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1. A (Forever) Live And Die (Extended Mix)
2. B1 (Forever) Live And Die (7" Version)
3. B2 This Town

Running order of the main release. Pressings may split it differently.

• 5:57 OMD - Forever Live and Die (Extended mix) Tom Lord Alge
• 3:27 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - (Forever) Live And Die
• 6:59 OMD - (FOREVER) LIVE AND DIE - THIS TOWN
• 5:54 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ‎– (Forever) Live And Die (Extended Mix)
• 3:51 OMD THIS TOWN
• 3:50 OMD - This town (1986)

A confusing situation with 12" extended mixes here The original 'Potoker' remix (called 'Extended Mix') wich was issued with very first copies of the 12"-single, only. The Potoker mix was shortly after withdrawn because the band didn't like it. Virgin Records had already pressed some records and printed up a lot of covers and delivered them to the stores. Same happened to the UK release. The Potoker remix can be identified by the runout matrix A-1/8-86 B-1/8-86 II only. These being quiet rare, now. All other pressings with A2... matrix feature the new and more common Tom Lord-Alge remix. Once the pressing and delivery of the Potoker-Mix had been stopped, the still existing and remaining 'Potoker-covers' were simply used for the first 'newly' pressed Tom Lord-Alge remix 12"-Singles. After the 'Potoker-covers' exhausted, it was re-designed and featured the correct Lord-Alge as 'remixer'. The labels for all releases don't always help. As the remixer names/track durations are not always present and both mixes have a similar run time anyway. Officially the 'Potoker' Mix is 5:45 and the 'Lord-Alge Mix' is slightly longer at 5:55 The sure fire way to tell which remix you have is that the 'Potoker' Remix starts straight in with the bass synth note, and the 'Lord Alge' remix fades in with a high synth and then drums. UK editions with cat# - 608 478-213: [1. Potoker Mix and Cover ](https://www.discogs.com/release/18350542) [2. Lord-Alge Mix and Potoker Cover](http://www.discogs.com/release/9892647) [3. Lord-Alge Mix and Cover (matt cover finish)](http://www.discogs.com/release/430811) [4. Lord-Alge Mix and Cover (gloss finish)](https://www.discogs.com/release/131236)