What happened to Bill Drummond and Dave Balfe, after Big in Japan? They formed Zoo record and collaborated with many of the artists who released stuff through their record company.Zoo Records was a British independent record label formed by Bill Drummond and David Balfe in 1978. Zoo was launched in order to release the work of the perennially struggling Liverpool band, Big in Japan (the label's first release being the From Y To Z and Never Again EP). The label went on to release early work from The Teardrop Explodes and Echo & the Bunnymen.
Part of the label's philosophy was to only release singles and never albums - the only album ever released on Zoo was the 1982 compilation of all the singles To the Shores of Lake Placid: The Zoo Uncaged 1978-1982, which was re-released in 1995 with extra tracks as simply The Zoo Uncaged 1978-1982.
Besides soon-to-be major bands like the Teardrop Explodes, the Bunnymen, and then cult status acts like Big in Japan, in these compilations it is possible to find obscure bands like Lori & The Chameleons (punk techno pop sung by Lori Larty, a female vocalist, and masterminded by ex Big in Japan Bill Drummond and David 
Balfe), Expelaires (Craig Adams – future bassist with Sisters of Mecy - David Wolfenden – then with Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Mark Copson, Carl Harper, see http://www.discogs.com/artist/Expelaires ), Those Naughty Lumps (early 
New Wave band from Liverpool sporting Kevin Wilkinson on drums, Tony Mitchell on guitar, P.M. Hart on vocals, Martin 'Armadillo' Cooper on bass, Peter 'Kid' Younger on guitar, see http://www.btinternet.com/~kev.wilkinson/nlumps.htm ), and the mighty Wild Swans 
(a Liverpool-based electro pop band related to Lotus Eaters and Teardrop Explodes, featuring Paul Simpson on vocals, Jerry Kelly on guitars, Gerald Quinn on keyboards, Phil Lucking on bass, and Alan Mills on drums, see http://www.renascent.co.uk/pageswswans/wswans2.html ).1. Big In Japan - Society For Cutting Up Men (SCUM) - previously unreleased. Recorded T.W. Studios October 1977.
2. Those Naughty Lumps - Iggy Pop's Jacket - previously released as single (Zoo Cage 002) January 1979. Recorded Open Eye Studios, Liverpool.
3. The Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream - the original version, taken from the never released album 'Everybody Wants To Shag The Teardrop Explodes' (Zoo 1). Recorded Rockfield Studios March 1980. 4. Echo And The Bunnymen - Pictures On My Wall - original version featuring Echo, released as single (Zoo Cage 004) March 1979. Recorded August Studios, Liverpool March 1979.
5. Echo And The Bunnymen - Read It In Books - b-side of Track A4, not the version on American copies of 'Crocodiles' or Korova Special Offer Version.
6. Lori And The Chameleons - Lonely Spy - originally released by Zoo Records through Korova Records. Recorded Rockfield Studios January 1980.
7. The Turqoise Swimming Pools - The Winds - previously unreleased. Recorded Rockfield Studios February 1981.
8. Whopper - Kwalo Klobinsky's Lullaby - from the unreleased album 'The Fuel Of The Big Machine',
9. Dalek (I Love You) - A Suicide - originally released on Back Door. Recorded Rockfield Studios early 1979.
10. The Turquoise Swimming Pools - Burst Balloons - previously unreleased. Recorded Rockfield Studios February 1981.
11. The Teardrop Explodes - Camera, Camera - previously released as b-side of 'Sleeping Gas' (Zoo Cage 003). Recorded Open Eye Studios, Liverpool November 1978.
12. Big In Japan - Suicide A Go Go - previously released on 'From Y To Z And Never Again' (Zoo Cage 001). Licensed from Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
13. Echo And The Bunnymen - Villiers Terrace - recorded for John Peel Session May 1979. With kind permission of the BBC.
14. The Teardrop Explodes - Take A Chance - previously unreleased. Recorded Cargo, Rochdale November 1979.
The Zoo Uncaged 1978-1982 [1990]
This is the only place you'll find a CD version of "Love on the Ganges" by Lori and the Chameleons.
01. Big In Japan: Suicide A Go Go
The Zoo Uncaged 1978-1982 [1990]
This is the only place you'll find a CD version of "Love on the Ganges" by Lori and the Chameleons.
01. Big In Japan: Suicide A Go Go02. Big In Japan: Nothing Special
03. Those Naughty Lumps: Iggy Pop's Jacket
04. Those Naughty Lumps: Pure And Innocent
05. The Teardrop Explodes: Sleeping Gas
06. The Teardrop Explodes: Camera Camera
07. Echo And The Bunnymen: The Pictures On My Wall
08. The Teardrop Explodes: Bouncing Babies
09. Lori & The Chameleon: Touch
10. Lori & The Chameleon: Love On The Ganges
11. Expelaires: To See You12. Expelaires: Frequency
13. The Teardrop Explodes: Treason
14. The Teardrop Explodes: Books
15. The Wild Swans: Revolutionary Spirit
16. The Wild Swans: God Forbid
17. Big In Japan: Society For Cutting Up Men
18. Big In Japan: Taxi
19. Big In Japan: Cindy And The Barbi Dolls
7 commenti:
Wht's the pw?
Sorry.
Re-posted. No PW.
Cheers
M
sembra che la password ci sia ancora...
:-(
Apologies. No everything should be in order. Should it not I copy the like here below:
http://rapidshare.com/files/53157918/zoo_uncaged.rar
Best.
M
I own both these comps and have treasured them for years. The Turquoise Swimming Pools tracks are great lost treasures. And Lori & The Chameleons were way ahead of their time. Did you know a single got released in the USA with a different mix even?
BTW, can you use a nicer download service like zshare in place of rapidshare? Otherwise it takes about a week to get stuff. Or a mass upload service (Like massmirror). I realise these sites are always changing their ease of use.
Thanks for all your work!
great label and great record, thanks!
Thank you very much for sharing. The first comp has always been one of my favourites. I even like the Echo & Bunnymen tracks, although I am not too fond of what they did else.
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