for the first time by Cherry Red records after a long battle with Universal who wanted to do a "downloads only" release. The band's biggest single and one of the most iconic songs of the 80s "I'm In Love With a German Filmstar" is featured along with two other singles "The Swimmer" and "Skin Deep". Personally, my favourite tracks on the original album are "Someone Special" and "The Square" although there are some "B" sides and extras including the very wonderful "I Radiate".
Whilst the album cover is the same the CD comes with a booklet containing rare and unseen photos from the band's own collection plus a song-by-song account of the inspiration behind and the recording of each song (sounds a bit familiar
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David, the bass player, is a big Stranglers fan and one of his greatest memories is of being in a lift with JJ discussing bass guitars when both bands were appearing on TOTP! There is a link to The Passions website on the Rat's Lair but you can also find it here where you'll find a comprehensive history/biography of the band, a huge collection of photos and plenty of interest to those of us who were around in the late 70s/early 80s.
The CD will be in the shops on Monday, 21st July and it can be pre-ordered now from the usual on-line outlets including:
Cherry Red: http://www.cherryred.co.uk/cherryred/ar ... ssions.htm
Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product//B00 ... v_thx_view
HMV: http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDet ... sku=830268
Ideal Copy: http://idealcopy.american-data.net//Mer ... 3929136526
If you would like to see re-issues of the other two Passions’ albums (‘Michael and Miranda’ and ‘Sanctuary’), please feel free to contact Cherry Red Records infonet@cherryred.co.uk) to register your interest.