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Anniversary, Jimmy Somerville, New Release + The Communards – Celebrating

Communards

The Communards seminal debut album is to be reissued on its 35th Anniversary this autumn by London Recordings. The duo’s iconic ‘Hi-NRG’ cover of Don’t Leave Me This Way gets a new remix from 7th Heaven as part of an expanded CD/Digital release, and there will be a limited edition vinyl release of the album, all available from 3rd December.

The Communards - Celebrating 35 years since the release of ‘Communards’

The CD and digital formats have been expanded to include some rarities, fan favourites and previously unreleased material. These include Don’t Leave Me This Way (Gotham City mix part two) which Coles calls “my favourite thing that Jimmy and I did” and fan favourite Disenchanted (dance) remixed here by Mike Thorne. Also included is the only radio session the duo ever recorded with Janice Long in October 1985 on which they debuted previously unpublished tracks and the demo version of Summertime, the only recording in existence of this collaboration with Sarah Jane Morris.

Jimmy SomervillE & Richard Coles
Are the Communards

A Side

1. Don’t Leave Me This Way
2. La Dolarosa
3. Disenchanted
4. Reprise

B Side

1. So Cold The Night
2. You Are My World
3. Lover Man
4. Don’t Slip Away

C Side

1. Heavens Above
2. Forbidden Love
3. Breadline Britain
4. Sanctified

D Side

1. Never No More
2. Sentimental Journey
3. When The Walls Come Tumbling Down
4. Judgement Day

CD Single:

1. Don’t Leave Me This Way (12″ Gotham City Mega Mixes)
2. Don’t Leave Me This Way (7th Heaven Radio Edit)