Flag of the Soviet Union statute on the flag was adopted which resulted in a change of the hammer's handle length and the shape of the sickle. A final modification to the flag was adopted in 1980 in which the colour was brightened to a lighter shade of red. The flag continued to be the official national flag until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Its imagery is now the basis for the flags of many communist parties: a yellow hammer and sickle on a red background. The flag of the Soviet Union consisted of a plain red flag with a gold hammer crossed with
Blue Is the Colour B-sides of the singles taken from their albums. from the "Rotterdam" CD5 from the "Don't Marry Her" CD1 from the "Don't Marry Her" CD2 Note: The French version of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" ("Les Yeux Ouverts") was recorded for the movie "French Kiss". It was re-used in the film "The Devil Wears Prada". from the "Blackbird on the Wire" CD1 from the "Blackbird on the Wire" CD2 from the "Liars’ Bar" CD1 from the "Liar's Bar" CD2 Blue Is the Colour Blue Is the Colour is the fifth studio album from English band The Beautiful South, released in