Frankie Goes To Hollywood - 30 Years On

Its 30 Years since Relax topped the charts and shocked the pop world. Never one to miss a trick, their label ZTT have announced several anniversary releases. For a change rather than just reissuing they are offering something to collectors.

The first of those releases is a new to vinyl 12''

Out on Feb 14th, 2014 – 30 years after the record was banned by the BBC and still sitting at No.1 in the charts – Frankie Goes To Hollywood‘s ‘Relax’ gets revisited.

As a collector of Frankie, its mind boggling the different mixes and tags these releases were / are given, so for those with an eye for detail.

This time it’s ‘The Sex Mix’ (Edition 3) – this is aka the ‘Sex Mix Ed

Its an undiscovered mix that first surfaced on a Japanese compilation called ‘Return To The Pleasuredome’ a couple of years ago. The original ‘Sex Mix Edit’ (or Edition 2) is a little known 8 minute edit of the original 16 minute ‘Sex Mix’ in late ’83 before being replaced by a 7.20 minute ‘US Remix / New York Night mix’ which many consider as the definitive and is the most common 12″ of ‘Relax’.

This new mix (Edition 3) had been created by Trevor Horn session man and renowned percussionist Luis Jardim in December ’84 – who knows what for? It was then filed away, forgotten, later mislabeled and then extracted over 25 years later to end up on a compilation on the other side of the world. Hardcore fans from The Alternate ZTT Board soon spotted the difference and this sent the reissue curator, Ian Peel, back into the ZTT archives to search for more info and tapes that would lead to this previously unheard remix being given a proper vinyl release nearly 30 years after it was created.

Confused? This isn’t even half the ‘Relax’ mix story..  For this release the original XLZTT artwork and Anne Yvonne Gilbert illustration have been tweaked by Element Series designer Philip Marshall to mirror the colour scheme for the 2012 Frankie rarities compilation, ‘Sex Mix’. 

You can pre-order it from Amazon here

Released on the same day, Frankie Said is a new CD and DVD deluxe edition

This expanded version of the 2011 hits compilation maintains the 16-track CD of the first release but adds a DVD packed full of promo videos some which have never since been released before, a host of TV appearances again previously unreleased. Its great to see the Oxford Road Show footage again. There are even some old TV commercials. 

See full track listing of the DVD below




1. Relax (promo video)
2. Relax (live version) (promo video)
3. Relax (laser version) (promo video)
4. Two Tribes (promo video)
5. Two Tribes (video destructo) (promo video)
6. The Power of Love (promo video)
7. The Power of Love (version 2) (promo video)
8. Welcome to the Pleasuredome (an alternative to reality) (promo video)
9. Welcome to the Pleasuredome (the escape act) (promo video)
10. Rage Hard (promo video)
11. Warriors of the Wasteland (promo video)
12. Watching the Wildlife (promo video)
13. Relax (5/1/84) (Top Of The Pops)
14. Two Tribes (9/8/84) (Top Of The Pops)
15. Welcome to the Pleasuredome (28/3/85) (Top Of The Pops)
16. Rage Hard (4/9/86) (Top Of The Pops)
17. Two Tribes (25/12/84) (Top Of The Pops)
18. The Power of Love (25/12/84) (Top Of The Pops)
19. Relax (25/12/84) (Top Of The Pops)
20. Wish (The Lads Were Here) (The Oxford Road Show)
21. War! (The Oxford Road Show)
22. “Relax – No.1 and Guiltless” version 1 (Commercial)
23. “Relax – No.1 and Guiltless” version 2 (Commercial)
24. “The Power of Love – Win Hearts and Minds” (Commercial)
25. “Welcome to the Pleasuredome – The Event of the Decade” (Commercial)
26. “and meanwhile… backstage”

Frankie Said is available to pre order Here