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Early Singles is a CD box with re-issues of Rational Youth's

Rational Youth

Rational Youth is a Canadian New Wave band, originally formed in 1981 in Montreal, Quebec, by synthesizer wizards Tracy Howe, former singer and drummer for Montreal punk band "The Normals", and Bill Vorn, both of whom idolized the German synthpop pioneers Kraftwerk.Among the band's notable singles...

pre-Heredity
Heredity (album)
Heredity is a 1985 album by Rational Youth, now down to singer Tracy Howe with numerous studio musicians. In retrospect, Howe was less than happy with the album, especially with the fact that it looked like he was using the Rational Youth name as a flag of convenience for a solo album...

singles and the eponymous EP

Rational Youth (EP)

Rational Youth was the eponymous EP by Rational Youth, and the band's first release under their Capitol contract. It was released on CD in 2000 as part of the Early Singles box.-Track listing:#"In Your Eyes" - 2:53#"Just A Sound in the Night" - 3:48...

. The box was released by Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

label October Records in a limited edition of 600 copies.

The box contains the following CDs, in chronological order:

"I Want To See The Light/Coboloid Race" (one bonus track)
"Saturdays in Silesia
Saturdays in Silesia
Saturdays in Silesia was a 1982 single from Rational Youth, a Canadian New Wave band. It was probably the band's greatest hit.The song had also been adapted for the Commodore 64 sound demo Synth Sample 1....

" (one bonus track)
"City Of Night
City of Night
City of Night is a novel written by John Rechy. It was originally published in 1963 in New York by Grove Press. Earlier excerpts had appeared in Evergreen Review, Big Table, Nugget, and The London Magazine....

"
"In Your Eyes" (one bonus track)
Rational Youth
Rational Youth (EP)
Rational Youth was the eponymous EP by Rational Youth, and the band's first release under their Capitol contract. It was released on CD in 2000 as part of the Early Singles box.-Track listing:#"In Your Eyes" - 2:53#"Just A Sound in the Night" - 3:48...

EP (one bonus track)

Track listing

All tracks by Tracy Howe & Bill Vorn except were noted

Rational Youth
Rational Youth (EP)
Rational Youth was the eponymous EP by Rational Youth, and the band's first release under their Capitol contract. It was released on CD in 2000 as part of the Early Singles box.-Track listing:#"In Your Eyes" - 2:53#"Just A Sound in the Night" - 3:48...

:

"In Your Eyes" (Howe, Kevin Komoda) - 2:53
"Just A Sound In The Night" - 3:48
"Latin Lovers (Howe, Komoda) - 3:54
"Holiday In Bangkok" (Howe) - 5:28
"The Man In Grey" (Howe) - 3:24
"Holiday In Bangkok (live in Helsingborg
Helsingborg
Helsingborg is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 97,122 inhabitants in 2010. Helsingborg is the centre of an area in the Øresund region of about 320,000 inhabitants in north-west Scania, and is Sweden's closest point to Denmark, with the Danish city...

1998)" - 5:09 [bonus track]

"I Want To See The Light/Coboloid Race":

"Coboloid Race" - 5:18
"I Want To See The Light" - 3:42
"Coboloid Race (Bill Vorn remix)" - 6:12 [bonus track]

"City Of Night

City of Night

City of Night is a novel written by John Rechy. It was originally published in 1963 in New York by Grove Press. Earlier excerpts had appeared in Evergreen Review, Big Table, Nugget, and The London Magazine....

"City Of Night (danse mix)" - 7:09
"Powerzone" - 3:38
"Cité Phosphore" - 4:00

"Saturdays in Silesia

Saturdays in Silesia

Saturdays in Silesia was a 1982 single from Rational Youth, a Canadian New Wave band. It was probably the band's greatest hit.The song had also been adapted for the Commodore 64 sound demo Synth Sample 1....

"Saturdays in Silesia (extended version)" - 7:14
"Pile Ou Face" - 2:37
"Saturdays in Silesia (Dee Long remix)" - 4:05 [bonus track]

"In Your Eyes":

"In Your Eyes (extended)" (Howe, Komoda) - 5:24
"Hot Streets" (Duran, Howe, Komoda) - 3:04 [English version of "Pile Ou Face"]
"I've Got A Sister In The Navy" (Howe) - 3:50 [previously unreleased version, bonus track]

Personnel

Tracy Howe - vocals, synthesizers
Bill Vorn - synthesizers, vocoder, programming
Mario Spezza - synthesizers
Kevin Akira Komoda - keyboards
Angel Calvo - drums, percussion
Denis Duran - bass guitar
Jean-Claude Cutz - synthesizer
Dave Rout - synthesizer

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