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
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And thanks to you know who you are for "Etwas mehr Disziplin, bitte!"
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
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* No Respect - Bad Manners
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* Train Kept A Rollin - Motorhead
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* 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
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* Christmas Song - The Brattles
* Santa's Agent - Snuky Tate
* Looking For Footprints - Xtc
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* 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
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* 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!
