VISAGE

UK DISCOGRAPHY 1978-93

1978 1-sided promo 7" Steve Strange Project: In the Year 2525

    In the Year 2525 (3.40)
Midge Ure: instruments, Rusty Egan: percussion, Steve Strange: vocals. An extremely rare promo single. The cover is white, name and title is printed in yellow. They recorded three tracks using studio time left over from 'Rich Kids': 'In The Year 2525', 'The Eve of Destruction' (both are covers) and 'All the King's Horses' (written by all three of them). They used these tapes to secure a record deal by sending them to record companies. Thanks to Richard Peat for finding this info in an article.

Al Crawford: 'Visage arose from the wreckage of the late 70s 'supergroup' The Rich Kids. This group, which both Ure and Egan had been members of, disbanded leaving Ure with several hours of unused studio time. After Ure and Egan (plus three others) formed the short lived Misfits, he donated this time to Steve Strange, who was looking to record some 'futuristic disco' for his Blitz club. The studio group they put together became Visage and the track recorded in that session was a cover of Zager and Evans' In the Year 2525.'

7 Sep 1979 7" Tar

    Tar 3.27 [single version]/Frequency 7 (3.05) (Radar, ADA 48)
Steve Strange: vocals, Midge Ure: guitar, Rusty Egan: drums/saxophone, Billy Currie: keyboards, John McGeogh: guitar, Dave Formula: keyboards, Barry Adamson: bass. Both tracks written by all.

10 Nov 1980 7"/12" Fade To Grey

    Fade To Grey 3.49 [single version]/The Steps 3.14 (UK 7": POSP 194)

    Fade To Grey 3.49 [single version]/The Steps 3.14 (UK 12": POSPX 194)

    Fade To Grey 6.14 [extended]/The Steps 3.14 (German 12": Polydor, 214 131-8)

8 Dec 1980 LP (+CD) VISAGE
  1. Visage 3.53 [Strange/Ure/Egan/Currie/McGeogh/Formula/Adamson]
  2. Blocks on Blocks 4.00 [Strange/Ure/Egan/Currie/McGeogh/Formula/Adamson]
  3. The Dancer 3.40 [Ure/Egan]
  4. Tar 3.32 [LP version; re-produced by Midge Ure]
  5. Fade To Grey 4.00 [Currie/Payne/Ure]
  6. Malpaso Man 4.14 [Strange/Ure/Egan/Currie/McGeogh/Formula/Adamson]
  7. Mind of a Toy 4.28 [Strange/Ure/Egan/Currie/McGeogh/Formula/Adamson]
  8. Moon over Moscow 4.00 [Strange/Ure/Egan/Currie/McGeogh/Formula/Adamson]
  9. Visa-Age 4.18 [Strange/Ure/Egan/Currie/McGeogh/Formula/Adamson]
  10. The Steps 3.14 [Strange/Ure/Egan/Currie/McGeogh/Formula/Adamson]
    (UK LP: 2490157; German CD 1988: Polydor 800 029-2)

  11. Fade To Grey (Dance Mix) [US CD bonus track] (US CD 26 Aug 1997: One Way, OW 34519)
Recorded at Genetic Sound by Steve Strange: vocals, Midge Ure: guitar (+ bass?), Rusty Egan: drums/saxophone, Billy Currie: keyboards, electric violin on 5, John McGeogh: guitar, Dave Formula: keyboards, Barry Adamson: bass on 1, 2, 4. Computer programming: Richard Burgess [from 'Landscape'].

3 March 1981 7"/12" Mind of a Toy

    Mind of a Toy 3.32 [single edit]/
    We Move 4.00 [Strange/Ure/Egan/Currie/McGeogh/Formula/Adamson] (POSP 236)

    Mind of a Toy 5.14 (Dance Mix)//
    We Move (Dance Mix) 6.28/
    Frequency 7 (Dance Mix) 5.02 (POSPX 236)

29 June 1981 7"/12" Visage (Remix)
    Visage 3.47 [7" remix - piano and beat starts simultaneously]/
    Second Steps 5.00 [faded] [Strange/Ure/Egan/Currie/McGeogh/Formula] (POSP 293)

    Visage (Dance Mix) 6.01/Second Steps 5.26 (POSPX 293)

6 July 1981 US Dance Mix EP/MC VISAGE
  1. We Move (Dance Mix) 6.28
  2. Frequency 7 (Dance Mix) 5.02
  1. Blocks on Blocks 4.00
  2. Fade To Grey (Dance Mix) 6.41
  3. Tar 3.27 [single version] (US EP/MC: PX-1-501/CX-1-501)

4 Jan 1982 7"/12" The Damned Don't Cry

    The Damned Don't Cry 3.55 [single edit]/Motivation 3.33 [fade-out] (POSP 390)

    The Damned Don't Cry (Dance Mix) 5.46//Motivation 3.44 (POSPX 390)

28 March 1982 LP/MC (+ CD) THE ANVIL
  1. The Damned Don't Cry 4.42
  2. Anvil (night club school) 4.38
  3. Move up 4.25
  4. Night Train 4.29
  5. The Horseman 4.41
  6. Look What They've Done 4.49
  7. Again We Love 4.44
  8. Wild Life 4.24
  9. Whispers 5.38 (LP/MC: Polydor POLD/POLCD 5050; German (deleted) CD 1988: 800 022-2)
Recorded at Mayfair Studios by Steve Strange: vocals, Midge Ure: guitar, Rusty Egan: drums, Billy Currie: keyboards, electric violin, Dave Formula: keyboards, Barry Adamson: bass, Gary Barnacle: sax, Perry & Lorraine: backing vocals. All tracks written by Strange/Ure/Egan/Currie/Formula.

11 June 1982 7"/12" Night Train (Remix)

    Night Train 3.39 [edited remix by Visage/John Luongo]/
    I'm Still Searching 3.37 (POSP 441; picture disc: POSPP 441)

    Night Train (Dance Mix) 6.07 [full length remix by Visage/John Luongo]//
    Night Train (Dub Mix) 5.02/
    I'm Still Searching 3.37 (POSPX 441)

Night Train (Dance Mix) is included in the various artists triple CD set 12"/80s (Volume Two) (released 27 June 2005).

1982 Japanese 7" Whispers

    Whispers 3.47 (edit)/The Horseman 4.41 (Polydor 7DM 0069)
Interesting Japanese single because it contains a unique edit of Whispers. In 1982 TDK Japan made two TV adverts featuring Steve Strange, using Night Train and Whispers. Both tracks were also issued a singles in Japan.

29 Oct 1982 non-LP 7"/12" Pleasure Boys

    Pleasure Boys 3.34 [mixed by Visage/John Luongo]/
    The Anvil 4.26 [remix by Visage/John Luongo] (POSP 523; picture disc: POSPP 523)

    Pleasure Boys (Dance Mix) 6.56 [mixed by Visage/John Luongo]/
    The Anvil (Dance Mix) 6.14 [remix by Visage/John Luongo] (POSPX 523)

Pleasure Boys recorded at Trident Studios by Steve Strange: vocals, Rusty Egan: drums/saxophone, Billy Currie: keyboards, electric violin, Dave Formula: keyboards, Steve Barnacle: bass. Written by Strange/Egan/Currie/Formula/Barnacle.

'Pleasure Boys (Dance Mix)' was included on a Canadian various artists CD HARDEST HITS VOL 5 (SPG 005).

late 1982 promo 12" Der Amboss

    Der Amboss 5.37 ['The Anvil' remixed with German vocals]/Der Amboss (dub) 4.16
    (UK promo 12": POSPV 523)
Vladimir Kruglov gave me this info: "The German lyrics for 'Der Amboss' were written by Franz Aumuller, the member of the experimental German electronic band Roboterwerke. You can read his interview here, it's very interesting: http://dreamchimney.com/interviews/Franz_Aumuller ".

US various artists LP DANCE CLASSICS

This is a breakbeat mix for club DJs in USA. Made by drum (808), bass (303) tracks and Strange's voice from Pleasure Boy dance mix. Edited by Danny Krivit.

Oct 1983 coll-LP/CD FADE TO GREY - THE SINGLES COLLECTION

  1. Fade To Grey (Dance Mix) 6.41
  2. Mind of a Toy 3.32 [7" edit]
  3. Visage 3.48 [7" remix]
  4. We Move 3.45 [1983 Remix by Rusty Egan]
  5. Tar 3.30 [LP version]

  6. In the Year 2525 3.45 [1983 remix by John Hudson]
  7. The Anvil 4.26 [single remix by Visage/John Luongo]
  8. Night Train 3.58 [edit from LP]
  9. Pleasure Boys 3.34
  10. The Damned Don't Cry 4.02 [single edit with 7 seconds added at the end]
    (UK LP: POLD 5117; German (deleted) CD: Polydor 815 347-2)
Oct 1983 non-stop MC/LP FADE TO GREY - DANCE MIX ALBUM
  1. Fade To Grey 6.28 [Dance Mix but fades into next track]
  2. Mind of a Toy 5.14 (Dance Mix)
  3. Visage 6.01 (Dance Mix) [fades into next track]
  4. We Move 3.32 [1983 Remix but fades into next track]
  5. Tar 3.27 [single version]
  6. Der Amboss 4.35 [slightly remixed edit]
  1. In The Year 2525 3.45 [original 1978 mix]
  2. The Anvil 4.58 [a unique remix of the original Dance Mix]
  3. Night Train 6.17 [a unique remix made up of parts the Dance and Dub mixes]
  4. Pleasure Boys 3.34
  5. Damned Don't Cry 5.46 (Dance Mix)
    (UK MC: POLDC 5117; limited edition LP: POLDS 5117)

17 Aug 1984 7"/12" Love Glove

    Love Glove 4.00 [single edit] [Strange/Egan/Barnacle]/
    She's a Machine 4.50 [Strange/Egan/Steve Barnacle/Gary Barnacle/Barnett] (POSP 697)

    Love Glove (Full Version) 6.38//
    Love Glove (instrumental) 3.24/
    She's a Machine 4.50 (POSPX 697)

    Love Glove (Razormaid remix) (US DJ 12" 1984: 'Razormaid Chapter Two: Edit Dump!' (Razormaid Records, RM 002)

Sep 1984 LP BEAT BOY
  1. Beat Boy 6.46 [Strange/Egan/Barnacle/Formula/Barnett]
  2. Casualty 5.28 [Strange/Egan/Barnacle/Barnett]
  3. Questions 6.11 [Strange/Egan/Barnacle]
  4. Only the Good (Die Young) 5.58 [Strange/Egan/Barnacle/Barnett/Formula/Currie]
  5. Can You Hear Me 6.29 [Strange/Egan/Barnacle]
  6. The Promise 3.59 [Strange/Egan/Barnacle/Barnett]
  7. Love Glove 4.45 [Strange/Egan/Barnacle]
  8. Yesterday's Shadow 6.29 [Strange/Egan/Barnacle]
Steve Strange: vocals, Rusty Egan: percussion, Steve Barnacle: bass (+ keyboards?), Gary Barnacle: sax, Andy Barnett: guitar. Guest musicians: Billy Currie and Dave Formula: keyboards. Marsha Raven, Karen Ramsey, Rose Patterson (backing vocals). Fairlight programming: J.J. Recorded at Trident Studios 1982/83.

Al Crawford gave me this info: 'Billy Currie and Dave Formula left during the early stages of the recording of 'Beat Boy' after a disagreement with Rusty Egan about programming sequencers. Their input on this album is limited to composing credits on 'Only the Good' and a 'Special thanks to David Formula and Billy Currie' on the back cover.'

Vladimir gave me this info: "Can You Hear Me?" appeared as a "Razormaid remix" (time 5.47) in 1984 on a double 12" "Razormaid Chapter Four: Pressing The Vinyl" (Razormaid Records, RM 004). It was one of the first releases from Razormaid team (Art Maharg & Joseph Watt).

15 Oct 1984 MC BEAT BOY

  1. Beat Boy [full version 7.15 but without fade-out]
  2. Casualty 6.00 (Dance Mix)
  3. Questions 6.11 (Dance Mix)
  4. Only the Good (Die Young) 6.05 [extra brass sound at the start]
  5. Can You Hear Me [longer and remixed intro]
  6. The Promise 4.11 (Dance Mix)
  7. Love Glove 5.45 [unique version]
  8. Yesterday's Shadow 6.29
  9. Reprise 2.38 [Strange/Egan/Barnacle] [a remix of the intro to Questions Dance Mix]
    (MC: POLHC 12)
4 Nov 1984 7"/12" Beat Boy
    Beat Boy 3.30 [slightly remixed]/
    Beat Boy (Dub) 3.48 [fade-out of Dance Dub] (POSP 709)

    Beat Boy (Full Version) 7.15/
    Beat Boy (Dance Dub) 5.22 (POSPX 709)

    Beat Boy (10 min) Dance Mix 9.54/
    Beat Boy (Machine Mix) 8.45 (UK white label promo 12": Polydor BOY 1)

Thanks to Philippe Perret and Tapio Jämbeck for info on the 'BOY 1' 12" single.

1984 UK magazine LP DEBUT LP MAG 5

A unique dub mix, similar to dub mix (7" B-side). Only rhythm tracks with Strange's rap part. No remixer or editor info.

1985/86 deleted UK video compilation [THE VISAGE VIDEOS]

  1. Visage
  2. The Steps
  3. Fade To Grey
  4. The Dancer
  5. Damned Don't Cry
  6. Pleasure Boys
  7. Mind of a Toy
  8. Night Train
  9. Can You Hear Me?
  10. Casualty
  11. The Horseman
  12. Yesterday's Shadow
  13. Love Glove
  14. Wild Life
  15. Beat Boy
  16. Can You Hear Me? (Reprise) (PolyGram Music Video Ltd., CFV00462 / EAN: 5 01422600462 4)
CD-video Mind of a Toy
  1. Mind of a Toy 5.14 (Dance Mix)
  2. We Move (Dance Mix) 6.28
  3. Frequency 7 (Dance Mix) 5.02
  4. Mind of a Toy 3.32 [video track] (CD-video Oct 1988: Polydor, 080 012-2)
12"/CDM/3" CDS Fade To Grey
  1. Fade To Grey 6.14 [extended]
  2. Mind of a Toy 4.28 [LP version]
  3. The Damned Don't Cry 4.44 [LP version]
  4. Beat Boy 5.22 (Dance Dub) (12"/CD-maxi 1988: Polydor, 885 873-1/887 586-2)
  1. Fade To Grey 4.00 [LP version]
  2. The Steps 3.14 (3" CD single 1989: Polygram 885 873-3)
CD-maxi Mind of a Toy/Fade To Grey/Visage
  1. Mind of a Toy (Dance Mix) 5.14
  2. Fade To Grey 6.21 [Dance Mix but last 20 sec edited out]
  3. Visage (Dance Mix) 6.01 (CD-maxi 1992: Old Gold, OG 6520)
16 Aug 1993 remix CDM/12"/2x12" Fade To Grey - Bassheads 93 Remix
  1. Fade To Grey (Bassheads 7" edit) 3.22 [remixed by Bassheads/Andy Stevenson]
  2. Fade To Grey (7" Remix) 3.37 [remixed by Tim Wedge/Daryl Stickley]
  3. Fade To Grey (original 7" mix) 3.49
  4. Fade To Grey (Wild Cat Mix) 7.48 [remixed by Tim Wedge/Daryl Stickley]
    (Polydor, 859 673-2)
  1. Fade To Grey (Bassheads 7" edit) 3.22 [remixed by Bassheads/Andy Stevenson]
  2. Fade To Grey (7" Remix) 3.37 [remixed by Tim Wedge/Daryl Stickley]
  3. Fade To Grey (original 7" mix) 3.49
  4. Fade To Grey (Bassheads Dub) 7.35 [remixed by Bassheads]
  5. Fade To Grey (Bassheads Trance) 7.28 [remixed by Bassheads/Dave Ralph]
  6. Fade To Grey (Subliminal Mix) 5.16 [remixed by Tim Wedge/Daryl Stickley]
  7. Fade To Grey (Wild Cat Mix) 7.48 [remixed by Tim Wedge/Daryl Stickley]
    (promo CD-maxi: Polydor, PZCD 282/861 961-2)
    Fade to Grey (12" Mix) 8.05 [remixed by Tim Wedge and Daryl Stickley for Hypnotic State]
    Fade to Grey (Bassheads Vocal Mix) 7.11 [remixed by Bassheads and Andy Stephenson]
    (12": Polydor UK, 859 673-1)
    Fade to Grey (12" Mix) 8.05 [remixed by Tim Wedge and Daryl Stickley for Hypnotic State]
    Fade to Grey (Original extended mix)//
    Fade To Grey (Wild Cat Mix) 7.48 [remixed by Tim Wedge/Daryl Stickley]
    Fade To Grey (Subliminal Mix) 5.16 [remixed by Tim Wedge/Daryl Stickley]

    Fade to Grey (Bassheads Vocal Mix) 7.11 [remixed by Bassheads and Andy Stephenson]
    Fade To Grey (Bassheads Trance) 7.28 [remixed by Bassheads/Dave Ralph]//
    Fade To Grey (Bassheads Dub) 7.35 [remixed by Bassheads]
    Fade To Grey (Bassheads Piano Mix) 7.35 [remixed by Bassheads]
    (DJ 2x12": Polydor PZ 282 DJ 1+2)

Thanks to Joachim Rudolf for info on the 2x12".

reissue coll-CD THE BEST OF VISAGE

  1. Fade To Grey 3.49 [single version]
  2. Mind of a Toy 3.32 [7" edit]
  3. Visage 3.48 [7" remix]
  4. We Move (1983 Remix) 3.45
  5. Tar 3.30 [LP version]
  6. In the Year 2525 3.45 [1983 remix by John Hudson]
  7. The Anvil 4.26 [single remix by Visage/John Luongo]
  8. Night Train 3.58 [edit from LP]
  9. Pleasure Boys 3.34
  10. The Damned Don't Cry 4.02 [single edit with 7 seconds added at the end]
  11. Love Glove 4.00 [edit]
  12. Fade To Grey (Bassheads '93 7" edit) 3.22 [remixed by Bassheads/Andy Stevenson]
    (CD 1993: Polydor, 521 053-2)
European coll-CD MASTER SERIES
  1. Fade To Grey 3.49 [single version]
  2. The Damned Don't Cry 3.55 [single edit]
  3. Love Glove 4.45
  4. Mind of a Toy 3.32 [single edit]
  5. Der Amboss 5.37
  6. Questions 6.11
  7. Visage 3.47 [7" remix]
  8. The Promise 3.59
  9. In the Year 2525 (3.40) [original 1978 mix]
  10. The Anvil 4.27 [single remix]
  11. Beat Boy 6.46
  12. The Steps (Instrumental) 3.12
  13. We Move 3.45 [1983 Remix by Rusty Egan]
  14. Only the Good Die Young 5.58
  15. ['Motivation (Instrumental)'] 5.46 [by mistake an unknown group's track was put here]
  16. Blocks on Blocks 3.47 (CD 1 Sep 1997: PolyGram, 537 904-2)
UK coll-CD THE DAMNED DON'T CRY
  1. Visage 3.48 [7" remix]
  2. Tar 3.32 [LP version]
  3. Fade to Grey 3.49 [single version]
  4. Mind of a Toy 3.34 [single edit]
  5. Night Train 4.39 [LP version]
  6. Whispers 5.37
  7. The Anvil 4.41 [LP version]
  8. We Move (Dance Mix) 6.30
  9. Pleasure Boys (Dance Mix) 6.56
  10. Love Glove 4.02 [single edit]
  11. Damned Don't Cry 4.46 [LP version]
  12. Beat Boy 6.48 [LP version]
  13. She's a Machine 4.50 [B-side Love Glove]
  14. In the Year 2525 3.41 [original 1978 mix]
  15. The Steps 3.14 [first pressings had the B-side 'Second Steps' 5.26 instead]
  16. Frequency 7 (Dance Mix) 5.06 (CD 23 Oct 2000: Spectrum 544 381-2)

A COMPLETE LIST OF THE VISAGE 12" MIXES:

Fade To Grey 6.14 [extended]
Mind of a Toy (Dance Mix) 5.14
We Move (Dance Mix) 6.28
Frequency 7 (Dance Mix) 5.02
Visage (Dance Mix) 6.01
Fade To Grey 6.41 (Dance mix)

The Damned Don't Cry (Dance Mix) 5.46
Night Train (Dance Mix) 6.07
Night Train (Dub Mix) 5.02
Pleasure Boys (Dance Mix) 6.56
The Anvil (Dance Mix) 6.14
Der Amboss 5.37 ['The Anvil' in German]
Der Amboss (dub) 4.16

Der Amboss [1983 Dance Mix remix] 4.35
The Anvil [1983 Dance Mix remix] 4.58
Night Train [1983 Dance Mix remix] 6.17

Love Glove (Full Version) 6.38
Beat Boy (Full Version) 7.15
Beat Boy (Dance Dub) 5.22
Beat Boy (Dance Mix) 9.54
Beat Boy (Machine Mix) 8.45
Casualty (Dance Mix) 6.00
Questions (Dance Mix) 7.08
The Promise (Dance Mix) 4.11

Copyright (c) 1996-08-21 Jonas Wårstad.

Thanks to Richard Peat, Ashley Fletcher, Oliver Lopinski, Stefan Kautz, Al Crawford, Thon Öyvind, Stefan Simonson and Eiichi Yoshimura.

Last update 2008-03-15.

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