Happy Landings and Lost Tracks is a compilation album by The Fixx

The Fixx

The Fixx is an English rock band formed in London in 1979. Their hits include "One Thing Leads to Another," "Red Skies," "Stand or Fall," "Saved by Zero," "Sign of Fire," "Are We Ourselves?," "Secret Separation," "Driven Out," "How Much Is Enough?," and "Deeper and Deeper," which was featured on...

 released on December 11, 2001.

Happy Landings 1996 planned album release

The Happy Landings and Lost Tracks compilation comprises tracks recorded during sessions that commenced at Fairless Masterman's flat, Castellain Road, Maida Vale, London on February 26, 1996 and concluded on April 28, for the planned Happy Landings album to be released later that year (September/October) with the following tracklisting (other tracks recorded during these sessions included "House Arrest" and "Prove Yourself"):

1. "Modern World"
2. "Two Different Views"
3. "Going Without"
4. "Freeman"
5. "Happy Landings"
6. "Ocean Blue"
7. "We Once Held Hands"
8. "Sweet Pandemonium"
9. "Mayfly"
10. "Elected"

Happy Landings 1997 planned album release

The 1996 version of the Happy Landings album was not released, but eight of the tracks were subsequently re-recorded/remixed by Stephen W. Tayler and Sadia during February and March 1997 for a planned release of the album later that year, with the newly recorded tracks of "Lonely As A Lighthouse" (recorded February 10–12, 1997 at Route One Studios, London) and "Life's What's Killing Me" replacing "Mayfly" and "Elected" (another track under development at this time was titled, "Peace Louise"):

1. "Modern World"
2. "Two Different Views"
3. "Going Without"
4. "Happy Landings"
5. "Freeman"
6. "We Once Held Hands"
7. "Lonely As A Lighthouse"
8. "Ocean Blue"
9. "Life's What's Killing Me"
10. "Sweet Pandemonium"
    • Cy Curnin
      Cy Curnin
      Cy Curnin is a singer/songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist for the new wave music group, The Fixx. The band became famous with the song "One Thing Leads to Another" in 1983, and remained popular in the United States throughout the 1980s...
      
       — Lead Vocals, Guitar
    • Rupert Greenall — Keyboards, Vocals
    • Jamie West-Oram — Guitar, Vocals, Lead Vocals on "Sweet Pandemonium"
    • Adam Woods — Drums

Additional personnel

• Jeff Scantlebury — Percussion
• Chris Tait — Bass on "Modern World" and "Two Different Views"
• Dennis Bovell
  Dennis Bovell
  Dennis Bovell is a reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym 'Blackbeard'....
  
   — Bass on "Going Without", "Freeman" and "We Once Held Hands"
• Dan K. Brown — Bass on "Sweet Pandemonium"
• Matthew Kleinman & Jason McDermot — Brass on "Freeman"
• Liz Skillings — Background Vocals on "Two Different Views", "Ocean Blue" and "Sweet Pandemonium"

Six of the 1997 session tracks ("Two Different Views", "Going Without", "Happy Landings", "We Once Held Hands", "Ocean Blue" and "Life's What's Killing Me") were subsequently re-recorded/remixed/edited for the Elemental

Elemental (The Fixx album)

Elemental is the seventh studio album by British new wave band The Fixx, released in 1998.-Track listing:All songs are written by Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, and Adam Woods.#"Two Different Views" – 4:12#"Going Without" – 4:30...

album released in April 1998.

The 1997 version of "Sweet Pandemonium" was made available as a digital download.

Happy Landings 1997 five-track EP

A limited edition (1000 copies) five-track EP of "tracks from the forthcoming album Happy Landings" was pressed and made available for sale on the band's tour commencing on July 10, 1997. The versions of these five tracks are unique to this EP, except for "Two Different Views" and "Going Without", which also appeared on the 2000 re-release of the "Missing Links" compilation on the Fuel 2000 label. This version of "Two Different Views" also appeared on the Ultimate Collection compilation album of 1999.

1. "Two Different Views" – 5:50
2. "Going Without" – 4:58
3. "Happy Landings" – 5:03
4. "Freeman" – 4:33
5. "We Once Held Hands" – 8:23

• Produced and engineered by Martin Rex
• Additional production and mixing by Stephen W. Tayler and Sadia
• Executive production: Sadia
• Mastered at Metropolis Studios, London
• Mastering engineer: Ian Cooper
• Management: Jeff Neben / Axis Management
• All songs written by The Fixx
• Hit & Run Music Publishing Inc. Jarc Ltd.
• (ASCAP) 1997 Administration by Warner Chappell Music
• Hit & Run Music MMR8080

Additional Notes

Happy Landings and Lost Tracks marks the first time all ten session tracks from 1996 have been released as originally recorded, five* for the first time, although "Modern World" and "Elected" had previously been available as digital downloads.

Of the ten tracks re-recorded/remixed with Stephen W. Tayler and Sadia in early 1997, only "Modern World", "Lonely As A Lighthouse", "Ocean Blue" and "Life's What's Killing Me" remain unreleased.

"Lonely As A Lighthouse", "House Arrest", & "Peace Louise" remain unreleased in any form whatsoever and truly are "lost" tracks.

An earlier (1991–1994) recorded version of "Mayfly" (written by Cy Curnin and Stuart Zaltz) appears on the same-titled first solo album by Cy Curnin

Cy Curnin

Cy Curnin is a singer/songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist for the new wave music group, The Fixx. The band became famous with the song "One Thing Leads to Another" in 1983, and remained popular in the United States throughout the 1980s...

 in 2005.

Track listing

1. "Modern World" – 4:08*
2. "Going Without" – 4:41
3. "Freeman" – 6:06*
4. "Elected" – 2:54*
5. "Mayfly" – 5:42*
6. "Two Different Views" – 5:11
7. "Ocean Blue" – 6:05
8. "We Once Held Hands" – 7:48
9. "Sweet Pandemonium" – 4:01*
10. "Happy Landings" – 4:25

Personnel

• Cy Curnin
  Cy Curnin
  Cy Curnin is a singer/songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist for the new wave music group, The Fixx. The band became famous with the song "One Thing Leads to Another" in 1983, and remained popular in the United States throughout the 1980s...
  
   — Lead Vocals, Guitar
• Rupert Greenall — Keyboards, Vocals
• Jamie West-Oram — Guitar, Vocals
• Adam Woods — Drums

Additional personnel

• Jeff Scantlebury — Percussion
• Dennis Bovell
  Dennis Bovell
  Dennis Bovell is a reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym 'Blackbeard'....
  
   — Bass on "Going Without", "Freeman" and "We Once Held Hands"
• Dan K. Brown — Bass on "Mayfly" and "Elected"; Suzaphone on "Elected"
• Chris Tait — Bass on "Modern World"
• Matthew Kleinman and Jason McDermot — Brass on "Freeman" and "Elected"
• Liz Skillings — Background Vocals on "Ocean Blue"

Production

• Produced and engineered by Martin Rex (mixed by Martin Rex at Howard Jones' shed on a Euphonix console)
• Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc
• All songs written by The Fixx
• All songs published by Yadu Music Inc. (ASCAP

Thanks to Howard Jones for the use of his shed, and

to Fairless Masterman for the use of his home, and

to Jeff Neben for his encouragement.

External links

• [ Happy Landings and Lost Tracks at Allmusic]
• Happy Landings and Lost Tracks at Rainman Records