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Special Beat Service [Deluxe Edition] [Box]

The English Beat
3 discs

0. DISC 1: SPECIAL BEAT SERVICE/BONUS TRACKS:
1. I Confess
2. Jeanette
3. Sorry
4. Sole Salvation
5. Spar Wid Me
6. Rotating Head
7. Save It for Later
8. She's Going
9. Pato and Roger a Go Talk
10. Sugar and Stress
11. End of the Party
12. Ackee 1-2-3
13. What's Your Best Thing
14. Save It for Later [Extended Version]
15. What's Your Best Thing [Dub Style]
16. Cool Entertainer
17. Go Talk [Tappy Luppy Dub], A
18. Cool Entertainer [Extended Version]
19. March of the Swivel Heads
0. DISC 2: BONUS TRACKS/BBC RADIO SESSIONS:
1. Jeanette [Extended Version]
2. March of the Swivel Heads [Extended Version]
3. I Confess [Dave Allen Remix]
4. It Makes Me Rock - (previously unreleased)
5. Doors of Your Heart [Live at Hammersmith Palais] - (live)
6. I Confess [Live at Hammersmith Palais] - (live)
7. Spar Wid Me [Live at Hammersmith Palais] - (live)
8. Save It For Later [Live at Hammersmith Palais] - (live)
9. Mirror In the Bathroom [Live at Hammersmith Palais] - (live)
10. Can't Get Used to Losing You [1983 Remix] - (remix)
11. Ackee 1-2-3 ["Jellybean" Benitez Nike Mix] - (remix)
12. Can't Get Used to Losing You [Extended 1983 Remix] - (remix)
13. I Confess [United States of America Remix] - (remix)
14. Spar Wid Me [John Peel Show]
15. She's Going [John Peel Show]
16. Save It for Later [John Peel Show]
17. Sole Salvation [John Peel Show]
18. Pato and Roger a Go Talk [John Peel Show]
19. End of the Party [John Peel Show]
20. Night and Day [David Jensen Show]
0. DISC 3: SINGLES VIDEOS/TOP OF THE POPS/OTT/THE TUBE:
1. Save It for Later [Video]
2. I Confess [Video]
3. Can't Get Used to Losing You [Top of the Pops]
4. Can't Get Used tTo Losing You [Top of the Pops]
5. Save It for Later [OTT]
6. Stand Down Margaret [OTT]
7. Save It for Later
8. Mirror in the Bathroom
9. Too Nice to Talk To - (featuring Dave Wakeling/Ranking Roger)
10. Jools Holland Interview
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): EDSG 8018
Critic Reviews

CMJ (1/5/04, p.12) - Ranked #3 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1983".
Mojo (Publisher) (p.101) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "SBS gave vent to its creators' polymath skills across an array of brilliant pop schemes."