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1979 - 1988

2003 -2009

Title / Tracks Format/Catalog#/Notes
 
The Pictures On My Wall (single)

A The Pictures On My Wall
B Read It In Books
7" (Zoo Cage) 004 UK released May 5, 1979
- 4,000 only, "The Revenge Of Voodoo Billy" scratched in B-side run-off, label either blue lettering on yellow or green on light gray
- There also a 7" released on Cage in 1979 with the same catalog number with no message in the run-off


The Pictures On My Wall
Read It In Books

CD (Document) DC3 1991
CD (Griffin) 466 1995
- this is the one states " VERY FIRST ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN SINGLE PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE ON CD" in white letters across the front, despite the 1991 Document release

 

 

 

Street To Street: A Liverpool Album (various artists compilation)

Monkeys

LP Open Eye OE 501
released August 1979
- misspelled Monkies on the inner record label
Rescue (single)

Rescue
Simple Stuff

7" Korova KOW 1
released May 5, 1980

limited edition reissued on 7" vinyl December 4, 2006

Rescue
Simple Stuff
Pride

12" Korova KOW 1T
released May 5, 1980
Crocodiles (album)

 
 
 

1. Going Up 3.57
2. Stars Are Stars 2.45
3. Pride 2.41
4. Monkeys 2.49
5. Crocodiles 2.38
6. Rescue 4.26
7. Villiers Terrace 2.44
8. Pictures On My Wall 2.52
9. All That Jazz 2.46
10. Happy Death Men 4.56

*re-issue bonus tracks
11. Do It Clean
12. Read It in Books
13. Simple Stuff
14. Villiers Terrace [Early Version]
15. Pride [Early Version]
16. Simple Stuff [Early Version]
17. Crocodiles [Live]
18. Zimbo [Live]
19. All That Jazz [Live]
20. Over the Wall [Live]

LP Korova KODE 1
LP Sire SRK 6096 (US)
CD Sire 6096-2 (US)
CD WEA Music KK WMC5-54 (JP)
LP WEA 58 175 (Germany)
LP WEA 670 0010 (Brazil)
CD Rhino (US)
CD Wea/Warner (UK)

released July 18, 1980
Included a free single 7" SAM 128 Do It Clean/Read It In Books.
Cassette version included two extra tracks: Read It In Books, The Puppet.
US and JP versions include tracks in a different order as well as 2 additional tracks: Do It Clean, Read It In Books.

Cover art photographed in Rickmansworth Woods in the UK by Brian Griffin

Issued on vinyl in Brazil, in 1987, to coincide with their first South American tour. The design and tracklist is the same as in the UK pressing.

rereleased November 3, 2003 (UK) and January 27, 2004 (US)
with 10 bonus tracks. The Package also Includes New Liner Notes and Plenty of Photos in the Booklet, Housed in an "o" Style Slipcase.

Highest UK Chart Position: 17
July 1980


Do It Clean (single)

Do It Clean
Read It In Books

7" Korova SAM 128

released 1980
Notes: See Crocodiles above, came free with the album, no picture sleeve

The Puppet (single)

The Puppet
Do It Clean

7" Korova KOW 11

released September 14, 1980

Shine So Hard - Excerpts From The Original Soundtrack (EP)

Crocodiles
All That Jazz
Zimbo
Over The Wall

12" Korova Echo 1
12" WEA MX 214362 (NZ)
Cass Korova Echo 1M

released April 10, 1981
- recorded live at the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton January 17, 1981. NZ version swaps order of tracks 2 and 3.

 

Highest UK Single Chart Position: 37
April 1981

 

Crocodiles (single promo)

Crocodiles
Crocodiles (Edit)

7" Korova ECHO 1, UK promo only 1981

- Edit song is taken from the Shine so Hard EP, so its the live version.

Heaven Up Here (album)

1. Show of Strength 4.50
2. With A Hip 4.15
3. Over The Wall 5.55
4. It Was A Pleasure 3.10
5. A Promise 4.05
6. Heaven Up Here 3.40
7. The Disease 2.25
8. All My Colours 4.05
9. No Dark Things 4.25
10. Turquoise Days 3.50
11. All I Want 4.05

*re-issue bonus tracks
12. Broke My Neck [Long Version]
13. Show of Strength [Live]
14. Disease [Live]
15. All I Want [Live]
16. Zimbo [Live]

 

LP Korova KODE 3
LP Sire SRK 3569 (US)
CD Sire 3569-2 (US)

LP 58320 (French)
CD Rhino (US)
CD Wea/Warner (UK)

released May 30, 1981

French LP - "It was a
pleasure" is listed as "It was a pleasure to meet you" on label, the same with "My life´s the disease".

Cover art photographed "some mud flats on the Severn Estuary" in the UK by Brian Griffin. Also won "Best Sleeve Award" in NME

rereleased November 3, 2003 (UK) and January 27, 2004 (US)
with 5 bonus tracks
The Package also Includes New Liner Notes and Plenty of Photos in the Booklet, Housed in an "o" Style Slipcase.

 

Highest UK Chart Position: 10
June 1981

Highest US Chart Position: 184

A Promise (single)

A1 Promise (3:55)
B1 Broke My Neck (live)

7" Korova KOW 15 (UK)

A1 was recorded at Rockfield Studios on March 1981.
B1 was recorded on a long day at Tistedal, Norway, on June 7 1981.

released July 10, 1981

A1 Promise (3:55)
B1 Do It Clean
B2 Broke My Neck (live)

7" WEA 18 836 (Belgium)

A1 was recorded at Rockfield Studios on March 1981.
B1 was recorded at Rockfield Studios on 1980, and originally appeared as the B side of The Puppet (KOW 11) in September 1980 and, later, as a free single (SAM 128) given away with Crocodiles LP copies at some point in late 1980 in the UK. It was also featured in the Crocodiles album (SRK 6096) itself in the US.
B2 was recorded on a long day at Tistedal, Norway, on June 7 1981.

 



A1 Promise (3:55)
B1 Broke My Neck (Long Version) (7:11)

 


12" Korova KOW 15T (UK)

A1 was recorded at Rockfield Studios on March 1981.
B1 was recorded on a long day at Tistedal, Norway, on June 7 1981.

 

Over The Wall (single)

Over The Wall
Crocodiles

7" WEA 100174 (Australia)
released 1981
- no picture sleeve
Selections from Urgh! A Music War Soundtrack (various artists compilation)

includes "The Puppet"

12" EP A&M SP-171 69 (Australia)

released 1981
- no pic sleeve, white label

Side A
Driven to Tears (The Police)
The Puppet (EATB)
Ain't This the Life (Oingo Boingo)

Side B
Uncontrollable Urge (Devo)
We Got the Beat (Go-Go's)
Respectable Street (XTC)

Urgh - A Music War (various artists compilation)

The Puppet (live)

LP A&M AMLX 64692
CD A&M

released September 1981

re-released in 1989 on CD

Urgh! - A Music War (various artists VHS Video)

The Puppet (live)

CBS/Fox Home Video1981
Moloko Plus (various artists compilation)

Villiers Terrace
Over The Wall

LP Korova
released September 1981

Life In The European Theatre (various artists compilation)

includes "All That Jazz"

LP WEA K58412 (UK)
LP IRS SP 70800 (US)

released December 1981

includes "All That Jazz"


LP Warner P-11151 (Japan)

 

Shine So Hard (VHS Video)

All Film Titles and Cover Design. Martyn Atkins, London
all songs 1981 Zoo Music Ltd/Warner Bros. Music Ltd.

released 1982

Shine So Hard. Echo And The Bunnymen 32 Minutes
Shot on Location in Buxton, Derbyshire, England January 17 1981. Produced by
Atlas Adventures. Directed by John Smith,Cameraman, Patrick Duval

Le Via Luonge. A Film By Bill Butt. 16 Minutes
Soundtrack by Will Sergeant, with exceptions from 'Heaven Up Here' by Echo
and the Bunnymen

In order to obtain the video and be in attendance at the filming you need a coupon. The coupon states that only 500 of these videos were produced and only to those in attendance at the filming. Very rare item.

To The Shores Of Lake Placid (various artists compilation)



The Pictures On My Wall*
Read It In Books*
Villiers Terrace**

LP Zoo 4

released March 1982
*Zoo Cage 004 version.
**From the John Peel Session.

Will Sergeant - Themes For Grind
front
back
Scene I 1:58
Scene II 3:57
Scene III 3:32
Scene IV 3:49)
Scene V 4:48
Scene VI 4:10
Scene VII 5:43
Scene VIII 5:14
Scene IX 5:10
Scene X 4:43

LP Ninety-Two Happy Customers HAPLP 001 released March 1982
-No tracks listed

-Ninety-Two Happy Customers is Will Sergeants own label
-limited to 2000 copies
-vinyl has the "sad face" logo on it similar to the CD re-issue below

Music: Will Sergeant
Recorded at home and at the Ministry, LIverpool
Mixed at the Producers Workshop with Rafe McKenna
Artwork - Kit Edwards/Chris Newton
Photography - Bill Butt

Re-released on CD September 23, 1997. There are two versions but they have the same tracklisting that contain an extra Track 11 'Favourite Branches' previously released on the Shankar/Sergeant split WOMAD 7".

front
inside
disc
tracks
liner notes

Scene I 1:58
Scene II 3:57
Scene III 3:32
Scene IV 3:49)
Scene V 4:48
Scene VI 4:10
Scene VII 5:43
Scene VIII 5:14
Scene IX 5:10
Scene X 4:43
Favourite Branches 3:14


CD Spiffing SP01X (US) 1997

-jewel case
-the disc itself has sad faces on it
and no other writing.
-has a liner note page, written by Bill Butt. At the end it says: Grind is a film charactor without a film. Fucking sad really.



 

 

front
disc


Scene I 1:58
Scene II 3:57
Scene III 3:32
Scene IV 3:49)
Scene V 4:48
Scene VI 4:10
Scene VII 5:43
Scene VIII 5:14
Scene IX 5:10
Scene X 4:43

CD Ninety-Two Happy Customers HAPCD001 (UK) 1997

-Double card picture sleeve
-the disc itself has a picture of a building similar to the cover. Below that is
the same notes from the back of the sleeve
-no track listing on the packaging except: Plus extra track Favourite Branches for 1982 Womad 7"
-CD limited to 1000
copies
-Ninety-Two Happy Customers is Will Sergeants own label
Will Sergeant - Favourite Branches (single)

Favourite Branches

7" WEA K19238

released June 1982
b/w Himalaya by Shankar and Bill Loveday

WOMAD: Raindrops Pattering On Banana Leaves (various artists compilation)

Zimbo (live)*
The Cutter (live)

LP Womad WOMAD001

released 1982
*with the Royal Burundi Drummers

The Back Of Love (single)


A The Back Of Love
B The Subject

7" Korova KOW 24 (UK)
7" WEA 100212 (US)
7" WEA K 19175
(Italy)
7" WEA 19175 (Netherlands)

released May 21, 1982

- The cover is a painting by Henry Scott Tuke called "The Promise"

Highest UK Single Chart Position: 19
May 1982



A1 The Back Of Love
B1 The Subject
B2 Fuel

12" Korova KOW 24T
released January 14, 1983


 

Interview Picture Disk

7" ECHO 1

recorded January 1983

The Cutter (single)

The Cutter
Way Out And Up We Go

 

7" Korova KOW 26

released January 14, 1983
- some copies came with a free cassette of the John Peel Session, KOW 26C

 

Highest UK Single Chart Position: 8
Jan 1983

The Cutter
Way Out And Up We Go
Zimbo*

12" Korova KOW 26T

released January 14, 1983
- Includes free poster
*with the Royal Burundi Drummers live at the Womad Festival, July 1982
The John Peel Session

The Cutter
Villiers Terrace
Ashes To Ashes (Stars Are Stars)
Monkeys
Read It In Books

CS Korova KOW 26C

released January 14, 1983
- came free with The Cutter 7"

Rescue (single)

 

 

Rescue
Never Stop
The Cutter

7" Korova SAM271

released January 1983
- promotional only

Porcupine - An Atlas Adventure (VHS Video)

In Bluer Skies
The Cutter
My White Devil
Porcupine
Heads Will Roll
The Back Of Love

6-trk video featuring promos for six Bunnymen tracks

27 min

- Filmed in Liverpool and Iceland in late 1982, this collection on Castle Hendring (HEN2 001) came out in 1983.

Porcupine (album)

1. The Cutter 3.50
2. The Back Of Love 3.13
3. My White Devil 4.32
4. Clay 4.07
5. Porcupine 5.55
6. Heads Will Roll 3.29
7. Ripeness 4.50
8. Higher Hell 4.59
9. Gods Will Be Gods 5.18
10 In Bluer Skies 4.26

*re-issue bonus tracks
11. Fuel
12. Cutter [Alternate Version]
13. My White Devil [Alternate Version]
14. Porcupine [Alternate Version]
15. Ripeness [Alternate Version]
16. Gods Will Be Gods [Alternate Version]
17. Never Stop (Discotheque)

LP Korova KODE 6
LP Sire 1-23770 (US)
CD WEA 2292-40027-2 (Ger)
CD Rhino (US)
CD Wea/Warner (UK)

released February 4, 1983
Initial copies came with a free copy of the Peel Sessions KOW 26C

Cover art was photographed"by a waterfall called Gorfolos, in Reykjavik, Iceland" by Brian Griffin

rereleased November 3, 2003 (UK) and January 27, 2004 (US)
with 7 bonus tracks
25th anniversary expanded edition features new liner notes & unseen photos. Slipcase. WSM. 2003.

 

Highest UK Chart Position: 2
Feb 1983

Never Stop (single)

A Never Stop (3:31)
B Heads Will Roll (3:29)

7" Korova KOW 28 (UK)
7" Korova 249712-7 (UK)
7" WEA 24.9712-7 (Belgium)

released July 8, 1983

Highest UK Single Chart Position: 15
July 1983

A Never Stop (Discotheque) (4:45)
B Heads Will Roll (3:29)

7" Korova 24.9712-7 (Scandanavia)

 

A Never Stop (Discotheque) (4:45)
B The Original Cutter (3:58)

7" Warner P-1807 (JAP)

Released: Oct 1983

A Never Stop (Discotheque) (4:45)
B1 Heads Will Roll (Summer Version) (4:25)
B2 The Original Cutter (4:00)

12" Korova KOW 28T (UK)
12" Korova 24-9711-0 (FR)

 

 

 

A Never Stop (Discotheque) (4:45)
B1 Heads Will Roll (Summer Version) (4:25)
B2 The Original Cutter (4:00)

12" Rádio Triunfo 229 24-9711-0 (POR)


Though this is a Portuguese 12" , the back cover has a spanish title:
No Pares (Never Stop) (Version Discoteca)
The front cover has a spanish and portuguese title:
No Pares (Versão Discoteca)

Never Stop (Discotheque)
Heads Will Roll (Summer Version)
The Original Cutter - A Drop In The Ocean

 

1983 Spanish 3-track 12" (pink & mauve group picture sleeve).

 

 

The Killing Moon (single)


A The Killing Moon 5.45
B Do It Clean 2.44

7" Korova KOW 32 (UK)
7" WEA 24 9535-7 (UK)
7" WEA 24 95367 (Canada & Germany)
7" Korova S 24 9536-7 (Spain)
7" Korova 24 9536-7 (Italy)

released January 20, 1984
- some came with a free song sheet

Highest UK Single Chart Position: 9
Jan 1984


A The Killing Moon (All Night Version) 9.12
B1 The Killing Moon 5.46
B2 Do It Clean* 6.38

12" Korova KOW 32T (UK)
12" Sire 0-20203 (GER)
12" Korova 24-9535-0 (GER)
12" Rádio Triunfo 229 24-9535-0 (POR)


*recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London July 18, 1983

 

 

The Sound Of Echo (EP)


A1 Never Stop 4.44
A2 Rescue 4.30
A3 The Cutter 3.55
B1 The Back Of Love 3.12
B2 Do It Clean* 5.36

12" Sire 1-23987 (US)
12" Warner P-6195 (JAP)
12" Korova 92 39871 (CAN)

originally released February 1984

*recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London July 18, 1983

AKA "Echo & the Bunnymen EP" and "Never Stop EP"

Never Stop 4.44
Rescue 4.30
The Cutter 3.55
The Back Of Love 3.12
Do It Clean* 5.36


CD WEA WPCR-2311 (Japan)

released 11/26/1998


*recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London July 18, 1983

AKA "Echo & the Bunnymen EP" and "Never Stop EP"

Silver (single)

Silver
Angels And Devils

7" Korova KOW 34 (UK)
7" WEA 249 407-7 (GER)
7" WEA S 24 9407-7 (Spain)

released April 13, 1984

Highest UK Single Chart Position: 30
April 1984


Silver (Tidal Wave)
Silver
Angels And Devils


12" Korova KOW 34T (UK)
12" WEA 249 401-0 (GER)

 

 

 

Ocean Rain (album)

1. Silver
2. Nocturnal Me
3. Crystal Days
4. The Yo-Yo Man
5. Thorn Of Crowns
6. The Killing Moon
7. Seven Seas
8. My Kingdom
9. Ocean Rain
10. Angels And Devils

*2003 reissue bonus tracks
11. All You Need Is Love (Life at Brian's)
12. The Killing Moon (Life at Brian's)
13. Stars Are Stars (Life at Brian's)
14. Villiers Terrace (Life at Brian's)
15. Silver (Life at Brian's)
16. My Kingdom (Live - The Crystal Day)
17. Ocean Rain (Live - The Crystal Day)

**2008 reissue bonus Royal Albert Hall CD
1. Going Up
2. Villiers Terrace
3. All That Jazz
4. Heads Will Roll
5. Porcupine
6. All My Colours (Zimbo)
7. Silver
8. Simple Stuff
9. The Cutter
10. The Killing Moon

LP Korova KODE 8
LP Sire 1-25084 (US)
CS Sire 25084-4 (US)
CD Sire 25084-2 (US)
CD WEA Korova 240388-2 (Germany)
CD Rhino (US)
CD Wea/Warner (UK)

released May 4, 1984

Japanese 9-track promo LP, sample stickered picture sleeve plus fold-out lyric insert and obi P-11480)

The cover was photographed in the Carnglaze Caverns, Liskeard, Cornwall by Brian Griffin

 

*rereleased November 3, 2003 (UK) and January 27, 2004 (US)
with 8 bonus tracks, 25th anniversary expanded edition features new liner notes & unseen photos. Slipcase. WSM. 2003.

**rereleased October 27, 2008 (UK) and November 4, 2008 (US)
with second CD of Royal Albert Hall performance from 1983

 

Highest UK Chart Position: 4
May 1984

Highest US Chart Position: 87

 

 

 

Seven Seas (single)

Seven Seas 3.17
All You Need Is Love* 6.38
The Killing Moon* 3.18
Stars Are Stars* 3.05
Villiers Terrace* 6.52

12" Korova KOW 35T (UK)
12" Korova 24 93200 (CAN)

released July 6, 1984
*recorded live at Liverpool Cathedral for the programme 'Play At Home'

 

Highest UK Single Chart Position: 16
July 1984

Seven Seas
Silver

12" PRO-A-2164


released 1984
promotional only
Life At Brian's - Lean And Hungry (EP)

Seven Seas
All You Need Is Love*
The Killing Moon*
Stars Are Stars*
Villiers Terrace*

2x7" Korova 35F
12" Korova KOW 35 T
released July 6, 1984
Numbered limited edition.

*Recorded live at Liverpool Cathedral for the programme 'Play At Home'

Ian McCulloch - September Song (single)

A September Song
B Cockles And Mussels

7" Korova KOW 40 (UK)

released December 7, 1984

 

A September Song (Short Version) (3:36)
AA1 September Song (Long Version) (4:10)
AA2 Cockles And Mussels (2:40)

10" Korova KOW 40L (UK)

45RPM

 



A September Song (Long Version) (4:10)
B1 September Song (Short Version) (3:36)
B2 Cockles And Mussels (2:40)


12" Korova KOW 40T (UK)
12" WEA 24 91960 (CAN)

Includes free poster with the picture that is on the
cover of the 7"










Colourfield - Virgins and Philistines (album)

Take
Cruel Circus

CD Chrysalis F2-21480
LP Chrysalis 41480
CD Capitol 21480

released April 1985
with Pete De Frietas
re-released 1989

Pictures On My Wall (VHS Video)

01 Pictures On My Wall 0:49
02 Rescue 0:35
03 Stars Are Stars 0:57
04 Over The Wall 4:17
05 The Puppet 2:17
06 A Promise 1:41
07 The Back Of Love 3:04
08 Porcupine 5:50
09 Higher Hell 2:36
10 The Cutter 3:53
11 Going Up 3:10
12 All That Jazz 2:42
13 Do It Clean 6:57
14 The Killing Moon 4:44
15 Thorn Of Crowns 3:24
16 Crocodiles 5:25
17 Seven Seas 3:23

Warner Music Vision
VHS Tape WMV2

Total Playing Time: approx. 58 mins

released 1984
re-released 14 September, 1998

Bring On The Dancing Horses (single)








Bring On The Dancing Horses
Over Your Shoulder

7" Korova KOW 43*
Some versions came with a free additional 7" Korova single KOW 43F with Villiers Terrace and Monkeys from the 1979 John Peel Sessions

7" WEA 7-248933 (Australia)
7" Sire 7-28791 (US)

released November 14, 1985

Highest UK Single Chart Position: 21
Nov 1985

Bring On The Dancing Horses
Over Your Shoulder


7" promo (JAP)
picture insert with Japanese biography and lyrics in English on reverse

 

 


Bring On The Dancing Horses is on
side A and B
7" Korova KOW 43 white label promo



Bring On The Dancing Horses
Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
Over Your Shoulder

12" WEA 0-248932 (AUS)

Bring On The Dancing Horses
Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
Over Your Shoulder

12" Korova KOW 43T (UK)

released November 14, 1985

Bring On The Dancing Horses (7" version) 4.00
Bring On The Dancing Horses (extended remix) 5.48

12" Sire PRO-A-2398 (US)

released 1985
promotional only

Bring On The Dancing Horses
Over Your Shoulder

7" Korova KOW 43P

released November 14, 1985
shaped picture disk

Songs To Learn And Sing (album)

Rescue 3.46
The Puppet 3.05
Do It Clean 2.43
A Promise 3.40
The Back of Love 3.13
The Cutter 3.55
Never Stop 3.29
The Killing Moon 5.46
Silver 3.17
Seven Seas 3.19
Bring On The Dancing Horses 3.56

LP Korova KODE 13
LP Sire 1-25360 (US)
CD Sire 25360-2 (US)
CS

released November 15, 1985

UK CS version included 4 bonus tracks Simple Stuff, Pride, Read It In Books, Angels & Devils

 

Highest UK Chart Position: 6
Nov 1985

Highest US Chart Position: 158


Rescue 3.46
The Puppet 3.05
Do It Clean 2.43
A Promise 3.40
The Back of Love 3.13
The Cutter 3.55
Never Stop 3.29
The Killing Moon 5.46
Silver 3.17
Seven Seas 3.19
Bring On The Dancing Horses 3.56


LP Korova KODE 13P
picture disk


Pretty In Pink (various artists soundtrack)

Bring On The Dancing Horses

LP A&M AMA 5113
CD
CS
released February 1986
The Lost Boys (various artists soundtrack)

People Are Strange

LP
CD WEA K7817672
CS

released 1987

St Vitus Dance - Love Me Love My Dogma (album)

1. The Silence
2. Have No Fear
3. Contemptible
4. Horse Sense
5. Perish The Thought
6. Napoleans Nose
7. Inequality Street
8. Meet Mohamed
9. Dancing Class
10. Fish On A Friday

Label: Probe Plus

Noel Burke - vocals

released April 1987

This album from Belfast band St Vitus Dance was issued in a vinyl run of just 500 in 1987.

Belfast rock band who decamped to Liverpool (mid-80s), feat; Noel Burke (voc), Haydn Boyle (keys), Maurice Mulvenna (bass), Philip Freckleton (gtr), Damien Magee (gtr), Peter Hesketh (drms). Rel LP 'Love Me Love My Dogma' (Probe Apr87). Reformed 2005 to play a sell out gig in Belfast with Liverpool shows planned for summer 2005. Noel Burke joined Echo & The Bunnymen when Ian McCulloch left& did the Reverberation album.

Echo & The Bunnymen (VHS Video)

The Cutter
The Killing Moon
Seven Seas
Bring On The Dancing Horses
The Game

VHS
Promo video
The Game (single)

A The Game
B Lost And Found

7" WEA YZ 134 (UK)
7" WEA 248 322-7 (GER)

released June 1, 1987

 

Highest UK Single Chart Position: 28
June 1987


A The Game
B1 Lost And Found
B2 Ship Of Fools

12" WEA YZ 134T (UK)
12" WEA 248 317-0 (GER)

came with free poster

Echo & The Bunnymen (album)

1. The Game
2. Over You
3. Bedbugs And Ballyhoo
4. All In Your Mind
5. Bombers Bay
6. Lips Like Sugar
7. Lost And Found
8. New Direction
9. Blue Blue Ocean
10. Satellite
11. All My Life

*reissue bonus tracks
12. Jimmy Brown (Early Version of “Dancing Horses”)
13. Hole In The Holy
14. Soul Kitchen
15. The Game (Acoustic Demo)
16. Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (Original Version)
17. Over Your Shoulder
18. Bring On The Dancing Horses (Extended Mix)

 

LP WEA WX108
LP WEA WE 381 (France)
LP Sire 1-25597 (US)
LP WEA 242 137-1 (GER)
LP EMI 1591831 (POR)

CD Sire 9 25597-2 (US)
CD Wea/Warner 242 137-2 (UK)

released July 1987

Highest UK Chart Position: 4
July 1987

Highest US Chart Position: 51

Referred to as "The Grey Album"

rereleased November 3, 2003 (UK) and January 27, 2004 (US)
with 7 bonus tracks, 25th anniversary expanded edition features new liner notes & unseen photos. Slipcase. WSM. 2003.
CD Warner 2564-61164-2 (UK)
CD Rhino/Sire 2564-61164-2, 2564-61164-2 (US)


1. The Game
2. Over You
3. Bedbugs And Ballyhoo
4. All In Your Mind
5. Bombers Bay
6. Lips Like Sugar
7. Lost And Found
8. New Direction
9. Blue Blue Ocean
10. Satellite
11. All My Life

 

1987 UK 11-track promo CD test pressing, stickered case

Ride The Rollercoaster (compilation)

Rollercoaster

10" WEA EV 1028121XS (US)

Flexidisc released 1987
including New Order 'Shame Of The Nation' and Gene Loves Jezebel 'Fresh Slice'. Promo only for tour of the 3 bands.

New Direction (single)

New Direction 4.45

12" Sire PRO-A-2774 (US)

released 1987
Part of a 3 12" single promotional pack which also included singles by New Order and Gene Loves Jezebel to promote their tour.

Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (single)

Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
Run, Run, Run*

7" Sire 7-28113 (US)
7" WEA 7-248022 (AUS)

released 1987
*recorded live at the "Karen" in Gothenburg for the
"Bommen" Show on Swedish National Radio

 

A1 Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (Club Remix) (6:15)
A2 Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (LP Version) (3:28)
B1 Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (Club Remix) (6:15)
B2 Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (LP Version) (3:28)

12" Sire PRO-A-2977

Bedbugs & Ballyhoo (club mix)
Bedbugs & Ballyhoo (7" remix)

CD Sire PRO-CD-2926 (US)


Bedbugs & Ballyhoo (Club Remix) 6.15
Bedbugs & Ballyhoo (LP Version) 3.28
Run, Run, Run*
Paint It Black*
Friction*

12" Korova 24 81350 (CAN)
12" Sire 0-20838 (US)

Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
Over You
7" WEA 248135-7 (Germany)




Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
Over You
New Direction


12" WEA 248134-0 (Germany)

Lips Like Sugar (single)




A1 Lips Like Sugar
B1 Rollercoaster

7" WEA YZ144V (UK) gatefold
7" YZ144B - limited edition box set that comes with 3 postcards
7" Sire 7-28260 (US)
7" WEA 7-248284
(AUS)

released August 1987

Highest UK Single Chart Position: 36
Aug 1987


A1 Lips Like Sugar
B1 Rollercoaster

7" WEA 24 82847 Promo (CAN)

A1 Lips Like Sugar (12" Mix) (6:44)
A2 Rollercoaster (4:01)
B1 Lips Like Sugar (Dub) (6:36)
B2 Lips Like Sugar (Single Mix) (4:19)

12" Sire 9 20784-0 (US)

Remix - François Kevorkian , Michael Hutchinson



A1 Lips Like Sugar
A2 Rollercoaster
AA People Are Strange
12" WEA YZ144T (UK)

 

A1 Lips Like Sugar
A2 Rollercoaster
AA People Are Strange

12" WEA 0-248283 (AUS)

 

A Lips Like Sugar (Edit / Fade) (3:59)
B Lips Like Sugar (Edit / Fade) (4:52)

7" Sire 9 28260-7 Promo
CD Sire PRO-CD-2806 (US) Stickered case promo
People Are Strange (single)

People Are Strange
Run, Run, Run*

7" WEA YZ175 released 1987
7" EastWest YZ567 released 1991

Highest UK Single Chart Position: 29
Feb 1988



*recorded live at the "Karen" in Gothenburg for the
"Bommen" Show on Swedish National Radio


People Are Strange
Lips Like Sugar
Rollercoaster
12" WEA YZ144TX released 1987


People Are Strange
Lips Like Sugar
Rollercoaster


CD WEA WMC5-358 (Japan) released 05/25/1991

 

 

 

Interview Picture Disc

12" Bakatab BAK 2010

released 1987
Revenge of the Killer B's, Vol. 2 (various artists compilation)

Echo And The Bunnymen - Way Out And Up We Go

LP Warner Brothers 1-25068
CS Warner Brothers 4-25068

released 1987

Just Say Yes: Sire's Winter CD Music Sampler (various artists compilation)

 

Lips Like Sugar [12" Mix]

CD Warner Bros,

Original Release Date: November 4, 1987

Audio CD (October 25, 1990)

This is the only version of this song on a CD

Never Stop: The Echo & The Bunnymen Story (book)
 
Paperback 128 pages
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Author: Tony Fletcher

Published:

November 16, 1987

 

Out of print biography of Echo and the Bunnymen. Sometimes copies can be found on EBay or used on Amazon

The Balcony Dogs - TRIP (album)


1. Fluency 3
2. Wheel of Fortune
3. Good Little, Bad Little
4. Shot to Earth
5. Drug Planet #7
6. Balcony Dog
7. Charlene's Dream
8. Rings of Saturn
9. Underworld
vl: Island ILPS 9922; cd: Bloodline

Lable: Island Records

Pete de Freitas - drums

released 1988


Pete De Freitas (drums), Andy Eastwood (both later of The Divine Thunderbolt), Mike Mooney (later of Spiritualised), Tim Whittaker (drums) (ex Deaf School, Lori & The Chameleons, Gale Force) & friends & roadies of Echo & The Bunnymen. incl Johnno (ex Wah). Initially signed to Island recs who bottled out of rel an LP under that name. The LP eventually came out as being by 'The Balcony Dogs',

The John Peel Sessions (EP)


Read It In Books 2.25
Stars Are Stars 3.05
I Bagsy Yours 2.50
Villiers Terrace 4.10

12" Strange Fruit SFPS060
CS Strange Fruit SFPSC060
CD Strange Fruit SFPSCD060

released 1988
recorded August 15, 1979, first transmission August 22, 1979



re-released 1995 with new cover design

The Wild Swans: Music and Talk From Liverpool (album)

LP Sire/Reprise

released 1988
track, Revolutionary Spirit, produced by Pete De Freitas
promotional only

New Live And Rare (EP)
People Are Strange
The Killing Moon (All Night Version)
All You Need Is Love*
Paint It Black**
Run, Run, Run**
Friction**
Do It Clean***

CD WEA 22P2-2155 (Japan)

released 1988
Includes lyric sheet in Japanese. * Recorded live at Liverpool Cathedral for the programme 'Play At Home'. ** Recorded live at the "Karen" in Gothenburg for the "Bommen" Show on Swedish National Radio.


*** liner notes incorrectly state "Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London July 18, 1983" but this track was recorded at the "Karen" in Gothenburg, Sweden April 25, 1985 with the other live tracks.
The version of Do It Clean at the Royal Albert Hall from July 18 1983 appears on the 1984 release of The Killing Moon 12" (Korova KOW 32T) and is 6:38.
The version of Do It Clean at the Royal Albert Hall from July 19 1983 (the next evening) appears on 2001 The Crystal Days Box Set and is 8:19.

Echo and the Bunnymen - Collection 1980-1987 (music book)

Sheet Music for 31 songs
from 1980 - 1987:

The Game
Bombers Bay
All In Your Mind
All My Life
Lips Like Sugar
My Kingdom
Never Stop
Ocean Rain
Do It Clean
Seven Seas
The Back Of Love
A Promise
Bring On The Dancing Horses
The Killing Moon
Crocodiles
All That Jazz
Rescue
Over The Wall
The Cutter
Pictures On My Wall
Show Of Strength
Heaven Up Here
The Disease
Over Your Shoulder
All My Colours
Silver
Angels and Devils
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Thorn Of Crowns
The Yo Yo Man
Gods Will Be Gods

Waner Bros Music Ltd. Warner/Chappell publications.
IMP International Music Publications. ISBN 0-86359-525-1

published 1988

contains photos by Anton Corbijn Design by Peter Saville Associates Music was transcribed by Roger Day.

 

   
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