique version missing Mick's dida solo and the second verse.
Hits in The First Degree (CD)
UK 1994
Newsound Records NSCD 013 (A)
Features "I Second That Emotion"
Hits In The 1st Degree (CD)
Japan 1994
CHOR. LTD PH-5006
Track: I Second That Emotion. Seems to have the same songs as the UK
compilation above, and the German one below, but is part of a series
called "Rock Hits".
Hits In The 1st Degree (CD)
Germany 1994
Catalogue number needed. Track listing the same as the UK and Japanese CD's above but with a different cover.
Track: I Second That Emotion
Hunting Venus - A soundtrack to the 80s (CD)
UK 1999
Columbia/Sony 494300-2
Track: Ghosts (7 inch version)
This CD was a tie-in with a UK ITV drama that showed members of a
fictional 80s band reforming. The intro to "Ghosts" was one character's
door bell chime.
Ikon Classics (cassette)
1995
BMG Records IKON1
Cassette features "Quiet Life" (4.52)
I Love Music 1980-1984: It's Electric (3 CD)
Holland 2004
DISKY CB901791
Track: Visions Of China
Into
The Blue (CD)
UK 1998
Polygram 555 665-2
Track: Nightporter (DJ 7"/video soundtrack version)
It's Electric (CD or cassette)
UK 1994
Dino Entertainment DINCD 73/DINMC 73
Features "Quiet Life"
Its My Discothek (LP)
Bulgarian LP - release date not known, probably 1979 or 1980.
Hansa BTA 1833
Track: Life In Tokyo (3.22 edit)
This record has no visible track markers.
Its My Discothek (LP)
Bulgarian LP - release date not known but likely to be 1980 or 1981
Hansa BTA 2007
Track: Quiet Life - called "Calm Life" in Bulgarian on the sleeve. Track length unconfirmed.
January 88 Mixes 2 (LP)
(cover image needed)
UK 1988
DMC 060/2
Track: Fade to "Gray" megamix - includes "Life In Tokyo" mixed with
other electronic tracks by Yazoo, Visage, Human League, OMD, Kraftwerk
and Gary Numan.
Just
Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of
the 80's Vol. 5 (Rhino) (CD)
USA
1994
Rhino R2 71698
contains
"The Art of Parties" (4.12). (many thanks to R. Jackson and ozboyz)
R Jackson: "Oh,
yeah, here's what the liner notes say
about the group. ... "(segueing from Haircut One Hundred)...Nick
Heyward may have
been the scream dream of a certain strain of British teenybopper, but
David Sylvian, of
the group Japan, was 1982's pinup of choice among the art-school set.
Rising to prominence
at the same time as a number of other U.K. smart-pop bands (ABC, The
Associates, early
Simple Minds) who shared a flair for the dramatic and a huge stylistic
debt to Roxy Music
and David Bowie. Japan hit a critical and commerical peak with Tin
Drum, their studio swan
song. 'The Art of Parties'--which sets Sylvian's crooning vocal against
the free-range
rumble of Mick Karn's fretless bass and a chugging pseudofunk
rhythm--was a U.S. club
staple for months as an import, but the band's inability to secure an
American record deal
until just before they split up prevented them from reaching a broader
audience in the
U.S."
Just Can't Get Enough - Originalhits Fra 80'erne ( 2 CD)
Denmark 1994
EMI-Medley EMI 8316692
Track: Visions Of China (5.51) - we
need confirmation on this one - I bet it will be the live version from
"Oil On Canvas" plus the intro to "Ghosts", but it would be nice if I
was wrong at it turned out to be another extended version!
Kult Klassix Volume 3 (2 CD)
Germany 1994
Total Recall SPV 087-59342/TR 1027
Track: Visions Of China (unreleased 12 inch version - 4min 41 secs)
LateNightTales:AIR
UK 2006
