All Important Single Edits On CD

The US edition of The Singles Collection is the album version. There are no US CDs with the single remix.
However, in the US, pressings of both versions were available as 45s.
 
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I tend to use this site for all my Bowie questions - going from that, other posters are correct it's just the box set, Japanese CD single or digital EP for that mix:

Never Let Me Down (Bowie/Alomar): the album version of the title track was released as the third single (EMI EA 239) in the UK. In the US, both the album version (labelled Single Version) and a 7" Remix Edit were released (confusingly both as EMI B-43031). The 7" Remix Edit was also released in Canada (EMI B-43031) and possibly a few more territories. On the 12" (EMI 12 EA 239), an Extended Dance Remix, Dub and Acapella were released. Compared to the European counterparts, the US 12" (EMI V-19255) and promo CD-single (EMI DPRO 31352) additionally contained the 7" Remix Edit and an Instrumental. These were later also issued on a Japanese CD-single (EMI CP20-5520) and on the Never Let Me Down EP. In 2007, the Extended Dance Mix and Dub/Acapella Mix were released as part of the Never Let Me Down EP. The combo Dub/Acapella was also included on Loving The Alien, as was the 7" Remix and a remake on Never Let Me Down 2018. The following mixes are available:
 
Ah that explains why I never heard this 7" remix at the time, only when the digital EP came along. Radio/TV were playing the album mix that I knew and loved. I think it's one of his finest 80s singles.
The UK 45 label confuses this. States it's the "single version" with the original version on the album.
Maybe the remix was intended to be the UK 45, but something stopped it from being so?
 
I tend to use this site for all my Bowie questions - going from that, other posters are correct it's just the box set, Japanese CD single or digital EP for that mix:

Never Let Me Down (Bowie/Alomar): the album version of the title track was released as the third single (EMI EA 239) in the UK. In the US, both the album version (labelled Single Version) and a 7" Remix Edit were released (confusingly both as EMI B-43031). The 7" Remix Edit was also released in Canada (EMI B-43031) and possibly a few more territories. On the 12" (EMI 12 EA 239), an Extended Dance Remix, Dub and Acapella were released. Compared to the European counterparts, the US 12" (EMI V-19255) and promo CD-single (EMI DPRO 31352) additionally contained the 7" Remix Edit and an Instrumental. These were later also issued on a Japanese CD-single (EMI CP20-5520) and on the Never Let Me Down EP. In 2007, the Extended Dance Mix and Dub/Acapella Mix were released as part of the Never Let Me Down EP. The combo Dub/Acapella was also included on Loving The Alien, as was the 7" Remix and a remake on Never Let Me Down 2018. The following mixes are available:

I am not a Bowie fan, but know that ‘Never Let Me Down Again’ appears on the Australian various artists CD (like NOW!) ‘Celebrate ‘88’. These compilations almost always used the single version/radio edit of tracks.

https://www.discogs.com/release/1246804-Various-Celebrate-88
 
Now, this may be a stupid question, but I have found the Tiffany CD Single of I Think We're Alone Now for £6 does that have the elusive single mix on it? I know it says it does but I just can't tell. Any help much appreciated.
 
Now, this may be a stupid question, but I have found the Tiffany CD Single of I Think We're Alone Now for £6 does that have the elusive single mix on it? I know it says it does but I just can't tell. Any help much appreciated.
£6 is a great price.

It contains the 7" mix and the 12" mix.

The 12" mix contains the "let me hear your heartbeat, let me feel your heartbeat..." intro that was also used in the video mix but was absent from the actual 7" single version.
 
Odd about the UK 12". The US 12" does contain the video mix of I Think We're Alone Now.
Eric on Top 40 Music (possibly EG from here?) says the audio quality on iTunes is excellent for a video copy.
 
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I take it The Communards You Are My World (1985 7" version) has never been on CD? Is it just an edit of the album version with part of the intro cut?
 
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