See that the first of the 8 bonus tracks for the digital only 2022 30th anniversary edition of Funky Divas, was uploaded on digital/streaming yesterday: Not a bad mix either personally. The other bonus tracks are as follows: 14 Free Your Mind (Theo's Rec And Wreck Mix) [2022 Remaster] 15 Free Your Mind (Tommy's Spoiled Brat Mix) [2022 Remaster] 16 Free Your Mind (James' Club Mix) [2022 Remaster] 17 Give It Up, Turn It Loose (Kevin's Extended R&B Mix) [2022 Remaster] 18 Give It Up, Turn It Loose ("Welcome To The Ghetto" Hip Hop Mix) [2022 Remaster] 19 Give It Up, Turn It Loose (Kevin's Extended Jazz Mix) [2022 Remaster] 20 Give It Up, Turn It Loose (Somethin' For The People Remix) [2022 Remaster]
I fell down a Richard Darbyshire rabbit-hole (like you do) after I read about Japan's upcoming reissue, and I came away wishing he'd get a Cherry Pop release. I really liked his song with Tina Arena. I'm tempted to track down the CD singles but I'm bummed This I Swear only has the Morales/Knuckles radio mix. Was there a longer mix that ever made it off of vinyl?
This drives me crazy, especially since digital releases don't have the same time limitations as physical formats. 'Funky Divas' deserves so much better. 8 bonus tracks is practically nothing. I made my own Ultimate Edition a while back using (I believe) everything from this era that was made available on CD...that's 71 tracks! Tracklisting: Spoiler Disc 1 THIS IS YOUR LIFE MY LOVIN' (YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT) HIP HOP LOVER FREE YOUR MIND DESIRE GIVING HIM SOMETHING HE CAN FEEL IT AIN'T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS GIVE IT UP, TURN IT LOOSE YESTERDAY HOOKED ON YOUR LOVE LOVE DON'T LOVE YOU WHAT IS LOVE THANKS / PRAYER Bonus Tracks RUNAWAY LOVE (EP Version) - featuring FMob WHATTA MAN (EP Version) - Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue Disc 2 MY LOVIN' (YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT) (Radio Edit) MY LOVIN' (YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT) (Extended Edit) MY LOVIN' (YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT) (Extended Mix) MY LOVIN' (YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT) (Radio Active #2) MY LOVIN' (YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT) (Hyperadio) MY LOVIN' (YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT) (Theo's Cheaptrick Remix) FREE YOUR MIND (LP Edit) FREE YOUR MIND (Alternate Version) FREE YOUR MIND (Theo's Rec And Wreck Edit) - featuring Ray Luv FREE YOUR MIND (Theo's Rec And Wreck Mix) - featuring Ray Luv FREE YOUR MIND (Tommy's Spoiled Brat Edit) FREE YOUR MIND (Tommy's Spoiled Brat Mix) - featuring Ray Luv FREE YOUR MIND (James' Remix Edit) FREE YOUR MIND (James' Club Remix) - featuring Jacques C. Earley Disc 3 GIVE IT UP, TURN IT LOOSE (LP Edit) GIVE IT UP, TURN IT LOOSE (Kevin's Radio R&B Mix) GIVE IT UP, TURN IT LOOSE (Kevin's Extended R&B Mix) GIVE IT UP, TURN IT LOOSE (''Welcome To The Ghetto'' Hip Hop Edit) - featuring Lt. Stitchie GIVE IT UP, TURN IT LOOSE (''Welcome To The Ghetto'' Hip Hop Mix) - featuring Lt. Stitchie GIVE IT UP, TURN IT LOOSE (Kevin's Jazz Mix) GIVE IT UP, TURN IT LOOSE (Kevin's Extended Jazz Mix) GIVE IT UP, TURN IT LOOSE (Somethin' For The People Remix Edit) GIVE IT UP, TURN IT LOOSE (Somethin' For The People Remix) - featuring J'ai Silk LOVE DON'T LOVE YOU (Alternate LP Mix) LOVE DON'T LOVE YOU (Remix Edit #1) LOVE DON'T LOVE YOU (Remix #1) LOVE DON'T LOVE YOU (Remix Edit #2) LOVE DON'T LOVE YOU (Remix #2) Disc 4 RUNAWAY LOVE (AC Edit) - featuring FMob RUNAWAY LOVE (Edit) - featuring FMob RUNAWAY LOVE (Extended Version) - featuring FMob RUNAWAY LOVE (FMob Instrumental) - featuring FMob RUNAWAY LOVE (Hype Mix) - featuring FMob RUNAWAY LOVE (Go-Go Mix) - featuring FMob RUNAWAY LOVE (Hip Hop Vocal Remix Edit - No Rap) - featuring FMob RUNAWAY LOVE (Hip Hop Vocal Remix Edit) - featuring FMob and Erick Sermon RUNAWAY LOVE (Hip Hop Vocal Remix) - featuring FMob and Erick Sermon RUNAWAY LOVE (Theo's Bad Intention Radio) - featuring FMob RUNAWAY LOVE (Theo's Bad Intentions Club Mix) - featuring FMob WHAT IS LOVE (Edit) WHAT IS LOVE (Club Mix) WHAT IS LOVE (Extended Club Remix Edit) - featuring Michael Watford WHAT IS LOVE (Extended Club Remix) - featuring Michael Watford WHAT IS LOVE (DJ EFX'S Funky Radio Mix) Disc 5 WHATTA MAN (Radio Edit) - Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue WHATTA MAN (Video Remix) - Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue WHATTA MAN (LP Version) - Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue WHATTA MAN (7'' Edit Danny D) - Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue WHATTA MAN (12'' Danny D) - Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue WHATTA MAN (Luvbug Remix 1) - Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue WHATTA MAN (Golden Girls Radio Edit) - Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue WHATTA MAN (Golden Girls Mix) - Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue DESIRE (Dancehall Remix) - featuring Terror Fabulous HIP HOP LOVER (Hip Hop Remix) - featuring Kam HIP HOP LOVER (Alternate LP Mix) IT AIN'T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS (Alternate LP Mix) (snap in a DVD of the music videos and you're ready to go!)
Amazing. Adding only eight bonus tracks is really insulting considering the number of singles released and the amount of mixes.
I’d snap this up in a heartbeat. En Vogue deserves better, truly. Especially since their debut raised the bar for what music lovers should expect from girl groups, and their follow up created the definitive new rock/hip hop/pop template for girl groups. Legends.
Okay, wig. This is really what the release should’ve looked like! I don’t get why labels bother releasing such piss-poor editions instead.
Oh, but isn’t Rhino a Warner company just like the original release’s label eastwest is? Ugh, label politics are confusing.
It's a mess, isn't it. Maybe the Elektra division has stayed with Warners. Or maybe the whole lot of WB imprints are covered by EMI but they don't bother saying. Actually I don't recall Rhino being "Rhino Entertainment Company" - used to be plain old Rhino Records. So there's been some fiddling around going on!
The digital-only album boxsets for Chic and Laura Branigan bore the Rhino credit, but that was in 2020 (maybe even 2019, I lose track of the time now) and Warners had a bit of a shake-up last year (new logo, a split with the audio and visual divisions or something, plus EMI were involved). It might be that Warners now own EMI, and I've got it completely arse-about-face.
Universal bought EMI in 2012, but EMI Classics is part of Warner, so yeah it's all bit confusing. Rhino is still releasing: https://www.discogs.com/label/33244-Rhino-Records-2?sort=year&sort_order=desc It also has an active YouTube channel
EMI is owned by Universal now and it's just one of their labels these days. Warner Music owns Parlophone which might be what you are thinking of? Rhino is Warner's re-issue and catalogue division like Legacy is for Sony.
So I've finally played all the ones I snagged. Seven the Hard Way (this is my favorite of the lot. I only knew the singles but this is a great little album!), True Love, Get Nervous, and Tropico are all fairly quiet and sound like most pre 90's CD's. Oddly, Precious Time sounds completely remastered and is as loud as the modern CD's I played in succession. I forgot to get Wide Awake in Dreamland with my order but given the mastering is what it is for the majority of the others, I'm not too upset.
