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VariousClose To The Noise Floor (Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984)

Label:

Cherry Red – CRCDBOX24

Series:

Close To The Noise Floor

Format:

4 x CD, Compilation
Box Set

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Synth-pop, Techno, Ambient

Tracklist

1-1Five Times Of DustComputer Bank
1-2The KlingonsR.A.M.
Written-By, PerformerAl Robertson (3)
1-3Chris And Cosey*Re-Education Through Labour
1-4Malcolm Brown (2)Sedation Strokes
Written-By, PerformerMalcolm Brown (2)
1-5Storm BugsLittle Bob Minor
Written-ByPhilip Sanderson
1-6Thomas LeerTight As A Drum
Written-ByThomas Leer
1-7BlancmangeHoliday Camp
Written-ByBlancmange
1-8Inter City StaticFractured Smile
Written-By, PerformerAl Robertson (3)
1-9We Be EchoSexuality
Written-ByKevin Thorne
1-10Bourbonese QualkGod With Us
ElectronicsSimon Crab
VoiceJulian Gilbert
Written-ByJulian Gilbert, Simon Crab
1-11NagamatzuFaith
1-12O Yuki ConjugateDisco Song
Written-ByA. Hulme*, Elliott*, Horberry*, T. Horberry*
1-13British Electric FoundationOptimum Chant
Written-ByMarsh*, Ware*
1-14Kevin HarrisonAll Night Long
Written-ByK. Harrison*
1-15Voice Of AuthorityStopping And Starting
Written-ByMaxwell*, Plytas*
2-1Colin PotterI Am Your Shadow
Written-ByColin Potter
2-2British Standard UnitD'Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Written-ByAppice*, Hitchings*, Stewart*
2-3Five Times Of DustThe Single Off The Album
2-4Spöön FazerBack To The Beginning
Written-By, Producer, PerformerSpöön Fazer
2-5Gerry And The HologramsGerry And The Holograms
Written-ByCP Lee*, JP Scott*
2-6The PassageDrugface
Written-ByWitts, D.*
2-7John FoxxA New Kind Of Man
Written-ByJohn Foxx
2-8100% Manmade FibreGreen For Go
Written-By, PerformerAl Robertson (3)
2-9Those Little AliensSentimental
Written-ByRobertson*, Dobson*
2-10Final ProgramProtect And Survive
Technician [Restored By]Stefan Bornhorst
Written-ByAnne Droid, Richie Program
2-11The Human LeagueBeing Boiled
Written-ByMarsh*, Ware*, Oakey*
2-12Instant Automatons*New Muzak
Written-ByInstant Automatons*
2-13Cultural AmnesiaMaterialistic Man
Written-ByCultural Amnesia
2-14Worldbackwards(Leaving Me) Now
Written-ByHenderson*, Mulholland*, Lackey*, Hood*
2-15Alan BurnhamMusic To Save The World By
Written-ByAlan Burnham
2-16Orchestral Manoeuvres In The DarkAlmost
Written-ByMcCluskey*, Humphreys*
2-17Eyeless In GazaKodak Ghosts Run Amok
Written-ByMartyn Bates, Peter Becker
2-18Schleimer KBroken Vein
Written-By [Lyrics]Michael Wolfen
Written-By [Music]Dominique Brethes
2-19Native EuropeThe Distance From Köln
Written-ByK Donoghue*
3-1Zorch (2)Adrenalin (Return Of The Elohim Pt 1)
Written-ByBasil Brooks, Gwyo Zepix*
3-2Sea Of Wires*Robot Dance
Written-BySea Of Wires*
3-3Ron BerrySea Of Tranquility
Written-ByRon Berry
3-4MFHMistral
Remastered ByRoberto Napoli
3-5Adrian SmithJoe Goes To New York
Written-ByAdrian K Smith*
3-6Mark ShreeveEmbryo (Extract)
Written-ByMark Shreeve
3-7EG Oblique Graph*Triptych
Written-ByBryn Jones
3-8Carl MatthewsEncounter
Written-ByCarl Matthews
3-9Paul NagleYnys Scaith
Written-ByPaul Nagle
3-10O Yuki ConjugateSedation
Written-ByA.Hulme*, C.Elliott*, R.Horberry*, T.Horberry*
3-11Konstruktivist*Western Vein
Written-ByGlenn Wallis*
3-12AttritionDead Of Night (Excerpt)
4-1Throbbing GristleWhat A Day
4-2A TentNo Way Of Knowing
Written-ByG Povey*
4-3Portion ControlGo For The Throat
4-4DC3*Eco Beat
Written-ByAl Robertson (3)
4-5Renaldo And The Loaf*Dying Inside
Written-ByPoole*, Janssen*
4-6Blah Blah BlahIn The Army
Written-ByAndrews*, Smith*, Croxford*, Wiggins*, Gordon-Jones*
4-7Legendary Pink Dots*God Speed
Written-ByEdward Ka-Spel
4-8MuslimgauzeMuslin Gauze Muslim Prayer
Written-ByBryn Jones
4-9SuisseLive At Longborne
Engineer [Recording]MAP*
Words By, Music BySuisse
4-10Alien BrainsMenial Disorders, Extract B2
Written-ByAlien Brains
4-11Storm BugsHimeal (And She Blew)
4-12Third Door From The LeftIn The Room
Written-ByKevin Thorne, Raye Caluori
4-13Al Robertson (3)Dignity Of Labour
Written-By, PerformerAl Robertson (3)
4-14bcGilbert*, gLewis*, russell MillsMzui (Extract)
Written-ByBruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis
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  • Copyright ©Cherry Red Records Ltd.
  • Marketed ByCherry Red Records Ltd.
  • Distributed ByCherry Red Records Ltd.
  • Mastered AtFluid Mastering

Credits

  • Compiled By, Concept By [Conceived By]Richard Anderson (15)
  • Design, Graphics [Reprographics]Lora Findlay
  • Liner NotesDave Henderson
  • Mastered ByNick Watson

Notes

Released as a 48-page hard cover booklet.

1-1 first released on 'The Dadacomputer' cassette, Matptapes, 1981.
1-2 first released on Analog - Digital cassette, Synthetic Tapes, 1981.
1-3 first released on the Trance LP, Rough Trade, 1982.
1-4 first released on Recordings 1979-83, Vinyl On Demand, 2014.
1-5 first released on the 'Dark Cuttings' cassette, Snatch Tapes 1979.
1-6 first released on the 4 Movements EP, Cherry Red, 1981.
1-7 first released on the self-released Irene & Mavis EP, 1980.
1-8 first released on the Love Among The Mannequins cassette, Flowmotion, 1981.
1-9 first released on the Ceza·Evi cassette, Cause For Concern, 1983.
1-10 first released on the Laughing Afternoon LP, Recloose Organisation, 1983.
1-11 first released on the Nagamatzu - Shatter Days cassette, mini-album, self-released, 1983.
1-12 first released on an O Yuki Conjugate cassette, 1983.
1-13 first released on the album Music For Stowaways, Virgin Records, 1981.
1-14 first released on the Inscrutably Obvious LP, Cherry Red, 1981.
1-15 first released on the Very Big In America Right Now LP, Cherry Red, 1984.

2-1 first released on the Angst In My Pants compilation, Deleted Records, 1980.
2-2 first released on the Hybrid Kids - A Collection Of Classic Mutants album, Cherry Red, 1979.
2-3 first released on The Black Tape cassette, Quick Stab Music Products, 1983
2-4 this version never released. Another version, recorded later in 1982, was released in 2008 on Anne Logue Records.
2-5 first released on Meet The Dissidents 7", Absurd Records, 1979.
2-6 first released on Enflame LP, 1983.
2-7 unreleased single from late 1979.
2-8 first released on 7" single, Backshop Records, 1982.
2-9 first released on the We Couldn't Agree On A Title compilation LP,ICR, 1981.
2-10 first released on Protect & Survive EP, Program Records, 1980.
2-11 first released on 7" single, Fast Product, 1978.
2-12 first released on the Peter Paints His Fence E.P. EP, Deleted Records, 1980.
2-13 first released on the Video Rideo cassette, Conventional Tapes, 1981.
2-14 first released on Flesh LP, Illuminated Records, 1981.
2-15 first released on 7" single, Cherry Red, 1981.
2-16 first released on the Electricity 7" single, Factory Records, 1979.
2-17 first released as a 7" single on Ambivalent Scale Recordings, 1980.
2-18 first released on Fugitive Kind EP, Glass Records, 1982.
2-19 first released on the Searching For An Orchestration LP, Red Rhino, 1983.

3-1 originally recorded in 1975 and first released on the Ouroboros album, 2000.
3-2 first released on the Individually Screened cassette, self-released, 1980.
3-3 first released on the Where Dark Forces Meet cassette, Flowmotion, 1981.
3-4 first released on the Ground Zero cassette, York House Recordings, 1981.
3-5 first released in 1981.
3-6 first released on the Embryo cassette, Mirage, 1980.
3-7 first released on the Triptych E.P EP, Recloose Organisation, 1982.
3-8 first released on the Aksu cassette, Mirage Records, 1980.
3-9 first released on The Eternal Champion cassette, Soft Room, 1983.
3-10 first released on the Scene In Mirage LP, a-mission records, 1984.
3-11 unreleased until the A Dissembly reissue, Klanggalerie, 2011.
3-12 first released n the Death House cassette, Attrition Cassettes, 1982.

4-1 first released on the 20 Jazz Funk Greats LP, Industrial Records, 1979.
4-2 first released on the Six Empty Places LP, Cherry Records, 1981.
4-3 first released on the Private Illusions No 1 cassette, In Phaze Records, 1981.
4-4 first released on the Coherent Noise cassette, Synthetic Tapes, 1980.
4-5 first released on the Play Struvé & Sneff cassette, Rotcod Productions, 1979.
4-6 first released on 7" single by Absurd Records, 1979.
4-7 first released on the Apparition, Ding Dong Records And Tapes, 1982.
4-8 first released on the Kabul LP, Product Kinematograph, 1983.
4-9 first released on the 'Alien Pulse' cassette, MAP Tapes, 1982.
4-10 first released on the Menial Disorders cassette, Deleted Records on January 1st 1980.
4-11 first released on the Storm Bugs - Gift cassette, Snatch Tapes, 1981.
4-12 first released on the Face The Firing Squad cassette, Chamber Music, 1981.
4-13 first released on the The Axe Gets Axed cassette, Synthetic Tapes, 1981.
4-14 first released on the MZUI LP, Cherry Red, 1982.

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Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 5 013929 102491
  • Barcode (Scanned): 5013929102491
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1): 2100006127058 CRCDBOX24
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI LK97
  • Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI UU015
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2): 2100006127096 CRCDBOX24
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI LK97
  • Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 9R80
  • Matrix / Runout (CD3): 2100006127133 CRCDBOX24
  • Mastering SID Code (CD3): IFPI LK97
  • Mould SID Code (CD3): IFPI 9R97
  • Matrix / Runout (CD4): 2100006127171 CRCDBOX24
  • Mastering SID Code (CD4): IFPI LK97
  • Mould SID Code (CD4): IFPI UU079
  • Rights Society: MCPS

Other Versions (3)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
Close To The Noise Floor (Formative UK Electronica 1975-1983) (2×LP, Record Store Day, Compilation, Limited Edition)Cherry RedBREDD703UK2017
Close To The Noise Floor (Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984) (51×File, ALAC, Compilation, Reissue)Cherry RedCRCDBOX 24DUK2017
Close To The Noise Floor (Formative Uk Electronica 1975-1983) (2×12", Compilation, Test Pressing)Cherry RedBREDD703UK2017

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