What kind of fool - All about Eve

The second and last All about Eve CD Video ever released was also the last single taken from the band's debut album. I didn't know at the time of buying that there were also CD-singles of these CD Videos. Oddly enough, the CD Videos were available in Europe, whereas the CD-singles, made in the UK, couldn't be found overseas at all.

Besides the beautiful video for this track, the audio portion of this disc consisted of three non-album tracks. The title track appears here in a remix.

1. What kind of fool (Autumn rhapsody)
2. Gold and silver [acoustic version]
3. The garden of Jane Delawney

Mercury 080 618-2
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Martha's harbour - All about Eve

I discovered the band All about Eve in 1988, when a satellite channel on TV broadcast a special on the band, featuring two or three videos. I'm sure 'Every angel' was one of them, but I'm not sure 'Martha's harbour' was included. Still, I was inspired to buy a single by them later that week in the record shop (yes, that's vinyl guys). A few weeks later, I had their debut album, and a few weeks after that I had a whole stack of vinyl singles.

My first CD-single followed in 1989 in the shape of this CD Video. The best treat on this was the B-side 'Another door', which unlike the other tracks didn't appear on the album.

1. Martha's harbour
2. Like Emily
3. Another door
4. She moves through the fair

Mercury 080 522-2
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Catch - The Cure

I already owned the 7" single of 'Catch' when I bought this CD Video and so I already knew that the B-side 'Breathe' was a great track. Adding to that the Tim Pope-directed video which was quite charming and I was convinced that I needed to have this disc.

I was less impressed with the other two audio tracks, but anyway, this is still a disc I'm very happy with.

1. Catch
2. Breathe
3. A chain of flowers
4. Icing sugar (new mix)
5. Catch (video)

Fiction Records 080 186-2
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Head over heels - Tears for fears

The second in the series of my CD Video discs was, just like the first one, by Tears for fears. It was another attractive package, with 'Sea song', originally the B-side of the single 'I believe', and a remix of 'Mothers talk' included.

I remember at the time having to choose between the different CD Videos (for budgetary reasons) and I finally decided on this one because the audio was better than the other ones. I wanted to have 'I believe' too, because I'd never even seen that video, but the audio tracks on that one were much less interesting: a choice of tracks from the band's debut album.

1. Head over heels
2. Sea song
3. The working hour
4. Mothers talk (USA)
5. Head over heels (video)

Mercury 080062-2
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Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for fears

Another new format was introduced in 1988: the CD Video. Not content with the success of 'regular' CD's, record companies also came with a CD single that could also play a video when inserted into a CD Video player. This was an analogue video system, so all these discs have now become useless as CD Video players are no longer made. When you're lucky, you can get hold of a Laserdisc player and it should still accept these discs.

Back in 1988 I actually had access to a CD Video player because my mum bought one out of a small inheritance. The good news is: all the audio tracks are still working in CD players, and so this disc is still worth owning. The gold color of the disc is a nice bonus, too...

1. Everybody wants to rule the world 
2. The marauders
3. Pharaohs
4. When in love with a blind man
5. Everybody wants to rule the world (CD Video track)

Mercury 080032-2
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