Various - To The Shores Of Lake Placid

Original Release Date

1982

Release Information

UK LP 1982 (Zoo - ZOO 4)

1 Big In Japan - Society For Cutting Up Men
2 Those Naughty Lumps - Iggy Pop's Jacket
3 The Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream
4 Echo & The Bunnymen - Pictures On My Wall
5 Echo & The Bunnymen - Read It In Books
6 Lori And The Chameleons - Lonely Spy
7 The Turquoise Swimming Pools - The Winds
8 Whopper - Kwalo Koblinsky's Lullaby
9 Dalek (I Love You) - A Suicide
10 The Turquoise Swimming Pools - Burst Balloons
11 The Teardrop Explodes - Camera, Camera
12 Big In Japan - Suicide A Go Go
13 Echo & The Bunnymen - Villiers Terrace
14 The Teardrop Explodes - Take A Chance

Note: In between tracks 10 and 11 is an uncredited and brief snippet of a remix of Lori & The Chameleons' Touch.

Chart Placings

UK Indie Hit: 7, 9 wks

Credits

The Music On This Record Has Been Taken From The Play 'To The Shores Of Lake Placid,' Which Ran From August 24, 1978 To February 21, 1981. The Play Is The First In A Trilogy, The Second Of Which, As Yet Untitled, Began On November 10, 1981 At 'Club Zoo', 'The Pyramid', Liverpool, And Will Close At 'Eric's', Liverpool, On November 15, 1983.

All Titles Are Performed By The Original Cast.

1 Society For Cutting Up Men:
Previously Unreleased.
Jayne Casey - vocals
Kevin Ward - vocals
Bill Drummond & Ian Broudie - guitars
Holly - bass
Phil Allan - drums
Recorded, T.W. Studios October 1977.
Production, Rob Dickins.
Engineers, Alan Winstanley.

2 Iggy Pop's Jacket:
Previously Released As A Single January, 1979, Zoo Cage 002.
Peter Hart - vocals
Kevin Wilkinson - drums
With
Bill Drummond - lead guitar
David Balfe - bass
Gerry Culligan - saxophone.
Recorded, Open Eye Studios, Liverpool.
Production, The Chameleons.
Engineer, Noddy Knowler.

3 When I Dream:
The Original Version. Taken From The Never Released Album, 'Everybody Wants To Shag The Teardrop Explodes.' Zoo 1.
Julian Cope - vocals, bass
Gary Dwyer - drums
Mick Finkler - guitar
David Balfe - organ.
Recorded, Rockfield Studios, March 1980.
Production, The Chameleons.
Engineer, Hugh Jones.

4 Pictures On My Wall:
Original Version Featuring 'Echo', Released, March 1979. Zoo Cage 004.
Will Sergeant - lead guitar
Ian McCulloch - vocals, guitar
Leslie Pattinson - bass
Recorded, August Studios, Liverpool, March 1979.
Production, The Chameleons.
Engineer, Martin Mitchell.

5 Read It In Books:
B Side Of 'Pictures'. Not The Version On American Copies Of 'Crocodiles', Or Korova Special Offer Version.
Line Up And Recording As 'Pictures'.

6 Lonely Spy:
Originally Released By Zoo Records Through Korova Records.
Lori Lartey - vocals
Bill Drummond - backing vocals, guitar
David Balfe - keyboards.
With Tim Whittaker, Gary Dwyer, Ray Martinez.
Recorded, Rockfield Studios, January 1980.
Production, The Chameleons.
Engineer, Hugh Jones.

7 The Winds:
Previously Unreleased.
David Balfe, Troy Tate, Hugh Jones.
Recorded At Rockfield Studios February, 1981.
Production, A Chameleon.
Engineer, Hugh Jones.

8 Kwalo Koblinsky's Lullaby:
From The Forthcoming Album, 'The Fuel Of The Big Machine', Licensed From 'Radio Peeking Duck'.
Kevin Stapleton, Intoning. Milk, Aircraft Noise. Buff Manilla, Hi-hat.

9 A Suicide:
Originally Released On Back Door.
Alan Gill And Dave Hughes.
With, Chris Hughes - drums
Recorded, Rockfield Studios, Early, 1979.
Production, Chris Hughes, David Bates And Hugh Jones.

10 Burst Balloons:
Previously Unreleased.
Line Up And Production As 'The Winds'.

11 Camera, Camera:
Previously Released As B Side Of 'Sleeping Gas', Zoo Cage 003.
Julian Cope - vocals, bass
Gary Dwyer - drums
Mick Finkler - guitar
Paul Simpson - organ.
Recorded, Open Eye Studios, Liverpool, November 1978.
Production, The Chameleons.

12 Suicide A Go Go:
Previously Released On 'From Y To Z And Never Again', Zoo Cage 001.
Line Up And Production As 'S.C.U.M.'

13 Villiers Terrace:
Will Sergeant - lead guitar
Ian McCulloch - vocals, guitar
Leslie Pattinson - bass
With: David Balfe - piano
Plus: Echo, drum Machine
Recorded For John Peel Session, May, 1979.
Production, Trevor Dann.
With Kind Permission of The B.B.C.

14 Take A Chance:
Julian Cope - vocals, bass
Gary Dwyer - drums
Mick Finkler - guitar
Gerrard Quinn - organ.
Recorded Cargo, Rochdale, November, 1979.
Previously Unreleased.

A Bill Drummond, Mick Houghton Compilation

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