B.E.F. - 1981-2011

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Music Of Quality & Distinction : Volume One
1-1	Ball Of Confusion Featuring – Tina Turner	4:11
1-2	The Secret Life Of Arabia Featuring – Billy MacKenzie	3:59
1-3	There's A Ghost In My House Featuring – Paul Jones	2:57
1-4	These Boots Are Made For Walking Featuring – Paula Yates	2:49
1-5	Suspicious Minds Featuring – Gary Glitter	3:53
1-6	You Keep Me Hanging On Featuring – Bernie Nolan	2:46
1-7	Wichita Lineman Featuring – Glenn Gregory	4:20
1-8	Anyone Who Had A Heart Featuring – Sandie Shaw	3:10
1-9	Perfect Day Featuring – Glenn Gregory	4:08
1-10	It's Over Featuring – Billy MacKenzie	2:43
Bonus Tracks
1-11	Ball Of Confusion (Backing Track)	3:45
1-12	Secret Life Of Arabia (Backing Track)	7:06
1-13	There's A Ghost In My House (Backing Track)	2:56
1-14	These Boots Are Made For Walking (Backing Track)	2:46
1-15	You Keep Me Hanging On (Backing Track)	2:44
1-16	Anyone Who Has A Heart (Backing Track)	3:20
1-17	It's Over (Orchestra Mix)	2:41
Music Of Quality & Distinction : Volume Two
2-1	Someday We'll All Be Free Featuring – Chaka Khan	4:02
2-2	Family Affair Featuring – Lalah Hathaway	4:05
2-3	Early In The Morning Featuring – Richard Darbyshire	4:58
2-4	Free Featuring – Billy MacKenzie	4:52
2-5	It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding Featuring – Terence Trent D'Arby	3:42
2-6	I Want You Featuring – Tashan	6:41
2-7	A Song For You Featuring – Mavis Staples	4:46
2-8	Try A Little Tenderness Featuring – Billy Preston	4:28
2-9	I Don't Know Why I Love You (Extended) Featuring – Green Gartside	4:09
2-10	A Change Is Gonna Come Featuring – Tina Turner	4:45
2-11	Feel Like Makin' Love Featuring – Ghida De Palma*	4:18
2-12	In My Life Featuring – Billy Preston	3:24
Bonus Tracks
2-13	In My Life (Drums And Vox)	3:25
2-14	In My Life (Acapella)	3:04
2-15	Family Affair (Acapella)	3:25
2-16	I Want You (Alternative Introduction)	6:59
2-17	It's Alright (Instrumental)	3:40
2-18	I Don't Know Why I Love You (Original Version)	3:50
Music From Stowaways To Dark
3-1	The Optimum Chant	4:12
3-2	Uptown Apocalypse	3:10
3-3	Wipe The Board Clean	3:47
3-4	Groove Thang	4:06
3-5	Music To Kill Your Parents By	1:26
3-6	The Old At Rest	5:39
3-7	Rise Of The East	2:52
3-8	Decline Of The West	3:04
3-9	A Baby Called Billy	4:02
3-10	Honeymoon In New York	2:14
3-11	B.E.F. Ident	0:36
Bonus Tracks
Original 1992 Backing Tracks
3-12	Tradewinds (Work-In-Progress Mix) Featuring – Mavis Staples	5:10
3-13	Copilot To Pilot (Work-In-Progress Mix) Featuring – Kelly Barnes	4:08
From Forthcoming Music Of Quality And Distinction : Volume 3 - Dark
3-14	Smalltown Boy (Work-In-Progress Mix) Featuring – Billie Godfrey	7:36

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Distributed By – EMI
• Marketed By – EMI

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar – David Lockwood (tracks: 1-7, 3-1 to 3-8), John Foxx (tracks: 1-10), Tim Cansfield (tracks: 2-3, 2-7)
• Arranged By [Backing Vox Arrangement] – Martyn Ware (tracks: 2-3, 2-6), Phil Spalding (tracks: 2-6)
• Arranged By [Brass Arrangement] – Martyn Ware (tracks: 2-8), Phil Spalding (tracks: 2-8)
• Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangement] – John Barker (tracks: 1-10)
• Backing Vocals – Billy Preston (tracks: 2-2, 2-12), Glenn Gregory (tracks: 2-10), The Hereafter (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-6, 1-7, 1-9), Jocelyn Brown (tracks: 2-5, 2-8), Martyn Ware (tracks: 1-5, 2-10), The Nancy Boys (tracks: 1-4), Roy Galloway (tracks: 2-8), Sharon Rose-Blackwell* (tracks: 2-8)
• Bass – Phil Spalding (tracks: 2-8, 2-9), Randy Hope-Taylor (tracks: 2-6), Steven "Judd" Turner* (tracks: 3-2)
• Bass [Glitter], Backing Vocals – John Springate (tracks: 1-5)
• Bass Guitar – Camelle Hinds (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Jo Dworniak* (tracks: 1-2, 1-9), John Wilson (tracks: 1-6)
• Cello – Glyn Perrin (tracks: 1-10)
• Clavinet – Billy Preston (tracks: 2-9)
• Double Bass – Jo Dworniak* (tracks: 1-4)
• Drum Programming – Ian Craig Marsh (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-9), Martyn Ware (tracks: 2-1, 2-2), Randy Hope-Taylor (tracks: 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 2-7, 2-9, 2-11)
• Drums – Chuck Sabo (tracks: 2-1, 2-5, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-10)
• Drums [Glitter] – Tony Leonard (tracks: 1-5)
• Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ [Hammond] – Billy Preston (tracks: 2-8, 2-12), Nick Plytas (tracks: 2-5)
• French Horn – Jonathan Williams (tracks: 1-10)
• Grand Piano – Nick Plytas (tracks: 1-8, 1-9)
• Guitar – Asa Bennett (tracks: 3-14), Hank Marvin (tracks: 1-8 to 1-10), Nevil 'Breeze' McKreith* (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4), Phil Spalding (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-9), Randy Hope-Taylor (tracks: 2-3), Tim Cansfield (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-12), Vicky Aspinall (tracks: 1-10)
• Guitar [E Iii Guitar Harmonics] – Ian Craig Marsh (tracks: 2-6), Phil Spalding (tracks: 2-6)
• Guitar [Glitter], Backing Vocals – Gerry Shepherd* (tracks: 1-5)
• Guitar [Wah Solo] – Tim Cansfield (tracks: 2-1, 2-2)
• Guitar, Bass – John Wilson (tracks: 3-4)
• Guitar, Synthesizer – Adi Newton (tracks: 3-2)
• Harmonica – Paul Jones (tracks: 1-1)
• Harp – Helen Tunstall (tracks: 1-10)
• Keyboards – Male Veale (tracks: 3-11)
• Keyboards, Other [Solo] – Nick Plytas (tracks: 2-4, 2-10)
• Lead Vocals – Bernie Nolan (tracks: 1-6), Billy MacKenzie (tracks: 1-2, 1-10, 2-4), Billy Preston (tracks: 2-2, 2-8, 2-12), Gary Glitter (tracks: 1-5), Kelly Barnes (tracks: 3-13), Mavis Staples (tracks: 2-7, 3-12), Paul Jones (tracks: 1-3), Paula Yates (tracks: 1-4), Sandie Shaw (tracks: 1-8), Tina Turner (tracks: 1-1, 2-10)
• Lead Vocals, Arranged By – Billie Godfrey (tracks: 3-14)
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Chaka Khan (tracks: 2-1), Ghida De Palma* (tracks: 2-11), Lalah Hathaway (tracks: 2-2)
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Backing Vox Arrangement] – Richard Darbyshire (tracks: 2-3), Tashan (tracks: 2-6)
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Vox Arrangement] – Billy MacKenzie (tracks: 2-4)
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Other [Musical Inspiration], Programmed By [Percussion, Keyboards], Drum Programming – Green Gartside (tracks: 2-9)
• Lead Vocals, Saxophone – Glenn Gregory (tracks: 1-7)
• Other [Intro], Guitar – John McGeoch (tracks: 1-1)
• Percussion – Jeff Scantlebury (tracks: 2-1, 2-6)
• Piano – Adrian Reid (tracks: 2-6, 2-7, 2-9, 2-11), Nick Plytas (tracks: 1-6), Phil Spalding (tracks: 2-3), Tim Cansfield (tracks: 2-3)
• Producer – B.E.F.*
• Programmed By – Martyn Ware (tracks: 3-14)
• Programmed By [Bass] – Randy Hope-Taylor (tracks: 2-2 to 2-4, 2-7, 2-11)
• Programmed By [Keyboard Programming] – Ian Craig Marsh (tracks: 2-3, 2-4, 2-9, 2-11), Martyn Ware (tracks: 2-3, 2-4, 2-9, 2-11), Randy Hope-Taylor (tracks: 2-1, 2-4, 2-9, 2-11)
• Programmed By [Orchestral Programming] – Randy Hope-Taylor (tracks: 2-7)
• Programmed By [Percussion] – Ian Craig Marsh (tracks: 2-2), Martyn Ware (tracks: 2-2), Randy Hope-Taylor (tracks: 2-3, 2-4, 2-9, 2-11)
• Programmed By [Percussion], Drum Programming – Phil Spalding (tracks: 2-2)
• Programmed By [Programming] – Martyn Ware (tracks: 1-10)
• Programmed By [Programming], Synthesizer – Ian Craig Marsh (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-7), Martyn Ware (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-6 to 1-9)
• Programmed By [Song] – Ian Craig Marsh (tracks: 2-1), Martyn Ware (tracks: 2-1), Randy Hope-Taylor (tracks: 2-1)
• Programmed By [Vox Arrangement] – Martyn Ware (tracks: 2-4)
• Saxophone – Adrian Reid (tracks: 2-11), David 'Baps' Baptiste* (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-8, 1-9), Ray Carless (tracks: 2-5)
• Saxophone [Glitter] – Brian Jones (tracks: 1-5)
• Saxophone, Arranged By [Brass Arrangement] – Molly Duncan (tracks: 2-8)
• Tenor Saxophone – Don Myrick (tracks: 2-10)
• Timpani, Castanets – Simon Limbrick (tracks: 1-10)
• Trombone – Jake (tracks: 1-4), Louis Sattersfield* (tracks: 2-10), Nathaniel 'Nat' Augustin* (tracks: 1-1), Neil Sidwell (tracks: 2-8), Winston Rollins (tracks: 2-5)
• Trumpet – Barbara Snow (tracks: 2-5), Canute 'Kenny' Wellington* (tracks: 1-1, 1-4), Michael Harris (tracks: 2-10), Rahmlee Davis* (tracks: 2-10), Sid Gould* (tracks: 2-8)
• Violin – A.W. Thorpe (tracks: 1-10), Steve Jones (tracks: 1-10)
• Vocals [Additional] – Jocelyn Brown (tracks: 2-12)
• Vocals [Killer Vox], Other [Musical Direction, Inspiration] – Terence Trent D'Arby (tracks: 2-5)
• Vocals, Saxophone, Synthesizer – Glenn Gregory (tracks: 3-1 to 3-11)

Notes

Includes 16-page booklet, 5 double-sided postcards with original single artwork, and large folded poster in clamshell box.

Credit mistakes:
Track 1-9 lead vox wrongly credited to Sandie Shaw. Track 1-10 orchestral arrangement wrongly credited to John Limbrick.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 50999 6 80664 2 0
• Rights Society: SDRM BIEM
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): 6806652 AB50222-01 manufactured by optimal media production
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): 6806662 AB50223-01 manufactured by optimal media production
• Matrix / Runout (CD3): 6806672 AB50225-01 manufactured by optimal media production
• Mastering SID Code (CD1/CD2): ifpi L573
• Mastering SID Code (CD3): ifpi L574
• Mould SID Code (CD1/CD2/CD3): IFPI 9723

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