Bronski Beat/Communards/Jimmy Somerville

[Pughie]

Looking forward to this release!

It was worth the wait,a remix album that actually gives you mixes you really want,ok it’s not 100% perfect but the thought gone into it is superb. Mixes you want to listen to again & again.
Johnnie Remember Me is a surprise version you didn’t know you needed.

[MikeyC]

Looking forward to this release!

It was worth the wait,a remix album that actually gives you mixes you really want,ok it’s not 100% perfect but the thought gone into it is superb. Mixes you want to listen to again & again.
Johnnie Remember Me is a surprise version you didn’t know you needed.

[Pughie]

[Pughie]

[Pughie]

JIMMY SOMERVILLE - DARE TO LOVE - (30TH ANNIVERSARY 2CD ALBUM + BONUS 'HURT SO GOOD' CD SINGLE) - PRE-ORDER [2025-12-05]



5061017255215

Jimmy Somerville - Dare To Love - (30th Anniversary 2CD Album + bonus 'Hurt So Good' CD Single)

NB: All products ordered with a pre-order will be dispatched together close to the latest pre-order release date. If you want earlier dispatched for another product then please place separate order(s).
Originally released in 1995, Jimmy Somerville’s Dare To Love stands as a powerful statement of pride, passion, and pop brilliance, carried by one of the most unmistakable voices in modern music.
Dare To Love embodies Somerville’s gift for marrying political conviction with irresistible melodies. Produced by Stephen Hague and other longtime collaborators, the album traverses bass-laden house grooves, slower, dubby reggae numbers and classic pop ballads.
Featuring the UK Top 30 hits 'Heartbeat' and 'Hurt So Good', along with the poignant 'Safe in These Arms', Dare To Love explores love, loss, and identity, both on and off the dancefloor.
London Records celebrate 30 years of Dare To Love with a full remaster, putting the album on double CD, and features previously unreleased b-sides, rarities and remixes from the likes of Todd Terry, The Beatmasters and more.
Product Features: 6-panel digipak, printed booklet, printed on-bodies, marketing sticker.
The 2CD album comes with a bonus 'Hurt So Good' CD Single, limited to 250 copies in total across CD, vinyl and bundle editions and is a Lexer Music worldwide exclusive.
"Jimmy Somerville - Dare To Love - (30th Anniversary)" is out Friday, 5th December 2025 on London Records and available for pre-order now.

TRACKLISTING

Album CD 1

Heartbeat (2025 Remaster)
Hurt So Good (2025 Remaster)
Cry (2025 Remaster)
Lovething (2025 Remaster)
By Your Side (2025 Remaster)
Dare To Love (2025 Remaster)
Someday We’ll Be Together (2025 Remaster)
Alright (2025 Remaster)
Too Much Of A Good Thing (2025 Remaster)
A Dream Gone Wrong (2025 Remaster)
Come Lately (2025 Remaster)
Safe In These Arms (2025 Remaster)
Because Of Him (2025 Remaster)
Nature Boy
Up And Away
Telling Lies
Step Inside
Nothing Said, Nothing Done
Been So Long (Remix)

Album CD 2

Do You Wanna Funk? [Original Full Length Mix]
Heartbeat (Biff 12” Remix)
Safe (DJ Tonka 12 Inch)
By Your Side (Miss You Like Crazy Mix)
Heartbeat (E-Smoove Downtown Underground)
Hurt So Good (12” Beatmasters Lovers Mix)
Love You Forever (Remix)
Heartbeat II
Safe (Todd Terry 7 Inch)
Hurt So Good (Sly & Robbie Remix - Version 1)
By Your Side (Stripped Mix)
Because Of Him (Celtic Version)

CD Single

Hurt So Good (Beatmasters Radio Edit)
Safe Sex (Todd Terry Long Session)
Hurt So Good (12 Inch Sly & Robbie Dub)
Safe Journey (Todd Terry 12 Inch)
Hurt So Good (Steely & Clevie Vocal Mix)

Format: 2CD Album + CD Single
Barcode: 5061017255215
Catalogue Number: LMS1725521
Label: London Records
Release Date: Friday, 5th December 2025

https://www.lexermusic.com/jimmy-somerville

[Pughie]

Jimmy Somerville Platinum Disc. A genuine Sales Award to recognise sales in the United Kingdom of more than 1,200,000 copies of the London Records single `Smalltown Boy` (1984-2024). - This BPI (British Phonographic Industry) Certified award comes directly from Jimmy Somerville`s management office. He has personally signed the award on both the front and rear of the award. Photos of Jimmy signing the award can also be provided. All proceeds from the sale will be going to `Youth Music UK`. Jimmy

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[Pughie]

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[Pughie]

BRONSKI BEAT
TRUTHDARE DOUBLEDARE (40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) 3CD









Truthdare Doubledare marked a significant change in the direction of synth-pop trio Bronski Beat’s as a band, with vocalist Jimmy Somerville leaving and being replaced with John Jøn Foster.
Whilst maintaining a clear voice in support of gay rights and political activism, the production gave way to a rougher and rawer style, featuring more real instruments, ever-powerful lyrics and more variety in genre.
This never-before re-issued album features the #3 single ‘Hit That Perfect Beat’, a full remaster, new remixes from the likes of I. JORDAN and Ted Carfrae and rare, unreleased studio and live versions.
40th Anniversary 3CD includes:
Full album remaster
B-Sides & unreleased rarities
Live versions & unheard studio sessions
BBC Radio 1 Session
2026 Remixes from I. JORDAN & Ted Carfrae
Exclusive liner notes from vocalist John Jøn Foster
Exclusive detailed timeline by project consultant Barnaby Ashton-Bullock
Updated artwork with rare and unseen photos
Tracklisting:

Disc One
Hit That Perfect Beat
Truthdare Doubledare
C’Mon! C’Mon!
Punishment For Love
We Know How It Feels
This Heart
Do It
Dr. John
In My Dreams
I Gave You Everything
What Are You Doing About It?(Extended Version)
Dr. John (Ted Carfrae Rework)
Something Special
Drum Majors (Tambour Majeur)
Hit That Perfect Beat (Cocktail Mix)

Disc Two
Loveline (Extended 1990 Version)
Meaning Of Love (Studio Session)
Black Storm (Studio Session)
Take You There (Studio Session)
Back On Me (Feeling Lonely) [Studio Session]
Running (Free Yourself) [Studio Session]
Keeps Me Satisfied (Studio Session)
Hit That Perfect Beat (BBC Radio One Session)
C’Mon! C’Mon! (BBC Radio One Session)
Back On Me (BBC Radio One Session)
In My Dreams (BBC Radio One Session)
Hit That Perfect Beat (Metropolitan 7" Mix with timbale)
This Heart (John Gallen 7" Mix)
We Know How It Feels (Piano Version)
What Are You Doing About It? (7" Version)
Loveline (1993 Version)
Hit That Perfect Beat (1994 Version)
This Heart (Ian Levine 7" Mix)

Disc Three
Hit That Perfect Beat (I. JORDAN Rework)
Dr. John (Ted Carfrae Extended Rework)
Hit That Perfect Beat (12" Version)
C'Mon! C'Mon! (12" Version)
This Heart (John Gallen 12" Mix)
Hit That Perfect Beat (Instant Mix)
C'Mon! C'Mon! (Tropical Mix)
This Heart (Ian Levine 12" Remix)
Hit That Perfect Beat (Metropolitan 12" Version)

Official stare have Hit That Perfect Beat CD single
https://store.bronskibeat.co.uk/products/section/17409





Lexer bundles have Dr John CD single
https://www.lexermusic.com/bronski-beat

[Pughie]

What’s your favourite the second generation of
Bronski Beat or the original Run From Love?