Be Bop Deluxe – Futurist Manifesto - The Harvest Years 1974 - 1978
Label: Harvest – 5099964630823, Harvest – 6463082
Format: 5 × CD, Album, Remastered, Box Set, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 05 Oct 2011
Genre: Rock
Style: Art Rock, Glam, Prog Rock, Classic Rock
Drastic Plastic
4-1 Electrical Language 4:50
4-2 New Precision 4:31
4-3 New Mysteries 4:44
4-4 Surreal Estate 5:00
4-5 Love In Flames 4:09
4-6 Panic In The World 5:04
4-7 Dangerous Stranger 3:06
4-8 Superenigmatix 2:10
4-9 Visions Of Endless Hopes 2:23
4-10 Possession 2:35
4-11 Islands Of The Dead 3:46
Drastic Plastic Bonus Tracks
4-12 Blimps 2:47
4-13 Lovers Are Mortal 4:55
4-14 Lights 2:44
4-15 Electrical Language (Single Edit) 3:36
4-16 Love In Flames (Single Edit) 3:51
4-17 Panic In The World (Single Edit) 3:33
A&R, Research, Coordinator [Release Coordination For Harvest Records] – Hugh Gilmour
Bass [Fender] – Charles Tumahai (tracks: 1-11 to 1-19)
Bass Guitar – Charles Tumahai (tracks: 2-3 to 2-12, 3-1 to 3-15)
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Robert Bryan (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Bells [Tubular] – Bill Nelson (tracks: 2-3 to 2-12)
Design – Darren Evans (2)
Drums [Sonor Kit], Loops [Drum Tape Loop], Tom Tom, Snare [Military Snare Drums], Percussion [Tuned Wine Bottles, Pots And Pans From Chateau Saint Georges' Kitchen & Blisters] – Simon Fox (2) (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
Drums, Percussion – Nicholas Chatterton-Dew (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Simon Fox (2) (tracks: 1-11 to 1-19, 2-3 to 2-12)
Electric Guitar [Fender Stratocaster], Guitar Synthesizer [Hagstrom/Ampeg Patch 200 Synthesizer Guitar Through Mini-Moog Synthesizer], Electric Guitar [Yamaha SG 2000], Noises [White Noise], Electronics [Oscillations], Acoustic Guitar [Ovation], Piano, Tambourine, Cowbell, Mandolin, Drums [Sonor Kit], Bells, Cabasa, Whistle [Train Whistle], Performer [Electric Eye], Effects [Gun Shots], Twelve-String Guitar [12-String Acoustic Guitar], Performer [Vacuum Cleaner], Finger Cymbals – Bill Nelson (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
Engineer – John Leckie (tracks: 2-3 to 2-12, 3-1 to 3-15, 4-1 to 4-11)
Engineer [Instrumental Tracks] – Pat Moran (tracks: 1-11 to 1-19)
Engineer [Mix-down] – John Leckie (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Louie Austin* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Mike Ross* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Engineer [Recording] – Mike Ross* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Pete Silver (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Rod "Beaut" Harper* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Steve Nye (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Engineer [Vocal Overdubs & Mixing] – Gary Lyons (tracks: 1-11 to 1-19)
Guitar – Bill Nelson (tracks: 1-11 to 1-19, 2-3 to 2-12, 3-1 to 3-15)
Harmony Vocals – Bill Nelson (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11, 5-1 to 5-4)
Harmony Vocals, Bass Guitar [Fender Telecaster], Effects [Swimming Pool Bubbles], Bass Guitar [Fender Precision] – Charles Tumahai (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
Instruments [All] – Bill Nelson (tracks: 5-1 to 5-4)
Keyboards – Andrew Clark* (tracks: 2-3 to 2-12, 3-1 to 3-15), Bill Nelson (tracks: 1-11 to 1-19)
Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Grand Piano – William Nelson* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Lead Vocals – Bill Nelson (tracks: 1-11 to 1-19, 2-3 to 2-12, 3-1 to 3-15, 4-1 to 4-11, 5-1 to 5-4)
Liner Notes – Bill Nelson, Kevin Cann
Mastered By [Master Cut By] – Chris Blair (tracks: 3-1 to 3-15)
Mixed By – Bill Nelson (tracks: 5-7 to 5-10), John Spence (tracks: 5-7 to 5-10)
Music By, Lyrics By – Bill Nelson (tracks: 3-1 to 3-15)
Percussion – Andrew Clark* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-15), Bill Nelson (tracks: 1-11 to 1-19, 2-3 to 2-12, 3-1 to 3-15, 4-1 to 4-11)
Photography By [Cover Photograph] – John Thornton (5)
Producer – Bill Nelson (tracks: 2-3 to 2-12, 3-1 to 3-15, 4-1 to 4-11), Ian McLintock (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), John Leckie (tracks: 2-3 to 2-12, 3-1 to 3-15, 4-1 to 4-11), Roy Thomas Baker (tracks: 1-11 to 1-19)
Remastered By – Ian Jones (4), Peter Mew
Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Ian Parkin (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Synthesizer [Poly-Moog Polyphonic Synthesizer And Mini-Moog Through Marshall Time Modulator Unit], Grand Piano [Through Leslie Cabinet], Synthesizer [Polymoog Imitating Old Vox Continental Organ], Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Bass Moog] – Andy Clark (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
Tape Op – Chris Blair (tracks: 3-1 to 3-15), Haydn Bendall (tracks: 3-1 to 3-15, 4-1 to 4-11), Mark Vigars (tracks: 3-1 to 3-15), Nigel Walker (tracks: 2-3 to 2-12), Pat Stapley (tracks: 3-1 to 3-15), Peter James (tracks: 2-3 to 2-12)
Technician [Be Bop De Luxe's Equipment Maintained By] – Paul Bailey (2) (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11), Stuart Monks (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
Technician [Mobile Studio Maintained By] – Mick McKenna (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11), Pete Crump (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
Vocals, Percussion – Charles Tumahai (tracks: 1-11 to 1-19, 2-3 to 2-12, 3-1 to 3-15)
Written-By – Bill Nelson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 5-11)
Notes:
82-track 5 CD album set comprising five of their albums released on Harvest 1974-1978 ['Axe Victim', 'Futurama', 'Sunburst Finish', 'Modern Music' & 'Drastic Plastic'], and features 27 Bonus Recordings including B-sides, out-takes, edits, demos & live recordings.
Tracks 1-1 to 1-10 Recorded in London at Air London, CBS and Audiio International Studios. Mixed at EMI Abbey Road, Kingsway Recorders and CBS London.
Tracks 1-11 to 1-19 Produced for The Muse In The Moon. Instrumental tracks recorded at Rockfield Studios, South Wales. Vocal overdubs and mixing completed at Sarm Studios, London. Brass on track 1-16 recorded at EMI Abbey Road.
Tracks 2-3 to 2-12 Recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road and Air London.
Tracks 3-1 to 3-15 Recorded and mixed exclusively at EMI No 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London, June/July 1976.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-11 Recorded by The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio at Chateau Sint Georges, Juan-Les-Pins, in the south of France, summer 1977.
Tracks 5-1 to 5-4 Recorded at Bill Nelson's home on the outskirts of Selby in Yorkshire.
Tracks 5-7 to 5-10 Mixed at Fairview Studios in Willerby, East Yorkshire.
Tracks 1-1 to 1-10 'Axe Victim', originally released June 1974 on Harvest SHVL813.
Tracks 1-11 to 1-19 'Futurama', originally released May 1975 on Harvest SHSP4045.
Tracks 2-3 to 2-12 'Sunburst Finish', originally released February 1976 on Harvest SHSP4053.
Tracks 3-1 to 3-15 'Modern Music', originally released September 1976 on Harvest SHSP4058.
Track 3-16 B-Side 1977
Track 3-19 A-Side 1977
Tracks 4-1 to 4-11 'Drastic Plastic', originally released 1978 on Harvest SHSP4091.