was toying with the idea of buying the original Dance craze on CD if i can find it, and i think i have except you guys arnt on it anymore (sniff) is this down to copyright issues etc?
nigel brakefield
Dear Nigel
Really? I didn’t even know there was a CD. We should be on it.
CB
The ‘Dance Craze’ CD that came out in the USA did miss off the Madness tracks due I think to copyright issues? As a bonus the CD features the tracks from The Special AKA ‘Too Much Too Young’ Live EP and a live version of ‘Carry Go Bring Come’ by The Selecter. ‘Dance Craze’ did get a very limited UK CD release which had the original track listing including the Madness songs. It’s very rare though and apart from a photo on some website I’ve only seen it crop up on ebay once and it sold for well over my budget. I’d love to see a DVD/CD set released of ‘Dance Craze’, any chance of this?
There is a very rare British CD of Dance Craze that does have Madness on it. So rare I’ve only seen a scan of it on the internet.
I have two different American CDs. They both substitute Specials live tracks for the missing Madness ones.
All a bit weird as the companies that owned the rights (Chrysalis and Virgin) were both bought up by EMI, which could have nullified the contractual issues, but didn’t.
All being split up again now following Universal’s purchase of EMI.
Hope this helps.
No Madness tracks on the Dance Craze CD only the vinyl
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