Music For Blackmail

Red Ellipsoid

Cemental Health Records EEG04

Recorded 10 August 1982 on the Ghetto Mobile.
Dubs, mix and mastering 11 August 1982 at Ghetto 
by Stephen Lamont and Ian Shuttleworth.
Digitally remastered October 2004.

Thanks to Andy, John and Fitz for gear.

A LoFi production for Cemental Health Records/SLAM!!!

Cover: Hélène Fourment by Peter Paul Rubens, 
retouched by Ward Kimball.

This title (P) 1982, 2004 Red Ellipsoid (Belfast—Berlin—Montréal).

The name Red Ellipsoid (or Rotes Ellipsoid)  comes from a sculpture in the Museum of Prussian Culture, West-Berlin.  The sculpture resembles a 15-foot, heavily pregnant scarlet fibreglass javelin. Music For Blackmail is a one-off project for fun rather than profit, conceived and performed by
Stephen Lamont: guitar, piano, lead and backing vocals
Ian Shuttleworth: bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
with Eoin Patterson: drums and percussion.
None of the above remotely resembles a 15-foot, heavily pregnant scarlet fibreglass javelin.
 
 

TRACK LISTING

All tracks recorded as live unless otherwise stated.
  • Falling And Laughing (3:31) Edwyn Collins, copyright control.  Backing vocals overdubbed.  Originally recorded by Orange Juice.
  • Love » Building On Fire (2:43) David Byrne, Warner Brothers Music.  Originally recorded by Talking Heads.
  • The Honeymoon Killers (3:30) Howard Devoto/Barry Adamson/Ben Mandelson, Virgin Publishing.  Originally recorded by Magazine.
  • The Culture Bunker (3:59) Julian Cope, Zoo Music/Warner Brothers Music.  Originally recorded by The Teardrop Explodes.
  • Fictionromance (4:11) Pete Shelley, Virgin Publishing.  Originally recorded by Buzzcocks.
  • Over The Wall (5:12) Will Sergeant/Ian McCulloch/Les Pattinson/Pete de Freitas, Zoo Music/Warner Brothers Music.  Originally recorded by Echo And The Bunnymen.
  • New Dawn Fades (4:26) Joy Division, Fractured Music.  Originally recorded by Joy Division.
  • Logan Time (3:51) Billy MacKenzie/Alan Rankine, Sparta-Florida Music Group.  Originally recorded by The Associates.
  • Permafrost (4:28) Howard Devoto, Virgin Publishing.  Originally recorded by Magazine.
  • The Light Pours Out Of Me (3:01) Howard Devoto/John McGeoch/Pete Shelley, Virgin Publishing.  Originally recorded by Magazine.
  • The “Sweetest Girl” (5:11) Green Strohmeyer-Gartside, Chrysalis Music.  Lead and backing vocals overdubbed.  Originally recorded by Scritti Politti.
  • Walking Distance (1:59) Steve Garvey, Virgin Publishing.  Originally recorded by Buzzcocks.
  • The Big Country (4:43) David Byrne, Bleu Disque Music/Index Music.  Originally recorded by Talking Heads.
  • Simply Thrilled Honey (2:38) Edwyn Collins, Postcard publishing.  Lead guitar overdubbed.  Originally recorded by Orange Juice.
  • Heaven (3:16) David Byrne, Warner Brothers Music.  Originally recorded by Talking Heads.
  • In A Nutshell (3:39) Edwyn Collins, copyright control.  Backing vocals overdubbed.  Originally recorded by Orange Juice.
  • Twenty Four Hours (4:18) Joy Division, Fractured Music.  Originally recorded by Joy Division.
  • Passionate Friend (3:29) Julian Cope, Zoo Music/Warner Brothers Music.  Originally recorded by The Teardrop Explodes.
  • What Do I Get? (3:05) Pete Shelley, Virgin Publishing.  Backing vocals overdubbed.  Originally recorded by Buzzcocks.
  • Real World (3:13) Pete Shelley, Virgin Publishing.  Originally recorded by Buzzcocks.
  • Cities (4:38) David Byrne, Warner Brothers Music.  Originally recorded by Talking Heads.
Messrs Smith, MacKenzie, McCulloch, Shelley, Collins, Verlaine, Rowland and Ruddock appear on Cities courtesy of Dr Gleagle’s Amazing Modular Plug-In Laryngeal System (special party pack).

Note to the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society and the Performing Rights Society: don’t sue us, we’re broke already.