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Some Bizzare Album

Some Bizzare Album was the first album by Some Bizzare Records. It was released in 1981 (see 1981 in music) as a sampler of the label's musical ethos. The acts were not actually signed exclusively to the label at the time.

Contents

• 1 Information
  • 1.1 Soft Cell - The Girl with the Patent Leather Face
  • 1.2 Depeche Mode - Photographic (Some Bizzare Version)
• 2 Track listing[6]
  • 2.1 Fish Side
  • 2.2 Eye Lamp Side
  • 2.3 2008 CD Reissue Bonus Tracks
  • 2.4 References
• 3 Personnel
• 4 External links

[edit]Information

The album consisted of tracks by 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] 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[2] Some Bizzare Album was re-released on CD format in 1992 for a limited time. It was re-released again in 2008 with bonus extra tracks.[3]

[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 Faceat a studio owned by John Darling.[2] Almond describes the song as a "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.[2] The song was partly inspired by the J. G. Ballard book Crash. This book also inspired other artists including John Foxx, Throbbing Gristle and Gary Numan.[2] The track cost twenty pounds to make and was almost erased by accident at one point, half the song went missing but nobody noticed.[2]

[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.[4] 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)[2] the door was left open for Stevo to include Depeche Mode on his Some Bizzare Album.[2] During an evening at the Bridgehouse, in Canning Town, Stevo chatted with Depeche Mode about his new label and compilation album. At the time, the band had been supporting Fad Gadget. It was decided that Depeche Mode would record a track for Some Bizzare Album. Stevo had then recommended that the band work with Daniel Miller at Mute Records [2]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 an informal producer on the recording of the Some Bizzare version of the "Photographic" track.[2] 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.[5]

[edit]Track listing[6]

[edit]Fish Side

1. Illustration - "Tidal Flow"
2. Depeche Mode - "Photographic"
3. The The - "(Untitled)"
4. B-Movie - "Moles"
5. Jell - "I Dare Say it Will Hurt a Little"
6. Blah Blah Blah - "Central Park"

[edit]Eye Lamp Side

1. Blancmange - "Sad Day"
2. Soft Cell - "The Girl with the Patent Leather Face"
3. Neu Electrikk - "Lust of Berlin"
4. Naked Lunch - "La Femme"
5. The Fast Set - "King of the Rumbling Spires"
6. The Loved One - "Observations"