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THE HANSA YEARS

31 March 1978 7" Don't Rain on My Parade

    Don't Rain on My Parade 2.53 / Stateline 4.43 (UK: Ariola Hansa AHA 510; German: Hansa International 15 502 AT)
8 April 1978 LP/MC (+ CD) ADOLESCENT SEX
  1. Transmission 4.45
  2. The Unconventional 3.01
  3. Wish You Were Black 4.47
  4. Performance 4.35
  5. Lovers on Main Street 4.07
  6. Don't Rain on My Parade 2.53

  7. Suburban Love 7.26
  8. Adolescent Sex 3.43
  9. Communist China 2.43
  10. Television 9.12 (UK LP: Ariola Hansa AHAL 8004; German LP: Hansa International 26 091 OT)
Recorded in late 1977 at Audio International Studios, London, produced by Ray Singer. David Sylvian: lead vocals and second guitar. Mick Karn: bass guitar and vocals. Steve Jansen: drums, vocals and percussion. Rob Dean: lead guitar and vocals. Richard Barbieri: keyboards and vocals. All tracks written by David Sylvian, except 'Don't Rain on My Parade' which is a cover version originally written by Merrill/Styne.

17 Aug 1978 UK/Japanese 7" The Unconventional/Adolescent Sex

    The Unconventional 3.01 / Adolescent Sex [New Version] 4.11 (UK: Ariola AHA 525)
Oct 1978 European 7" Adolescent Sex (New Version)
    Adolescent Sex 3.43 [New Version] 4.11 / Sometimes I Feel So Low 3.44 (German 7": Hansa International 100 072)
19 Oct 1978 UK 7" Sometimes I Feel So Low
    Sometimes I Feel So Low 3.44 / Love Is Infectious 4.09 (Ariola Hansa AHA 529)
27 Oct 1978 LP (+ CD) OBSCURE ALTERNATIVES
  1. Automatic Gun 4.03
  2. .....Rhodesia 6.47
  3. Love Is Infectious 4.09
  4. Sometimes I Feel So Low 3.44

  5. Obscure Alternatives 6.48
  6. Deviation 3.23
  7. Suburban Berlin 4.57
  8. The Tenant 7.11

    2004 CD bonus tracks:

  9. Deviation (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 3.18 [from 'Live in Japan' EP, 1980]
  10. Obscure Alternatives (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 6.04 from 'Live in Japan' EP, 1980]
  11. In Vogue (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 6.09 from 'Live in Japan' EP, 1980]
  12. Sometimes I Feel So Low (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 4.04 from 'Live in Japan' EP, 1980]
  13. Sometimes I Feel So Low [CD-ROM video] (CD 19 April 2004: BMG 82876 566942)
Recorded in June 1978 at Morgan Studios in Willesden. David Sylvian: lead vocals and guitar. Mick Karn: bass, saxophone and vocals. Steve Jansen: drums, percussion and vocals. Richard Barbieri: synthesisers and vocals. Rob Dean: guitars and vocals. All tracks written by David Sylvian. Produced by Ray Singer.

Note: on the first batch of the 2004 remaster CD, the intro to Obscure Alternatives is missing the first note. Later editions have corrected this mistake.

Jan 1979 Dutch 7" Deviation

    Deviation 3.22 / Suburban Berlin 4.57 (Hansa International, 100.481)

12 April 1979 non-LP 7"/12" Life in Tokyo

    Life in Tokyo (short version) 3.30 / Life in Tokyo (part 2) 3.29 (7": Ariola AHA 540)

    Life in Tokyo (long version) 7.08 / Life in Tokyo (short version) 3.30 (12": AHAL 540)

Recorded in March 1979 at Rusk Studios, Los Angeles, by all members of Japan. Written by David Sylvian and Giorgio Moroder, produced by Giorgio Moroder.

17 Nov 1979 / 18 Jan 1980 LP (+ CD) QUIET LIFE

  1. Quiet Life 4.50
  2. Fall in Love with Me 4.30
  3. Despair 5.56
  4. In vogue 6.30

  5. Halloween 4.23
  6. All Tomorrow's Parties 5.43
  7. Alien 4.59
  8. The Other Side of Life 7.23 (LP: Ariola AHAL 5011)
    2001 CD:
  1. Quiet Life 3.34 [1981 single edit]
  2. Fall in Love with Me 4.30
  3. Despair 5.56
  4. In vogue 6.30
  5. Halloween 4.23
  6. All Tomorrow's Parties 5.43
  7. Alien 4.59
  8. The Other Side of Life 7.23
  9. All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 1983 extended remix) 5.17
  10. A Foreign Place 3.14 [B-side Quiet Life]
  11. Quiet Life 4.50 [full length album version]
  12. Life In Tokyo (Giorgio Moroder 1982 extended remix) 7.05 (CD 12 Nov 2001: BMG/Camden 74321 89582)
    2004 CD:
  1. Quiet Life 4.50
  2. Fall in Love with Me 4.30
  3. Despair 5.56
  4. In vogue 6.30
  5. Halloween 4.23
  6. All Tomorrow's Parties 5.43
  7. Alien 4.59
  8. The Other Side of Life 7.23
  9. All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 1983 extended remix) 5.17
  10. All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 1983 single remix) 3.32
  11. A Foreign Place 3.14 [B-side Quiet Life]
  12. Quiet Life 3.51 (1980 7" B-side fade-out version - NOT 1981 single edit)
  13. Quiet Life [CD-ROM video] (CD 19 April 2004: BMG 82876 566952)
    CD 2 in 2021 3CD+LP: A Quieter Life
  1. European Son (Steve Nye 7" Remix 1982) 3.50
  2. Life in Tokyo (Special Remix 1982) 4.03
  3. Quiet Life (Original German 7" Mix 1980) 3.53 [= LP Version fade-out?]
  4. I Second That Emotion (Steve Nye 7" Remix 1982) 3.56
  5. All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 7" Remix Version 1983) 3.35
  6. European Son (John Punter 12" Mix 1980) 5.01
  7. Life in Tokyo (Special 12" Remix 1982) 7.06
  8. I Second That Emotion (Steve Nye 12" Remix Version 1982) 5.17
  9. All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 12" Remix Version 1983) 5.17
  10. European Son (Steve Nye 12" Remix Version 1982) 5.35
  11. Quiet Life 4.14 [previously unreleased edit]
  12. A Foreign Place 3.16 [B-side Quiet Life]
  13. All Tomorrow's Parties (John Punter 7" Mix 1979) 4.14 [= 1981 ASSEMBLAGE version]
  14. Life in Tokyo (Theme 1982 - fan-created 'Correct Pitch')
    Live in Japan EP:
  15. Deviation (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 3.20
  16. Obscure Alternatives (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 6.05
  17. In-Vogue (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 6.11
  18. Sometimes I Feel So Low (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 4.04
    CD 3 in 2021 3CD+LP: Live at Budokan 27/03/1980 [actually 16 March; audience recording]
  1. Despair (Intro) 1.30
  2. Alien 5.44
  3. ....Rhodesia 6.08
  4. Quiet Life 4.47
  5. Fall in Love with Me 4.14
  6. Deviation 3.34
  7. All Tomorrow's Parties 5.30
  8. Obscure Alternatives 6.30
  9. In-Vogue 6.15
  10. Life in Tokyo 6.18
  11. Halloween 4.01
  12. Sometimes I Feel So Low 4.06
  13. Communist China 3.12
  14. Adolescent Sex 4.56
  15. I Second That Emotion 3.50
  16. Automatic Gun 3.55 (3CD+LP 5 March 2021: BMG, BMGCAT403CDX)
    Limited CD with initial Boxes purchased directly from https://japan.tmstor.es/ [apparently several of the tracks are mastered from MP3]
  1. Life in Tokyo (Original 7" Mix 1979) 3.31
  2. Life in Tokyo (Original 7" Mix Part 2 1979) 3.21
  3. Life in Tokyo (Original 12" Version 1979) 7.08
  4. Life in Tokyo ("Assemblage" Alternative 1979 Version - Edit) 4.02 [first released on SOUVENIR FROM JAPAN, 1989]
  5. Life in Tokyo ("Assemblage" Alternative 1979 Version) 6.16 [first released on ASSEMBLAGE, 1981]
  6. Life in Tokyo (Special Remix 1982) 4.03
  7. Life in Tokyo (Special 12" Remix 1982) 7.06
  8. Life in Tokyo (Theme 1982) 3.55
  9. Life in Tokyo (Theme 1982 - fan-created 'Correct Pitch') 1.57
First released in Canada on 17 Nov 1979, then in Japan on 20 Dec 1979, followed by a UK release on 18 January 1980. Recorded 3 Sep until late Oct 1979 at Air Studios, London. Produced by John Punter (except 'All Tomorrow's Parties' recorded during the early sessions for QUIET LIFE in the summer of 1979 at DJM Studios in London, produced by Simon Napier-Bell and Japan, then re-mixed by John Punter). Mastered on 5 Nov 1979 at Trident Studios in UK. David Sylvian: lead vocals and occasional guitar. Mick Karn: bass and saxophones. Steve Jansen: drums and percussion. Richard Barbieri: synthesisers and keyboards. Rob Dean: guitars. All tracks written by David Sylvian, except 'All Tomorrow's Parties' written by Lou Reed. Two further tracks were recorded during these sessions which were only released later on: the uptempo European Son, and the slow instrumental "A Foreign Place" which was originally intended as the final track on the QUIET LIFE LP.

Dec 1979 Japanese 7" Quiet Life

    Quiet Life 4.14 [Special Edit without the guitar solo] / Halloween 4.24 (Ariola Hansa, VIP-2797 / AHA-1013)
22 March 1980 UK non-LP 7" I Second That Emotion
    I Second That Emotion 3.45 / Quiet Life 3.51 [fade-out] (7": Ariola AHA 559)

    I Second That Emotion 3.45 / European Son 3.37 (Japanese 7": VIPX-1501)

'I Second That Emotion' is a cover version originally written by Smokey Robinson/Al Cleveland. Produced by John Punter. The Japanese B-side 'European Son' (not released in UK until April 1981) was originally recorded during the early sessions for QUIET LIFE in the summer of 1979 at DJM Studios in London, produced by Simon Napier-Bell and Japan, then re-mixed by John Punter before it was released.

April 1980 German/Dutch 7" Quiet Life

    Quiet Life 3.51 [fade-out] / I Second That Emotion 3.45 (German 7": Rocktopus 101 754; Dutch 7": Hansa 101.685)
24 July 1980 German live 12" EP Live in Japan [Live 16 March 1980]
    In Vogue (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 6.09 / Deviation (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 3.18 //
    Obscure Alternatives (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 6.04 / Sometimes I Feel So Low (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 4.04 (Hansa International 600 242)

27 April 1981 reissue 7"/12" Life in Tokyo

    Life in Tokyo 3.30 / European Son 3.37 (7": Ariola/Hansa, HANSA 4)

    Life in Tokyo 7.08 / European Son (Extended) 5.00 (12": HANSA 124)

Issued to ride on Japan's current success wave on the Virgin label.

19 Aug 1981 7"/12" Quiet Life

    Quiet Life 3.34 [single edit] / A Foreign Place 3.11 (7": Ariola/Hansa, HANSA 6)

    Quiet Life 4.50 // A Foreign Place 3.11 / Fall in Love With Me 4.30 (12": HANSA 126)

Issued to promote ASSEMBLAGE. A Foreign Place was recorded in 1979 during the sessions for QUIET LIFE LP, but was not released until now.

11 Sep 1981 coll-LP/MC (+ CD) ASSEMBLAGE

  1. Adoloscent Sex (New Version) 4.11 [1978]
  2. Stateline 4.43 [B-side 'Don't Rain on My Parade' 1978]
  3. Communist China 2.43 [from ADOLESCENT SEX, 1978]
  4. .....Rhodesia 6.47 [from OBSCURE ALTERNATIVES, 1989]
  5. Suburban Berlin 4.57 [from OBSCURE ALTERNATIVES, 1978]

  6. Life in Tokyo 3.30 [single 1979] [on UK cassette/Japanese LP: 1979 alternative 6.18 version]
  7. European Son 3.40 [B-side Life in Tokyo]
  8. All Tomorrow's Parties 4.13 [New Edit] [from QUIET LIFE 1979/80]
  9. Quiet Life 4.50 [from QUIET LIFE 1979/80]
  10. I Second That Emotion 3.45 [single 1980]

    2004 CD bonus tracks:

  11. European Son (1981 Extended Version) 5.00
  12. I Second That Emotion (Steve Nye 1982 extended remix) 5.15
  13. Life in Tokyo (Giorgio Moroder 1982 special remix) 3.59
  14. Life in Tokyo (ASSEMBLAGE cassette version) 6.18
  15. I Second That Emotion [CD-ROM video]
  16. Life in Tokyo [CD-ROM video] (CD 19 April 2004: BMG 82876 844462)
Note: on the first batch of the 2004 remaster CD (BMG 82876 566962) the intro to Adolescent Sex is missing the first note, and track 14 is the 7 min 8 sec 12" version by mistake. Later editions have corrected these mistakes.

7 Jan 1982 7"/12" European Son [Steve Nye 1982 Remix]

    European Son (Steve Nye 1982 single remix) 3.48 / Alien 4.59 (7": Ariola/Hansa, HANSA 10)

    European Son (Steve Nye 1982 extended remix) 5.33 / Alien 4.59 (12": HANSA 1210)

1982 various artists 2-LP STREET SCENE - 22 GREAT TRACKS
June 1982 7"/12" I Second That Emotion [Steve Nye 1982 Remix]
    I Second That Emotion (Steve Nye 1982 single remix) 3.52 / Halloween 4.23 (7": Ariola/Hansa HANSA 12)

    I Second That Emotion (Steve Nye 1982 extended remix) 5.15 / Halloween 4.23 (12": HANSA 1212)

Sep 1982 7"/12" Life in Tokyo [1982 Remix]
    Life in Tokyo (1982 Remix) 3.59 / Life in Tokyo (Theme) 3.53 (7": Ariola/Hansa, HANSA 17)

    Life in Tokyo (1982 Extended Remix) 7.08 / Life in Tokyo (Theme) 3.53 (12": HANSA 1217)

Info is contradictory as to who did this remix, ranging from Giorgio Moroder to Steve Nye to Japan themselves.

12 March 1983 7"/12" All Tomorrow's Parties [Steve Nye 1983 Remix]

    All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 1983 single remix) 3.32 / In vogue (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 6.10 (7": Ariola/Hansa HANSA 18)

    All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 1983 extended remix) 5.15 //
    Deviation (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 3.18 / Obscure Alternatives (Live 16 March 1980 at Budokan, Tokyo) 6.04 (12": HANSA 1218)

Oct 1989 coll-CD SOUVENIR FROM JAPAN

  1. I Second That Emotion 3.45
  2. Life in Tokyo 3.59 [edit of Assemblage 1979 alternative 6.18 version]
  3. Deviation (live) 3.17
  4. Suburban Berlin 4.58
  5. Adolescent Sex (re-recording) 4.11
  6. European Son 3.40
  7. All Tomorrow's Parties 4.12 [Assemblage version]
  8. Communist China 2.43
  9. Stateline 4.43
  10. .....Rhodesia 6.47
  11. Obscure Alternatives 6.47
  12. Quiet Life 4.50 (BMG/Hansa, 260 360)
1991 coll-CD THE OTHER SIDE OF JAPAN
  1. Wish You Were Black 4.47
  2. Television 9.12
  3. The Unconventional 3.01
  4. Transmission 4.45
  5. Automatic Gun 4.03
  6. Love Is Infectious 4.09
  7. Sometimes I Feel So Low 3.44
  8. The Tenant 7.11
  9. In vogue 6.30
  10. Halloween 4.23
  11. A Foreign Place 3.11
  12. Don't Rain on My Parade 2.53 (Receiver Records, RRCD 150)
24 March 1993 Japanese coll-2CD ASSEMBLAGE
  1. Adoloscent Sex (re-recording) 4.11
  2. Stateline 4.43
  3. Communist China 2.43
  4. .....Rhodesia 6.47
  5. Suburban Berlin 4.57/
  6. Life in Tokyo 3.30
  7. European Son 3.40
  8. All Tomorrow's Parties 4.13 [edit]
  9. Quiet Life 4.50
  10. I Second That Emotion 3.45
  1. Life in Tokyo (part 2) 3.29
  2. In Vogue (live) 6.09
  3. Deviation (live) 3.18
  4. Obscure Alternatives (live) 6.04
  5. Sometimes I Feel So Low (live) 4.04
  6. Life in Tokyo (Theme) 3.53
  7. All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 1983 extended remix) 5.15
  8. I Second That Emotion (Steve Nye 1982 extended remix) 5.15
  9. Life in Tokyo (long version) 7.08 (JBMG/Hansa, BVCP-8606-07)
24 Aug 1996 coll-CD IN VOGUE
  1. The Unconventional 3.01
  2. Lovers on Main Street 4.07
  3. Transmission 4.45
  4. I Second That Emotion 3.45
  5. All Tomorrow's Parties 5.43
  6. Alien 4.59
  7. Halloween 4.23
  8. Suburban Berlin 4.57
  9. Quiet Life 4.50
  10. Love Is Infectious 4.09
  11. Fall in Love with Me 4.30
  12. Adolescent Sex (re-recording) 4.11
  13. European Son (extended remix) [omits the main synth riff by mistake]
  14. In vogue 6.13 (LP version is 6.30!)
  15. Life in Tokyo 6.18 [Assemblage 1979 alternative 6.18 version] (Camden, 74321 393382)
All tracks are more or less in mono by mistake.

4 Sep 1996 Japanese coll-2CD THE SINGLES: JAPAN

  1. Don't Rain on My Parade 2.53
  2. Stateline 4.43
  3. The Unconventional 3.01
  4. Adolescent Sex (re-recording) 4.11
  5. Sometimes I Feel So Low 3.44
  6. Love Is Infectious 4.09
  7. Life in Tokyo (short version) 3.30
  8. Life in Tokyo (part 2) 3.17 [last 12 seconds faded out]
  9. I Second That Emotion 3.45
  10. Quiet Life 3.51 [fade-out]
  11. Life in Tokyo (short version) 3.30 [again!]
  12. European Son 3.40
  13. Quiet Life 3.35 (1981 single version)
  14. A Foreign Place 3.11
  15. European Son (1981 remix) 3.48
  16. Alien 4.59
  17. I Second That Emotion (Steve Nye 1982 single remix) 3.52
  18. Halloween 4.23
  1. Life in Tokyo (Giorgio Moroder 1982 special remix) 3.59
  2. Life in Tokyo (Theme) 3.53
  3. All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 1983 single remix) 3.32
  4. In vogue (live) 6.10
  5. Life in Tokyo (extended original remix) 7.08
  6. European Son [original extended version] 5.00
  7. Sometimes I Feel So Low 3.44
  8. Adolescent Sex (re-recording) 4.11 [again!]
  9. Life in Tokyo 7.05 (Giorgio Moroder 1982 extended remix)
  10. Life in Tokyo (Theme) 3.53 [again!]
  11. All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 1983 extended remix) 5.15
  12. I Second That Emotion (Steve Nye 1982 extended remix) 5.15
  13. Halloween 4.23
  14. European Son (Steve Nye 1982 extended remix) 5.33
  15. Quiet Life 4.50 [Japanese 12" promoting Assemblage]
  16. Fall in Love with Me 4.30 (BMG/Ariola, BVCP-8613-14)
early Sep 1997 UK coll-CD THE MASTERS
  1. Quiet Life 4.50
  2. European Son 3.40
  3. I Second That Emotion 3.45
  4. Life in Tokyo (short version) 3.30
  5. All Tomorrow's Parties 5.43
  6. Deviation (live) 3.18
  7. Adolescent Sex 3.43
  8. Halloween 4.23
  9. Love Is Infectious 4.09
  10. Communist China 2.43
  11. Lovers on Main Street 4.07
  12. In vogue
  13. Suburban Berlin 4.57
  14. Alien 4.59
  15. Obscure Alternatives 6.48 (Eagle Records, EABCD003)
25 July 2001 Japanese DVD JAPAN VIDEO HITS
  1. Don't Rain on My Parade
  2. Adolescent Sex
  3. Communist China
  4. Sometimes I Feel So Low
  5. Quiet Life
  6. I Second That Emotion
NTSC/all-region format.

27 March 2006 UK coll-CD JAPAN - THE VERY BEST OF [1980-83]

  1. Ghosts (single version) 3.55 [March 1982]
  2. I Second That Emotion 3.45 [single March 1980]
  3. Quiet Life 3.51 [fade-out] [B-side fade-out version, NOT the 1981 3.34 single edit]
  4. Gentlemen Take Polaroids 7.05 [LP version, Oct 1980]
  5. The Art of Parties (extended 12" mix) 6.41 [April 1981]
  6. Visions Of China 3.37 [Nov 1981]
  7. Taking Islands In Africa (Steve Nye 1981 remix) 4.53 [B-side Visions of China]
  8. European Son 3.37 [1980 B-side version, NOT 1982 remix]
  9. Cantonese Boy 3.44
  10. Life In Tokyo (Giorgio Moroder 1982 special remix) 3.59 [single Sep 1982]
  11. Nightporter 6.56 [LP version, NOT the 1982 single remix]
  12. Methods of Dance 6.53
  13. All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 1983 single remix) 3.32 [March 1983]
  14. Canton (live) 5.27 [full length 12" single version May 1983]
  15. Ghosts (album version) 4.33 (EMI 357633-2/CDV 3018)
27 July 2009 UK coll-CD JAPAN - THE COLLECTION [1978-81]
  1. Quiet Life 3.34 (1981 7" edit)
  2. Visions of China 3.39
  3. Ghosts 4.32
  4. I Second That Emotion 3.44
  5. Life in Tokyo 3.30
  6. European Son 3.37
  7. All Tomorrow's Parties 4.12 (ASSEMBLAGE edit)
  8. Adolescent Sex 3.43
  9. Don't Rain on My Parade 2.53
  10. In Vogue 6.28
  11. The Unconventional 2.59
  12. Communist China 2.43
  13. Suburban Berlin 4.58
  14. Halloween 4.21
  15. Life In Tokyo 6.18 (ASSEMBLAGE 1979 alternative 6.18 version)
  16. All Tomorrow's Parties 5.17 (12" Version)
Copyright (c) 1997-05-07 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2021-03-05.

Thanks to Paul Rymer for help.

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