The Reissue Thread!



• Sheena Easton’s first-ever collection of every UK and US single A-side from her hugely successful EMI era - including 7-inch edits, 12-inch extended versions and rare dub mixes - many never before available on CD.

• The 3CD set includes her massive ‘80s international pop hits ‘Morning Train (9 To 5)’, ‘For Your Eyes Only’, ‘Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)’, ‘We’ve Got Tonight’, ‘Strut’, ‘Sugar Walls’ and many more.

• Features eight previously-unreleased tracks including the ‘lost’ 1986 singles ‘Anything Can Happen’ and ‘Sweet Talker’ in their 7-inch and 12-inch versions.

• Top-drawer collaborators including Prince, Kenny Rogers, Nile Rodgers, Christopher Neil, Narada Michael Walden and Shep Pettibone.
Having rocketed to fame in the UK in the early ‘80s, Sheena quickly established herself as an international star, where her genre-crossing approach resulted in her being the only artist in US history to score top three hits in each of Billboard’s main charts: Hot 100, R&B,

This looks amazing!
 
Why were ‘Anything Can Happen’ and ‘Sweet Talker’ lost? Canceled before release?
From what I can gather, they were recorded for a scrapped album. They have remained unused and deep in the archives. I have seen some of Cherry Red's proposed tracklists for releases and they go all out and ask for everything and more. Some of it get's denied or can't be found. I think they have worked with Sheena on these and she seems to have been very helpful. With a project manager who is passionate and very knowledgeable of her work, along with the artist help I think these projects will be very special (I haven't seen the tracklist of these in case you ask).
 
From what I can gather, they were recorded for a scrapped album. They have remained unused and deep in the archives. I have seen some of Cherry Red's proposed tracklists for releases and they go all out and ask for everything and more. Some of it get's denied or can't be found. I think they have worked with Sheena on these and she seems to have been very helpful. With a project manager who is passionate and very knowledgeable of her work, along with the artist help I think these projects will be very special (I haven't seen the tracklist of these in case you ask).
This all sounds quite excellent.
 


• Sheena Easton’s first-ever collection of every UK and US single A-side from her hugely successful EMI era - including 7-inch edits, 12-inch extended versions and rare dub mixes - many never before available on CD.

• The 3CD set includes her massive ‘80s international pop hits ‘Morning Train (9 To 5)’, ‘For Your Eyes Only’, ‘Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)’, ‘We’ve Got Tonight’, ‘Strut’, ‘Sugar Walls’ and many more.

• Features eight previously-unreleased tracks including the ‘lost’ 1986 singles ‘Anything Can Happen’ and ‘Sweet Talker’ in their 7-inch and 12-inch versions.

• Top-drawer collaborators including Prince, Kenny Rogers, Nile Rodgers, Christopher Neil, Narada Michael Walden and Shep Pettibone.
Having rocketed to fame in the UK in the early ‘80s, Sheena quickly established herself as an international star, where her genre-crossing approach resulted in her being the only artist in US history to score top three hits in each of Billboard’s main charts: Hot 100, R&B,

Track Listing:

DISC ONE:

The 7-inch Singles
1 Modern Girl (Edited Version)
2 Morning Train (9 To 5)
3 One Man Woman
4 Take My Time
5 When He Shines
6 For Your Eyes Only
7 Just Another Broken Heart
8 You Could Have Been With Me (Edited Version)
9 Machinery
10 Are You Man Enough
11 I Wouldn’t Beg For Water
12 We’ve Got Tonight (Duet with Kenny Rogers)
13 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)
14 Almost Over You
15 Devil In A Fast Car (Single Version)
16 Back In The City
17 Strut
18 Sugar Walls
19 Swear
20 Do It For Love (Single Version)
21 Jimmy Mack (Edited Version)
22 Magic Of Love (Edited Version)

DISC TWO:

The 7-inch Singles
1 So Far So Good
2 Anything Can Happen (Single Version) *
3 It’s Christmas All Over The World
4 Sweet Talker (Shep Pettibone Short Version) *
5 No Sound But A Heart (7” Version) *
6 Eternity (Single Version)
7 Ice Out In The Rain (7- inch Remix)
The 12-inch Singles
8 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (Club Mix)
9 Strut (Dance Mix)
10 Sugar Walls (Dance Mix)
11 Swear (Dance Mix) †
12 Do It For Love (Extended Dance Mix)
13 Jimmy Mack (Extended Version)
14 So Far So Good (The Red Mix) †

DISC THREE:

DISC THREE:

The 12-inch Singles
1 So Far So Good (Extended Dance Mix) †
2 Anything Can Happen (12” Extended Version) *
3 Sweet Talker (Shep Pettibone Long Version) *
4 No Sound But A Heart (12” Version) *
5 Eternity (Shep Pettibone Mix) †
6 Ice Out In The Rain (12” Remix) *

The Dub Mixes
7 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (Dub Mix)
8 Strut (Dub Mix) †
9 Sugar Walls (Red Mix)
10 Swear (Dub Mix)
11 Do It For Love (Instrumental Mix)
12 Jimmy Mack (Instrumental Mix) †
13 So Far So Good (Dub Mix) †
14 Eternity (Dub) †
15 Ice Out In The Rain (Instrumental Remix) *

*Previously unreleased track
† Never before available on CD
 
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Really happy with the Sheena tracklisting. Quite a few rarities on there and it will be great to have this song which I've heard over the years on Christmas Day showings of Santa Claus: The Movie, I've always thought it was a lovely song



(with apologies for posting a Christmas song in the middle of a heatwave!)
 
Suddenly very excited to hear Sweet Talker seeing Shep was involved.

Does anyone have any info on the cancelled album? This is the first I've heard of it. Was it meant to follow Do It For Love?
 
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