The Red Shoes: Shoedance - UK CD Single (Part 2)

This was part two of a two CD release for The Red Shoes. Unlike part one, which came in a standard sized CD case, this release came in a slim one. I've left one of my original photos at the bottom so you can see this.

Apart from the cover art, which I really like, this CD doesn't have much more going for it. Someone got the bright idea to remix The Red Shoes, and very badly I might add. This release is solely based on the Shoedance remix, and it really is crap. It was cool at the time, for about five minutes, because it was something different - but it does get old fast. The remix just goes on and on and on. The most annoying part is listening to Lindsay Kemp saying "She tricked ya, ya know. It's really happening to you." about ten thousand times. It also makes use of dialogue from 'The Line, The Cross and the Curve'... sort of like in the U.S. version of the Rubberband Girl video, but much worse. The whole remix is very drawn out.

As you can see, I left the original price sticker on the case when I bought this in Camden Town back in 1994. I doubt you'd get this for £3.99 now.

The Red Shoes - UK CD Single: Part 1

This was part one of a two part CD set release for The Red Shoes single in the UK back in 1994. I remember getting it when it was first released because I was probably more excited about the new song 'You Want Alchemy' more than anything else. It does also feature the video mix for Cloudbusting, and I think this was the first time the video mix ever got an official release.

The insert is folded in half and one-sided. The opposite side is blank, so I didn't see the point of scanning that in. The front cover uses a still from The Line, The Cross & the Curve, and the back of the insert is just an extreme close up of Kate holding the shoes.

The CD is a picture disc and it's housed in a CD case designed with a double-sided swing tray.

When this was new, the opposite side of the swing tray came with this cardboard CD shaped cut-out promoting the second part. I still have mine after all these years, but if you're buying this single second-hand, there are no guarantees that it will still be in there after all these years.

The inlay tray insert is interesting because it has a huge typo, which I don't think a lot of people have ever noticed. Here's a clue: Look at the title for This Woman's Work.