On the way this week, Ultimate Dollar is the phenomenal companion collection to the forthcoming “Greatest Hits” package- a positive treasure trove for Dollar fans.
Re-mastered from the original master tapes, “Ultimate Dollar” boasts 6 audio discs and a DVD, which contains all their videos and several TV appearances.
*** EXCLUSIVE ‘REMIXES & RARITIES’ CD ONLY AVAILABLE WITH D2C COPIES OF ULTIMATE DOLLAR FROM OUR WEBSITE! ***
Personally overseen by Thereza Bazar, with introduction comments from Thereza and David, here’s what to expect from this Poptastic package…
• Exhaustive 6-disc collection of audio containing expanded versions of the albums “Shooting Stars”, “The Paris Collection” and “The Dollar Album”, re-mastered from the original master tapes.
• DVD featuring every promo video made and a selection of Top of The Pops appearances from original masters.
• Newly commissioned vintage style 12” mixes of ‘Mirror Mirror’, ‘Give Me Back My Heart’, ‘Hand Held In Black And White’, ‘Videotheque’, ‘Give Me Some Kinda Magic’ and ‘Love’s Gotta Hold On Me’ from the original multi track tapes.
• Previously unreleased PWL mixes.
• ‘We Walked In Love’ and ‘Haven’t We Said Goodbye Before’ 7” and 12” mixes making their CD debut.
• Previously unreleased instrumentals, backing tracks, demos and alternative versions.
• Newly discovered vault track ‘Tell Me You Love Me’ from 1988.
• Huge booklet containing track-by-track commentary by Thereza Bazar , comments from David Van Day and others involved in the releases.
• Booklet contains The Dollar Songbook – complete lyrics to the box set material, liner notes and many rare photos.
Disc One features their debut album “Shooting Stars” (UK #36) in expanded form, with several rare and new-to-CD bonus tracks.
Disc Two, “The Paris Collection” includes demos, B-sides and their version of the hit ‘One Of Those Nights’.
Discs Three and Four cover the Gold certified “The Dollar Album” (UK #18) era. This extra special expanded edition includes newly commissioned 12” versions of all five top 40 hits contained on the album, mixed from the original multi track tapes – ‘Hand Held In Black And White’ (UK #19), ‘Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)’ (UK #4), ‘Give Me Back My Heart’ (UK #4), ‘Videotheque’ (UK #17) and ‘Give Me Some Kinda Magic’ (UK #34), as well as backing tracks, B-sides and instrumentals of many songs.
Disc Five contains their Arista Records singles ‘We Walked In Love’ (UK #61) and ‘Haven’t We Said Goodbye Before’ on CD for the first time, whilst Disc Six covers the London Records era of ‘O L’amour’ (UK #7) and ‘It’s Nature’s Way (No Problem)’ (UK #58) and features many previously unreleased mixes and a newly-discovered vault track, ‘Tell Me You Love Me’ from 1988. All this is capped off with a huge booklet containing track-by-track commentary from Thereza Bazar and many others involved in the releases, as well as photos, detailed liner notes on each disc, and The Dollar Songbook lyrics.
DISC ONE: CD
SHOOTING STARS
1. OVERTURE
2. SHOOTING STAR
3. TOKYO
4. STAR CONTROL
5. WHO WERE YOU WITH IN THE MOONLIGHT
6. I NEED YOUR LOVE
7. RING RING
8. LOVE’S GOTTA HOLD ON ME
9. LOVE STREET
10. I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND
11. SHOOTING STAR (ALTERNATIVE 7” MIX)
12. TALKING ‘BOUT LOVE
13. LOVE ONE ANOTHER
14. STAR CONTROL (B-SIDE MIX)
15. LOVE’S GOTTA HOLD ON ME
(2019 EXTENDED VERSION)
16. TALKING ‘BOUT LOVE
(2019 EXTENDED VERSION)
17. WHAT DO YOU DO (1977 DEMO)
18. LOVE’S GOTTA HOLD ON ME (INSTRUMENTAL)
19. I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND (INSTRUMENTAL)
DISC TWO: CD
THE PARIS COLLECTION
1. RADIO
2. THE GIRLS ARE OUT TO GET YA
3. YOUNG LOVE
4. YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
5. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
6. TAKIN’ A CHANCE ON YOU
7. EBONY
8. NO MANS LAND
9. DON’T CHANGE YOUR LIFE
10. HEARTBEAT (LOVE ME SLOWLY)
11. LOVE DON’T COME EASY
12. LIVING EACH DAY FOR YOU
13. RADIO (DEMO)
14. DON’T CHANGE YOUR LIFE (DEMO)
15. NO MANS LAND (DEMO)
16. EBONY (DEMO)
17. ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS (DEMO)
18. THE GIRLS ARE OUT TO GET YA (ALTERNATIVE 1980 MIX)
DISC THREE: CD
THE DOLLAR ALBUM PART 1
1. MIRROR MIRROR (MON AMOUR)
2. GIVE ME BACK MY HEART
3. HAND HELD IN BLACK AND WHITE
4. PINK AND BLUE
5. I GOT YOUR NUMBER WRONG
6. GUESSING GAMES
7. GIVE ME SOME KINDA MAGIC
8. VIDEOTHEQUE
9. DANGEROUS BLONDES
10. YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU
11. ANYONE WHO’S ANYONE
12. SECOND TIME AROUND
13. TWO HEARTS
14. LIVING A LIFE OF DREAMS
15. HAND HELD IN BLACK AND WHITE (EXTENDED MIX)
16. I GOT YOUR NUMBER WRONG (ALTERNATIVE MIX)
17. SECOND TIME AROUND (LONG VERSION)
18. GUESSING GAMES (ALTERNATIVE MIX)
19. MIRROR MIRROR (MON AMOUR) (DEMO)
DISC FOUR: CD
THE DOLLAR ALBUM PART 2
1. MIRROR MIRROR (MON AMOUR)
(2019 EXTENDED VERSION)
2. HAND HELD IN BLACK AND WHITE
(2019 EXTENDED VERSION)
3. GIVE ME BACK MY HEART
(2019 EXTENDED VERSION)
4. VIDEOTHEQUE (2019 EXTENDED VERSION)
5. GIVE ME SOME KINDA MAGIC
(2019 EXTENDED VERSION)
6. MIRROR MIRROR (MON AMOUR)
(BACKING TRACK)
7. GIVE ME BACK MY HEART (INSTRUMENTAL)
8. HAND HELD IN BLACK AND WHITE (BACKING TRACK)
9. GIVE ME SOME KINDA MAGIC
(BACKING TRACK)
10. ANYONE WHO’S ANYONE (INSTRUMENTAL)
11. PINK AND BLUE (ALTERNATIVE MIX)
12. DANGEROUS BLONDES (ALTERNATIVE MIX)
13. GIVE ME SOME KINDA MAGIC (ALTERNATIVE MIX)
14. GIVE ME BACK MY HEART (THE JOURNEY)
DISC FIVE: CD
WE WALKED IN LOVE
1. WE WALKED IN LOVE (7” VERSION)
2. LOVE TONIGHT
3. IF THIS IS LOVE
4. WE WALKED IN LOVE (EXTENDED VERSION)
5. WE WALKED IN LOVE (ALTERNATIVE MIX)
6. WE WALKED IN LOVE (DUB MIX)
7. WE WALKED IN LOVE (INSTRUMENTAL)
8. HAVEN’T WE SAID GOODBYE BEFORE
(7” VERSION)
9. HAVEN’T WE SAID GOODBYE BEFORE (EXTENDED MIX)
10. HAVEN’T WE SAID GOODBYE BEFORE (NIGHTMARE MIX)
11. HAVEN’T WE SAID GOODBYE BEFORE
(US DANCE MIX)
12. HAVEN’T WE SAID GOODBYE BEFORE
(IAN LEVINE 7” MIX)
13. HAVEN’T WE SAID GOODBYE BEFORE (BOBBY ELI’S HI ENERGY MIX)
14. PLATINUM RAP (EXTENDED VERSION)
DISC SIX: CD
O ‘LAMOUR
1. O L’AMOUR
2. O L’AMOUR (EXTRA BEAT BOYS 12” MIX)
3. O L’AMOUR (EURO BEAT VERSION)
4. O L’AMOUR (ORIGINAL MIX)
5. O L’AMOUR (ALTERNATIVE 7” MIX)
6. O L’AMOUR (INSTRUMENTAL)
7. B-BEAT
8. IT’S NATURE’S WAY (NO PROBLEM)
9. DIA Y NOCHE
10. IT’S NATURE’S WAY (NO PROBLEM) (EXTENDED VERSION)
11. IT’S NATURE’S WAY (NO PROBLEM) (SPANISH VERSION)
12. IT’S NATURE’S WAY (NO PROBLEM)
(ACID TONGUE REMIX)
13. IT’S NATURE’S WAY (NO PROBLEM) (DUB)
14. IT’S NATURE’S WAY (NO PROBLEM) (INSTRUMENTAL)
15. DIA Y NOCHE
16. TELL ME YOU LOVE ME
DISC SEVEN: DVD
DVD
1. SHOOTING STAR (PROMO VIDEO)
2. SHOOTING STAR (TOTP OCTOBER 1978)
3. SHOOTING STAR (TOTP DECEMBER 1978)
4. WHO WERE YOU WITH IN THE MOONLIGHT
(TOTP MAY 1979)
5. LOVE’S GOTTA HOLD ON ME
(TOTP SEPTEMBER 1979)
6. I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND (PROMO VIDEO)
7. I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND
(TOTP JANUARY 1980)
8. THE GIRLS ARE OUT TO GET YA
(PROMO VIDEO)
9. TAKIN’ A CHANCE ON YOU (PROMO VIDEO)
10. MIRROR MIRROR (MON AMOUR)
(PROMO VIDEO)
11. GIVE ME BACK MY HEART (PROMO VIDEO)
12. GIVE ME SOME KINDA MAGIC (PROMO VIDEO)
13. WE WALKED IN LOVE (PROMO VIDEO)
14. O L’AMOUR (PROMO VIDEO)
15. IT’S NATURE’S WAY (NO PROBLEM)
(PROMO VIDEO)
16. THE DOLLAR ALBUM (TV ADVERT)
17. VIDEOTHEQUE
(THE DOLLAR ALBUM SHORT TV CLIP)
18. GIVE ME SOME KINDA MAGIC
(THE DOLLAR ALBUM SHORT TV CLIP)
BONUS CD: A FEW DOLLARS MORE
- THE MOONLIGHT MEGAMIX (Shooting Star/Who Were You With In The Moonlight/Love’s Gotta Hold On Me/I Wanna Hold Your Hand)
- IT’S NATURE’S WAY (NO PROBLEM) (Demo)
- WHO WERE YOU WITH IN THE MOONLIGHT (2006 Remix Radio Edit)
- TALKING ‘BOUT LOVE (Acoustic Mix)
- LOVE’S GOTTA HOLD ON ME (Backing Track)
- LOVE’S GOTTA HOLD ON ME (Smooth Mix)
