Here is the interview: Martin Fry: The look back of love for ABC singer's lost gold lamé suit later -1
That's what the one I just got from the dollar bin has, I have never seen that design before on a Mercury album.
There is a deluxe edition which covers most of your wishes. ABC – The Lexicon Of Love (2004, Digipak, CD) - Discogs
I'm aware that some people have this issue with the 7" already - does it state when Sixty Seconds Later dates from?
I went to see ABC perform Lexicon of Love in Newcastle. Excellent show. The first half was selected singles, second half the entire Lexicon of Love album. Normally these "play a classic album" shows are a bit desperate but here it made perfect sense. There were over 30 musicians on stage, conducted by the excellent Anne Dudley. I thought it was a good idea to perform the show in old music halls as the interior and costumes made it seem as if you were in the Poison Arrow video or that Mantrap movie. The merchandise stand was very interesting. Martin had brought along boxes of random stuff, including promo vinyl records and CDs, signed copies of original and remastered CD editions, t shirts and tour books. I bought a Japanese SHM Lexicon CD, complete with OBI. I had a great chat with their manager. He said the latest Lexicon of Love edition will probably not be released this year and he was not happy about it. It will have a 5.1 option.
Just back from the Glasgow show - which I was dragged to solely on the initiative of Betty Rubble. In my time I've seen The Who open with Can't Explain and the Stones with Brown Sugar and there is a certain rush of blood to those kind of moments. ABC opened tonight with When Smokey Sings (with violins!!) with a full orchestra backing. Consider that an unlikely addition to the best opening number ever. The rest of the show was superb too.
Just found a original vinyl copy of this in M- condition, and the production on this album is landmark quality.
Looking like there a deluxe set coming February 2023, this from Super Deluxe site Oh, and just got confirmation from the horse’s mouth (not literally, but from Martin Fry himself), that the deluxe ‘Lexicon of Love’ will be out Feb-23!
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Love this record. I have a US Sterling press which sounds great. Is it worth seeking out another/better press? Anyone have the UK and US to compare?
In a recent interview, Martin said the new edition would include some live shows. Maybe the whole Boston show will be released? He said it is due March 2023.
Thanks for this link! Super fascinating interview with Mark White, esp. since it seems like he doesn't do too many of them. I noticed they skipped over discussing the fantastic house album Up! and went straight from Alphabet City to Abracadabra. Would be awesome if MW and MF reunited for some new ABC music; while Skyscraping, Traffic, and LoL II are enjoyable, they don't reach the heights of the classic run of albums from Lexicon-Abracadabra (all 4 1/2 to 5 star albums, in my opinion).
Eagerly awaiting this in the mail. I read here that the B-side is pretty remarkable and in the Lexicon of Love orch-funk pop style (an outtake from LoL II, perhaps).
The positive review on Post Punk Monk did not lie. The b-side of the Electronic Sound single ("Sixty Seconds Later") is absolutely stellar and unmistakably ABC. Shares a similar sound and texture to "Flames of Desire" and "Viva Love," the two best tracks on LoL II. Actually, I think it would have been better if they swapped one of the lesser cuts on the album for this.
book from trevor horn, including his work with ABC on lexicon: Trevor Horn / Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT / SDE Review – SuperDeluxeEdition later -1
