2012 EU release. Opened, NEW
Long-deleted and sought-after 2CD deluxe and expanded edition of the 1988 album
A remarkable collection this, with the original album featuring no less than 6 singles from it.
This expanded edition features the original 9 tracks from the album before adding an additional 20 bonus tracks.
Important to note that where the vinyl release featured the extended versions of 4 tracks instead of their standard 7" versions, this deluxe cd release has those 7" versions as the main album.
Produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, Ian Levine, Trevor Vallis, Pete Hammond and Pete Ware, "Always" features a host of classic SAW singles Whos Leaving Who? (#4), a cover of Anne Murrays 1986 single, Maybe (We Should Call It A Day) (#15), Turn It Into Love (#21), originally an album track and subsequently a Japanese #1 for Kylie Minogue, plus the dancefloor favourites They Say Its Gonna Rain and Always Doesnt Mean Forever.
Digitally re-mastered direct from master tapes held at the PWL, Abbey Road and Capitol Records archives, this Deluxe Edition brings together the original nine-track album with no less than 20 bonus tracks across two CDs. Added to the album and available here are two sought-after 1986 singles: Stand Up, a Stock Aitken Waterman reworking of Umberto Tozzis Hurrah, and E.S.P. (Extra Sensual Persuasion), a cover of Millie Jacksons 1983 single. Bonus tracks also include rare B-sides, the 1987 U.S. 7" remix of the 1985 hit No Fool (For Love), the original Dutch-only single version of Walk In My Shoes and many mixes previously unreleased in the UK or only available on vinyl.
The extensive booklet also features additional photos, a fully illustrated discography and recording data, full lyrics and an exclusive track-by-track commentary written for this release by Hazell herself.
The definitive doyenne of the Hi-NRG scene, Essex-born Hazell Dean found mainstream success in 1984 with the #6 hit Searchin (Gotta Find A Man) on the Proto label. The Stock Aitken Waterman-produced follow-up, Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go), reached #4, giving the Hit Factory team their first Top Ten single and marking the beginning of a partnership with Hazell which continued until 1991. After the release of her 1985 album "Heart First", Hazell signed with EMI and a succession of releases over the next three years culminated with "Always", widely regarded as her best work. In the years since, Hazell has continued to write, produce and record, revisiting They Say Its Gonna Rain on Energise Records, as well as maintaining her profile as an evergreen club performer.
1-1 They Say It's Gonna Rain (7" version) 3:58
1-2 Who's Leaving Who (7" version) 3:45
1-3 Turn It Into Love 3:38
1-4 You're My Rainbow 5:13
1-5 Always Doesn't Mean Forever (7" version) 3:37
1-6 Maybe (We Should Call It A Day) (7" version) 3:39
1-7 Walk In My Shoes 4:16
1-8 Nothing In My Life 3:46
1-9 Danger 4:58
Bonus Tracks
1-10 No Fool (For Love) (The Murray 7" Mix) 3:24
1-11 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing 6:23 (duet with Darryl Pandy)
1-12 Stand Up (7" version) 3:46
1-13 Can't Get You Out Of My Mind 3:56
1-14 Love Ends, Love Parts 3:25
1-15 Walk In My Shoes (Original Version) 3:54
1-16 E.S.P. (Extra Sensual Persuasion) (7" version) 3:30
1-17 Who's Leaving Who? (The Boys Are Back In Town Mix) 6:59
1-18 Stand Up (Extended Version) 6:59
2-1 E.S.P. (Extra Sensual Persuasion) (Extended Version) 10:34
2-2 Image In The Mirror 3:50
2-3 They Say It's Gonna Rain (Indian Summer Mix) 6:20
2-4 Always Doesn't Mean Forever (My-Ami Mix) 7:07
2-5 Maybe (We Should Call It A Day) (Extended Version) 6:42
2-6 Walk In My Shoes (Nightmare Mix) 8:24
2-7 Who's Leaving Who? (Bob's Tambourine Mix) 4:45
2-8 Maybe (We Should Call It A Day) (Extra Beat Boys Remix) 6:41
2-9 Turn It Into Love (House Mix) 7:19
2-10 They Say It's Gonna Rain (Zulu Mix) 7:10
2-11 Turn It Into Love (Alternative 12" Mix) 5:57
