Breathe " Don’t Tell Me Lies"

The correct US 7" remix appears on the recent 2013 double
disc deluxe edition of the All That Jazz album on the
Cherry Pop label (a division of Cherry Red Records, UK).
This set has a total of five different versions of this
song (LP version, Dance Mix, Extended version and UK 7"
version). Sound is very good on the set.

As far how to identify the correct remix, here is what
Mark tells me on that subject:

"The main difference in the remix from the LP version is
the 45 remix has much more reverb on most of the
mix....like the loud synth riff that plays as soon as the
drums start - on the LP it sounds like a small room, but
the 45 sounds like a big auditorium."

I hope Mark doesn't mind me quoting him on this one.

Edited by Santi Paradoa

These are the versions I was able to track down:

• original UK single version (3:39, possibly listed as 3:44): The January 1986 UK 7" release with no mix title given, and 1985 copyrights, suggesting it may have been planned for late '85 release but was delayed, perhaps because the video wasn't finished until December 20th.

• US single version a.k.a. Final 7" (3:41, often printed as 3:44): This is the hit version. It is a "remix" is credited to Tom Lord-Alge. Apparently it was planned for a 1988 release in the US & CA (based on the catalog numbers and promo CD copyrights), but was delayed to January 3, 1989 (per a full-page ad in the Dec. 17, 1988 issue of Billboard), when it was issued with confusing 1987 copyrights. Released in the UK & elsewhere in March 1989 as the 7" Version, variously with or without the Tom Lord-Alge credit.

I'm not convinced the hit version is really a remix, but just a remaster. As compared to the 1986 version, it just has a slight change in EQ, a left/right channel swap, and a 1-second longer, louder fade-in. Everything else about it is identical to the original single.

• Extended Version (5:38): Debuted on the January 1986 UK 12" release. Reissued in 1989 as 12" Mix in the US (with I think an erroneous Tom Lord-Alge remix credit), and as Extended Version (duration "5:40") elsewhere.

• Full Length Version (4:08): Exclusive to the 1989 US 12", remix credited to Tom Lord-Alge. I have not yet heard this one.

The following are remixes by John Morales:

• Dance Mix (6:47): On the 2nd record in the 1986 limited UK 12" double-pack.

• 12" Dub Mix (4:59): On the 2nd record in the 1986 limited UK 12" double-pack. The labels have the wrong duration (3:44) and no remix credit.

• album version (3:42): On all releases of the 1987 All That Jazz album, except the rare 1st edition UK LP, which doesn't have the song at all.

The album version is based on the single version but has elements of the Dance Mix in it. The most noticeable difference to me isn't the reverb, but rather the added bongos throughout the song. Also, after the drums start up at 10 seconds in, there's no droning guitar chord like there is on the singles. And as mentioned, no "so" lyric as the chorus starts at 1:02.


Edited by mjb50

Bumping this back up to see if anyone has come across the
Full Length Version mentioned above that runs 4:08. I've
checked on YouTube but couldn't find it.