ULTRAVOX

THE ISLAND YEARS

early Oct 1976 various artists LP ROCK & REGGAE & DEREK & CLIVE

4 Feb 1977 7" Dangerous Rhythm
    Dangerous Rhythm 4.14/My Sex 3.01 (Island, WIP 6375)
25 Feb 1977 LP (+CD) ULTRAVOX!
  1. Sat'day Night in the City of the Dead 2.34
  2. Life at Rainbow's End (For All the Tax Exiles on Main Street) 3.43
  3. Slip Away 4.15
  4. I Want to Be a Machine 7.23
  5. Wide Boys 3.15
  6. Dangerous Rhythm 4.14
  7. The Lonely Hunter 3.43
  8. The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned 5.50
  9. My Sex 3.01 (LP: ILPS 9449; CD: IMCD 146)

    Extra tracks on 2006 CD:

  10. Slip Away (live at The Rainbow) 4.09 [B-side Young Savage, May 1977]
  11. Modern Love (live at The Rainbow) 2.31 [B-side to free 7" "Quirks" with 2nd LP, Oct 1977]
  12. The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned (live at The Rainbow) 5.18 [from Retro EP, March 1978]
  13. My Sex (live at Huddersfield Polytechnic) 3.05 [from Retro EP, March 1978] (CD 10 July 2006: IMCD 324)

28 May 1977 non-LP 7" Young Savage

    Young Savage 2.56/Slip Away (live at The Rainbow) 4.09 (WIP 6392)

14 Oct 1977 LP/MC (+CD) HA! - HA! - HA!

  1. ROckWrok 3.33
  2. The Frozen Ones 4.06
  3. Fear in the Western World 4.00
  4. Distant Smile 5.20
  5. The Man Who Dies Every Day 4.09
  6. Artifical Life 4.57
  7. While I'm Still Alive 3.13
  8. Hiroshima Mon Amour 5.13 (LP/MC: ILPS/ZCI 9505; CD: IMCD 147)

    Extra tracks on 2006 CD:

  9. Young Savage 2.56 [single May 1977]
  10. The Man Who Dies Every Day (remix) 4.15 [B-side of "The Frozen Ones" German single]
  11. Hiroshima Mon Amour (alternative early version) 4.54 [B-side ROckWrok]
  12. Quirks 1.38 [free 7" with initial copies of the LP]
  13. The Man Who Dies Every Day (live at Huddersfield Polytechnic) 3.54 [from Retro EP, March 1978]
  14. Young Savage (live at The Marquee) 3.23 [from Retro EP, March 1978] (CD 10 July 2006: IMCD 325)
A 7" with "Quirks" 1.38 backed with "Modern Love (live)" 2.31 (WIP 6417) was included free with initial copies of the LP.

14 Oct 1977 7" ROckWrok

    ROckWrok 3.33/Hiroshima Mon Amour (alternative early version) 4.54 (WIP 6404)

12" (+ US CDM) The Peel Sessions

  1. My Sex 2.50
  2. Artificial Life 4.55
  3. Young Savage 2.55
    (UK 12" April 1988: Strange Fruit, SFPS 047; US CDM 1991: DEI 8309-2)
Recorded for the John Peel show on Radio 1 on 21st November 1977.

1 March 1978 live-EP Retro EP

    The Man Who Dies Every Day (Live) 3.42 [live at the Huddersfield Poly]/
    Young Savage (Live) 3.13 [live at The Marquee, London]//
    The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned (Live) 4.33 [live at The Rainbow]/
    My Sex (Live) 2.53 [live at the Huddersfield Polytechnic] (Island, IEP 8)
"The standard version of this record plays at 33.33 r.p.m., however the pre- release DJ version plays at 45 r.p.m. and features a spoken introduction by John Foxx. The original picture sleeve bears the Helga Press logo on the back of the sleeve, whereas the re-issue does not.  This single was reissued in July 1981 - the same catalogue number and artwork were used." Thanks to Cerise Reed for this information.

4 Aug 1978 7"/12" Slow Motion

    Slow Motion 3.27/Dislocation 2.55 (WIP/12WIP 6454)
11 Sep 1978 LP/MC (+CD) SYSTEMS OF ROMANCE
  1. Slow Motion 3.27
  2. I Can't Stay Long 4.16
  3. Someone Else's Clothes 4.25
  4. Blue Light 3.09
  5. Some of Them 2.29
  6. Quiet Men 4.08
  7. Dislocation 2.55
  8. Maximum Acceleration 3.53
  9. When You Walk Through Me 4.15
  10. Just for a Moment 3.10 (LP/MC: ILPS/ZCI 9555; CD: IMCD 148)

    Extra tracks on 2006 CD:

  11. Cross Fade 2.53 [B-side Quiet Men]
  12. Quiet Men (Remix - Full Version) 3.54 (CD 10 July 2006: IMCD 326)
20 Oct 1978 7"/12" Quiet Men (Remix)
    Quiet Men (Remix - edit) 3.16/Cross Fade 2.53 (WIP 6459)

    Quiet Men (Remix - Full Version) 3.54/Cross Fade 2.56 (12WIP 6459)

Rodney Meiklejohn informed me: "The edit has a shortened introduction and the ending is a fade, rather than running the track's full course, which ends in an abrupt cut off, almost as if the tape was suddenly stopped."

6 June 1980 coll-LP/MC (+CD) THREE INTO ONE

  1. Young Savage 2.58
  2. ROckwrok 3.34
  3. Dangerous Rhythm 4.14
  4. The Man Who Dies Everyday 4.10
  5. The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned 5.51
  6. Slow Motion 3.27
  7. Just for a Moment 3.10
  8. Quiet Men (Remix - Full Version) 3.54 [CD has the 4.08 album version]
  9. My Sex 3.01
  10. Hiroshima mon amour 5.11 (LP/MC: Island, ILPS/ICM 9614; CD: CID 9614/IMCD 30)
3 March 1981 reissue 7"/2x7"/cassette Slow Motion
    Slow Motion 3.27/Quiet Men (Remix - edit) 3.16//Hiroshima Mon Amour 4.40 [shortened album version] (7": WIP 6691)
    Slow Motion 3.27/Dislocation 2.55
    Quiet Men (Remix - edit) 3.16/Hiroshima Mon Amour (early version) 4.54 (2x7": DWIP 6691)
    Slow Motion 3.27/Hiroshima Mon Amour 4.54/Quiet Men 4.08/Dislocation 2.55 (cassette: CDWIP 6691)
Colin Lane told me that the shortened album version of Hiroshima Mon Amour has the part 0.07 - 0.32 edited out and also a slightly shorter fade-out (approximately 6 seconds). Chris Eckersley gave me this info on the cassette: "This was one of Island's experimental '1+1' cassette series that had all the tracks on one side, the other side was blank so you could record your own music on it. It came in a black cardboard box similar to a cigarette packet."

March 1999 coll-CD THE ISLAND YEARS

  1. Dangerous Rhythm 4.14
  2. My Sex 3.01
  3. I Want to Be a Machine 7.23
  4. The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned 5.51
  5. Life at Rainbow's End (For All the Tax Exiles on Main Street) 3.43
  6. Young Savage 2.58
  7. Slipaway 4.15
  8. ROckwrok 3.34
  9. Hiroshima mon amour 5.11
  10. Distant Smile 5.20
  11. The Man Who Dies Everyday 4.10
  12. While I'm Still Alive 3.13
  13. Slow Motion 3.27
  14. Quiet Men 4.12
  15. Cross Fade 2.56 [B-side Quiet Men]
  16. Just for a Moment 3.10 (Spectrum 554 898 2)
Copyright (c) 1996-12-30 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2006-10-11.

Thanks to Richard Peat, Al Crawford, Warren Cann and Rodney Meiklejohn.

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