Substance 2005

Trying to imagine what a hypothetic Substance 2005 compilation could have been, I ended up with the following track listing (all tracks are in their original 12" versions when they exist or unless otherwise stated):

01 - Ceremony 02 - In A Lonely Place 03 - Procession 04 - Everything's Gone Green 05 - Cries And Whispers 06 - Mesh 07 - Temptation 08 - Hurt 09 - Blue Monday 10 - Confusion 11 - Thieves Like Us 12 - Lonesome Tonight 13 - Murder 14 - The Perfect Kiss 15 - Subculture 16 - Shellshock 17 - State Of The Nation 18 - Bizarre Love Triangle 19 - True Faith 20 - 1963 21 - Temptation (1987 Substance version) 22 - Confusion ( 1987 Substance version) 23 - Touched By The Hand Of God 24 - Blue Monday 1988 25 - Fine Time (Silk Mix) 26 - Don't Do It 27 - Round & Round 28 - Best & Marsh 29 - Vanishing point (Instrumental Making Out Mix) 30 - Run 2 31 - MTO (Minus Mix) 32 - The Happy One 33 - World In Motion 34 - Regret (Fire Island Mix) 35 - Ruined In A Day (Reunited In A Day Remix) 36 - Vicious Circle (Mike Haas Mix) 37 - World (Perfecto Mix) 38 - Spooky (Stadium Mix) 39 - True Faith-94 (Perfecto Mix) 40 - Nineteen63-95 (Arthur Baker Mix) 41 - Let's Go 42 - Blue Monday-95 (Hardfloor Remix) 43 - Crystal (Digweed & Muir Bedrock Mix) 44 - Behind Closed Doors 45 - Someone Like You (Gabriel & Dresden 911 Vocal Mix) 46 - 60 Miles An Hour (David Khane Mix) 47 - Sabotage 48 - Here To Stay 49 - Player In The League 50 - Such A Good Thing 51 - Krafty (The Glimmers 12" Extended Mix) 52 - Jetstream (Richard X Remix) 53 - Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Rich Costey Mix) 54 - Guilt Is A Useless Emotion (DJ Dan Club Mix)

I wanted to have all official singles in 12" or in a version that could be considered as 12" (which is not straightforward as from the Republic era). I decided to select full vocal versions (hence the choice of the Stadium mix instead of the Moulimix for Spooky and the very long Gabriel & Dresden 911 Vocal Mix for Someone Like You). I also wanted to have all original B sides (i.e., no dub versions or remixes of the A-sides). Yet, even with such criteria, it was sometimes hard to select one mix instead of another and I just let my personal preference decide (hence the David Khane mix of 60mph, which wasn't officially released, in place of the Supermen Lovers remix which I hate).

A few questions remain:

• Does it make sense to keep the 1987 versions of Temptation and Confusion just because they are on the original Substance compilation?
• Is it a good idea to put the 1988, 1994 and/or 1995 versions of BM, 1963 and TF since they are basically just remixes of the original single?
• Does The Happy One belong to this compilation just because it was used on the Substance 1989 VHS?
• When the radio versions were edits from the album versions, wouldn't it be better to use the album versions instead of remixes on this compilation? (e.g.: Crystal, Ruined In A Day, 60mph)

What do you think about it? What improvements would you suggest?

Ally wrote: I had a similar idea in 2006:

CD 1:

1. Touched by the Hand of God (12" Version)
2. Fine Time (Album version)
3. Round & Round (Stephen Hague 12" Mix)
4. Run (Album version)
5. World in Motion
6. Regret (Album Version)
7. Ruined in a day (Album Version)
8. World (Album Version)
9. Spooky (Album Version)
10. Crystal (Album Version)
11. 60 Miles An Hour (Album Version)
12. Here To Stay (Full Length Version)
13. Krafty (Album Version)
14. Jetstream (Ana Bridge Vox)
15. Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Rich Costey Mix Full Length)

CD 2:

1. Let's Go (Nothing For Me)
2. Don't Do It
3. Best & Marsh (12" Version)
4. Vicious Circle (NewOrder Mix)
5. Spooky (Minimix)
6. 1963 ('95 Arthur Baker Remix Full Length)
7. Temptation 1998
8. Brutal
9. Behind Closed Doors
10. Sabotage
11. Player In The League
12. Such A Good Thing
13. Guilt Is A Useless Emotion (Mac Quayle Vocal Mix)
14. Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Wally Gagel "Tribute" Mix)
15. Turn (Singles Mix)

Worked out nicely at the time and served as a reasonable continuation on from the '87 compilation. On my iPod anyway.

There are maybe some more adventurous tracks I would stick on CD 2 (Touched By The Hand Of Dub, 60 MPH Demo, Dream Attack Demo) but it's not bad for what it is.

never heard the 60mph demo, any idea where i could get a copy?