WHAM Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Extended 12" Remix OFFICIAL RARE)

Details
Title | WHAM Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Extended 12" Remix OFFICIAL RARE) |
Author | Mr. David |
Duration | 5:16 |
File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vz9F319RZkg |
Description
By far the most popular single released by George Michael & Andrew Rigley as WHAM!, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" did not have a 12" remix / extended version released in the UK or USA or any of the other major territories. Apart from the Philippines! A now-impossible to find 12" and cassette EP were released with a 12" version that was likely created by someone in the CBS offices in Manilla, because it's not very different or complicated. I have recreated that version here, using flawless vinyl rips of the LP and instrumental versions so you can see for yourselves. It's simply the first half of the instrumental tacked on to the beginning of the standard album version- just one edit- but nonetheless worth hearing. I call this an "official" version in my title above, because it was legally issued by CBS records, but I highly doubt it's anything anybody from the WHAM! camp would have signed off on. I wish this song, more than any other of their catalog, would have had a proper extended remix- but this is as close as we'll ever, I suppose.
I've set this track to a gallery of picture sleeves for the single, the first two are the 12" and the cassette of this version, followed by US, Japan, UK and more.