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- Frankie Goes To Hollywood
WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME
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Release date: 31 October 2025
In 1985, Frankie Goes To Hollywood was perhaps the most dangerous band on the planet and shook up music in a way that the country had not seen since The Sex Pistols. They were outspoken, banned by the BBC, almost fell afoul of the Official Secrets Act, had videos that TV could only show post-watershed, made one of the most audacious debut albums of all time, a double no less, and of course, pop fans loved it.
Their first three singles, 'Relax, 'Two Tribes' and 'The Power Of Love' all reached #1 in the UK, a feat which had only happened once before back in the '60s by fellow Liverpudlians Gerry And The Pacemakers. Frankie was also only the second-ever band in the pre-streaming era to have concurrent #1 and #2 singles; that other band was The Beatles. 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' remain the 6th and 22nd best-selling singles in UK history and are regarded as classics.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood was formed in 1980 in Liverpool when the city was the country's cultural epicentre. The scene that produced the band also gave the world Echo & The Bunnymen, Dead Or Alive, The Mighty Wah!, The Teardrop Explodes, OMD, and future leading lights of The KLF, The Lightning Seeds.
However, Frankie was different to all of their peers, they put the funk into punk and even the make-up of the band, the openly gay frontmen, lead vocalist Holly Johnson, Paul Rutherford on backing vocals and the resolutely heterosexual Mark O'Toole on bass, guitarist Brian Nash and Peter 'Ped' Gill on drums, was groundbreaking & revolutionary. The band were at the forefront of openly gay pop acts. They made gay rights and an open attitude to sexuality a theme of their music and performances at a time when the UK government banned gay men from donating blood due to fear over the aids epidemic.
Contrary to the narrative that the band were purely a studio creation, this seven-disc box set includes unheard demos, live tracks and unreleased BBC Sessions, including two for John Peel where future #1 singles, 'Two Tribes' and 'The Power Of Love' were debuted, which prove without any doubt that the band were always destined for greatness.
The band's debut album 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome', released in October 1984, reached #1 on the UK charts and had over one million advance sales. The album was a top-10 seller internationally in countries such as Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, and New Zealand.
This anniversary edition put together for the first time in conjunction with the band, features 28 unreleased tracks and takes the listener on a journey from the band's earliest demos and BBC Radio One Sessions through the singles to the album and beyond. Each disc contains rare and, in most cases, unreleased versions of songs that are the gold standard for 80's music.
The world-renowned artist, producer and remixer Steven Wilson has contributed an Atmos mix as well as Stereo and 5.1 mixes for the Blu-Ray, and the booklet has been designed by Philip Marshall with rare photos and memorabilia and includes a timeline of the band's rise to fame with input from all members of Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
DISC ONE: SESSIONS / DEMOS
Relax – (In Heaven) (Arista Demo) 11-13 September 1982*
Two Tribes - (Arista Demo) 11-13 September 1982*
Love Has Got a Gun - (Phonogram Demo) 15 October 1982*
Junk Funk - (Phonogram Demo) 15 October 1982*
BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 24 November 1982
Two Tribes*
The World Is My Oyster*
Krisco Kisses*
Disneyland*
BBC Radio 1 Kid Jensen Session, 24 February 1983
Relax (Shoot It In The Right Direction)*
Invade My Heart*
The Only Star in Heaven*
Welcome To the Pleasuredome*
BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 December 1983
Junk Funk (Get On Down)*
The Other Side of Midnight*
The Power of Love*
Get It On
DISC TWO: RELAX + B-Sides
Relax - Rough Mix Sunday 4th September 1983*
Relax - The Album
The Party Trick (The Party Trick (Acting Dumb) in label copy
The Special Act (The Special Act (adapted from the Sex Mix) - Cassette Edition in label copy)
The U.S. Mix (The Special Act (adapted from the Sex Mix) - Cassette Edition in label copy)
The Single The Single (The Act) - Cassette Edition in label copy)
Ferry Cross The Mersey (…And Here I'll Stay) Cassette Edition in label copy)
Relax - Sex Mix Edition 3 – (aka the Luis Jardim Mix)
Relax - With New Fairlight & DMX Ruff Mix*
Relax – Video Version in Label Copy
DISC THREE: TWO TRIBES + B-sides
Two Tribes - Newsnight Version*
Two Tribes Original 7” Mix (aka Cowboys & Indians)
Two Tribes - Video Destructo Mix*
Two Tribes - Keep the Peace (intro)
Two Tribes - At Madison Square Garden, The Carnage, The Annihilation
War - Somewhere Between Hiding and Hidden
Two Tribes - Keep the Peace (outro)
War - No 2
Two Tribes - We Don't Want to Die
War - Hidden
Two Tribes - Hibakusha
Two Tribes - The Last Voice
DISC FOUR: FROM THE VAULTS OF BLUE HELL
Well - Intro Long Version*
Welcome To the Pleasuredome (The World Is My Oyster) - Early 12" Version*
Welcome To the Pleasuredome – (Ad Lib)
Two Tribes - Outtake 2 (7" Version of the Annihilation Mix)*
Born To Run –Instrumental*
Love Has Got a Gun aka Wish the Lads Were Here - Backing Track*
Black Night White Light – Extended*
The Only Star in Heaven - Backing Track No Vox*
The Power of Love - Take 4*
DISC FIVE: THE POWER OF LOVE + B-sides
The Power of Love - 7" Version
The World Is My Oyster - 7" Version
The Power of Love - Extended Singlette Version
The World Is My Oyster - Scrapped
The World Is My Oyster - Trapped
The Power of Love - Instrumental Singlette Version
Welcome To the Pleasuredome - Pleasure Fix
The Only Star in Heaven - Starfix
The World Is My Oyster - 12" Version
The Power of Love - Strings Only
War - Europe A Go-Go Soundcheck*
The Power of Love - Europe A Go-Go Soundcheck*
Relax - Europe A Go-Go Soundcheck*
Born To Run - Europe A Go-Go Soundcheck*
DISC SIX: WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME + B-sides
Welcome To the Pleasuredome - Altered Reel (aka Alternative to Reality) Original 7” Version
Happy Hi! - 12" Version
Relax - International (Live on The Tube Europe A Go Go)
Welcome To the Pleasure Dome - The Alternative (aka Fruitness)
Happy Hi! - All In the Body
Welcome To the Pleasuredome - The Soundtrack from Bernard Rose's Video
Get It On
Welcome To the Pleasuredome - How to Remake The World
Disneyland - Sampled
Born To Run (Live)
Welcome To the Pleasure Dome - Urban Mix
*PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
DISC SEVEN: WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME
Well
The World Is My Oyster
Snatch Of Fury (Stay)
Welcome To the Pleasuredome
Relax (Come Fighting)
War (...And Hide)
Two Tribes (For The Victims Of Ravishment)
Tag
Ferry (Go)
Born To Run
San Jose (The Way)
Wish (The Lads Were Here)
Including The Ballad Of 32
Krisco Kisses
Black Night White Light
The Only Star in Heaven
The Power of Love
Bang
BLU RAY AUDIO
Welcome To the Pleasuredome - Steven Wilson Atmos Mix
Well
The World Is My Oyster
Snatch Of Fury (Stay)
Welcome To the Pleasuredome
Relax (Come Fighting)
War (...and Hide)
Two Tribes (For The Victims Of Ravishment)
Tag
Ferry (Go)
Born To Run
San Jose (The Way)
Wish (The Lads Were Here)
Including The Ballad Of 32
Krisco Kisses
Black Night White Light
The Only Star in Heaven
The Power of Love
Bang
Welcome To the Pleasuredome - Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix
Well
The World Is My Oyster
Snatch Of Fury (Stay)
Welcome To the Pleasuredome
Relax (Come Fighting)
War (...and Hide)
Two Tribes (For The Victims Of Ravishment)
Tag
Ferry (Go)
Born To Run
San Jose (The Way)
Wish (The Lads Were Here)
Including The Ballad Of 32
Krisco Kisses
Black Night White Light
The Only Star in Heaven
The Power of Love
Bang
Welcome To the Pleasuredome - Steven Wilson Stereo Mix
Well
The World Is My Oyster
Snatch Of Fury (Stay)
Welcome To the Pleasuredome
Relax (Come Fighting)
War (...and Hide)
Two Tribes (For The Victims Of Ravishment)
Tag
Ferry (Go)
Tag
Born To Run
San Jose (The Way)
Wish (The Lads Were Here)
IncludingThe Ballad Of 32
Krisco Kisses
Black Night White Light
The Only Star in Heaven
The Power of Love
Bang
Atmos Mix - Steven Wilson Mix
Ferry Across The Mersey
Relax - 12" Instrumental Version
War - (B side version)
The World is My Oyster - (B side Version)
Happy Hi
Disneyland
