1992 © POPULARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT(ALBUM)-Long waited for the second album from Jesus Loves You was going to be a pop and world-music oriented album which was scheduled for 1992, named "Popularity Breeds Contempt", but was never released. It was to be released with the pseudonym Jesus Loves You. It is sad because George's voice was at its peak during that time. The album was shelved in favor of recent growing interest in rock for George. The album was put on the back burner. However, Virgin records did release a 6 track cassette promo of the album that featured some tracks that were never released. This advanced promo-only cassette feature.
1.If I Could Fly
2. Am I Losing Control
3.Sweet Toxic Love
4. It Doesn't Happen Every day
5.In Maya
6.If I Could Fly
These songs were recorded around 1992-1993 around the time The Crying Game was out. Only three tracks that were to appear on this album survived as remixed versions that appeared up ending on the "Sweet Toxic Love" EP, released in the 1992 year (which only reached #65 in the UK Chart). The album (the tentative title of which, "Popularity Breeds Contempt", also survived as opening line spoken at the beginning of the 1993 collection called "At Worst: The Best of Boy George and Culture Club")
1996 © TOO SPOOKY(ALBUM)- After boy George released his rock-driven Cheapness & Beauty in 1995, the album was somewhat danced floor successfully, although the gay theme single "Same Thing in Reverse" did become a minor US dance club hit. Where it reached NO.18 in the USA Club Charts. There was to be a follow-up album to Cheapness And Beauty, tentatively named "Too Spooky" which was recorded in spring 1996 but it was shelved. The album featured some really amazing tracks like.
- Drunk,
- She Wanted What She Knew till She Knew What She Wanted,
- Kick Boxer Blues,
- Who Killed Rock & Roll,
- Mr.Strange.
- Gi Josephine
- Spooky Truth
- Number One
- Vanity Case
- Broken Spirit
1997 © DEMOGRAPHICS (ALBUM)- Another project from George at the time, was a new group that would include Boy George and two long-time musicians, John Themis and Richie Stevens. Named "Shallow", it was re-named "Dubversive". The project took place especially in 1997 and was to include trip-hop, dub, and reggae especially. The album was the best known as the "Dubversive" album. This album featured some of George's BEST vocals. The original album title was called "Demographics". Anyway, this is the real track listings for the Dubversive album -
(1) Police & Thieves
(2) Armageddon
(3) Hiroshima
(4) Shoreline
(5) Shelter Dub
(6) Sands
(7) Run Run
(8) Children
(9) Righteousness
(10) I Could Be Someone
(11) Petrified
1998 © CULTURE CLUB (REMIXED BY QUIVVER)- Back in 1998 Virgin records had paid Quiver $10,000 to remix three Culture Club songs. 1) Do You Really Want To Hurt Me 2) Time (Clock Of The Heart) 3) Strange Voo Do. Only a few of these remixes were released others were shelved. Now from sources very valuable sources we finally have the run down. Josh Gram AKA Quiver announced the remixes he done for Culture Club. Here is the setlist
1) Do you really want to hurt me(Quiver Remix)11:23
2) Do you really want to hurt me(Quivers Remix)12:06
3) Do you really want to hurt me(Quivers Dub) 9:47
4) Time(Clock of the heart) (Amityville Mix) 8:07
5) Time(Clock of the heart) (Quiver Time Dub)6:10
6) Time(Clock of the heart)(Quiver Tribal Dub)6:32
7) Strange Voo Do (Quiver Amityville Mix) 5:45
8) Strange Voo Do (Quiver Dub Mix) 6:01
1999 © WHEN WILL YOU LEARN (FINAL REMIXES)- On some other labels, several dance-oriented tracks were released in various countries. For example, "Love is Leaving"went to NO.3 in Italy and the follow-up single called "When Will You Learn" reached the top positions in the Switzerland charts at NO.4 "When Will You Learn" was also nominated for the Best Dance Recording, at the Grammy Awards.
So right after Boy George was announced for a Grammy Award for his dance single When Will You Learn, record companies were asking George to have the remixes improved. A few remixes stayed including the Wave lab Mix, Dado Mix, and Kinky Roland Mix. In 1999 Centaur Georges marketing company had a remix competition for When Will You Learn. Five DJ's were chosen to remix the song. The winner would have their remix on the actual CD single. and 12-inch single. The winner was, of course, Julian Marsh. Julian Marsh did a total of 6 remixes that made it to the final track listing for the USA CD single. So other remixes that weren't chosen were shelved. If you were lucky to know, some of the DJ's who did the remixes for When Will You Learn placed their remixes out over the INTERNET in recent years. Including Marquis (From Philadelphia PA) and RKG. So here are the actual unreleased remix titles for When Will You Learn.
- When will you learn (RKG Radio Edit 3:35)
- When will you learn (RKG Destiny Radio Edit 3:58)
- When will you learn (Julian Marsh Instrumental Mix 8:40)
- When will you learn (RKG Extended Club Mix 6:10)
- When will you learn (Marquis Smooth Piano Mix 8:22)
- When will you learn (Julian Marsh Radio Edit 4:22)
- When will you learn (RKG Full Club Mix 6:08)
Other remixes were also done but not included on the CD including remixes for I Just Wanna Be Loved.
1) I Just Wanna Be Loved (MPC's Hi Vocal Mix)
2) I Just Wanna Be Loved (MPC's Low Vocal Mix)
3) I Just Wanna Be Loved (MPC's Instrumental Mix)
4) I Just Wanna Be Loved (MPC'S Master Dub Mix)
*note this remix was included on the DJ remix compilation "Something Old Something New" in 2001. The single chosen for this album was See Thru which was to be remixed and reworked by the MPC's that included a small rap by TLC's Left Eye. However, talks of a B-side were for "Strange Voo Do" with remixes done by Quiver who just recently remixed "Do you really want to hurt me." See-thru would have made a great comeback single for the new Culture Club. Culture Club was on the Queen Latifah show performing and promoting the single. Later See Thru was issued by More Protein and released on Boy George's Essential Mix CD.
2000 © DONT MIND IF I DO (MILLENNIUM REMIX)-Virgin records USA was not too keen about the original album sound for Don't Mind If I Do so they had some remixes that were set to be released for Don't Mind If I Do. They had the album all reworked and remixed for a more pop-dance sound. I'm presuming Virgin US didn't like the remixes and shelved the remixed/ re-jigged Don't Mind If I Do that was due to reintroduce Culture Club to the States for the new Millennium. Several tracks were remixed by Frosty Boy for the album. A special promo CD was released with some of the remixes. Here are the tracks.
- I Just Wanna Be Loved(Mpc's Mix)
- Cold Shoulder(Frosty Boy Mix)
- Sign Language(Frosty Boy Mix)
- See Thur (Frosty Boy Mix)
- Strange Voodoo(Frosty Boy Remix)
Strange Cargo- In 2002 when Culture Club decided to allow Virgin records to release the box set a name had already been given called 'Strange Cargo" It was a 19 track album with all the demos from Culture Club. It was also listed on Amazon.com back in the day. I was Lucky to keep the names of everything. Some of the material was from 1981 -1999. Like tracks
(1) White Boy (Demo)
(2) I'm Afraid Of Me (Demo)
(3) Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (Demo)
(4) Put It Down (Demo)
(5) You Know I'm Not Crazy (Demo)
(6) Kissing To Be Clever (Demo)
(7) Stand Down (Demo)
(8) Next To You (Demo)
(9) Peculiar World (Demo)
(10) Believe (Demo)
(11) Mogul Tomb (Demo)
(12) Armageddon (Demo)
(13) Hiroshima (Demo)
(14) Shoreline
(15) Lions Roar (Demo)
(16) Is There Cream In This soup (Demo)
(17) Run Run Run (Demo)
(18) Masheri (Demo)
(19) Shirley Temple Moment (Demo)
2003 © COVERS ALBUM - An album Recorded in spring 2003, in collaboration with electronic combo T-Total, an album of covers was never released. It was supposed to include covers by acts like Jefferson Airplane, David Bowie, John Lennon, Dusty Springfield, T-Rex, Eurythmics and much more. It is suggested that Boy George's numerous abandoned projects are due to his broad interest and need to explore other creative mediums such as photography, writing, and fashion.
Some Jordan I had to ask Tasty time on his myspace account about the project and he actually wrote me an email back. So I asked Tasty Tim about the covers album and here is his reply email "So yes. The rumors are true. We did start a covers album with George and you're quite right, it never got finished. I'm not sure I can remember all the tracks, but here's some.
- That's The Kind Of Love I've Got For You (Dusty Springfield Cover)
- Radio Play (John Lennon Cover)
- In My Life (Beatles Cover)
- Sorrow (David Bowie Cover)
- Fashion (David Cover)
- Children Of The Revolution (T-Rex Cover)
- Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane Cover)
- Love Is A Stranger (Eurythmics Cover)
- Come With Me (New Song)
- Second Chance (New Song)
Halfway through the project, we changed the plan to do half covers and half new stuff. Some of the new tracks were Come With Me and Second Chance which George put on YouTube with a video that he made he told me.
2005 © STRAIGHT (ALBUM) - On his "More Protein" website, George did announce another unreleased album, named Straight, for mid-2005. It was to include tracks like "Panic" and "Talking Love". Fortunately, four tracks were released as a sampler of the that came with the book. There were 8 songs recorded for this unreleased album. hoping things fall thru in 2009 and we hear a few of these.
- Song For A Boy
- Panic.
- Talking Love
- Jerk.
- Only Child
- Cookie Jar
- Thrust
- Ben
- Demon Will Go Away
- Shadow Boxing
- Together Alone
2005 © HANG UP'S AKA SITUATION VACANT (ALBUM)- This was a download album released on Sunset records back in 2005. It was then pulled off release after the company had played fraud with the downloads. It was a compilation of collaborations called "Situation Vacant", and the little phone hangs up interludes between songs. The track listing was.
01 Who Am I with Erick Morillo
02 Why Go with Faithless.
03 Poverty with Hi-Gate.
04 Innocence Is Lost with Groove Armada.
05 It's Beautiful with Link.
06 Burning' Up with Tracey Emin.
07 Bad Girl with Amanda Ghost.
08 Psychology Of A Dreamer with Eddie Locke.
09 You re' Not The One with Kinky Roland.
10 Run with Sash.
11 Phone - In with Link.
12 Out Of Fashion with Hi-Gate.
13 Autoerotic with Dark Globe.
14 Speakers Will Blow.
15 Call To The Stage with Link.
16 Love Your Brother with Supalaska.
Soon word got around that there's a new George album. Then came the trouble - as it wasn't REALLY meant to be released, the Pay-Pal address was the head of the record label, and when I queried where my album was after a couple of days (and if it wasn't meant to be, where's my money?)... I got the most abusive email, and others either got nothing or parts of the album. Someone else from the company was brought in to sort the problem out and eventually everyone who bought it got it in one form or another.
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