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Following a lavish reissue of their breakthrough album Bridge of Spies, British rock group T’Pau will release The Virgin Anthology, a four-disc companion piece of sorts to that reissue which chronicles the band’s hits and rarities.

Produced with the approval of frontwoman Carol Decker, the first disc The Virgin Anthology includes, for the first time in one set, all of the group’s single A-sides, including “Heart and Soul,” “China in Your Hand,” “Valentine,” “I Will Be with You” and “Whenever You Need Me”–as well as the U.S. single “Bridge of Spies” and the Canadian single version of “Only the Lonely.” The next disc collects 12″ mixes of “Bridge of Spies,” “Only the Lonely,” “Whenever You Need Me” and “Soul Destruction”; the remixes of three tracks on the superior Canadian version of the band’s sophomore album Rage (1988) and six unreleased demos, including an early version of the band’s biggest international hit, “Heart and Soul.”

The set then closes out with expanded and remastered editions of the group’s latter two Virgin albums, Rage and The Promise (1991), each appended with the non-LP tracks found on each album’s respective singles. All in all, a treasure trove for the T’Pau faithful.

The Virgin Anthology will be available March 24.

T’Pau, The Virgin Anthology (Virgin EMI/UMC (U.K.), 2017)

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Disc 1: The Singles

1. Heart and Soul (Single Version)
2. China in Your Hand (Single Version)
3. Valentine
4. Sex Talk (Live Single Version)
5. I Will Be with You
6. Bridge of Spies (U.S. Single Edit)
7. Secret Garden
8. Road to Our Dream (Single Edit)
9. Only the Lonely (Guitar Remix)
10. Whenever You Need Me (Single Version)
11. Walk On Air
12. Soul Destruction (Single Remix)
13. Only a Heartbeat (Single Edit)

Original versions of Tracks 1-6 from Bridge of Spies (Siren, 1987)

–    Track 1 from Siren single SRN-41, 1987
–    Track 2 from Siren single SRN-64, 1987
–    Track 3 from Siren single SRN-69, 1988
–    Track 4 from Siren single SRN-80, 1988
–    Track 5 from Siren single SRN-87, 1988
–    Track 6 from Virgin single 7-99417 (U.S.), 1987

Original versions of Tracks 7-9 from Rage (Siren, 1988)

–    Track 7 from Siren single SRN-93, 1988
–    Track 8 from Siren single SRN-100, 1988
–    Track 9 from Siren/Virgin single VS-1501 (Canada), 1989

Original versions of Tracks 10-13 from The Promise (Siren, 1991)

–    Track 10 from Siren single SRN-140, 1991
–    Track 11 from Siren single SRN-142, 1991
–    Track 12 from Siren single SRN-145, 1992
–    Track 13 from Charisma promo single PRCCD-041 (U.S.), 1991

Disc 2: Remixes, Rarities and Demos

1. Bridge of Spies (AOR Mix)
2. Arms of Love (Remix)
3. Running Away (Remix)
4. Island (Remix)
5. Only the Lonely (Nightmare Mix)
6. Whenever You Need Me (Extended Mix)
7. Whenever You Need Me (Requiem Mix)
8. Soul Destruction (Extended Remix)
9. Soul Destruction (Heavy Bliss Remix)
10. Heart and Soul (Demo) *
11. I Will Be with You (Demo) *
12. Soul Destruction (Demo) *
13. Whenever You Need Me (Demo) *
14. Only a Heartbeat (Demo) *
15. The Promise (Demo) *

Track 1 from Siren/Virgin 12″ single 609 946, 1987
Tracks 2-4 from Canadian pressing of Rage (Siren/Virgin CDV-3051, 1989)
Track 5 from Siren 12″ single SRNT-107, 1989
Track 6 from Siren 12″ single SRNT-140, 1991
Tracks 7-9 from Siren CD single SRNDG-145, 1991
Tracks 10-15 previously unreleased

Disc 3: Rage (Siren SRNLP-20, 1988) and B-sides

1. Arms of Love
2. Only the Lonely
3. Running Away
4. Between the Lines
5. Road to Our Dream
6. Island
7. Heaven
8. Taking Time Out
9. Secret Garden
10. Time Will Tell
11. This Girl
12. Time of Our Lives
13. Call Me
14. Road to Our Dream (Instrumental)
15. Crying
16. You Never Notice Me (Live @ Hammersmith Odeon, London – 3/30/1988)
17. Downtown (Live @ Oxford)

Tracks 12-13 from “Road to Our Dream” 12″ single – Siren SRNT-100, 1988
Track 14 from “Road to Our Dream” CD single – Siren SRNCD-100, 1988
Track 15 from “Secret Garden” 12″ single – Siren SRNT-93, 1988
Track 16 from “Secret Garden” CD single – Siren SRNCD-93, 1988
Track 17 from “Only the Lonely” 12″ single – Siren SRNT-107, 1989

Disc 4: The Promise (Siren SRNLP-32, 1991) and B-sides

1. Soul Destruction
2. Whenever You Need Me
3. Walk On Air
4. Made of Money
5. Hold On to Love
6. Strange Place
7. One Direction
8. Only a Heartbeat
9. The Promise
10. A Place in My Heart
11. Man and Woman
12. Purity
13. All the Love
14. Dirty Town
15. Hold On to Love (Acoustic)

Track 13 from “Whenever You Need Me” single – Siren SRN-140, 1991
Tracks 14-15 from “Walk On Air” 12″ single – Siren SRNT-142, 1991