Some Bizzare Album
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| Compilation album by Some Bizzare Artists | |||||
| Released | 1981 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Label | Some Bizzare | ||||
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Some Bizzare Album, Some Bizzare's first compilation album, was released by Some Bizzare in 1981 (see 1981 in music).
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[edit] History
In 1981 Some Bizzare launches with the compilation the 'Some Bizzare Album' of then unsigned new wave groups including future alternative icons Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, The The and Blancmange. The compilation saw the first ever released recording of Depeche Mode.[1]
The Some Bizzare Album was Stevo Pearce’s vision. He believed in the music that was included on the album as opposed to the fashion or style aspects.[2] Other artists that Stevo wanted to include on the album included The Normal, Cabaret Voltaire, and Throbbing Gristle[3] The Some Bizzare Album was re-released on CD format in 1992 for a limited time. It is due for re-release again in 2008 with bonus extra tracks.[4]
[edit] Soft Cell - The Girl with the Patent Leather Face
After meeting with Stevo Pearce, Soft Cell decided to include one of their tracks on the new 'Some Bizzare Album'. They recorded The Girl with the Patent Leather Face at a studio owned by John Darling.[5] Almond quotes the song as “tinny-sounding, trashy synthesizer song that owed much to “Warm Leatherette”, a track by The Normal. The Normal was really Mute Records boss Daniel Miller.[6] The song was partly inspired by th J. G. Ballard book Crash. This book also inspired other artists including John Foxx, Throbbing Gristle and Gary Numan.[7] The track cost twenty pounds to make and was almost erased by accident at one point, half the song went missing but nobody noticed.[8]
[edit] Depeche Mode - Photographic (Some Bizzare Version)
Depeche Mode were cautious when first approached by Stevo, they were indecisive about being included on a ‘Futurist’ compilation album. They first decided to take their demo tape to various other record companies, only to be rejected by everyone. [9] After a bad first meeting with Daniel Miller of Mute Records (Miller was in a bad mood due to a problem with some Fad Gadget artwork)[10] the door was left open for Stevo to include Depeche Mode on his Some Bizzare Album. [11] During an evening at the Bridgehouse, in Canning Town, Stevo chatted with Depeche Mode about his new label and compilation album; he band had been supporting Fad Gadget. It was decided that Depeche Mode would record a track for the Some Bizzare Album. Stevo had then recommended that the band work with Daniel Miller at Mute Records [12] In 1980 Depeche Mode went into an east London recording studio and recorded the track ‘Photographic’. Daniel Miller wanted to put a good track on the compilation album, but not their best track. Miller acted as informal producer on the recording of the Some Bizzare version of the ‘Photographic’ track. [13] The band set up their equipment in the studio and ran through some of their tracks live in the studio. ‘Photographic’ was recorded and mixed in one day.[14]
[edit] Track listing
- Blancmange - Sad Day
- Soft Cell - The Girl with the Patent Leather Face
- Neu Electrikk - Lust of Berlin
- Naked Lunch - La Femme
- The Fast Set - King of the Rumbling Spires
- The Loved One - Observations
- Illustration - Tidal Flow
- Depeche Mode - Photographic
- The The - (Untitled)
- B-Movie - Moles
- Jell - I Dare Say it Will Hurt a Little
- Blah Blah Blah - Central Park
[edit] Personnel
- Stevo Pearce – Compiler
- Steve Bush - Designer
[edit] References
- ^ Redefining the Prologue booklet, 2006
- ^ Page 100, Marc Almond, Tainted Life, Sidgwick & Jackson
- ^ Page 20, Steve Malins, Depeche Mode Biography
- ^ Plastic Head/Some Bizzare Records
- ^ Page 100, Marc Almond, Tainted Life, Sidgwick & Jackson
- ^ Page 100, Marc Almond, Tainted Life, Sidgwick & Jackson
- ^ Page 100, Marc Almond, Tainted Life, Sidgwick & Jackson
- ^ Page 100, Marc Almond, Tainted Life, Sidgwick & Jackson
- ^ Page 14, Steve Malins, Depeche Mode Biography
- ^ Page 18, Steve Malins, Depeche Mode Biography
- ^ Page 18, Steve Malins, Depeche Mode Biography
- ^ Page 20, Steve Malins, Depeche Mode Biography
- ^ Page 20, Steve Malins, Depeche Mode Biography
- ^ Page 21, Steve Malins, Depeche Mode Biography
