The ZTT Boxset : including das Psych-oh! Rangers !

Amazingly there is no specific ZTT thread, so here goes, as this boxset is as good a reason as anything.

Out November.

I think disc 1 is just about perfect.

Obviously, I would have sacrificed the time on Propaganda's Thought, and just dropped the full 12" of Dr Mabuse, and left out White Rabbit cover for P-Machinery, but hey, I can live with that.

However : What no Hoodlum Priest ! NO Grace Jones ! No Honky ! No Glam Metal Detectives !

(unless those are the hidden tracks ??)

DISC ONE – AND SUDDENLY THERE CAME A BANG!

(The early years, and early hits)

1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
2. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (Annihilation)
3. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power of Love
4. Art of Noise - Battle
5. Art of Noise - Beat Box
6. Art of Noise - Close (To The Edit) (Edited)
7. Propaganda - Duel
8. Propaganda – Thought
9. Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse
10. Act - (Theme from) Laughter
11. Act - Snobbery & Decay
12. Act – White Rabbit
13. Anne Pigalle - Why Does It Have To Be This Way?
14. 808 State - Pacific
15. MC Tunes Vs. 808 State - Tunes Splits The Atom
16. MC Tunes Vs. 808 State - The Only Rhyme That Bites
17. 808 State - Cubik (Original Mix)
18. David Jordan - Move On (Clean Radio Edit)

DISC TWO – PAST FORWARD

(ZTT’s contribution to dance music, in reverse chronological order)

19. David Jordan - Sun Goes Down
20. David’s Daughters - Is This Love
21. Novecento - Day and Night
22. Seal - Killer
23. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
24. Time Unlimited - Men Of Wadodem
25. 808 State - Ooops
26. Shades of Rhythm - Sweet Sensation
27. General Max - Time Keeper
28. Sun Electric - Red Summer
29. Nasty Rox Inc. - Nobby’s One
30. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (An Alternative to Reality)
31. Art of Noise - Moments In Love (Beaten)
32. Andrew Poppy - Kink Konk Adagio

DISC THREE - FROM A WASTELAND TO AN ARTIFICIAL PARADISE

(A fantasy ZTT music festival, or surreal circus)

33. Shane MacGowan - My Way
34. Shane MacGowan & Sinead O'Connor – Haunted
35. Kirsty MacColl - Soho Square
36. The Frames - Say It To Me Now
37. The Frames - Pavement Tune
38. Lee Griffiths - No-One
39. Lomax - Waiting In Vain
40. das Psych-oh! Rangers - Homage to the Blessed
41. 808 State feat. James Dean Bradfield - Lopez
42. Tara - Save Me From Myself
43. Heights of Abraham - What’s The Number
44. Art of Noise - Out of This World (Version 138)
45. Seal - Crazy (Extended Version)
46. Seal - Future Love Paradise
47. Seal - Kiss From A Rose
(plus three hidden tracks!)

DISC FOUR – THE TELEVISION IS WATCHING YOU
(DVD Anthology, Certificate 15)

1. Propaganda - Dr Mabuse (Version 1)
2. Art of Noise - Close (To The Edit) (Version 1)
3. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (Destructo)
4. Anne Pigalle - Hé Stranger
5. das Psych-oh! Rangers - Homage to the Blessed and The Essential Art of Communication
6. Andrew Poppy - The Amusement
7. Act - Snobbery and Decay
8. Nasty Rox Inc. - Escape From New York
9. MC Tunes Vs. 808 State - Tunes Splits The Atom
10. Shades of Rhythm - Exorcist
11. 808 State - Plan 9
12. Adamski's Thing - One of the People
13. Shane MacGowan - That Woman's Got Me Drinking
14. The Frames - Revelate
15. Dove - Don't Dream (Version 2)
16. Leilani - Flying Elvis
17. David's Daughters - Dreaming Of Loving You
18. Raging Speedhorn: The Gush (Daytime Version)

No All Saints?
Hmm....

also ..

re : (The early years, and early hits)

then WTF is David Jordan (which is dire) doing on that disc !?

I remember trawling emusic a while ago, and seeing loads of ZTT compilations featuring artists I have never heard of. For all that they were in the wilderness, chart wise, they were producing loads of stuff. This would be around the time that All Saints were signed to them (and were a duo? and were called All saints 1664 or something mysterious)

Still, it's their box set I guess. Does their booklet have a "we were a bit crap for a while" / discography section?

No "Wild Hearts" by Roy Orbison, no cred.

Also the forthcoming album of cover versions by Seal is now officially the worst album ever made.

Also, didn't "Slave To The Rhythm" come out on ZTT?

When the inevitable poll happens I'm voting "Tunes Splits the Atom".

I had no idea re this : http://www.discogs.com/artist/All+Saints+1.9.7.5.

Was well past caring re ZTT by this stage.

As MC said in another thread, Hearts of Darkness by Hoodlum Priest was probably the last "great" ZTT album.

No idea re the booklet as yet to get this.

xpost : MC - was wondering if the lack of Slave is a clearance issue, but will be checking out the 'hidden tracks' to see if its one of those ..

re Tunes Splits the Atom.

was watching the video last night, and realised that they pushed the Stone Roses loop way up in the mix, whereas for the released audio, its a lot more back in the mix.

intentional ?

As far as I recall the Roses sample wasn't that low in the mix? It actually made me not hate the Stone Roses for the first time.

Yeah, Hoodlum Priest, wtf?

(I'm guessing he probably bought the rights back)

Nasty Rox: Because the world needed a po-faced Pop Will Eat Itself

The Nasty Rox Inc. CD I've got may yet form a workable pension plan...

On the upside it's nice to have the Annihilation mix of Two Tribes finally available on CD. Surprised at its relative unavailability since it's unquestionably the best mix and the main reason why everyone rushed out and bought it first week.

re Hoodlum Priest - suspect he did indeed buy it back, hence why its available online for free from his site and has been for quite a while.

re Annhiliation mix : genuine shiver up spine last night when that kicked in on the stereo.

A fantastic 12" version .. and was the moment my inner collector scum disease really kicked in.

The Nasty Rox Inc. CD I've got may yet form a workable pension plan...

you have teased re this elsewhere.
people dont believe me that i once saw CA$H on cd, so can you confirm, you do have it once and for all sir ?

Odd choices for 808 State. Other than that feel out of touch for not knowing that Raging Speedhorn were on ZTT(!).

(xp)

Yes sir, I do have it on CD - bought from Our Price in High Street Ken (RIP) and bought on CD only because they didn't have it on cassette.

(also it was the same price as the vinyl - one of those "introductory/new artist" offers)

phew - for years i thought i had dreamt seeing it (false memory kinda thing).
nice one.
i have cassette/vinyl.
the cd has the extra tracks doesn't it ?
also - i suspect you know that you are probably the one person who has it on cd.
not even the labels archivist (ian peel) has it.
he is trying to get it reissued of course, but as always the world of ZTT is a strange beast. afterall, they reissued the Honky debut with an extra disc of dross as opposed to making something that the ZTT collectors actually want !

oh and it was Our Price/Leeds that I saw it in.

love the fact that in the video, for Escape .. the band actually mime to the Chuck Brown samples.
innocent times.

promo copy has no extra tracks that i can find.

I have also come to realise, that Snobbery and Decay is the second best record the label released. (Mabuse will always be my all time fave 12")

Ten tracks on the CD, including CD-only remixes of "Wooba Wubbaa" and "Escape From New York" (well, these did appear on the singles but you know what I mean)...

BTW : just heard - several tracks were not cleared.
guess that is the reason for the Grace Jones ommission

I guess the Roy Orbison rights issue is in a bit of a mess.

I was unlucky enough to witness the full horror of das Psych-oh! Rangers live, inflicted on an unwilling audience in a prestigous support slot at a major London Venue. Could be the worst live act I've ever seen, certainly in a venue where people had paid to get in. Tax loss? YTS scheme? Who knows.

BTW: just heard - several tracks were not cleared.
guess that is the reason for the Grace Jones ommission

There are three hidden tracks on disc two.

Mark E so OTM about "Snobbery and Decay."

But what, nothing from that godawful Rocky Horro thing? For shame, sirs. For shame.

er, Rocky HorroR. With an R, dontcha know.

more ZTT goodness to help relieve the heavy wallets of the labels collector scum.

FGTH : Liverpool Deluxe 2 cd set :

Disc One includes the original album plus seven B-sides and B-side out-takes: The Waves, Pocket Vibrator, The Doors' Roadhouse Blues, The Stones' (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, sample collage (Don't Lose What's Left) Of Your Little Mind, and Rage Hard (Voiceless). Plus out-takes from Pamela Stephenson's saucy narration for the Rage Hard 12".

Disc Two includes the 20-minute cassette single mixes of Watching The Wildlife and Warriors of the Wasteland singles, plus previously unreleased works-in-progress recorded around the world in 1985 and 1986, as well as the soundtrack to Frankie's infamous instrument-smashing comeback performance at the 1986 Montreux Pop Festival.

Claudia Brucken : Combined
A compilation that brings together Claudias various collabs, including the hits by Propaganda, ACT, solo material and new stuff.

Various Artists : The Art of the 12" - 2 cd set

Previously only available on vinyl...: Art of Noise: Close (to the Edit) (Closely Closely Enough's Enough) 00:07:10 808 State: Pacific 909 (Mellow Birds Mega Edit) 00:07:05 Glenn Gregory & Claudia Brucken: When Your Heart Runs Out of Time (6'20'') 00:06:20

Previously only available on import...: Anne Pigalle: Souvenir d'Un Paris (Mix Aguicheur) 00:07:14 808 State: Cübik (Kings County Perspective) 00:06:00 Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax (Sex Mix Edit) 00:08:15

Previously unreleased...: Instinct: Sleepwalking (12" Extended Mix) 00:09:36 Nasty Rox Inc.: 10th Wonder (12" Mix) 00:07:02 Propaganda: Dr Mabuse (12" Master Mix for Germany) 00:06:13 Art & Act: Life's a Barrel of Laughs (Out of This World mix) 00:08:05

...So much previous we couldn't miss them out: Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Rage Hard (The Young Person's Guide to the 12" Mix) 00:12:07 Art of Noise: Moments in Love (Beaten) 00:06:58 Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (Hibakush-ah!) 00:06:59