DISCOGRAPHY - LP's / CD's

THE LUXURY GAP

LP "The Luxury Gap"

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Badge on Japanese CD
Japanese stripe

LP UK Virgin V2253 8Apr1983
LP UK Virgin OVED213 19??
MC UK Virgin OVEDC213 19??
CD UK Virgin CDV2253 02Jun1988
CD UK Virgin Remastered 04Aug2006

LP US Arista AL8-8020 1983
MC US Arista AC8-8020 1983
CD US Caroline CAR1102-2 06May1997

LP Germany Virgin 205337-320
MC Germany Virgin 405337-352 06Jun1983

LP Spain Virgin I205337 1983
MC Spain Virgin D405337 1983

LP Japan Virgin VIL-6041 1983

LP Mexico Virgin LAE-521 1983
MC Mexico Virgin CS521 1983

LP Yugoslavia Virgin LSVIRG11043 1983

LP Italy (V2253) 1983 Virgin Records - Made in Italy

MC Saudi Arabia GMR2642 19??

CD Netherlands Musicrama #654802 (Int'l 077778670124) 23Dec1997

Title (Time on CD) (Time on German cassette)

1. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry (5:51) (5:48)
2. Who'll Stop The Rain (3:02) (3:00)
3. Let Me Go (4:21) (4:17)
4. Key To The World (3:43) (3:40)
5. Temptation (3:31) (3:29)
6. Come Live With Me (4:02) (3:59)
7. Lady Ice And Mr. Hex (3:47) (3:45)
8 .We Live So Fast (3:47) (3:44)
9. The Best Kept Secret (5:10) (5:05)

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Heaven 17 are
Glenn Gregory : Vocals
Ian Craig Marsh: Synthesizer programming
Martyn Ware: Linndrum, synthesizer programming and vocals

Guest artists:
John Wilson : Guitar and guitar synthesizer on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7 ; Nick Plytas : Grand piano on tracks 1, 3, 7 Ray Russell : Guitar and guitar synthesizer on tracks 2, 4, 6 Greg Walsh : Paving slabs, piano and synthesizer programming on tracks 1, 4 ; Carol Kenyon : Vocals on tracks 4, 5 ; Simon Phillips : Drums and percussion on tracks 7, 9 ; The Phenix Horn Esquire (Don Myrick - Saxophone, Rahmlee Davis - Trumpet and solo trumpet, Michael Harris - Trumpet, Louis Satterfield - Trombone) and The Orchestra, arranged and conducted by John Barker on tracks 5, 6, 9

Special thanks to : Sarah Gregory : Screams on track 2 ; Jeremy, Gavin and the maintenance staff at Air ; Engineers: Jeremy Allon (Air), Gavin McKillop and Howard Gray (Townhouse)

All tracks written by Gregory/Marsh/Ware, Cover concept and painting by Ray Smith, Produced and arranged by B.E.F./Greg Walsh, Another B.E.F. production

German cassette cover
German cassette cover

UK cassette cover
UK cassette cover

US cassette cover
US cassette cover

Photos from CD booklet

Glenn
Martyn
Ian

Cover

 American version

"Heaven 17" LP Arista AL8-8020 and MC Arista AC8-8020 ©1983

The American title for "The Luxury Gap" with a few changes.

Tracks in sequence of LP (cover shows different sequence)
Side One:
Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry (5:51)
We Live So Fast (3:47)
Let's All Make A Bomb (5:05)
Key To The World (3:43)		 Side Two:
Temptation (3:31)
Come Live With Me (4:02)
Lady Ice And Mr. Hex (3:47)
Song With No Name (4:20)
The Best Kept Secret (5:10)

New LP "TLG"

 Re-Issue 06May1997 in USA by CAROLINE RECORDS #CAROL1102-2

Bonus tracks:

  • "Let Me Go" (extended mix) (6:23)
  • "Temptation" (extended mix) (4:32)
  • "Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry" (extended dance mix) (6:54)

Further modifications (compared to UK version): No track listing on CD, © sometimes changed to 1992 and new second part of short Heaven 17 history by Gerard Talbot on the last inner page of the booklet

Cover

 Mexican Release 1983 The Luxury Gap - La Brecha Lujosa

Kat.-Nr. LAE-521, Mexican translation of the tracks:
Side A
Aplastado Por Las Ruedas De La Industria
Quien Detendra La Lluvia
Dejame Ir
Llave Al Mundo		 Side B
Tentacion
Ven A Vivir Conmigo
Senora Hielo Y Senor Hex
Vivimos Tan Rapido
El Secreto Mas Guardado

Todas las melodias compuestas por: Gregory / Marsh / Ware, 1983 Virgin records ltd. Hecho En Mexico Por Bertelsmann De Mexico, S.A.
Cover Saudi Arabian Release 1983 The Luxury Gap

Kat.-Nr. GMR2642
Side One:
Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry
Who'll Stop The Rain
Let Me Go
The Best Kept Secret
 Side Two:
Temptation
Come Live With Me
Lady Ice And Mr. Hex
We Live So Fast
Key To The World

Cover

 Another Release The Luxury Gap - country and year unknown

Kat.-Nr. IMD8710 - Cassette cover has been manufactured in Japan
Side One:
Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry
Who'll Stop The Rain
Let Me Go
Key To The World
 Side Two:
Temptation
Come Live With Me
Lady Ice And Mr. Hex
We Live So Fast
The Best Kept Secret

Remastered version 2006

Luxury Gap Remastered
  1. Crushed by the wheels of industry
  2. Who'll stop the rain
  3. Let me go
  4. Key the world
  5. Temptation
  6. Come live with me
  7. Lady Ice and Mr. Hex
  8. We live so fast
  9. The best kept secret
  10. Let me go (Extended Mix)
  11. Who'll stop the rain (Dub)
  12. Crushed by the wheels of industry (Part 1 And 2)
  13. Come live with me (12" Version)