News 02 Sep 2013

Cabaret Voltaire / #8385 Collected Works 1983-1985 multi-format box

By Paul Sinclair

Cabaret Voltaire will release a very special box set on 4 November via Mute Records.

#8385 Collected Works 1984- 1985 is a weighty six CD, four vinyl and two DVD box set that includes remastered versions of four of Cabaret Voltaire’s mid-period releases on CD and vinyl: The Crackdown (1983), Micro-Phonies (1984), Drinking Gasoline (1985) and The Covenant, The Sword and the Arm of the Lord (1985).

A further CD collects the band’s twelve inch versions from the period, and a final disc of unreleased tracks, called Earthshaker, completes the CD element of the set.

The first of the two DVDs, Cabaret Voltaire Live, collates two live shows, the Bedford Boys Club (18.08.84) and Hammersmith Palais (02.12.84). The second DVD sees the DVD debut of the 1985 experimental video Gasoline In Your Eye and adds the four promotional videos from the time.

#8385 Collected Works 1983-1985 will be a limited numbered edition, with only 500 copies being made. These will include a 40-page booklet with photographs, notes and essays. All audio is remastered from the original tapes.

With Vinyl

Without Vinyl

Contents / track listings:

CD

1. Micro-Phonies (CD)

Do Right
The Operative
Digital Rasta
Spies In The Wires
Theme From Earthshaker
James Brown
Slammer
Blue Heat
Sensoria

2. Drinking Gasoline (CD)

Kino
Sleepwalking
Big Funk
Ghost Talk

3. The Crackdown + EP (CD)

24-24
In The Shadows
Talking Time
Animation
Over And Over
Just Fascination
Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself)
Haiti
Crackdown
Diskono
Theme From Doublevision
Moscow
Badge Of Evil

4. The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord (CD)

L21ST
I Want You
Hells Home
Kickback
The Arm Of The Lord
Warm
Golden Halos
Motion Rotation
Whip Blow
The Web

5. Cabaret Voltaire 83-85 12″ As and Bs (CD)

Just Fascination (12” Version)
Crackdown (12)
The Dream Ticket (12” Version)
Sensoria (12” Version)
James Brown (12” Version)
I Want You (12” Version)
Safety Zone (12” Version)
Cut The Damn Camera (12” Version)
Bad Self Pt.1 (12” Version)
Drink Your Poison (12” Version)
COMA (12” Version)

6. Earthshaker (CD)

Earthshaker 5
Earthshaker 1
Theme From Earthshaker (Sheffield Mix)
Digital Rasta (Dub Version)
Earthshaker 3
Whip Blow (Instrumental Dub)
James Brown (Instrumental)
Golden Halos (Instrumental Dub)
Earthshaker 2
Cut The Damn Camera (Sheffield Mix)
Do Right (Cut Up Mix)
Earthshaker 4

DVD

DVD 1

Bedford Boys Club 18.08.84

Intro
Crackdown
Sensoria
Just Fascination
Safety Zone
Ghost Talk
Digital Rasta
Kino
Do right

Hammersmith Palais 02.12.84

Mao Intro
Animation
Big Funk
Sensoria
Digital Rasta
Japno
Ghost Talk
Sleepwalking
Kino
Do Right

DVD 2.

Gasoline In Your Eye

Introduction
Crackdown
Diffusion
Sleepwalking
Slow Boat To Thassos
Sensoria
Automotivation
Big Funk
Kino
Ghostalk
Fadeout

DVD Extras

Just Fascination 7″ Mix
Sensoria 7″ Mix
I Want You 7″ Mix
I Want You 12″ Mix

Vinyl

9. Micro-Phonies

Side 1

Do Right
The Operative
Digital Rasta
Spies In The Wires
Theme From Earthshaker

Side 2

James Brown
Slammer
Blue Heat
Sensoria

10. Drinking Gasoline

Side 1

Kino
Sleepwalking

Side 2

Big Funk
Ghost Talk

11. The Crackdown

Side 1

24-24
In The Shadows
Talking Time
Animation

Side 2

Over And Over
Just Fascination
Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself)
Haiti
Crackdown

12. The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord

Side 1

L21ST
I Want You
Hells Home
Kickback
The Arm Of The Lord

Side 2

Warm
Golden Halos
Motion Rotation
Whip Blow
The Web

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