Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair

This compilation ℗ 2014 Mercury Records Limited © 2014 Mercury Records Limited
A Universal Music Group release.
Made in EU. (on box rear and all disc labels)

Each CD/DVD is contained in a gatefold cardsleeve.

New copies were issued shrinkwrapped with a metallic gold front sticker stating (erroneously - because it's 4xCD, 2xDVD):
"Includes
5CD's, newly remastered including B-sides & BBC sessions
DVD 'Scenes form The Big Chair' with TV appearances and promotional videos
Replica Tour Programme
Booklet with rare photos and new interviews with Roland & Curt"
The hype sticker has a typo on the DVD title.

Disc Five specifications:
- DVD-Video layer features 2014 Stereo Mix and Original Stereo Mix in PCM (24bit / 96KHz), and 5.1 Mix in DTS 96/24 (1509kbps) and Dolby Digital (448kbps)
- DVD-Audio layer features 2014 Stereo Mix, Original Stereo Mix and 5.1 Mix in Advanced Resolution (24bit / 96KHz)

Track CD1-9 was the B-side to Songs From The Big Chair in the UK.
Track CD1-10 was the B-side to Songs From The Big Chair in the UK.
Track CD1-11 was the B-side to non-album single Songs From The Big Chair in the UK.
Track CD1-12 was included as a bonus track on the limited edition cassette version of Songs From The Big Chair in the UK.
Track CD1-13 was the B-side to Songs From The Big Chair in the UK.
Track CD1-14 was included as a bonus track on the limited edition cassette version of Songs From The Big Chair in the UK.
Track CD1-15 was the B-side to Everybody Wants To Rule The World.
Track CD1-16 was the B-side to Head Over Heels.
Track CD1-17 was the B-side to Mothers Talk in the US.

Track CD2-1 was the A-side of Saturnine Martial & Lunatic compilation.
Track CD2-2 was the single mix of Mothers Talk (aka '1st mix' - only on the green and clear vinyl versions - the black 7" contains a different mix aka 'funk mix', which is an edit of the LP track and can be heard on the DVD).
Track CD2-3 was the A-side of Shout.
Track CD2-4 was the single version of Everybody Wants To Rule The World.
Track CD2-5 was the remixed A-side of Head Over Heels.
Track CD2-6 was the A-side of Massey Hall performance).
Track CD2-7 was the A-side of Everybody Wants To Run The World.
Track CD2-8 was the DJ edit of the UK promo seven-inch single of The Way You Are.
Track CD2-9 was the B-side of Mothers Talk (Canadian and US release)
Track CD2-10 was the A-side of [Invalid Release] in the US.
Track CD2-11 was the B-side of Everybody Wants To Run The World.
Track CD2-12 was the A-side of the promotional seven-inch single Head Over Heels.
Track CD2-13 is the same mix as the A-side of Mothers Talk only released in Canada and the US but with an additional intro, as heard on the video clip.
Track CD2-14 was the A-side of Shout on seven-inch in Japan and .
Track CD2-15 was the B-side of Famous Last Words on CD and vinyl.
Track CD2-16 was the D-side of Everybody Wants To Rule The World on seven-inch double pack.

Track CD3-1 was the A-side of the The Hurting.
Track CD3-2 was the A-side of the Mothers Talk (Extended Version) 12".
Track CD3-3 was the A-side of the Shout (Remix Version) 12".
Track CD3-4 was the A-side of the Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Extended Version) 12".
Track CD3-5 was the A-side of the Broken / Head Over Heels / Broken (Preacher Mix) 12".
Track CD3-6 was the A-side of the second Mothers Talk (Beat Of The Drum Mix) in the US.
Track CD3-7 was a B-side of the Shout in the US.
Track CD3-8 was the C-side of the Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Urban Mix) 12".
Track CD3-9 was first featured as track 2-07 of the 2cd deluxe reissue of Songs From The Big Chair in 2005.
Track CD3-10 was featured on the A-side of Shout 12" promo in the US.
Track CD3-11 was the B-side of the second Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Urban Mix) in the UK.
Track CD3-12 was a B-side to the Shout 12" promo in the US.

Tracks CD4-1 to CD4-3 were recorded for the Richard Skinner show on 7 July 1984.
Tracks CD4-4 to CD4-9 were recorded over four nights at Toronto's Live At Massey Hall Canadian 12" promo.
Track CD4-14 was marked as "alt 7" with brass" in the Tears For Fears tape archive and is previously unreleased.

The main info booklet contains a few non-material typos. The durations listed therein are mostly off by up to a few seconds (longer), and the durations for CD2-10 & CD2-14 are erroneously reversed. CD1-7 segues into "Broken (Live)", but this isn't listed (except for in the booklet).

Tracks 2-8, 2-10, 4-5, 4-6, and 4-8 sourced from mint vinyl.