Info from Depeche Mode discographies by Bennett McElwee 1997-2005
The Fifth Strike (b5)
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CD 1993 (Exactor Mortis)
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1 6:35 a3b2b5m Halo (Bogus Brothers mix) ["Comfortable mix"]
2 5:58 b5 World In My Eyes (Bogus Brothers dub)
3 4:13 b5 Fools (unreleased version)
4 6:29 a4b5 Just Can't Get Enough (Hot Trax mix) ["Flexible/JCGE"]
5 7:03 b5= Nothing (Justin Strauss mix) [Zip-Hop mix]
6 6:30 a3b5= Strangelove (Bomb The Bass mix)
7 7:30 b5= People Are People (On-U Sound mix)
8 4:34 b5- Master And Servant (On-U Sound mix)
9 11:46 b5c1ek Music Factory megamix [It's Time For A New Life Megamix]
10 13:02 b5e Disconet Megamix
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The Fifth Strike
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CD 1993 (Exactor Mortis)
6:35 Halo (Bogus Brothers mix) ["Comfortable mix"]
5:58 World In My Eyes (Bogus Brothers dub)
4:13 Fools (unreleased version)
6:29 Just Can't Get Enough (Hot Trax mix) ["Flexible/JCGE"]
7:03 Nothing (Justin Strauss mix) [Zip-Hop mix]
6:30 Strangelove (Bomb The Bass mix) [Hijack mix]
7:30 People Are People (On-U Sound mix)
4:34 Master And Servant (On-U Sound mix)
11:46 Music Factory megamix [It's Time for a New Life Megamix]
13:02 Disconet Megamix
[Excellent sound quality]
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The Fifth Strike
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Comments: Bennett McElwee
Halo (Comfortable mix)
The Bogus Brothers mix. The recording on the Second Strike was so bad that they included a better version here. Naturally, they renamed it to make the CD more appealing. The sound quality is much better--I bet they just copied this from URT3, because the quality is similar.
World In My Eyes (Bogus Brothers' dub)
A good mix, with bits 'n' pieces of the official remixes together with new percussion bits and sounds. Definitely a dance mix, but really interesting to listen to as well. This is one of my favourite mixes of WIME.
Fools (unreleased version)
This has always been one of my favourite DM songs, and this version is a pretty good one. The xylophone riff is different, and there are a few other differences from the regular version. This sounds like an early mix of the single version. It sounds as if it has been mastered from vinyl, so either there's a vinyl bootleg of this, or there's an official test pressing or acetate or something, probably worth its weight in gold...
Flexible/Just Can't Get Enough (Hot Trax mix)
Dated house music with DM samples.
Nothing (Justin Strauss remix)
Very monotonous beat (a la Kraftwerk) works quite well. In fact the track reminds me very much of a cross between DM and "Electric Cafe"-era Kraftwerk.
People Are People (On-U Sound remix)
This is great. Adrian Sherwood put just the right amount of weird noise in this track to make it much more interesting...
Master And Servant (On-U Sound remix)
whereas this one is much more 'on the edge'. As first I hated it, but It's growing on me. The buzzing and bleeping is annoying but also endearing (in a weird way), but if you didn't like "Are People People?" then you'll probably hate this.
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