Cabaret Voltaire - Micro-Phonies

This is a great album released amidst Cold War and high unemployment around
the world. The album's theme and production conveys this with the Cabs usual sardonic
humour. It's very fitting that the album was released during 1984 being the time-stamp
of the George Orwell novel and all that. Musically, their sound became more settled with
the use of their new studio and equipment. This version contains all the extra tracks related to the period. Brilliant.


Micro-Phonies:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VVNF0A61

Kraftwerk - Showroom Dummies (Remix)

This is a 1981 remix of Showroom Dummies. It's about half the length of the album version
with extra electronic drums which gives it a tighter feel. This is a vinyl rip albeit a good one.

Showroom Dummies:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ESZ9JBLC

Yello - You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess

This album was a turning point for Yello. With a recently acquired Fairlight sampler and a Linn drum computer Boris Blank really went to town with his sountrack/songs which became their new template. Dieter Meier also created stories within the soundtrack, whilst using many vocal techniques to keep the listener surprised. Intelligent and really good fun.
This reissue includes extras also.

You Gotta Say Yes:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W8C6I896

Visage - The Anvil

The Anvil was just released lately on Cherry Red records, after years of not being available
on cd, it finally arrived. The Ultravox influence was very strong on this one. At times it sounds like a continuation of Rage In Eden, partly due to Midge Ure and Billy Currie having a more prominent role. There are extra tracks included on this release, but some important tracks are sadly missing. I included Night Train single remix but it's a vinyl rip. Well here we go anyway.

The Anvil:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0VUZH46N

Ultravox - Systems Of Romance

Remastered version of the 1978 classic. This was the beginning of the Ultravox relationship
with the legendary Krautrock producer Conny Plank, eventhough the Midge Ure years sounded
totally different. In places some of the songs are very like Foxx's later lp The Garden ,which included a track called Systems Of Romance. The extra track b-side Crossfade sounds like something from Metamatic which was to follow when Foxx went solo. Great stuff.

Systems Of Romance:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=018RG4B7

Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call

Simple Minds came into their own with this great album which is marginally better than New Gold Dream in my opinion. The band members played so tight and it is produced so well by Steve Hillage. It includes all the tracks which were excluded from the earlier print.


Sons And Facination/Sister Feelings Call:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NF0QQB3Q

Sylvian/Sakamoto - Bamboo Houses/Music

Another couple of great tracks from around the period of Japan's big success(1982). You can hear the big Sakamoto influence running through it. The Prophet 5 synthesizer is very prominent throughout. These are the extended versions and are ripped from cd.


Bamboo Houses/Music:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5927GOYA