Early Blancmange albums to get special colored LP, CD reissues in December

UK synth-pop outfit Blancmange’s first three studio albums: Happy Families (1982), Mange Tout (1984) and Believe You Me (1985) are to be reissued by London Records on LP and CD on Dec. 4. 

Each album features freshly restored artwork and will be available on vinyl (new 2026 vinyl cuts, faithfully following the original track listings), and on CD, each featuring bonus tracks including B-sides, extended versions and remixes.

The three first Blancmange albums saw Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe notch such UK top 10 hits as “Living On The Ceiling,” “Blind Vision,” and "Don't Tell Me." 

Happy Families is reissued on transparent orange vinyl. The CD version features studio B-sides, some BBC session tracks and contemporary remixes of “Living On The Ceiling” by Roman Flügel and Richard Norris, both available on CD for the first time.

Mange Tout is released on transparent green vinyl, with the CD featuring B-sides, extended versions and Honey Dijon’s rework of “Blind Vision,” available here on CD for the first time.

Believe You Me is pressed on transparent yellow vinyl, and the CD features B-sides and extended versions.

Following a concert for Greenpeace at the Royal Albert Hall in April 1986, Blancmange decided to take a 25-year pause, coming back for 2011’s Blanc Burn album. Due to ill health, Stephen opted to step away from Blancmange duties the following year, leaving Neil to carry on with a series of albums including a return to London Records with Private View in 2022. Stephen died last year.

Pre-order now alongside limited test pressings from The Official Blancmange Store.

Track Listings:

HAPPY FAMILIES
1LP (CLEAR ORANGE VINYL)

A1. I Can’t Explain
A2. Feel Me
A3. I’ve Seen The Word
A4. Wasted
A5. Living On The Ceiling

B1. Waves
B2. Kind
B3. Sad Day
B4. Cruel
B5. God’s Kitchen

HAPPY FAMILIES - 1CD

1. I Can’t Explain
2. Feel Me
3. I’ve Seen The Word
4. Wasted
5 Living On The Ceiling
6. Waves
7. Kind
8. Sad Day
9. Cruel
10. God’s Kitchen
11. I Would
12. Running Thin
13. Business steps
14. Living On The Ceiling (Extended Version)
15. Feel Me (Extended 12” Mix)
16. Living On The Ceiling (Roman Flügel Remix)
17. Living On The Ceiling (Richard Norris Remix)

MANGE TOUT
1LP (CLEAR PETROL GREEN VINYL)

A1. Don’t Tell Me
A2. Game Above My Head
A3. Blind Vision
A4. Time Became The Tide
A5. That’s Love, That It Is

B1. Murder
B2. See The Train
B3. All Things Are Nice
B4. My Baby
B5. The Day Before You Came

MANGE TOUT - 1CD

1. Don't Tell Me
2. Game Above My Head
3. Blind Vision
4. Time Became The Tide
5. That's Love, That It Is
6. Murder
7. See The Train
8. All Things Are Nice
9. My Baby
10. The Day Before You Came
11. Heaven Knows Where Heaven Is
12. On Our Way To?
13. Vishnu
14. Get Out of That
15. Your Time Is Over
16. Don't Tell Me (Dance Remix)
17. Blind Vision (Honey Dijon Remix)

BELIEVE YOU ME 1LP
(CLEAR YELLOW VINYL)

A1. Lose Your Love
A2. What’s Your Problem?
A3. Paradise Is
A5. 22339

B1. Don’t You Love It All
B2. Believe
B3. Lorraine’s My Nurse
B4. Other Animals
B5. No Wonder They Never Made It Back!
B6. John

BELIEVE YOU ME- 1CD
 
1. Lose Your Love
2. What's Your Problem?
3. Paradise Is
4. Why Don't They Leave Things Alone?
5. 22339
6. Don't You Love it All
7. Believe
8. Lorraine's My Nurse
9. Other Animals
10. No Wonder They Made It Back!
11. John
12. I Can See It (7" Version)
13. Side Two
14. Scream Down The House
15. What's Your Problem? (Extended Mix)
16. I Can See It (Extended Mix)