The Tears Of Technology

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2020-02-28

Label: Ace

Released in a gatefold cover and additional white poly-lined inner sleeves.

Track B3 is mono, the rest tracks are stereo.

Human League picture on back by Jill Furmanovsky.

Label incorrectly lists A3 artist as IMPLE MINDS.

Written by credits per back, on labels:
A1 (Daly, Lundon, Reilly); A2 (Brambilla, Le Breton); A3 (Forbes, Kerr, MacNeil, McGee); A4 (Harrison, Johnson, King, Lancaster, Nagle); A5 (Broudie, Simpson); A6 (Balfe)
B1 (Almond, Ball); B2 (Foxx); B3 (Fitzgerald); B4 (Bates, Becker); B5 (Humphreys, McCluskey)
C1 (Leer); C2 (Payne); C3 (Head); C4 (Carter, Fanni Tutti); C5 (Mansfield)
D1 (Craig-Marsh, Oakey, Ware, Wright); D2 (Haig); D3 (Cope); D4 (Lloyd, Oppenheimer); D5 (Bastow)

[On front:]
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present The Tears Of Technology

[On back:]
Side One
1. "Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms • Some People Think It's Fun To Entertain" LP Virgin V 2243 (1982)
2. Disques Strategie STRAT. XX1 (1984)
3. "Real To Real Cacophony" LP Zoom Records SPART 1109 (1979)
4. "Some Bizzare Album" LP Some Bizzare BZ LP 1 (1981)
5. Arista KBIRD 1 (1983)
6. "To The Shores Of Lake Placid" LP Zoo Records ZOO 4 (1982)

Side Two
1. "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" LP Some Bizzare BZLP 2 (1981)
2. "The Garden" LP Virgin V 2194 (1981)
3. Red Flame RF 708 (1982)
4. "Drumming The Beating Heart" LP Cherry Red BRED 36 (1982)
5. "Architecture & Morality" LP Dindisc DID 12 (1981)

Side Three
1. Oblique Records ER 101 (1978)
2. Scratch Records SCR 002 (1981)
3. Virgin VS 614 (1984)
4. Rough Trade RT 078 (1983)
5. "From A To B" LP GTO GTLP 041 (1980)

Side Four
1. "Travelogue" LP Virgin V 2160 (1980)
2. "Chantons Noël - Ghosts Of Christmas Past" LP Les Disques Du Crépuscule TWI 058 (1981)
3. "Wilder" LP Mercury 6359 056 (1981)
4. "New Mexico" self-released cassette (1982)
5. "Music Beds LP Bruton Music BRI 22 (1982)

Front cover photograph courtesy of Interfoto/Alamy

The copyrights in these sound recordings are owned by
the copyright owners listed inside and are licensed
to Ace Records Ltd.

This compilation ℗ & © 2020 Ace Records Ltd

Made in the EU

[Gatefold inner:]
Bob Stanley, West Yorkshire, Autumn 2019

Licensing
Side One:
1 & 3 ℗ Virgin Records Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
2 ℗ Licensed from Minimal Wave, New York. Originally released on vinyl on the "Alternative Strategies" album. Available digitally on iTunes. www.minimalwave.com.
4 ℗ Invisiblegirl Records.
5 ℗ Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd. Licensed from Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
6 ℗ Dave Balfe.

Side Two:
1 ℗ Mercury Records Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
2 ℗ Metamatic LLP.
3 ℗ Small Wonder Records. Licensed from Cherry Red Records.
4 ℗ Cherry Red Records Ltd. Licensed from Cherry Red Records.
5 ℗ Virgin Records Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Operations Ltd.

Side Three:
1 ℗ Cherry Red Records Ltd. Licensed from Cherry Red Records.
2 ℗ President Records Ltd. Licensed courtesy of President Records Ltd.
3 ℗ Virgin Records Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
4 ℗ Chris Carter & Cosey Fanni Tutti.
5 ℗ GTO Records Ltd.

Side Four:
1 ℗ Virgin Records Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
2 ℗ Released under licence from LTM Recordings.
3 ℗ Mercury Records Ltd. Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Operations Ltd.
4 ℗ Licensed from Minimal Wave, New York. Originally released on vinyl on the "New Mexico" album. Available digitally on iTunes. www.minimalwave.com.
5 ℗ Universal Publishing Production Music Ltd.

[On labels:]
This compilation ℗ & © 2020 Ace Records Ltd
Made in the EU

[On label side A:]
1 BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
2 Copyright Control.
3 EMI Music Pub Ltd.
4 Invisible Girl Music Pub/Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
5 & 6 Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

[On label side B:]
1 Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
2 Universal/Island Music Ltd.
3 & 4 Cherry Red Songs/Kassner Associated Pub Ltd.
5 BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

[On label side C:]
1 & 4 Cherry Red Songs/Kassner Associated Pub Ltd.
2 Kassner Associated Pub Ltd.
3 Warner Chappell Music International Ltd.
5 BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

[On label side D:]
1 BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
2 & 4 Copyright Control.
3 Warner Bros Music Ltd.
5 Bruton Music Ltd


Pressing plant, lacquer cut studio and credit are uncredited, derived from the runout etchings.