So Mike was obviously a huge General Public fan and so here is the first part of two posts containing 12″ versions of their releases.
So the band themselves came out of the ashes of The Beat (or The English Beat) Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger and was a bit of a Super Group for it’s time with members of Dexy’s Midnight Runners, The Specials and The Clash joining the party at some point. This 1984 stuff features Steve Jones on guitar.
General Public – General Public / Dishwasher (12″)
I have actually got this, buying it because I thought it was something to do with Lyndon’s Public Image Limited (Fooled by the Cover!) More dubby than a dubby thing it ! Plenty of Simmons and a Ska feel to it. An underrated classic. B-side “Dishwasher” is an instrumental and a bit more rockier than the A-side.
NEW LINK 2022
Virgin – VS 659 12
| A | General Public (Longer) | 6:10 |
| B | Dishwasher (Longer) | 4:16 |
General Public – So Hot You’re Cool (US 12″)
With shades of an energetic Spandau Ballet this is very New Romantic. From 1985 and given a remix by Arthur Baker it funks along nicely with some Baker trademark trickery. The Dub version is excellent as a slice of electro dance, the best dub I’ve heard in ages. Definitely nothing like The Beat! Album track “Day To Day” is given a live outing where The Beat can be heard again and a quality live band.
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I.R.S. Records – SP 70415
| A | So Hot You’re Cool (Hot Dance Mix) | 5:09 |
| B1 | So Hot You’re Cool (Cool Dub Mix) | 8:04 |
| B2 | Day-To-Day (Live) | 3:16 |
General Public – Tenderness / Never You Done That (US Promo 12″)
From 1985 and their real breakthrough Stateside with this weird mix of influences but with the main influence being POP. The remix was done by Jellybean Benitez and keeps that weird woodwind sample in. I missed this first time around and it was nice to hear it really for the first time. The other mixes have been danced up again by Arthur Baker, with very proto New Order ideas going on here, again the dub mix is where it’s at. (It does sound like a New Order track, weird!)
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I.R.S. Records – SP-70413
| A1 | Tenderness | 6:00 |
| A2 | Never You Done That (Special Dance Mix) | 5:25 |
| B | Never You Done That (Dub Mix) | 7:00 |
myvinyldreams 
Can you Please re-up Never you done that and Tenderness Please and thanks 🙂
Sorry I meant So Hot You’re Cool and Tenderness thanks Paul 🙂
Will do but it’ll be tomorrow.
Thanks for the General Public re-up’s cheers 🙂
Could you please reup “General Public – General Public / Dishwasher (12″)”
Re-upped for ya 🙂
Many thanks!!!
Good Day! Could you please re-up GP’s Tenderness and Faults and All? Thanks!
Please Re-Up Never You Done That, Thanks.
Re-upped 🙂
Amazing, Thank You.!
This is a wonderful site, and I really appreciate the hard work you’ve done to make it great–and greater still with your recent site upgrades! Well done!
I don’t usually make requests, as I feel you’re plenty busy with everyone else, but I will this time. Please, please, please, re-up anything (or everything) featuring the late, great Ranking Roger. I’m gutted over his passing and would like nothing better than to hear some of these old 12″ singles again. Thank you for your consideration.
I agree a tribute needs to be sorted for the weekend!
Thank you so much!
Good Lord, I’ve been looking for the Hot You’re Cool 12 inches remixes for YEARS! – I played my 12 inch to death when I was a teenager – any chance of a reupload?
TIA
can you add the GENERAL PUBLIC 12″ part 1 and 2 to the reup list mate?
first sorry about your mother. most difficult. could I request a reup of GENERAL PUBLIC – SOME TWELVES PART 1 and 2?
thanks so much Paul. cheers!
Good Day! Could you please re-up Tenderness/Never you done that? Thanks in Advance!
Thank you for this wonderful blog. Could you possibly do a re-up of General Public – So Hot You’re Cool (US 12″)? The 2021 link is no longer working.
Thank you and best wishes for a happy 2022
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Done it !
Hi, can you please re-up all of General Public’s 12 inches. Been looking for them for years. Thanks in advance.
I cant tell you enough how this means to me… Thank you very much. And yes… I will continue to beg coz you are my only link to get the music of my youth. Thank you very much! Stay safe.
Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!!!
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Nice! Thank you! Loves me some 2 Tone (& all they spawned from Specials to Beat to Colourfield, FB3, Special Beat, GP, etc)