The Human League - Holiday '80 (2x7-Inch, Single) [1980]

Track Listing:
1 - Marianne
2 - Dancevision
3 - Being Boiled
4 - Rock 'n' Roll / Nightclubbing

[@rovingenglishman]

My auntie was in local radio and got given samplers. She gave me a pile of em one day and this was in it. Can’t explain how this version of Being Boiled got to me. I played this over and over and over. Didn”t know what the fek it was about but the massive sound of those synths with the intimidating drums and of course Phil’s vocals was ridiculously good. I remember when Dare came out and that was really special, especially Love Action. But this pre-commercial stuff was something else. Dark and dirty, just how the industrial North should be ;). No I don’t have the vinyl anymore, left it in someone’s garage in the late 90’s, Edgware, London with all my other rare vinyl. RIP

[@sylvainwillaime3944]

One of the best EP and one of my fav song of The Human League, Marianne! Thank you for sharing this masterpiece.

[@Sebastianmaz615]

Holy shite! Never even knew this existed! Of course though I live in FL., USA where anything from Europe, esp. England (at the time) had to be very popular first in all of Europe before it would ever be considered for play on American radio stations! So many great songs never saw the light of air-play because of "country" & "rock 'n roll" being so damn dominant. I've nothing against those forms of music, love some, but like I said; a lot of excellent European music was never heard over here in the States. I remember being so pissed back when I was in high-school. My general rule was if they weren't from England, I probably didn't listen to them. Yeah, there are good groups from elsewhere, but it just seemed like every single one I liked came from England. Anyway, that was 35 yrs. ago. Still, to this "Very" day, love music from England and Europe! P.S. Thank you for having this channel. 👍👌😁🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@briannash4556]

Best version of "Being Boiled". Class.

[@antunivanovic]

Sorry but the original is the original. This is just overproduced. More like a missed opportunity than "best version".

[@fuckamericanidiot]

@@antunivanovic It loses all its charm, missed opportunity is spot on

[@Molotovjack]

I love this version too. It's like the disco version and much more danceable. The original's great too.

[@jameslast3192]

@@antunivanovic100%. Sounds much better in the more simple more stripped down version.

[@marksandsmith6778]

Destroying disco with its own weapons.

[@lisagoddard9739]

Thank God!!Have been trying to track this for ages...the other one isn't right. The version of 'Being Boiled on this is my favourite bit of HL. THANKYOU!'

[@messageobliquespe100]

For lovers of Marianne - check out “Living on a bombsite” by HL. I posted a link previously but it’s not come up - maybe it’ll return re this Holiday 80 ep. Just to say Marianne has two versions - this & an Australian version. Both Martyn & Phil co-wrote this (what he told me) & Marianne is his Favourite.

[@banyera]

I am so tempted to upload the AUS version !!!

[@begannese]

Had this when it came out. Awesome. Being Boiled does all the heavy lifting here. At the time, this was ground breaking. The Human League were from my hometown and god knows we needed the boost at the time!

[@andrewgibson7721]

No best version is the original fast version, period.

[@simonbailey2040]

and they are both good!

[@terrzabingo6268]

Heaven 17 'we're going to live for a very long time ' uses same backing track as Marianne ...

[@TheFpCassini]

produced by John Leckie

[@patrickbone6171]

Thanks great memories of the original League!!

[@ethanoreilly2002]

I have this EP too!! It's really good and has the best version of being boiled :)

[@mickyday2008]

I’ve got the Holiday 80 stuff on vinyl. There are two I think. I’ll have to dig them out....

[@stephensmitherman5243]

wonderful

[@jameslast3192]

I think the original being boiled is better. More stripped back. This is a bit busy. Still wonderful!

[@banyera]

Love i it

[@satyros2]

THANK YOU!!

[@mickyday2008]

Keeps getting better

[@WTFBOOMDOOM]

I enjoyed it quite a lot, now listening to it for the third time in a row :) By the way, "Dancevision" seems to be inspired by Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark's "Electricity".

[@antunivanovic]

That may be debatable. "Dancevision" is originally a track by The Future, and it is also stated as such on this EP (dating back to 1977). "Electricity" first came about in 1978 (originally by The ID, a pre-OMD group, and then in 1979 OMD recorded a few of their own versions and released them)... Surely, both "Dancevision" and "Electrocity" originally appeared in time when neither of these groups were quite aware of one another... By 1980, when THL finally released "Dancevision" on this EP, they already had two full length LPs + a few singles, so it may have been the other way around - but again, it may not be the case at all. Most synth-pop acts were creating something in their own isolated space and were taken by surprise when synth-pop went big that so many other people around them were exploring the same thing.

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[@navizhunastye3756]

С плёнки снимал, что ли? Звук плывёт безбожно!!!

[@andrewhillis2269]

Track Listing?

[@2old2pogo]

it says at the top. Marianne, Dancevision, Being boiled, rock n roll/ nightclubbing

[@navizhunastye3756]

По сравнению с Dare в инструментале такая невыразительная каша... Мартин Рашент рулит!!! Раше😂

[@pch2230]

Playing too fast.

[@andrewgibson7721]

Marianne was never on this e p.

[@simonbailey2040]

yes it was...I have the single..

[@chrisgibson5267]

Yep. Bought it way back when after hearing Being Boilled. Only Rock and Roll made it to Top of the Pops. It was a gatefold as I recall : and not a swish one.

[@ashingtoon]

Err it’s on mine!

[@themanmaschine]

Yes it was!

[@martinallman6739]

It was on uk twin 7" and then repressed as 12". Other territories may have differed. I had a Japanese import and it was on that too.