Rational Youth – Cold War Night Life
| Label: | Yul Records – YULP 1 |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Yellow Label |
| Country: | Canada |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Electronic |
| Style: | Synth-pop, New Wave |
Tracklist
| A1 | Close To Nature | 4:40 | |
| A2 | Beware The Fly | 4:05 | |
| A3 | Saturdays In Silesia | 4:14 | |
| A4 | Just A Sound In The Night | 5:07 | |
| B1 | Le Meilleur Des Mondes | 3:14 | |
| B2 | Ring The Bells | 5:13 | |
| B3 | City Of Night | 4:03 | |
| B4 | Dancing On The Berlin Wall | 4:34 |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – Downstairs Records Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Yul Records
- Copyright © – Yul Records
- Published By – Fortranic Music
- Published By – Editions Kiempi
- Pressed By – CRC Records Ltd.
Credits
- Engineer – André Corbeil, Mark Lashchuk, René Godbout*
- Executive-Producer – Marc Demouy
- Graphics [Sleeve] – Alex MacDonald*, Sue Halle
- Lacquer Cut By – EL*
- Photography By [Band Photos] – Roman Martyn
- Producer – Pat Deserio
- Synthesizer – Kevin Komoda
- Synthesizer, Vocoder – Bill Vorn
- Vocals, Synthesizer – Tracy Howe
- Written-By – Vorn*, Duran* (tracks: B3), Howe*
Notes
1st edition with yellow center labels.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, etched): YULP-1A-2 CRC EL
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, etched): YULP-1B CRC EL
Other Versions (5 of 13)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Cold War Night Life (LP, Album, Red Label) | Yul Records | YULP 1 | Canada | 1982 | ||
New Submission | Cold War Night Life (LP, Album) | Yul Records | YULP 1 | Hong Kong | 1982 | ||
Recently Edited | Cold War Night Life (LP, Album, Stereo) | Rams Horn Records | RAMSH 5057 | Netherlands | 1983 | ||
New Submission | Cold War Night Life (Guerra Fria En La Vida Nocturna) (LP, Album) | RCA Victor | SPLI-7436 | Spain | 1983 | ||
Recently Edited | Cold War Night Life (LP, Album, Reissue) | Rams Horn Records | RHR 5122 | Netherlands | 1987 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- this record is so fucking good. the programming on close to nature is flawless.
- Edited 4 years agoJust found this one again in my old bedroom in the parents' house after 30 years, and cleaning it on the Spinclean, I noticed that the vinyl isn't black, but dark translucent green. Don't remember noticing that then, though who knows, definitely noticed today. Are they all like that, or is this a different variant? Same yellow label, same catalogue number...
How to know the color of our vinyl if it is factory sealed?
RATIONAL YOUTH … well, actually no other group has so deeply inspired Anna and reinforced her love for synthesisers (and especially the Roland TR-808 drum machine) and electropop than Bill Vorn and Tracy Howe did with their 1982 album “Cold War Night Life”. Anna has no doubt that it is THE BEST EVER RELEASED ELECTROPOP ALBUM OF ALL TIMES, simply pure and incredible synthesiser pop perfection with the most amazing synth sounds and pop compositions full of wonderful harmonies and ideas. RATIONAL YOUTH was formed in 1981 in Montreal, Canada, when Bill and Tracy found out they had the same fascination for synthesisers and the German electropop pioneers Kraftwerk. It is guessed they didn’t think they could do even much better than their idols, but they did! In 1981 they released a first 12” on YUL records featuring the classic tracks “I want to see the Light” and “Coboloid Race”, soon to be followed by “Cold War Night Life”, recorded with a maximum efficiency gear of Moog Source, Logan String Melody, Roland SH-5, MC-4 MicroComposer, TR-808, System-100, System-700, Vocoder SVC-350, Space Echo 201 and Casio VL-1.
