Rocktrospectiva: The Breakthrough "Madchester Rave On" Turns 35

Released on this month 35 years "Madchester Rave On" was the second EP by the Manchester band Happy Mondays, under Factory Records label and released back in the days when the band were at the height of their powers, and the freshly released Manchester anthem "Hallelujah’"was doing the rounds.

The EP included the brilliant track "Hallelujah" which became the band's breakthrough release, reaching the top twenty in the UK and leading to the group's first Top of the Pops appearance, so in order to take advantage on this exposure, shortly afterward, the band released "Madchester Rave On - The Remixes" which was a three-track EP of club DJ remixes. 

 

In the United States, three of the EP tracks and two of the subsequent remixes were compiled into the seven-track American EP called Hallelujah. 

 

Madchester Rave On EP Track List

Limited 7"/12"/CD/Cassette

 

1. Hallelujah

2. Holy Ghost

3. Clap Your Hands

4. Rave On

 

7" 

 

1. Hallelujah (The MacColl Mix)

2. Hallelujah (In Out Mix) 

 

Madchester - Rave On (Remixes) 

 

CD/Cassette 

 

1. Hallelujah (Club Mix) – Mix by Paul Oakenfold and Andy Wetherall

2. Rave On (Club Mix) - Mix by Paul Oakenfold and Terry Farley 

3. Hallelujah (In Out Mix) - Mix by Steve Lillywhite 

 

12"

 

1. Hallelujah (Club Mix)

2. Rave On (Club Mix)