Billy Idol – Don’t Stop (US 12″ EP)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

“Don’t Stop” is the first solo release by rock singer Billy Idol. Released in the US in 1981, it contains a cover of Tommy James and the Shondells’ UK #1 “Mony Mony,” which would become a later hit for him as a live version in 1987.

It also contains the song “Dancing with Myself”, which had previously been a commercially unsuccessful single release for Idol’s former band Gen X in the United Kingdom in 1980. “Dancing With Myself” (from that band’s LP Kiss Me Deadly) was not re-recorded for the Don’t Stop EP release but was remixed from Gen X’s 6:05 minute long extended version of the song and edited down into 4:50 minutes, from which a drum solo and chorus section was removed.

“Untouchables” is another Gen X song taken from the 1980 album Kiss Me Deadly, which was re-recorded for Don’t Stop.

The EP peaked at #71 on the Billboard 200 and generated considerable anticipation for the full-length album Billy Idol, released the following year.

For this promo release, the tracklisting is in a different order on the vinyl than on other releases and what is listed on the sleeve.

SIDE A:
Dancing With Myself (Long Version) 4:51
Backing Band [with] – Generation X (4)

Untouchables 3:36

SIDE B:
Mony Mony 5:02
Baby Talk 3:12

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
Poster: Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis ‎– PV 44000 DJ
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Promo, Poster
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, New Wave

CREDITS:
Engineer – Brian ReevesNigel Walker (tracks: A1)
Producer [Produced By] –  Keith Forsey

NOTES:
Label: “FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY”

Matrix/Runouts/Cat No: “DJ”

Issued with large folded poster

The back cover lists songs in a different order on different sides. Label and actual play order is listed here.

Find the EP at DISCOGS

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Muff Diver
Muff Diver
April 19, 2021 6:27 pm

What a treat! Thank you, PaulT!

divo
divo
April 10, 2021 7:12 am

Dear Dj Paul you could republish the Vinyl Flac 24bit of Billy Idol – Hot in the City (Extended Version) (UK 12 “) September 19, 2019 … for my collection. thanks anyway, hello.

gonzalo76
gonzalo76
April 9, 2021 3:28 pm

Billy Idol is always welcome!!!
Thank you so much Paul!!!
Gonzalo

ING
ING
April 8, 2021 10:09 pm

very cool, had this on a record club cassette with an interview conducted by Martha Quinn on the b-side! I prefer the guitar heavy Gen X version of Dancing… I like the remix too, but why they had to delete those guitars as it rocked out….???

ING
ING
Reply to  DjPaulT
April 9, 2021 9:56 am

Well it certainly worked, that’s for sure, as I doubt I’d have really discovered Generation X if it weren’t for his early solo career! I’m going to have to see if that cassette is still around somewhere!

DJ Turntable
DJ Turntable
April 8, 2021 2:54 pm

The ten minute Eyes Without A Face mix is a fave. A DJ smoke break classic for sure.
The Billy Idol Christmas album is actually very good and will boost morale or cheer you up if that is needed. It is a more recent release (2006) and not from the 1980’s time frame.
Steve Stevens is the most potent weapon in the Billy Idol arsenal and a criminally underrated guitarist.

negative1
negative1
April 8, 2021 12:27 pm

hi paul, very nice EP. i have most of the mixes from vital idol, and other collections. i actually am not a fan of the generation x stuff, or his early tracks. they’re just too overplayed and tiring. now i know he had a newer remix album, that some people didn’t like the new versions of, but to me, it was at least interesting to hear different takes on old songs, and remixes of songs that didn’t have them. i do like the rebel yell era, and all those remixes, and most of the singles, and a few from after… Read more »

Dean
Dean
April 8, 2021 10:46 am

I hadn’t realized this was Idol’s first release and don’t think I heard it until a couple of years later. According to Discogs the ep was re-released in 1983. Hmmm.

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Reply to  Dean
April 9, 2021 10:05 am

I wonder if that was when they added the interview?

gonzalo76
gonzalo76
Reply to  ING
April 9, 2021 3:33 pm

I guess you’re right, but re-released only on cassette, and re-released again on CD in 1989 again with the interview.

ING
ING
Reply to  gonzalo76
April 9, 2021 8:53 pm

That’s interesting!

Fred
Fred
April 8, 2021 10:28 am

Thanks, Paul! I had never heard this shorter version of Dancing With Myself. It was really a treat back in 1981 to see some rock artists like Billy creating remixes or at least breaks and great intros and slow builds.

Have a great day!