Inside the Pleasuredome

Inside The Pleasuredome
Box set by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Released 27 October 2014 (2014-10-27)
Recorded July 1983-1984 at Manor Studios, Oxford and Sarm Studios, London
Genre New wave, Synthpop, Hi-NRG
Length 64:00
Label ZTT (UK), Union Square (UK) - Element 38
Producer Trevor Horn

"Inside the Pleasuredome" is an "Ultra-Deluxe box set" released by ZTT Records and Union Square Music in October 2014 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's debut album, "Welcome to the Pleasuredome". Spread across a double album on 180g vinyl, three 10" singles, a cassingle, a 5 track download-only instrumental EP and a DVD, the boxset contains 20 previously unreleased mixes of tracks from the Pleasuredome album.

Limited to 2000 boxes, it was released exclusively through the Pledgemusic.com website.

The boxset comprised 10 elements, as well as downloads of all non-5.1 audio in FLAC and MP3 formats.

Boxset elements


1. “Come Inside” – The entry-point into the Pleasuredome experience, via a unique flipbook animation of Lo Cole’s classic artwork. [Catalogued at NEAT 3.]

2. Tumbometer Nine – A Zang Tuum Tumb info sheet detailing everything you’ll find Inside The Pleasuredome, where it came from and why it’s there. Plus a complete listing of the Element Series, past, present and future.

3. “And Suddenly There Came A Zang!” – The Art of Frankie Goes To Hollywood. A stunning 48-page case-bound hardback book celebrating and exploring the artwork of Welcome To The Pleasuredome, with contributions from Paul Morley, designer David Smart, illustrators Lo Cole and Anne Yvonne Gilbert and photographers John Stoddart, Steve Rumney, AJ Barratt and Peter Ashworth. [Zanglette No. 2, ZTAS 31.]

4. “Brothers and Sisters” – The DVD. Compiling the Pleasuredome videos – Relax, Two Tribes, The Power of Love and Welcome To The Pleasuredome by directors Godley & Creme, Bernard Rose and David Mallett – and 5.1 surround sound audio mixes of the classic singles and album tracks. [Catalogued at NEAT 2.] This is a double disc with NTSC region 0 on one side and PAL region 0 on the other.

5. “Voiceless, Volume 1” – The Instrumentals. A five track FLAC digital EP with previously unreleased instrumental versions of 7” and 12” mixes. [catalogued at ZTIS 309.] NOTE: This is exclusive to Pledgers

6. “Cowboys and Indians” – The Alternate Tracks. A four-track EP that explores the making of Frankie’s second single, with three previously unreleased takes of Two Tribes plus one of WAR [10” vinyl in die-cut sleeve – 10 ZTAS 4c/d]

7. “Lovers and Haters” – The Studio Demos. A four-track EP tracing the story of two of the earliest tracks recorded for Welcome To The Pleasuredome, with two previously-unreleased takes of Relax and two previously-unreleased versions of The Only Star In Heaven. [10" vinyl in die-cut sleeve 10 ZTAS 4a/b]

8. “Doctors and Nurses” – The Remixes. A pairing of the third 12” mix of War! (which went on to become the Art of Noise track, Oobly) with an alternate 12” version of Welcome To The Pleasuredome, both previously unreleased. [10” vinyl in die-cut sleeve 10 ZTAS 4e/f]

9. “Suck It Up” – The Relax Cassette. A 13-track, C90 remix anthology, from the 16-minute Sex Mix to Trevor Horn’s New York Mix via six previously unreleased versions. [A cassette-only Inside The Pleasuredome companion piece with accompanying digital download, catalogue number CTIS 104.]

10. “Welcome To The Pleasuredome” – The 2014 Vinyl Edition. The original 16-track album, remastered at Sarm Studios by Trevor Horn and his 2014 THeam, pressed on 180g audiophile vinyl and packaged in a unique die-cut sleeve designed to frame one of three accompanying prints by original Pleasuredome sleeve artist, Lo Cole. [Catalogued at IQ1000]

Track listing

“Welcome To The Pleasuredome” – 2014 12” Vinyl Edition

  1. Well…. 0:55
  2. The World Is My Oyster 1:02
  3. Snatch Of Fury (Stay) 0:36
  4. Welcome To The Pleasure Dome 12:58
  5. Relax (Come Fighting) 3:56
  6. War (…. And Hide) 6:12
  7. Two Tribes (For The Victims Of Ravishment) 3:23
  8. Ferry (Go) 1:49
  9. Born To Run 3:56
  10. San Jose (The Way) 3:09
  11. Wish (The Lads Were Here) 2:48
  12. Including The Ballad Of 32 4:47
  13. Krisco Kisses 2:57
  14. Black Night White Light 4:05
  15. The Only Star In Heaven 4:16
  16. The Power Of Love 5:28
  17. Bang 1:08

“Lovers and Haters” – Studio Sessions

  1. Relax (04.09.83: Rough Mix) - 4:09 *
  2. Relax (10.09.83: CMI Backing Track) - 3:13 *
  3. The Only Star In Heaven (29.08.84: ’Gary’s Mix’ with Keys and BD) - 3:27 *
  4. The Only Star In Heaven (29.08.84: ’Gary’s Mix’ Dub Bits) - 2:22 *

“Cowboys and Indians” – Alternate Takes

  1. Two Tribes (04.10.84: Bit 4) - 0:29 *
  2. War (04.10.84: Man Has a Sense for the Discovery of Beauty) - 8:35 *
  3. Two Tribes (31.05.84: Rough 12” Mix) - 4:27 *
  4. Two Tribes (01:06:84: Rough 12” Mix) - 6:32 *

“Doctors and Nurses” – Mix/Remix

  1. War (17.05.84: ‘War! III’) - 10:19 *
  2. Welcome To The Pleasuredome (10.08.84: ‘Pleasuredome II’) - 9:44 *

Relax (Suck It Up, Soap It Up): The Relax Cassette (C90 singlette)

Suck It Up

  1. Relax (Bit 1) - 0:54 *
  2. Relax (Sex Mix) - 16:24
  3. Relax (New York Mix) - 7:25
  4. Relax (Greatest Bits) - 16:49
  5. One September Monday (Bit 1) - 1:43 *

Soap It Up

  1. Relax (Bit 2) - 1:10 *
  2. Relax (Sex Mix, Edition 2) - 8:24
  3. Relax (Sex Mix, Edition 3) - 8:10
  4. Relax (Video Version) - 4:23 *
  5. One September Monday (Bit 2) - 0:42 *
  6. Relax (Greek Disco Mix) - 6:16
  7. Relax (The Last Seven Inches!) - 3:33
  8. Relax (Bonus, Again) - 4:34
  9. Relax (Bit 3) - 0:44 *

“Brothers and Sisters” (DVD)

"Frankie At Play - Frankie In Motion (Stereo Videos)"

  1. Ferry Cross the Mersey (Voiceless) - 1:25
  2. Relax (Version 1) - 4:09
  3. Relax (Live Version) - 4:21
  4. Relax (Laser Version) - 3:55
  5. Two Tribes (Version 1) - 4:11
  6. Two Tribes (Video Destructo) - 6:21
  7. The Power Of Love (Version 1) - 5:01
  8. The Power Of Love (Version 2) - 5:05
  9. Welcome To The Pleasuredome (An Alternative To Reality) - 7:52
  10. Welcome To The Pleasuredome (The Escape Act) - 5:47
  11. Relax – No 1 and Guiltless (Version 1) - 0:33
  12. Relax – No 1 and Guiltless (Version 2) - 0:33
  13. The Power Of Love (Win Hearts And Minds) - 0:32
  14. Welcome To The Pleasuredome (The Event Of The Decade) - 0:43

"Frankie At 5.1 - Frankie In 5.1 (Multi-channel Audio)"

  1. San Jose (Voiceless) - 1:20
  2. Relax (5.1 Mix) - 4:02
  3. Two Tribes (5.1 Mix) - 3:25
  4. Ferry Cross The Mersey (5.1 Mix) - 4:07
  5. The World Is My Oyster (5.1 Mix) - 2:00
  6. Welcome To The Pleasuredome (5.1 Mix) - 13:43
  7. San Jose (5.1 Mix) - 3:11
  8. War (5.1 Mix) - 4:21
  9. Born To Run (5.1 Mix) - 4:00
  10. The Power Of Love (5.1 Mix) - 5:41

“Voiceless, Volume 1” (Digital EP)

  1. Welcome To The Pleasuredome (A Remade World, Voiceless) -5:02 *
  2. War (Hide Yourself!, Voiceless) - 4:14 *
  3. Two Tribes (Carnage 7”, Voiceless) -3:21 *
  4. Relax (Come Fighting, Voiceless) - 3:55 *
  5. The Power Of Love (Voiceless) - 5:28
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