(FOREVER) LIVE AND DIE (EXTENDED MIX)
CATALOGUE VSS 888-12
FORMAT 12" SINGLE
LABEL VIRGIN
RELEASE DATE 26/08/86
CHART 11
SLEEVE DESIGN Mick Haggerty
 
CURRENT VALUE £10 - 15
TRACK LISTING WRITERS PRODUCER RECORDED
(FOREVER) LIVE AND DIE (EXTENDED MIX) OMD Stephen Hague Studio De La Grande Armée, Paris
(FOREVER) LIVE AND DIE (7" VERSION) OMD Stephen Hague Studio De La Grande Armée, Paris
THIS TOWN OMD Stephen Hague Studio De La Grande Armée, Paris
 

The original 12" remix was done by John Potoker. The band didn't like Potoker's mix of the song and decided to pursue a different approach with Tom Lord Alge. In the meantime, Virgin had printed up 5,000 sleeves which featured a credit for Potoker and claimed they didn't have the time to reprint them.

To complicate matters, copies of the Potoker mix did make it to the shops. The difference between this release and the later Lord-Alge version is as follows:

  • Sleeve states a catalogue number of VS888-12.
  • Front of sleeve features "Extended Mix" note.
  • Back of sleeve credits state "Remixed by John 'Tokes' Potoker".
  • Record label states the same.
  • Potoker mix has an instrumental intro with no fade-in.
 

A guitar part written by Graham Weir was so difficult that not even he could play it. As a result, the band drafted in noted French session musician Kamil Rustam to perform it.