TALKING LOUD & CLEAR (EXTENDED VERSION)
CATALOGUE VS 685-12
FORMAT 12" SINGLE
LABEL VIRGIN
RELEASE DATE 04/06/84
CHART 11
SLEEVE DESIGN Peter Saville Associates
 
CURRENT VALUE £6
TRACK LISTING WRITERS PRODUCER RECORDED
TALKING LOUD & CLEAR (EXTENDED VERSION) OMD Brian Tench & OMD  
JULIA'S SONG (EXTENDED VERSION) Humphreys/McCluskey/Kneale OMD & Brian Tench  
 

Both Talking Loud & Clear  and Julia's song are longer versions than on the 7" release.

Talking Loud & Clear was the first track written on the Fairlight and was originally written as a test piece.

Julia's Song was recorded in Belgium with added brass by the Weir Brothers. The song is a reworked version of the track that originally appears on the debut album Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.

 

The fabric design idea was influenced by the book An Elegant Art - Fashion & Fantasy In The Eighteenth Century