T'Pau - China In Your Hand FLAC download

I've been reading up on the controversy regarding this release, and it's quite interesting! You'll find a lot more info on the T'pau official Yahoo Group (mailing list) but overall I think the issues all boils down to which vocals do the 2004 remixes contain? If it's the original 1987 vocals then Carol Decker probably has no legal claim because Virgin Records owns the copyright to those, and can do whatever they want with them - remixes, re-releases, etc. However, if China In Your Hand 2004 does actually contain vocals that she re-recorded, that changes things completely. Dance Street Records & ZYX are both pretty big companies, and I'd like to think they'd usually be very careful about releasing any music for which they don't own the rights to. I wonder if Carol Decker was confused and thought these used new vocals but they didn't, or perhaps she actually did sign the contract for re-releasing the single as a dance record and then just forgot about it? This remix package has a fascinating history, and doesn't sound too bad for what they are either!

This record is terrible. I'm not much of a house fan as it is, but I can't respect this at all. It's only redeeming quality is when you spin it at 45 rpms instead of 33 and get a pretty decent happycore track instead.

Typical of many other remix of 80's retro hits, this remix was a particularly awful "record company cash in" that the band did not condone nor promote. In fact, lead singer Carol Decker implored fans not to purchase this mix via her personal website. The mix did not chart in any territory, nor did it even make any club or DJ charts.