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“But The Second Disc,” you may have thought, “what more is there to discover after Cherry Red’s thorough re-eleases of Sheena Easton’s beloved discography?” The label, in partnership with her RT Industries, has a new answer for you: a 25CD box set chronicling her singles from the EMI years in the ’80s – and yes, this set has unreleased material as well.

The Singles 1980-1987 follows two recent boxes following Easton’s EMI recordings in full (not strictly the original albums, but plenty of unreleased and alternate material in the mix). While this box has some similarities – the A and B-sides were present there, and many period remixes and even alternate or live versions of the same songs are repeated as bonus tracks – there’s still some stuff to pore over for the most faithful fans. A total of 35 tracks make their debut in this package, including alternate versions and mixes of favorites like “For Your Eyes Only,” “Strut,” “Sugar Walls” and “Eternity” (the last two written by Prince). You’ll also hear some additional tracks from Easton’s 1983 TV special Act One (after the release of others from the telecast on that first EMI recordings collection last year), as well as an instrumental of the soundtrack single “So Far So Good,” which makes its first appearance since an original vinyl single.

As you’ve come to expect not only from Easton’s previous reissues but the very concept of singles boxes, The Singles 1980-1987 has nice packaging to match, replicating various vinyl picture sleeves on the individual CD wallets. A 52-page booklet offers even more international single sleeve images, unseen photos and notes on the key tracks therein. This box is due out June 19 internationally, arriving to U.S. audiences a week later – and it can be pre-ordered below! (As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.)

The Singles 1980-1987 (RT Industries/Cherry Pop POP25BX300 (U.K.), 2026) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

* previously unreleased
** previously unreleased on CD

Disc 1: Modern Girl

1. Modern Girl
2. Paradox
3. Modern Girl (Alternate Version)
4. Paradox (Alternate Version)
5. Modern Girl (Instrumental)

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5042, 1980. Track 1 also released on Take My Time – EMI EMC 3354, 1981
Tracks 3-4 released on Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings, Vol. 1 – RT Industries/Cherry Pop CR5POPBX290 (U.K.), 2025
Track 5 released on Take My Time (Deluxe Edition) – Cherry Pop CRPOPD248 (U.K.), 2023

Disc 2: 9 to 5

1. 9 to 5
2. Moody (My Love)
3. 9 to 5 (Alternate Version)
4. Moody (My Love) (Alternate Version)
5. El Primer Tren
6. Moody (My Love) (Acoustic Version) *
7. 9 to 5 (Instrumental)

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5066, 1980.  Track 1 also released on Take My Time
Tracks 3-4 released on Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings, Vol. 1
Track 5 released on Todo Me Recuerda a Ti – EMI SLEM-1204 (MX), 1984
Track 7 released on Take My Time (Deluxe Edition)

Disc 3: One Man Woman

1. One Man Woman
2. Summer’s Over

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5114, 1980. Track 1 also released on Take My Time

Disc 4: Take My Time

1. Take My Time
2. Calm Before the Storm
3. Take My Time (Live At The Palace, Hollywood, CA – 8/11/1982)

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5135, 1981 and Take My Time
Track 3 released on Live At The Palace, Hollywood – Cherry Pop CRPOPDV250 (U.K.), 2022

Disc 5: When He Shines

1. When He Shines
2. Right or Wrong
3. When He Shines (Live At The Palace, Hollywood, CA – 8/11/1982)
4. Have You Heard the Rumour
5. When He Shines (Piano Version) *

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5166, 1981. Track 1 also released on Take My Time
Track 3 released onLive At The Palace, Hollywood
Track 4 released on Take My Time (Deluxe Edition)

Disc 6: For Your Eyes Only

1. For Your Eyes Only
2. For Your Eyes Only (Alternate Version)
3. For Your Eyes Only (Early Version)
4. For Your Eyes Only (Early Version II) *

Track 1 released on EMI U.K. single 5195, 1981. Also released on For Your Eyes Only (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Liberty LBG 30337 (U.K.)/LOO-1109 (U.S.), 1981
Track 2 released on Madness, Money and Music (Deluxe Edition) – Cherry Pop CRPOPDV266Z (U.K.), 2023
Track 3 released on Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings, Vol. 1

Disc 7: Just Another Broken Heart

1. Just Another Broken Heart
2. Savoir Faire (He’s Got)
3. Isn’t It So (Piano Version) *
4. Just Another Broken Heart (Live At The Palace, Hollywood, CA – 8/11/1982)
5. Isn’t It So (Orchestral Version) *

Tracks 1-2 released on EMI U.K. single 5232, 1981 and You Could Have Been with Me – EMI EMC 3378, 1981
Track 4 released on Live At The Palace, Hollywood

Disc 8: You Could Have Been with Me

1. You Could Have Been With Me
2. Family of One
3. Brindo Por Un Amor
4. A Little Tenderness
5. You Could Have Been With Me (Live At The Palace, Hollywood, CA – 8/11/1982)

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5252, 1981. Tracks 1 and 4 also released on You Could Have Been with Me
Track 3 released on Todo Me Recuerda a Ti
Track 5 released on Live At The Palace, Hollywood

Disc 9: Machinery

1. Machinery
2. So We Say Goodbye
3. The Lonely Stay Alone
4. So We Say Goodbye (Piano Version) *

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5326, 1982. Track 1 also released on Madness, Money and Music – EMI EMC 3414, 1982
Track 3 released on Madness, Money and Music (Deluxe Edition)

Disc 10: Are You Man Enough

1. Are You Man Enough
2. Loner
3. Ice Out in the Rain
4. Are You Man Enough (Live At The Palace, Hollywood, CA – 8/11/1982)
5. In the Winter (Piano Version) *

Tracks 1-2  released as EMI U.K. single 5349, 1982. Tracks 1 and 3 also released on Madness, Money and Music
Track 4 released on Live At The Palace, Hollywood

Disc 11: I Wouldn’t Beg for Water

1. I Wouldn’t Beg For Water
2. Some of Us Will
3. Woman
4. I Wouldn’t Beg For Water (Live At The Palace, Hollywood, CA – 8/11/1982)
5. For Your Eyes Only (from Act One) *
6. Madness, Money and Music (from Act One) *
7. Wind Beneath My Wings (from Act One) *

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI America U.S. single B-8142, 1982. Track 1 also released on Madness, Money and Music
Track 3 released on Madness, Money and Music (Deluxe Edition)
Track 4 released on Live At The Palace, Hollywood

Disc 12: Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)

1. Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)
2. Wish You Were Here Tonight
3. Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (Long Version)
4. Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (Club Mix)
5. Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (Dub Mix)
6. Wish You Were Here Tonight (Alternate Version)
7. Telefono
8. Telefono (Dub Mix) *
9. Wish You Were Here Tonight (Piano Version) *

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5419, 1983. Track 1 also released on Best Kept Secret – EMI EMC 1077951, 1983
Tracks 3 and 6 released on Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings, Vol. 1
Tracks 4-5 released as EMI America U.S. 12″ 7814, 1983.
Track 7 released on Todo Me Recuerda a Ti

Disc 13: Almost Over You

1. Almost Over You
2. I Don’t Need Your Word
3. Almost Over You (Alternate Version)
4. Don’t Leave Me This Way (Long Version) *
5. Todo Me Recuerda a Ti
6. Don’t Leave Me This Way (Piano Version) *
7. Almost Over You (Orchestral Version) *

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5434, 1983. Track 1 also released on Best Kept Secret
Track 3 released on Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings, Vol. 1
Track 5 released on Todo Me Recuerda a Ti

Disc 14: Devil in a Fast Car

1. Devil in a Fast Car (Single Version)
2. Sweet Talk
3. I Like the Fright (Acoustic Mix) *
4. Sweet Talk (Long Version)
5. (She’s in Love) with Her Radio (Dub Mix) *
6. Devil in a Fast Car (Dub Mix) *
7. Sweet Talk (Dub Mix) *

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI America U.S. single B-8201, 1984. Original versions also released on Best Kept Secret
Track 4 released on Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings, Vol. 1

Disc 15: Strut

1. Strut
2. Straight Talkin’
3. Strut (Dance Mix)
4. Straight Talkin’ (Instrumental)
5. Strut (Dub Mix)

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5510, 1984. Track 1 also released on A Private Heaven – EMI SHEEN 1, 1984
Track 3 released on EMI U.K. 12″ 12 EMI 5510, 1984
Track 4 released on A Private Heaven (Deluxe Edition) – RT Industries/Cherry Pop CRPOPD243 (U.K.), 2022
Track 5 released on “Hungry Eyes” Japanese 12″ – EMI PRP-8266, 1984

Disc 16: Hungry Eyes

1. Hungry Eyes
2. Strut (Rhythm Mix) *
3. Hungry Eyes (Alternate Version)
4. Hungry Eyes (Remix)
5. Strut (Instrumental Mix)
6. Hungry Eyes (Instrumental Mix)

Track 1 released on EMI Japanese single EMS-17470, 1984. Track 1 also released on A Private Heaven
Tracks 3 and 5-6 released on A Private Heaven (Deluxe Edition)
Track 4 released on A Private Heaven – The Studio Sessions digital EP – RT Industries (no cat. #), 2024 and Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. II – RT Industries/Cherry Pop CR6POPBX292 (U.K.), 2025

Disc 17: Back in the City

1. Back in The City
2. Letters from the Road
3. Back in the City (Remix)
4. Back in the City (Rhythm Mix) *
5. Letters from the Road (Dub Mix) *
6. Back in the City (Instrumental Mix)

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5496, 1984. Track 1 also released on A Private Heaven
Track 3 released on Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. II
Track 6 released on A Private Heaven (Deluxe Edition)

Disc 18: Sugar Walls

1. Sugar Walls (7” Mix)
2. Double Standard
3. Sugar Walls (Long Version)
4. Sugar Walls (Dance Mix)
5. Sugar Walls (Red Mix)
6. Sugar Walls (TV Mix)
7. Double Standard (Dub Mix) *
8. Sugar Walls (7” Dub Mix) *
9. Sugar Walls (Long Dub Mix) *

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single 5517, 1984. Original versions also released on A Private Heaven
Track 3 released on A Private Heaven (Deluxe Edition)
Tracks 4-5 released on EMI U.K. 12″ 12 EMI 5517, 1984
Track 6 released on A Private Heaven (40th Anniversary Edition) – RT Industries/Cherry Pop CRPOP2LP280 (U.K.), 2024

Disc 19: Swear

1. Swear (Single Version)
2. Fallen Angels
3. Swear (Dance Mix)
4. Swear (Dub Mix)
5. Fallen Angels (Alternate Mix)
6. Swear (Rhythm Mix) *
7. Fallen Angels (Dub Mix) *

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI America U.S. single B-8263, 1985. Original version of Track 1 also released on A Private Heaven
Tracks 3-4 released as EMI America U.S. 12″ V-7847-1, 1985
Track 5 released on Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. II

Disc 20: Do It for Love

1. Do It for Love (Single Version)
2. Can’t Wait Till Tomorrow (Single Version)
3. Do It for Love (Dance Mix)
4. Can’t Wait Till Tomorrow (Dance Mix)
5. Do It for Love (Extended Dance Mix)
6. Do It for Love (Instrumental Mix)

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI America U.S. single B-8295, 1985. Original versions also released on Do You – EMI EMC 3505, 1985
Track 3 released on Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. II
Tracks 4-6 released on EMI U.K. 12″ 12 EMI 5536, 1985

Disc 21: Jimmy Mack

1. Jimmy Mack (Edited Version)
2. Money Back Guarantee (Edited Version)
3. Jimmy Mack (Extended Version)
4. Money Back Guarantee (Extended Version)
5. Jimmy Mack (Instrumental Mix)

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI America U.S. single B-8309, 1986. Original versions also released on Do You
Tracks 3 and 5 released on EMI America U.S. 12″ promo SPRO-9588, 1986
Track 4 released on Do You (Deluxe Edition) – RT Industries/Cherry Pop CRPOP2D283 (U.K.), 2024
 
Disc 22: Magic of Love

1. Magic of Love (Edited Version)
2. When the Lightning Strikes Again
3. Magic of Love (Extended Version)
4. When the Lightning Strikes Again (Extended Version)
5. Magic of Love (TV Mix)
6. When the Lightning Strikes Again (TV Mix)

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI America U.S. single B-8305, 1986. Original versions also released on Do You
Tracks 3-5 released on Do You (Deluxe Edition)

Disc 23: So Far So Good

1. So Far So Good
2. Magic of Love (Long Edited Version)
3. So Far So Good (Long Mix)
4. Natural Love (Alternate Mix) *
5. So Far So Good (Extended Dance Version)
6. So Far So Good (The Red Mix)
7. So Far So Good (Dub Mix)
8. So Far So Good (Instrumental) **

Track 1 released on EMI America U.S. single B-8332, 1986 and “About Last Night…” (Music from the Motion Picture) – EMI America SV-17210, 1986
Track 2 released on Do You (Deluxe Edition)
Track 3 released on Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. II
Tracks 5 and 7 released on EMI America U.S. 12″ V-19216, 1986
Tracks 6 and 8 released on EMI America U.S. 12″ V-19220, 1986

Disc 24: Anything Can Happen / Sweet Talker

1. Anything Can Happen (Single Version)
2. Sweet Talker (Shep Pettibone Short Version)
3. Sweet Talker (KD 7” Version) *
4. Anything Can Happen (Extended Version)
5. Sweet Talker (Shep Pettibone Long Version)
6. Sweet Talker (KD 12” Version)
7. Sweet Talker (Shep Pettibone 12” Vocal) *
8. Sweet Talker (KD 7” Dub) *
9. Sweet Talker (Shep Pettibone Dub) *

Tracks 1-2 and 4-5 released on The Definitive Singles 1980-1987 – RT Industries/Cherry Pop CRPOPT234 (U.K.), 2021
Track 6 released on Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. II

Disc 25: Eternity

1. Eternity (Single Version)
2. Shockwave
3. Eternity (Original 7” Version)
4. Eternity (Shep Pettibone Mix)
5. Eternity (Original 12” Version)
6. Eternity (Stringapella) *
7. Eternity (Alt Vocal Version)
8. Eternity (Shep Pettibone Alt Mix)
9. No Sound But a Heart (Dub) *
10. Eternity (Dub Mix)
11. Eternity (Shep Pettibone Alt Dub) *

Tracks 1-2 released as EMI U.K. single EM 9, 1987. Original version of Track 1 also released on No Sound But a Heart – EMI America 46417, 1987
Tracks 3, 5 and 7 released on Strut: The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. II
Track 4 released on EMI U.K. 12″ 12EM 9, 1987
Tracks 8 and 10 released on EMI America U.S. 12″ V-19223, 1987