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RAH BAND

- Discography for UK 1977-1996 -


Feb 1977 7" The Crunch

    The Crunch (Part 1) 3.36 / The Crunch (Part 2) 3.30 (Good Earth, GD 7)
Entered the UK chart on 9 July 1977 at #49.

Oct 1977 non-album 7" Jiggery Pokery

    Jiggery Pokery 4.11 / Porridge 3.57 (Ebony, EYE 4)
(12 May?) 1978 7" Is Anybody There?
    Is Anybody There? [4.15?] / Vampire Vamp [5.30?] (Ebony, EYE 9)
(May?) 1978 LP (+ CD) THE CRUNCH & BEYOND
  1. The Crunch 3.36
  2. Electric Fling 4.02
  3. Concrete 4.49
  4. Is Anybody There? 4.15
  5. Beyond 5.16

  6. Spacerace 5.44
  7. Turkey Roll 5.06
  8. Vampire Vamp 5.30
  9. Woogie Boogie 4.50
  10. The Crunch (Reprise) 0.22 (LP: Ebony EBY 1001; CD 1989: RCA ND 74423)

    Bonus tracks 2006 CD:

  11. Jiggery Pokery 4.11 [Single 1977]
  12. Porridge 3.57 [B-side Jiggery Pokery] (Repressed, REPEAT1)


Jan 1980 non-album 7" Tokyo Flyer

    Tokyo Flyer 4.11 / Tokyo Flyer (Instrumental) 4.52 (DJM Records, DJS 10930)
The first single to actually feature a synthesizer.


Sep 1980 7"/12" Falcon

    Falcon 3.46 / Falcon 2 (3.16) (7": DJM Records, DJS 10954)

    Falcon 6.52 / Tokyo Flyer 4.30 (12": DJR 18014)

Entered the UK chart on 1 Nov 1980 at #71.

Jan 1981 7"/12" Slide

    Slide [3:50? 4:26?] / Drat That Cat 3.44 (7": DJM Records, DJS 10964)

    Slide [6.25? 6:40?] / Drat That Cat 7.52 (12": DJR 10964)

Entered the UK chart on 7 Feb 1981 at #64.

(Jan/Feb?) 1981 LP/MC (+ Japanese CD) RAH BAND

  1. Falcon 4.16
  2. Downside Up 8.37
  3. Dream On 4.58
  4. Slide 4.26

  5. Blue Horizon Drifter 6.50
  6. Dancing On the Moon 6.37
  7. Ride 8.01 (DJM Records, DJF 20573 / DJH 40573; Japanese CD 2010: AWDR/LR2 DDCB-12022)
(April?) 1981 7"/12" Downside Up
    Downside Up 3.53 / Dream On [4:58?] (7": DJM Records, DJS 10967)

    Downside Up [8:37?] / Dream On [4:58?] (12": DJR 10967)


(July?) 1981 7"/12" Riding On a Fantasy

    Riding On a Fantasy 3.48 / Rock Me Down to Rio [1981 Single Mix] 3.28 (7": DJM Records, DJS 10973)

    Riding On a Fantasy [12" Version] 7.49 / Rock Me Down to Rio (Remix) 7.23 (12": DJR 10973)

(early?) 1982 promo 12" Winter Love
    Winter Love // Funk Me Down to Rio (82 Version) 7.13 / Perfumed Garden (TNT Records, RAH 1/RAH 2)
April 1982 7"/12" Perfumed Garden
    Perfumed Garden 3.38 / Funk Me Down to Rio '82 (3.22) (7": KR, KR 5)

    Perfumed Garden [Extended Mix] 7.59 / Funk Me Down to Rio '82 (7.13) (12": KRT 5)

Entered the UK chart on 1 May 1982 at #70.

July 1982 7"/12" Tears + Rain

    Tears and Rain 4.01 / Hunger for Your Jungle Love 3.45 (7": KR, KR 10)

    Tears and Rain [12" Version] 8.05 // Hunger for Your Jungle Love / Party Games [12" Version] 6.18 (12": KRT 10)

March 1983 7"/12" Sam the Samba Man
    Sam the Samba Man / Sam the Samba Man (Scratch Me If You Can) (7": TMT Records, TMT 3)

    Sam the Samba Man [12" Version] 7.29 // Sam the Samba Man (Hip Hop Mix) 6.53 / Sam the Samba Man (Scratch Me If You Can) 5.14 (12": TMTT 3)

Entered the UK chart on 16 April 1982 at #93.

(April/May?) 1983 LP (+ Japanese CD) GOING UP

  1. Messages from the Stars 4.26
  2. Roll Me Down to Rio 6.49
  3. Perfumed Garden (With Scented Strings) 6.29
  4. Hunger for Your Jungle Love '83 (5.46)
  5. Sam the Samba Man 4.16

  6. Winter Love 5.23
  7. Tears & Rain 5.39
  8. Two Bodies 4.30
  9. Party Games 4.05
  10. Riding On a Fantasy 5.49 (LP: TMT Records RAH L1; Japanese Cd 2010: AWDR/LR2 DDCB-12023)
June 1983 7"/12" Messages from the Stars
    Messages from the Stars [Short Wave Mix] 3.58 / Messages from the Stars (Astro Mix) (7": TMT Records, TMT 5)

    Messages from the Stars (Long Wave Mix) // Messages from the Stars (Astro Mix) 6.28 / Messages from the Stars (Short Wave Mix) (12": TMTT 5)

Entered the UK chart on 9 July 1983 at #57.


Nov 1983 7"/12" Questions

    Questions (What You Gonna Do) / Questions (Teasers Mix) (7": S.O.U.N.D. Recordings, SND-1)

    Questions (What You Gonna Do) // Questions (Teasers Mix) / Falcon 2 (New Remix) (12": SNDS-1)

early/spring? 1984 promo 12" Rising Star
    Rising Star [12" Version 7.43?] // Winter Love '84 [12" Version 7.12?] / Rising Star (Cosmix) 5.36 (S.O.U.N.D. Recordings SNDS 3X)
June 1984 reissue/remix 7"/12" Sam the Samba Man
    Sam the Samba Man (Summer Samba) 4.04 / Dream Street (featuring Nadia Flasch) 4.02 (7": S.O.U.N.D. Recordings, RAHS 901)

    Sam the Samba Man (Summer Samba 12" Mix) (New Recording) 7.24 / Rising Star (Re-Mix) [= Remix Edit 4.07?] //
    Dream Street (featuring Nadia Flasch) (Re-Mix) 7.20 / Dream Street (featuring Nadia Flasch) (Street Mix) 3.51 (12": RAHXL 901)


1984 coll-LP UPPER CUTS

  1. Messages from the Stars (12" Version) 6.33 [1983]
  2. Perfumed Garden 7.54 [12" version without the strings] [1982/83]
  3. Winter Love '84 (7.17)
  1. Rock Me Down to Rio 7.16 [1981]
  2. Sam the Samba Man 4.13 [1983/84]
  3. Tears and Rain 5.40 [1982]
  4. Messages from the Stars (Astro Mix) 6.18 [1983] (S.O.U.N.D. Recordings SNDLP 601)


Dec 1984 7"/12" Are You Satisfied (Funka Nova)

    Are You Satisfied (Funka Nova) / Are You Satisfied (Instrumental) (7": RCA, RCA 470)

    Are You Satisfied (Funka Nova) // Are You Satisfied (Instrumental / Remix) / The Shadow of Your Love (12": RCAT 470)

Entered the UK chart on 12 Jan 1985 at #76.

March 1985 7"/12" Clouds across the Moon

    Clouds across the Moon / Clouds across the Moon (Solar Horizon Mix) 4.26 (7": RCA, PB 40025)

    Clouds across the Moon // Clouds across the Moon (Super Nova Mix) 8.23 / Clouds across the Moon (Solar Horizon Mix) 4.26 (12": PT 40026)

Entered the UK chart on 30 March 1985 at #43.

March 1985 LP/MC/CD MYSTERY

  1. Clouds across the Moon 6.49
  2. Night Wind 7.42
  3. Sorry Doesn't Make It Anymore 4.23
  4. Float 5.38
  5. Mystery Boy 7.14
  6. Are You Satisfied (Funka Nova) 6.02
  7. Shadow of Your Love 6.27
  8. Out on the Edge 5.24 (LP: RCA PL 70640; MC: PK 70640; CD: ND 74425)
Entered the UK chart on 6 April 1985 at #86.

June 1985 7"/12" Sorry Doesn't Make It Anymore

    Sorry Doesn't Make It Anymore (Remix) / Night Wind (Remix) (7": RCA, PB 40191)

    Sorry Doesn't Make It Anymore (Stretch Mix) 6.02 / Night Wind // Float (Bubble Mix) 5.24 / Clouds across the Moon (Lunar Mix) (12": PT 40192R)

Entered the UK chart on 29 June 1985 at #90.


Sep 1985 7"/12" What'll Become of the Children?

    What'll Become of the Children? 4.12 / Out on the Edge 4.40 [from MYSTERY] (7": RCA, PB 40373)

    What'll Become of the Children? 4.12 / What'll Become of the Children? (Edited Version) (DJ 7": PB 40373 DJ)

    What'll Become of the Children? 7.23 / Float (Bubble Mix) 5.24 //
    What'll Become of the Children? (Apocamix) [4.27] [7.08?] / Out on the Edge 4.40 (12": PT 40374)

Oct 1985 coll-LP/MC ( + CD) PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
  1. What'll Become of the Children? 7.24 [12" Version]
  2. Star Dance 7.16 [New Track]
  3. Perfumed Garden 6.44 [1982/83]
  4. Rock Me Down to Rio 7.07 [1981]
  5. Are You Satisfied? 3.15 [1984]
  1. Clouds across the Moon 6.33 [1985]
  2. Messages from the Stars 7.10 [Long Wave Mix ?] [1983]
  3. Falcon 6.06 [1980]
  4. Sam the Samba Man 7.21 [1983/84]
  5. The Crunch 4.12 [1985 Remix] [1977] (RCA PL 70888/PK 70888; CD 1989: ND 74424)
Nov 1985 7"/12" The Crunch '85
    The Crunch '85 / The Crunch '85 (Jazz Mix) (7": RCA, PB 40481)

    The Crunch '85 // The Crunch '85 (Jazz Mix) / Star Dance (12": PT 40482)


June 1986 non-album 7"/12" Sweet Forbidden

    Sweet Forbidden / Perfect Stranger (7": RCA, PB 40779)

    Sweet Forbidden 6.04 / Perfect Stranger (12": PT 40780)

Jan 1987 7"/12" Across the Bay
    Across the Bay 3:26 / Jammin' on the Byte 4.02 (7": RCA, PB 41099)

    Across the Bay 3.26 / Take Some Thyme 5.21 // Jammin' on the Byte 5.51 (12": PT 41100)

Feb ca? 1987 LP (+ limited CD & digital album) SOMETHING ABOUT THE MUSIC
  1. Something about the Music 4.21
  2. Run 4 the Sun 4.26
  3. Nothing in This World 4.05
  4. Take Some Thyme 5.24
  5. A Woman's Life 3.34

  6. Across the Bay 3.29
  7. The Adventures of E-Man 3.16
  8. Life after Love 4.03
  9. Jammin' on the Byte 5.55
  10. Silverbird 4.40 (LP: RCA)
    Limited CD-R 2002 / CD & digital album 2015
  1. Something about the Music 4.21
  2. Run 4 the Sun 4.26
  3. Nothing in This World 4.05
  4. Take Some Thyme 5.24
  5. A Woman's Life 3.34
  6. Across the Bay 3.29
  7. The Adventures of E-Man 3.16
  8. Life after Love 4.03
  9. Jammin' on the Byte 5.55
  10. Sweet Forbidden 6.04 (Bonus track - Single 1986)
  11. Silverbird 4.40
  12. The Homecoming (Time keeps tearing us apart) 6.26 (Bonus track - Single 1988)
  13. Dream Street 5.58 (Bonus track - B-side Sam the Samba Man, 1984) [unknown duration]
  14. The Intruders 6.50 (Bonus track - previously unreleased?)
July 1987 7"/12" Run 4 the Sun
    Run 4 the Sun / Life after Love (7": RCA, PB 41413)

    Run 4 the Sun (Solar Mix) / Life after Love (Extended Mix) (12": PT 41414)


1988 non-album 7"/12" Nice Easy Money

    Nice Easy Money (Intruders in the house) / Nice Easy Money (7": E&F Records/Supreme Records, EF 4)

    Nice Easy Money (Intruders in the House) // Nice Easy Money (Extra Beats) / Nice Easy Money (Radio Mix) (12": EFT 4)

17 Oct 1988 non-album 7"/12" Time Keeps Tearing Us Apart (The homecoming)
    Time Keeps Tearing Us Apart (The homecoming) / The Adventures of E. Man (7": Nine O Nine, NINE 721)

    Time Keeps Tearing Us Apart (The homecoming) // The Aliens Are Coming (Instrumental Mix) / The Adventures of E. Man (12": NINE 21)

Aug 1989 7" Silverbird
    Silverbird [4.40? Remix?] / Silverbird (Instrumental) (Fly Records, EAGLE 12)


1996 promo CD-R/12" Living for the Nitelife (feat. Susanna)

  1. Living for the Nitelife (Main Vocal Mix)
  2. Living for the Nitelife (Big Boo Bam Mix)
  3. Living for the Nitelife (Danny Da Roca Mix)
  4. Living for the Nitelife (Original Radio Edit) (promo CD-R: Shocking Music)
    Living for the Nightlife (Main Disco Mix) / (Rumpus Ruff Cookie Mix) //
    (Beat Foundation Mix) / (SNCL Club Mix) (12": Skinnymalinky Records, SMR01296)
1996 promo 12" Looks Like I'm In Love Again
    Looks Like I'm In Love Again (SNCL Club Mix) / (Richie Digits Mix) // (Jam Tomorrow Mix) / Rock Me Down to Rio (1983 Version) (Running Note, RAH1001)


21 Oct 2022 5-CD MESSAGE FROM THE STARS - THE RAH BAND STORY VOL. 1 [1977-1984]

    CD 1 - THE CRUNCH & BEYOND (1978)
  1. The Crunch 3.42
  2. Electric Fling 4.03
  3. Concrete 4.49
  4. Is Anybody There? 4.20
  5. Beyond 5.22
  6. Spacerace 5.48
  7. Turkey Roll 5.12
  8. Vampire Vamp 5.35
  9. Woogie Boogie 4.54
  10. The Crunch (Reprise) 0.27
    Bonus tracks
  11. Jiggery Pokery 4.12 [Single 1977]
  12. Porridge 3.59 [B-side Jiggery Pokery]
  13. The Crunch (Part 2) 3.33 [B-side The Crunch, 1977]
  14. Tokyo Flyer 4.11 [Single 1980]
  15. Tokyo Flyer (Instrumental Version) 4.52 [B-side Tokyo Flyer]
  16. Falcon (Original 12" Mix) 6.46 [Single 1980]
  17. Falcon 2 (3.16) [B-side Falcon]
    CD 2 - RAH BAND (1981)
  1. Falcon 4.16
  2. Downside Up 8.39
  3. Dream On 4.58
  4. Slide 4.24
  5. Blue Horizon Drifter 6.49
  6. Dancing On the Moon 6.38
  7. Ride 8.05
    Bonus tracks
  8. Slide (12" Mix) 6.40 [1981]
  9. Drat That Cat (7" Mix) 3.44 [B-side Slide, 1981]
  10. Drat That Cat (12" Mix) 7.54 [1981]
  11. Downside Up (7" Mix) 3.53 [1981]
  12. Riding on a Fantasy (Instrumental Mix) 7.47 [unknown source]
  13. Ride (7" Edit) 4.18 [unknown source]
    CD 3 - GOING UP (1983)
  1. Messages from the Stars 4.26
  2. Roll Me Down to Rio 6.51
  3. Perfumed Garden (With Scented Strings) 6.30
  4. Hunger for Your Jungle Love '83 (5.41)
  5. Sam the Samba Man 4.09
  6. Winter Love 5.21
  7. Tears & Rain 5.39
  8. Two Bodies 4.30
  9. Party Games 4.05
  10. Riding On a Fantasy 5.53
    Bonus tracks
  11. Perfumed Garden (Original 12" Mix) 7.59 [1982]
  12. Riding on a Fantasy (7" Single Vocal Mix) 3.48 [1981]
  13. Rock Me Down to Rio (1981 Single Mix) 3.28 [1981]
  14. Messages from the Stars (Short Wave Mix) 3.58 [1983]
  15. Perfumed Garden (7" Single Mix) 3.38 [1982]
    CD 4 - REMIXES & RARITIES (PART ONE) [1981-1983]
  1. Messages from the Stars (Long Wave 12" Mix) 6.46 [1983]
  2. Tears & Rain (12" Mix) 8.05 [1982]
  3. Riding on a Fantasy (12" Vocal Mix) 7.49 [1981]
  4. Rock Me Down to Rio (1981 12" Mix) 7.23 [1981]
  5. Sam the Samba Man (1983 12" Mix) 7.29 [1983]
  6. Tears & Rain (7" Single Mix) 4.01 [1982]
  7. Hunger for Your Jungle Love (7" Single Mix) 3.45 [1982]
  8. Party Games (12" Mix) 6.18 [1982]
  9. Sam the Samba Man (Hip Hop Music) 6.53 [1983]
  10. Messages from the Stars (Astro Mix) 6.28 [1983]
  11. Funk Me Down to Rio '82 (12" Mix) 7.13 [1982]
  12. Sam the Samba Man (Scratch Me If You Can) 5.14 [1983]
    CD 5 - REMIXES & RARITIES (PART TWO) [1982-1984]
  1. Funky Tokyo! (7" Mix) 4.37 [Previously unreleased]
  2. Funk Me Down to Rio '82 (7" Mix) 3.22 [1982]
  3. Funky Tokyo! (12" Mix) 8.44 [Previously unreleased]
  4. Rising Star (12" Mix) 7.43 [1984]
  5. Winter Love '84 (12" Mix) 7.12 [1984]
  6. Rising Star (Cosmix) 5.36 [1984]
  7. Winter Love '84 (7" Mix) 3.45 [1984] [unknown source]
  8. Dream Street (7" Mix) 4.02 [1984]
  9. Rising Star (Remix Edit) 4.07 [1984] unknown source]
  10. Dream Street (Original 12" Mix) 7.20 [1984]
  11. Sam the Samba Man '84 (Summer Samba 12" Mix) 7.24 [1984]
  12. Sam the Samba Man '84 (Summer Samba 7" Mix) 4.04 [1984]
  13. Dream Street (Street Mix) 3.51 [1984]
  14. Perfume Garden (Remix) 6.50 [unknown source] (Cherry Pop CRPOPBOX260)
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