http://www.amazon.com/Final-25th-Anniversary-CD-DVD/dp/B005VOMX14/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1319140201&sr=8-14

disc 1
1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
2. Young Guns (Go for It!)
3. Bad Boys
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
6. Careless Whisper - George Michael
7. Freedom
8. Last Christmas [Pudding Mix/Remix]
9. Everything She Wants [Remix]
10. I'm Your Man
11. A Different Corner - George Michael
12. Battlestations
13. Where Did Your Heart Go?
14. The Edge of Heaven
disc 2
1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Video DVD]
2. Young Guns (Go for It!) [Video DVD]
3. Bad Boys [Video DVD]
4. Club Tropicana [Video DVD]
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go [Video DVD]
6. Careless Whisper [Video DVD] - George Michael
7. Freedom [Video DVD]
8. Last Christmas [Pudding Mix Video DVD/Remix]
9. Everything She Wants [Remix Video DVD]
10. I'm Your Man [Video DVD]
11. A Different Corner [Video DVD] - George Michael
12. Where Did Your Heart Go? [Video DVD]
13. The Edge of Heaven [Video DVD]

http://theseconddisc.com/2011/10/31/whams-the-final-to-be-reissued-as-cddvd-set/

In five years, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, as the U.K. pop duo WHAM!, released two albums, one compilation and a dozen singles. Only one of those releases placed anywhere beneath their native Top 10. No matter what you think of the group’s candy-coated pop stylings, those are incredible numbers in such a short period of time.

We could debate the impact of WHAM! all day – and this author would certainly side with them. (Their debut albumFantastic is, at worst, throwaway pop, and follow-up Make It Big is laden with pop hooks, all penned by Michael and Ridgeley themselves. As recent reissues have proven, Michael was a pop genius in his own right.) But those numbers can’t lie – WHAM! remain a popular relic of the 1980s, as sales of even 1998′s The Best of WHAM! If You Were There… (a U.K. Top 5 album) can attest to.

Now, in celebration of the compilation that took their career out on a high note, 1986′s The Final, a 25th anniversary edition is being planned for the U.K., featuring a bonus DVD of the group’s many hit music videos.

The year 1986 saw WHAM! do something nobody expected: they went out on top. Michael and Ridgeley amicably separated that summer, in order for Michael to attempt to woo a more mature audience with his advanced brand of pop songcraft. But they went out with a bang, issuing the chart-topping farewell single “The Edge of Heaven” and a neat compilation, The Final, to summarize the group. Featuring a killer cadre of hit singles (some of which appeared in their 12″ mixes. depending on which configuration of the album you bought) and a few new tracks (including the underrated “Where Did Your Heart Go?,” originally performed by Was (Not Was) and Michael’s first solo single, “A Different Corner”), it’s not hard to see why The Final was such a hit. (Harder to explain is the album’s absence from the U.S. market. Instead, the new tracks, along with some B-sides, were packaged as a new album, Music from the Edge of Heaven.)

This new reissue, to be released in the U.K. on November 28, features a newly-designed package, featuring a mirrorboard slipcase version of the iconic album sleeve, and comes packed with a DVD featuring all of WHAM!’s original music videos – in total, 13 of the 14 tracks on the compilation. Hit the jump for full discographical details and an order link!

WHAM! The Final: 25th Anniversary Edition (Sony Music U.K., 2011)

Disc 1: Original compilation (released as Epic 86681 (U.K.), 1986 – this track listing is identical to original CD)

1. WHAM! Rap (Enjoy What You Do)
2. Young Guns (Go for It!) (12″ Version)
3. Bad Boys
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
6. Careless Whisper (Single Version)
7. Freedom
8. Last Christmas (Pudding Mix)
9. Everything She Wants (Remix)
10. I’m Your Man
11. A Different Corner
12. Battlestations
13. Where Did Your Heart Go?
14. The Edge of Heaven

Original versions of Tracks 1-4 from Fantastic (Inner Vision IVL 25328 (U.K.)/Epic FC 38911 (U.S.), 1983)

• Track 2 released as Inner Vision 12″ single IVL A13 2766 (U.K.), 1982

Original versions of Tracks 5-7 and 9 from Make It Big (Epic 86311 (U.K.)/Columbia FC 39595 (U.S.), 1984)

• Track 6 released on Epic single A 4603 (U.K.)/Columbia single 38-04691 (U.S.), 1984
• Track 7 is an alternate mix exclusive to this compilation
• Track 9 released on Epic 12″ single QTA 4949 (U.K.)/Columbia 12″ single 44-05810 (U.S.), 1984

Track 8 was the 12″ B-side to “Everything She Wants” (Epic QTA 4949 (U.K.)/Columbia 44-05810 (U.S.), 1984). Later released as U.K. 12″ A-side (Epic WHAM T1, 1985).
Track 10 was a non-LP single (Epic A 6716 (U.K.)/Columbia 38-05721 (U.S.), 1985)
Tracks 11-14 are new tracks.

• Track 11 released as Epic single A 7033 (U.K.)/Columbia single 39-0588 (U.S.), 1986.
• Tracks 12-14 originally released as a 12″ single (Epic FIN T1 (U.K.), 1986).

Disc 2: DVD – promo videos

1. WHAM! Rap (Enjoy What You Do)
2. Young Guns (Go for It!)
3. Bad Boys
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
6. Careless Whisper
7. Freedom
8. Last Christmas
9. Everything She Wants
10. I’m Your Man
11. A Different Corner
12. Where Did Your Heart Go?
13. The Edge of Heaven

CHIC0 said:

But "Blue Armed With Love" isn't included.....

and STILL NO CONCERT AT WEMBLEY! at put Foreign Skies on DVD!

Chico, we haven't had our yearly Wham! discussion, have we?

bboy87 said:

http://www.amazon.com/Final-25th-Anniversary-CD-DVD/dp/B005VOMX14/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1319140201&sr=8-14

disc 1
1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
2. Young Guns (Go for It!)
3. Bad Boys
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
6. Careless Whisper - George Michael
7. Freedom
8. Last Christmas [Pudding Mix/Remix]
9. Everything She Wants [Remix]
10. I'm Your Man
11. A Different Corner - George Michael
12. Battlestations
13. Where Did Your Heart Go?
14. The Edge of Heaven
disc 2
1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Video DVD]
2. Young Guns (Go for It!) [Video DVD]
3. Bad Boys [Video DVD]
4. Club Tropicana [Video DVD]
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go [Video DVD]
6. Careless Whisper [Video DVD] - George Michael
7. Freedom [Video DVD]
8. Last Christmas [Pudding Mix Video DVD/Remix]
9. Everything She Wants [Remix Video DVD]
10. I'm Your Man [Video DVD]
11. A Different Corner [Video DVD] - George Michael
12. Where Did Your Heart Go? [Video DVD]
13. The Edge of Heaven [Video DVD]

I will be picking this up. I wonder if the remix is the same thing as the extended version?

[Edited 11/1/11 23:19pm]

EmeraldSkies said:

bboy87 said:

http://www.amazon.com/Final-25th-Anniversary-CD-DVD/dp/B005VOMX14/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1319140201&sr=8-14

disc 1
1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
2. Young Guns (Go for It!)
3. Bad Boys
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
6. Careless Whisper - George Michael
7. Freedom
8. Last Christmas [Pudding Mix/Remix]
9. Everything She Wants [Remix]
10. I'm Your Man
11. A Different Corner - George Michael
12. Battlestations
13. Where Did Your Heart Go?
14. The Edge of Heaven
disc 2
1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Video DVD]
2. Young Guns (Go for It!) [Video DVD]
3. Bad Boys [Video DVD]
4. Club Tropicana [Video DVD]
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go [Video DVD]
6. Careless Whisper [Video DVD] - George Michael
7. Freedom [Video DVD]
8. Last Christmas [Pudding Mix Video DVD/Remix]
9. Everything She Wants [Remix Video DVD]
10. I'm Your Man [Video DVD]
11. A Different Corner [Video DVD] - George Michael
12. Where Did Your Heart Go? [Video DVD]
13. The Edge of Heaven [Video DVD]

I will be picking this up. I wonder if the remix is the same thing as the extended version?

[Edited 11/1/11 23:19pm]

Yes, I think so. Looks like it's the original album.

EmeraldSkies said:

bboy87 said:

http://www.amazon.com/Final-25th-Anniversary-CD-DVD/dp/B005VOMX14/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1319140201&sr=8-14

disc 1
1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
2. Young Guns (Go for It!)
3. Bad Boys
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
6. Careless Whisper - George Michael
7. Freedom
8. Last Christmas [Pudding Mix/Remix]
9. Everything She Wants [Remix]
10. I'm Your Man
11. A Different Corner - George Michael
12. Battlestations
13. Where Did Your Heart Go?
14. The Edge of Heaven
disc 2
1. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Video DVD]
2. Young Guns (Go for It!) [Video DVD]
3. Bad Boys [Video DVD]
4. Club Tropicana [Video DVD]
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go [Video DVD]
6. Careless Whisper [Video DVD] - George Michael
7. Freedom [Video DVD]
8. Last Christmas [Pudding Mix Video DVD/Remix]
9. Everything She Wants [Remix Video DVD]
10. I'm Your Man [Video DVD]
11. A Different Corner [Video DVD] - George Michael
12. Where Did Your Heart Go? [Video DVD]
13. The Edge of Heaven [Video DVD]

I will be picking this up. I wonder if the remix is the same thing as the extended version?

[Edited 11/1/11 23:19pm]

Yep, it's the same

i think this is the first time that bad boys and/or wham rap and/or young guns have been on dvd as george was always embarassed about the videos. shame there isn't any extra music

where did your heart go (was not was cover!!) video and pudding mix video are also new to dvd

hopefully they do something with the first 2 albums with the 12"s etc on a bonus disc

unique said:

i think this is the first time that bad boys and/or wham rap and/or young guns have been on dvd as george was always embarassed about the videos. shame there isn't any extra music

where did your heart go (was not was cover!!) video and pudding mix video are also new to dvd

hopefully they do something with the first 2 albums with the 12"s etc on a bonus disc

Bad Boys and Young Guns have never been on DVD and haven't been on any video compilation since their first one back 1984.

They re-released "The Best Of Wham!" last year and Last Christmas and Where Did Your Heart Go was on the DVD, but it was only available in Japan if I recall. I've been hoping for reissues of Fantastic and Make It Big but I don't think George would sign off to it

I'm also mad that song "Blue (Armed with Love)" ain't included on the collection... I listened to that on TUMBLR not too long ago. Groovy song.

bboy87 said:

Chico, we haven't had our yearly Wham! discussion, have we?

no. we haven't!!

I wished they would include the extented of "A different corner", still looking for a good audiotrack of that version

bboy87 said:

But "Blue Armed With Love" isn't included.....

and STILL NO CONCERT AT WEMBLEY! at put Foreign Skies on DVD!

Timmy84 said:

I'm also mad that song "Blue (Armed with Love)" ain't included on the collection... I listened to that on TUMBLR not too long ago. Groovy song.

wasn't that on one of the compilations? there's also a live version of it. i think the studio version was only on the b side of club tropicana 12" and the live version was on a compilation, or maybe it was the other way around

the live at wembley and wham in china videos etc would be good on dvd too

i didn't know the best of wham was rereleased in japan with extra trax on the dvd, that totally missed me

i didn't even know there was a video for where does your heart go, and i thought i had everything. i have some incredbible rare and unreleased GM stuff. all the original 12"s too, including the jerry wexler mix of careless whisper - and i have the video of the wexler mix which is completely different

george was so sexy

alphastreet said:

george was so sexy

yes, he was.

I was just listening to Careless Whisper the other day. Song is timeless and stil sounds good today.

I put on some Wham yesterday too, I was a toddler and jamming to those songs

I'm thinking this might not be released in the US and I know the import prices are going to be ridiculous.

[Edited 11/2/11 9:31am]

unique said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm also mad that song "Blue (Armed with Love)" ain't included on the collection... I listened to that on TUMBLR not too long ago. Groovy song.

wasn't that on one of the compilations? there's also a live version of it. i think the studio version was only on the b side of club tropicana 12" and the live version was on a compilation, or maybe it was the other way around

the live at wembley and wham in china videos etc would be good on dvd too

i didn't know the best of wham was rereleased in japan with extra trax on the dvd, that totally missed me

i didn't even know there was a video for where does your heart go, and i thought i had everything. i have some incredbible rare and unreleased GM stuff. all the original 12"s too, including the jerry wexler mix of careless whisper - and i have the video of the wexler mix which is completely different

I wouldn't have known about the Wham! hits collection being re-released if I wasn't part of a fan forum It was released in 2009

Disc 1

1. If You Were There
2. I'm Your Man
3. Everything She Wants
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me up Before You Go-Go
6. Like a Baby
7. Freedom
8. Edge of Heaven
9. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)
10. Young Guns (Go for It)
11. Last Christmas
12. Where Did Your Heart Go?
13. Everything She Wants '97
14. I'm Your Man '96

Disc 2 (DVD)

1 Wham! Rap
2 Club Tropicana
3 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
4 Last Christmas
5 The Edge Of Heaven
6 Where Did Your Heart Go
7 I'm Your Man
8 Everything She Wants
9 Freedom

I recently made a compilation of the songs that were supposed to be on Listen Without Prejudice 2 and I also have 2 songs that were from the Fantastic sessions (Soul Boy and Golden Soul, which were later used on Boogie Box High's album)

The original video of Careless Whisper has a cameo by Andrew Ridgeley, which they edited out of the final version

bboy87 said:

unique said:

wasn't that on one of the compilations? there's also a live version of it. i think the studio version was only on the b side of club tropicana 12" and the live version was on a compilation, or maybe it was the other way around

the live at wembley and wham in china videos etc would be good on dvd too

i didn't know the best of wham was rereleased in japan with extra trax on the dvd, that totally missed me

i didn't even know there was a video for where does your heart go, and i thought i had everything. i have some incredbible rare and unreleased GM stuff. all the original 12"s too, including the jerry wexler mix of careless whisper - and i have the video of the wexler mix which is completely different

I wouldn't have known about the Wham! hits collection being re-released if I wasn't part of a fan forum It was released in 2009

Disc 1

1. If You Were There
2. I'm Your Man
3. Everything She Wants
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me up Before You Go-Go
6. Like a Baby
7. Freedom
8. Edge of Heaven
9. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)
10. Young Guns (Go for It)
11. Last Christmas
12. Where Did Your Heart Go?
13. Everything She Wants '97
14. I'm Your Man '96

Disc 2 (DVD)

1 Wham! Rap
2 Club Tropicana
3 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
4 Last Christmas
5 The Edge Of Heaven
6 Where Did Your Heart Go
7 I'm Your Man
8 Everything She Wants
9 Freedom

I recently made a compilation of the songs that were supposed to be on Listen Without Prejudice 2 and I also have 2 songs that were from the Fantastic sessions (Soul Boy and Golden Soul, which were later used on Boogie Box High's album)

The original video of Careless Whisper has a cameo by Andrew Ridgeley, which they edited out of the final version

i made my own vol 2 in the 90s but didn't have the unreleased tracks on it. one or two appeared a year or 2 ago but i missed one of them i think. i don't have soulboy and golden soul either. most of the outtakes i have are alternate mixes rather than new songs

unique said:

bboy87 said:

I wouldn't have known about the Wham! hits collection being re-released if I wasn't part of a fan forum It was released in 2009

Disc 1

1. If You Were There
2. I'm Your Man
3. Everything She Wants
4. Club Tropicana
5. Wake Me up Before You Go-Go
6. Like a Baby
7. Freedom
8. Edge of Heaven
9. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)
10. Young Guns (Go for It)
11. Last Christmas
12. Where Did Your Heart Go?
13. Everything She Wants '97
14. I'm Your Man '96

Disc 2 (DVD)

1 Wham! Rap
2 Club Tropicana
3 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
4 Last Christmas
5 The Edge Of Heaven
6 Where Did Your Heart Go
7 I'm Your Man
8 Everything She Wants
9 Freedom

I recently made a compilation of the songs that were supposed to be on Listen Without Prejudice 2 and I also have 2 songs that were from the Fantastic sessions (Soul Boy and Golden Soul, which were later used on Boogie Box High's album)

The original video of Careless Whisper has a cameo by Andrew Ridgeley, which they edited out of the final version

i made my own vol 2 in the 90s but didn't have the unreleased tracks on it. one or two appeared a year or 2 ago but i missed one of them i think. i don't have soulboy and golden soul either. most of the outtakes i have are alternate mixes rather than new songs

So far, I have

Too Funky

Do You Really Want To Know

Happy

Fantasy

Crazyman Dance

Disco

Pieces (Instrumental version)

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

Soul Boy and Golden Soul are okay, but nothing really to call home about. He later gave them to his cousin for the Boogie Box High album

unique said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm also mad that song "Blue (Armed with Love)" ain't included on the collection... I listened to that on TUMBLR not too long ago. Groovy song.

wasn't that on one of the compilations? there's also a live version of it. i think the studio version was only on the b side of club tropicana 12" and the live version was on a compilation, or maybe it was the other way around

the live at wembley and wham in china videos etc would be good on dvd too

i didn't know the best of wham was rereleased in japan with extra trax on the dvd, that totally missed me

i didn't even know there was a video for where does your heart go, and i thought i had everything. i have some incredbible rare and unreleased GM stuff. all the original 12"s too, including the jerry wexler mix of careless whisper - and i have the video of the wexler mix which is completely different

I have to check. It might've been.

bboy87 said:

unique said:

i made my own vol 2 in the 90s but didn't have the unreleased tracks on it. one or two appeared a year or 2 ago but i missed one of them i think. i don't have soulboy and golden soul either. most of the outtakes i have are alternate mixes rather than new songs

So far, I have

Too Funky

Do You Really Want To Know

Happy

Fantasy

Crazyman Dance

Disco

Pieces (Instrumental version)

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

Soul Boy and Golden Soul are okay, but nothing really to call home about. He later gave them to his cousin for the Boogie Box High album

i have the released ones, plus disco, it's pieces and ain't no stopping us now (presumably a cover) that i don't have. got soulboy now, thanks

o rly?

Timmy84 said:

I'm also mad that song "Blue (Armed with Love)" ain't included on the collection... I listened to that on TUMBLR not too long ago. Groovy song.

I believe that it was included on the double album vinyl version of The Final but due to time constraints it was dropped from the cd.

rialb said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm also mad that song "Blue (Armed with Love)" ain't included on the collection... I listened to that on TUMBLR not too long ago. Groovy song.

I believe that it was included on the double album vinyl version of The Final but due to time constraints it was dropped from the cd.

Thats what I remember.

The studio version with less lyrics was the Club Tropicana B-side, then a live version with verses was added to this and Music From The Edge of Heaven.

SquirrelMeat said:

rialb said:

I believe that it was included on the double album vinyl version of The Final but due to time constraints it was dropped from the cd.

Thats what I remember.

The studio version with less lyrics was the Club Tropicana B-side, then a live version with verses was added to this and Music From The Edge of Heaven.

that sounds about right. i have edge of heaven on cd, US import but i had to rip the studio version from vinyl