Cat No:
CDBRED742
Release Date: 19 April 2019
Label: Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5013929174238
Genres: Pop
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Description
This 2 CD collection brings together the entire 1980's recorded output of synth pop pioneers, Fiat Lux. The original "Hired History" album - and indeed all of the bonus tracks - are appearing on CD for the very first time * .Disc One features the band's commercially released tracks including the band's debut single for Cocteau Records and the five released by Polydor Records in a period spanning 1982-85..Disc Two is the lost and previously unreleased second album "Ark Of Embers" as the band originally intended it when it was made with producer, Hugh Jones.
This collection includes the following singles:
'Feels Like Winter Again' released in 1982 on Bill Nelson's Cocteau Records the A and B sides are featured, Photography'- the previously unreleased Bill Nelson - 12" Version, 'Blue Emotion' - 12" Version plus its b/side 'Sleepless Nightmare'. 'House Of Thorns' - 12" Version and its b/side 'Three's Company', 'Solitary Lovers' -12" version and the b/sides 'No More Proud (Proud Mix)' and 'No More Proud (Dub Mix)', 'Secrets' - and its B-sides 'Comfortable Life' and 'Aqua Vitae'.
All the tracks have been sourced and re-mastered from the original production master tapes after months of searching tape archives and exhaustive listening sessions to trace the correct versions. The CD booklet features the original album cover plus extensive sleeve notes written by band members Steve Wright and David Crickmore telling the band's story from a unique perspective.
There is also a foreword written by the producer of 'Ark Of Embers', Hugh Jones who has also worked with Echo & The Bunnymen, Del Amitri, Julian Cope and Bauhaus amongst others. Fiat Lux hail from Wakefield and were formed by Steve Wright and David Crickmore in 1982 with Ian Nelson joining soon after. The band released one indie single on Bill Nelson's Cocteau Records before signing a major record deal with Polydor Records. The band released 5 singles for the label dating from August 1983 to Jan 1989. -
Tracklisting
- 1. Secrets
- 2. Photography
- 3. Blue Emotion (12" Version)
- 4. Comfortable Life
- 5. Sleepless Nightmare (12"� Version)
- 6. Aqua Vitae
- 7. Feels Like Winter Again
- 8. This Illness
- 9. Photography (Unreleased Bill Nelson Version)
- 10. Comfortable Life (Unreleased Bill Nelson 12" Version)
- 11. House Of Thorns
- 12. Sleepless Nightmare
- 13. Three's Company
- 14. House Of Thorns (12"� Version)
- 15. Solitary Lovers (12"� Version)
- 16. No More Proud (Proud Mix)
- 17. No More Proud (Dub Mix)
- 18. Sally Free And Easy
- 1. The Moment
- 2. Breaking The Boundary
- 3. Blue Emotion
- 4. Embers
- 5. No More Proud
- 6. Photography
- 7. Splurge
- 8. Secrets
- 9. Aqua Vitae
- 10. In The Heat Of The Night
- 11. Solitary Lovers
Disc 1
Side 1
Disc 2
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