Instead, Virgin wisely compiled the 12″ A/B sides to the first Sylvian/Sakamoto 12″ single, from 1982.
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The two B-side on the original 12″ of “Forbidden Colours” were not included here, perhaps since they were Sakamoto only tracks from the “Merry Christmas Mr. The pained grandeur of it all was an ideal fit for David Sylvian’s wheelhouse. The ending of the song was far more familiar as the strings began to swell into the arrangement. And the percussion sounded much more sharp and echoic being synthetic. The shimmering synths of the intro sound more crystalline than the pure strings or piano I’m used to on the other performances. So much so that this original version on this CD-3 now sounds exotic to me. But this is the only place where I actually have the “hit single”version of the track! I must listen to the later version included as a bonus track on the sumptuous “Secrets Of The Beehive” as my primary version. Then there’s the versions on Sylvian’s albums and singles. I seem to have a performance of the song on about a third of my Sakamoto collection! All of the piano and instrumental albums seem to feature a performance of the stately melody. “Forbidden Colours” is all over my Record Cell.
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Not only did they release singles on the format, but even better, they also re-issued some of their classic 12″ single catalog on the plucky l’il discs! So my pre-CD-3 dream of finding my favorite 12″ singles now on the format actually came true. We’re lucky today as it’s something that i have not heard in ages! In 1988 when the 3″ CD came onto the scene, Virgin Records, was alone among the labels for really embracing the format vigorously. I go to my box and pull a CD from it at random. Today I was at a loss to pick a blog topic, so in those times, it may be time to revisit the CD-3 Files. David Sylvian + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Forbidden Colours – UK – CD-3 –