The Tears For Fears Promo & Rare Section

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a. Five Tracks From The Hurting - U.K.
b. Five Tracks From Songs From The Big Chair - U.K.
c. Shout - Rare US Promo
d. Advice For The Young At Heart - French Promo
e. Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) - French Promo
f. Sowing The Seeds of Love - Japanese 3" CD Single
g .Goodnight Song French CD Single
updated 07.03.1999
h .Raoul And The Kings Of Spain German Advanced Promo by Sony
i. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams - CD Single
j. Sowing The Seeds of Love (Red & Green Promo CD5)
updated 08.193.2000
k. Tears Laid Low - A Tears For Fears Alter Collection
l. Raoul And The Kings Of Spain US Mercury Advanced Promo 11-track
l. The Years of the Knife Canada 7" and CD Promo
m. Raoul And The Kings Of Spain US Advanced Promo 12-track
n. Raoul And The Kings Of Spain Canadian Advanced Promo 11-track by Mercury / Polydor
o. Three US Singles from the Seeds Of Love
p. Raoul And The Kings Of Spain Sony Minidisc
new 03.19.2000
q. Click here for the article about DVDs and TFF!


Click here for page 2 featuring the Promo CD-Rs of the remastered first three albums updated 07/13/2003.


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Five Tracks From The Hurting Front Cover Five Tracks From The Hurting Back Cover

This Promo CD contains an ultimative rare track: Suffer The Children (Special Remix) - 4:05
which is different to the 7", 12" or album version.
It was made in the U.K. by PDO for the re-release of "The Hurting".
Cat. No.: TFFCD 83
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Five Tracks From The Hurting Front Cover Five Tracks From

Five Tracks From "Songs From The Big Chair" is the second Promo CD of this set.
It was made in the U.K. by PDO for the re release of "Songs From The Big Chair".
IF you click on the right picture you will see the track listing. Therefore it's to mention
that Mothers Talk is Mothers Talk (U.S.A. Remix). All other versions are single versions.
Cat. No.: TFFCD 85
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The Cassette Front Cover

The vinyl 12" is one of the rarest TFF vinyls I know of.
Maybe I am wrong with that but I saw this 12" promo only once.
Cat. No.: PRO 366-1
It was manufactured in USA.
See my TFF Discography for details.
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Advice For The Young At Heart Front Cover Advice For The Young At Heart Back Cover

This french 4 track Promo CD has the french concert dates on the back of the cover.
Track listing:

1. Advice For The Young At Heart (Single Version)
2. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams
3. Music For Tables
2. Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams (Instrumental)

It was made in France by PDO.
Cat. No.: 4029
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Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) Front Cover

"Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)" was released as a single from the Album
"Tears Roll Down (The Greatest Hits 82-92)" and
it contains "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)" and "The Body Wah" and it was made in France by PRS.
Cat. No.: 4183


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'Sowing 'Sowing 'Sowing 'Sowing

The Japanese 3" CD Single (PHDR-132) includes "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" (Full Version) & "Tears Roll Down".
Release date was the 6th of November 1993 as a single for "Tears For Fears - Tears Roll Down (The Greatest Hits)".
It was made in Japan by Nipping Phonograph Co. Ltd. .
The original Japanese 3" CD Single (PPDS-13)(right) includes "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" (7" Version) & "Tears Roll Down".
The back cover print says "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" (Full Version) but it play the 7" version. Made in Tokyo, Japan by Nippon
Phonogram Co. Ltd., Tokyo. Released as first single from "The Seeds Of Love"

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Goodnight Song French Promo CD Single Goodnight Song French Promo CD Single back cover Goodnight Song French Promo CD Single different back cover

This french CD Single of "Goodnight Song" includes the rare 5:24 'Sons Of August Mix' of Elemental. The CD itself has two tracks: "Goodnight Song" - 3:54 mins and Elemental (Sons Of August Mix)
The CD comes in a flat cardboard wallet and was manufactured in France by PMDC.
There is a misprint on the CD itself. Instead of "Elemental (Sons Of August Mix)" track 2 is named "Dog's A Best Friend's Dog (5:29).
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The second back cover doesn't even mention the Elemental Remix. Back cover and CD say Dog's "A Best Friend's Dog"
Both CDs were published by Phonogram (London) in 1993.

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Raoul And The Kings Of Spain German Advanced Promo CD

This CD was given to record shops all over the world to promote "Raoul And The Kings Of Spain".
On this CD it says: VÖ 9.10.95 which means Veröffentlichung = release date 9th of October 1995 = German Release Date.
It contains the original 11 tracks that supposed to be released by Mercury.
Questions about the track listing???
Send e-mail to webmaster@tearsforfears.de
Please use the word "request" in the subject line. Otherwise I will not give an answer.

The matrix says: "Quadrigaton TD 081 Made in Germany".
This promo CD exists also as a Mercury pressing. More infos see here.


Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams - CD Single

This CD Single was not released under the name Tears For Fears but it is Tears For Fears. Fluke remixed the track
and the result are the two remixes on that CD Single. The copy I own was manufactured by PDO U.K. .

The Picture includes a description of Philips batteries in german language.

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'Sowing 'Sowing

Here are two promo 5" CDs for Sowing the Seeds Of Love.
The difference is minimal. Both include the 7" Version of the title song.
The international version of the promo is made in Germany by PDO, Hanover while the US version was manufactured in the U.S.A.




Two more promo CDs for Sowing The Seeds Of Love.
The US version (CDP 119) features the full version and the U.S. Radio Edit 4:04 min.

The German version CD itself was misprinted: track 1 U.S. Radio Edit - track 2 full version
and has therefore a sticker on the front cover. See pictures for details.



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This Canadian Promo CD is one of the rarest Tears For Fears items. 200 copies were made. (Updated June 2009)
It was manufactured in Canada by CINRAM.

It was the only official CD that played "We Are Broken" and "The Conflict" before "Songs From The Big Chair" (Remastered Version) was
released.

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This is one of those item you don't come by very easy.
Compared to the German Advanced Promo CD, this CD is manufactured by PMDC, USA
The track listing is the same as on the German counterpart.

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These are two very hard to come by items. Both are manufactured in Canada; those of you who collect CDs and vinyl knows how difficult it is to get
hold of Canadian promos.

The 45 (Cat No.: 876 897-7D) was scanned by Eric Williamson. Thanks a lot for the scan.
The CD-Single (Cat No.: 876 897-2D) has no artwork to it and was manufactured by " Disque Americ ", Canada.
Both items play the unreleased Single Version of "Year Of The Knife" - 5:33 min.

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This is the third promotional copy of Ratkos that I have seen so far. It is different in the track listing to both other RATKOS promos.
It has the 12-tracks of the final release. On the back side of the front insert it says: "Album in-store: October 9, 1995"
The cat.-No. is ESK 7274 and the CD was manufactured in the US.

Click on pictures for details.

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The fourth promo of Ratkos is by far the rarest CD in my TFF Discography. It's an Canadian pressing made by CINRAM. The catalog no. is BCD 388.
A must have for every TFF collector.

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These three US CD-Singles are not too easy to get. The first two, "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" and "Woman in Chains",
are picture CDs while the third one is not.
All three CDs are manufactured by PDO (USA).

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This is the Sony 'Mini Disc' version of "Raoul And The Kings Of Spain". It includes the same 12 tracks than the
Sony CD release. The catalog no. is EM 67318. The sound of this MD is outstanding. Very close to the CD.
The reason why this item appears here is, that it is the only Mini Disc of a Tears For Fears album and not many were produced.
We might not see any more TFF albums on Mini Disc since Roland is not with Sony anymore.


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