‘Extended Ultravox’ is a 1998 UK released CD that was the first such compilation to bring together some of the wonderful Ultravox 12″ A side single mixes to CD format. It has since been superseded by the later ‘Extended’ release from 2018, which somewhat broadened the scope of what to compile.
The album was a welcome release at the time. It’s not that Ultravox had not been well served on CD, but the CDs that had included bonus tracks included B sides in the main and neglected the 12″ mixes.
Tracklisting:
- All Stood Still (12″ Version) [5:05]
- Reap The Wild Wind (Extended Version) [4:43]
- We Came To Dance (Extended Version) [7:35] *
- Serenade (Special Re-mix) [6:01]
- One Small Day (Special Re-mix) [7:48]
- Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Special Re-mix) [9:59]
- Lament (Extended Mix) [8:01]
- Love’s Great Adventure (Extended Version) [5:40]
- Same Old Story (Extended Version) [6:57]
- All Fall Down (Extended Mix) [7:41]
‘Serenade (Special Re-mix)’ was a bit of an oddity in a way, since it had not actually been released as a single on its own – it had first been released on the bonus 12″ that came with initial copies of 1984’s ‘The Collection’ greatest hits compilation. There were several remixes of ‘One Small Day’, only one made it on to this compilation.
* It is noted on discogs.com that “The extended version of ‘We Came To Dance’ has been slightly edited. A few bars from the original vinyl 12″ version are missing during the intro (Midge Ure starts singing some 10 seconds earlier) and during the outro (the part (another 10 seconds) with the very loud distorted synth was removed).”
So, while it was welcome at the time, it was far from complete and you are better served tracking down the later ‘Extended’ compilation if you have a hunger for the variety of extended mixes out there.
