No, this isn't an actual album, but a collection of b-sides, bootlegs, and appearances on other artist's albums from Bri-Bri's glam-rockin' heydey. It would have made a great album, tho, for fans of the man's "Warm Jets"-to-"Before And After Science" song-oriented work, which would include, I would imagine, most of you-all at some point in your lives. I'm surprised that Eno or his labels have never put together a collection like this, seems like a natural. As he is one of the most famous/popular avant-rockers in history, you think they'd be trying to milk it they way they're doing with the Velvet Underground.No ambient stuff here. The Cluster tracks are certainly atmospheric, tho still actual tunes with vocals/lyrics. The three tracks from "Peter and the Wolf" are instrumentals, but they rock - Eno going nuts on the synth, like his solos on Roxy Music songs like "Editions of You."
"Qu'ran," which sampled Muslims chanting from their holy book, was included on the original pressings of "My Life..." (I still have my old vinyl copy!) but not only was it not included as one of the many bonus tracks on the 25th anniversary re-issue, it's not even mentioned in David Byrne's otherwise thorough liner notes. Them Muslims must be scary...
Eno: The Lost '70s Pop Album
1. Seven Deadly Finns [single, 1974]
2. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) [single, 1975]
3. Big Day [from Phil Manzanera's "Diamond Head" 1975]
4. Miss Shapiro "
5. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch [live, with The Winkies 1974]
6. Totalled [live, with The Winkies 1974 - a radically different version of this song would appear on 1975's "Another Green World" album as "I'll Come Running"]
7. Fever [Peggy Lee cover; live, with The Winkies 1974]
8. Baby's On Fire [live, with Kevin Ayers, John Cale "June 1, 1974"]
9. Third Uncle [w/Phil Manzanera's band "801 Live" 1976]
10. The Fat Lady Of Limbourg "
11. Wolf [from "Peter And The Wolf" various artists inc Phil Collins, narrator: Viv Stanshell, 1975]
12. Wolf and Duck "
13. Wolf Stalks "
14. Luneburg Heath [w/German group Harmonia featuring Michael Rother from Neu!, and Cluster, from "Harmonia 76," unreleased until 1997]
15. Broken Head [from "After The Heat" w/Cluster, 1978, initially a somewhat hard-to-find import-only album in the US]
16. The Belldog "
17. Tzima N'arki "
18. R.A.F. [w/Snatch, "King's Lead Hat" b-side, 1978]
19. Qu'ran [w/David Byrne, from first pressings of their album "My Life In The Bush of Ghosts," recorded 1979, released 1981]
Thanks to pj for the artwork!
15 comments:
Wow! Nicely done.
Way cool! Thanks!
Thank you. Really, really nice to have these all in one place!
An attempt, of sorts, was made at a compilation of 'Pop' tunes entitled 'More Blank Than Frank'.
I had a copy which disappeared, but I still have the insert art-work entitled 'Baby's on Fire'.
I think it was part of a larger project, but time has erased my memory of what it was.
'Music in the World of Islam' has a lot to answer for IMHO (though I really like the lute disc).
OSM
You are all very welcome. OSM, I looked up that album, and it is a comp of his pop tunes, but no rarities - just yer basic album tracks. I'm still first!
Indeed, your crown remains untarnished and rightly so.
OSM.
Thanks pj, but where's the cover?
Excellent! Thanks so much pj, really appreciate it.
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THANKS.
Whoa! Thanks a lot, really appreciate this!
Mr. Spaceman, I had the cassette version of More Blank thank Frank. I bought it because there were more tracks on it than the album. Later I grabbed the CD version in a cutout bin, but it was considerably more subdued than the album or tape.
Thanks so much for this post, Mr. Fab. You've healed my virtual copy of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. I knew it deviated from the LP, and I still consider the LP to be the better, more concise and higher quality version of the two.
Regarding Qu'ran being omitted from the rerelease, Byrne recently explained in Pitchfork that they decided to remove it in response to a request from an Islamic organization in London which complained that Muslims would find the song offensive. Too bad, but he seemed completely cool with the choice and outcome. Full details here: http://freemuse.org/archives/757
Thanks for this great comp - listening to it now!
Very interesting! Can't wait to hear it.
Brilliant idea. Somebody out to approach Island or whoever and release this as it appears here. So great to hear all these hard to find Eno tracks in one place. Cheers.
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