A Flexipop X-Mas

Update 24.12.2010:
Well, some 26 months ago I had a stupid idea - and it didn't really work out as you can see by the amount of comments. Anyway I have to close the case for myself and so I post today what I have colleted of tracks from Flexipop-releases up until now, although these are not always taken from the original flexi-discs but various sources like later CD-releases and stuff...
* Ready Mix Radio - The Selector
* Pop Art Poem - The Jam
* Boy About Town (version) - The Jam
* Dun Laoghaire - Boomtown Rats
* A.N.T.S. - Adam And The Ants
* Just Pretendin' - Bad Manners
* What You Gonna Do About It - The Pretenders
* Stop Your Sobbin' (Regents Park Demo) - The Pretenders
* Sphinx - Toyah
* For You - Toyah
* Metro Mr. X [new version] - Soft Cell
* Yuletown Throwdown (Rapture) - Blondie co-starring Freddie
* Looking For Footprints - XTC
* Nobody's Fool (Demo) - Haircut 100
* Elimination Dancing (new version) - Bow Wow Wow
* King Kong (new version) - Bow Wow Wow
* Lament (version) - The Cure
* A God In An Alcove (version) - Bauhaus
* Discipline - Marc Almond and Friends
* Pinball Wizard/Hot Stuff/Do You Think I'm Sexy/Knock On Wood/Rockin' All Over The World - Bucks Fizz
(download) - more to come soon

And thanks to you know who you are for "Etwas mehr Disziplin, bitte!"

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November 1st: Had a stupid idea today, a blogger-X-Mas-present from everyone to everyone. Probably it will not work but I'll give it a try. :-)

Maybe some of you will remember FLEXIPOP-Magazine from Great Britain published from 1980 until 1983. It wasn't a serious music magazine but the early issues always came with a free flexidisc with some incredible exclusiv tracks like:
    * Ready Mix Radio - The Selector
    * Pop Art Poem - The Jam
    * Boy About Town - The Jam
    * Dun Laoghaire - Boomtown Rats
    * A.N.T.S. - Adam And The Ants
    * Just Pretendin - Bad Manners
    * No Respect - Bad Manners
    * What You Gonna Do About It - The Pretenders
    * Stob Your Sobbin (Demo) - The Pretenders
    * Train Kept A Rollin - Motorhead
    * Sphinx - Toyah
    * For You - Toyah
    * Men Of Good Fortune - Hazel O'Connor
    * D Days (New Version) - Hazel O'Connor
    * Night Games (New Version) - Graham Bonnet
    * We Say Yeah! (New Version) - Polecats
    * Song For Jimmy - Thin Lizzy
    * Monkey Love - Way Of The West
    * I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead - Depeche Mode
    * King Of Flies - Fad Gadget
    * Metro Mr X - Soft Cell
    * Rememberance Day - B Movie
    * West Park (Flexi Mix) - Weapon Of Peace
    * Baby When I'm Gone (Dub) - Weapon Of Peace
    * Higher And Higher - Gillan
    * Spanish Guitar - Gillan
    * Happy Birthday - Altered Images
    * Real Toys (New Version) - Altered Images
    * Leave Me Alone - Altered Images
    * Yuletown Throwdown (Rapture) - Blondie co-starring Freddie
    * Christmas Song - The Brattles
    * Santa's Agent - Snuky Tate
    * Looking For Footprints - Xtc
    * Nobody's Fool (Demo) - Haircut 100
    * Elimination Dancing - Bow Wow Wow
    * King Kong - Bow Wow Wow
    * My Girl (Ballad) - Madness
    * Even Dogs In The Wild - The Associates
    * The Lady Lies (Live) - Genesis
    * Lament - The Cure
    * A God In An Alcove - Bauhaus
    * Discipline - Marc Almond and Friends
    * Pinball Wizard - Bucks Fizz
    * Hot Stuff - Bucks Fizz
    * Do You Think I'M Sexy - Bucks Fizz
    * Knock On Wood - Bucks Fizz
    * Rockin' All Over The World - Bucks Fizz
    * WW3 - Anti Nowhere League
    * Dance (Until You Drop) - The Defects
    * Mutant Rock (Instrumental) - The Meteors
    * In The Mix - Haysi Fantaysee

There also was a promotional album with the following tracks:
    * Bow Wow Wow "Elimination Dancing"
    * Adam and The Ants "A.N.T.S."
    * Motorhead "The Train Kept A-Rollin"
    * Blondie & Freddie "Yuletide Throw Down (Rapture)"
    * XTC "Looking For Footprints"
    * Soft Cell "Metro MRX"
    * Weapon Of Peace "West Park (Flexi Mix)"
    * Haircut 100 "Nobody's Fool"
    * Pretenders "What You Gonna Do About It?"
    * Depeche Mode "Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead"
    * The Jam "Boy About Town"
    * Associates "Even Dogs Go Wild"
    * Altered Images "Happy New Year"

So if you have any of these tracks as a mp3-file just send an e-mail to ra dot fuchs at web dot de with the download-link (or probably a selfmade cover for a cd) and I'll make a big file for download and post it on December 24th. If you have mp3s of other rare tracks released on flexidiscs I will included them as bonus-tracks. :-)

Please contribute to make it happen!