Futurist Manifesto 1974–1978

Compilation by Be Bop Deluxe

Released 3 October 2011

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Axe Victim
    5:14
  • 2
    Love Is Swift Arrows
    4:12
  • 3
    Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus
    4:10
  • 4
    Third Floor Heaven
    2:27
    5.0 ★
  • 5
    Night Creatures
    3:34
  • 6
    Rocket Cathedrals
    3:00
  • 7
    Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape
    3:24
    5.0 ★
  • 8
    Jets at Dawn
    7:18
  • 9
    No Trains to Heaven
    6:39
    5.0 ★
  • 10
    Darkness (L’Immoraliste)
    3:22
  • 11
    Stage Whispers
    3:04
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Love With the Madman
    3:12
  • 13
    Maid in Heaven
    2:26
    5.0 ★
  • 14
    Sister Seagull
    3:36
    5.0 ★
  • 15
    Sound Track
    6:14
    5.0 ★
  • 16
    Music in Dreamland
    4:44
  • 17
    Jean Cocteau
    2:52
  • 18
    Between the Worlds
    3:18
  • 19
    Swan Song
    6:01
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Between the Worlds (original single version)
    3:20
  • 2
    Maid in Heaven (live)
    2:34
  • 3
    Fair Exchange
    4:48
    5.0 ★
  • 4
    Heavenly Homes
    3:36
  • 5
    Ships in the Night
    4:01
    5.0 ★
  • 6
    Crying to the Sky
    3:59
  • 7
    Sleep That Burns
    5:16
    5.0 ★
  • 8
    Beauty Secrets
    2:47
  • 9
    Life in the Air Age
    3:59
    5.0 ★
  • 10
    Like an Old Blues
    3:27
  • 11
    Crystal Gazing
    3:24
  • 12
    Blazing Apostles
    4:29
    5.0 ★
  • 13
    Shine
    7:48
  • 14
    Speed of the Wind
    4:20
  • 15
    Blue as a Jewel
    5:12
  • 16
    Ships in the Night (single edit)
    3:36
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Orphans of Babylon
    3:15
    5.0 ★
  • 2
    Twilight Capers
    4:25
  • 3
    Kiss of Light
    3:11
    5.0 ★
  • 4
    The Bird Charmer’s Destiny
    1:20
  • 5
    The Gold at the End of My Rainbow
    3:54
  • 6
    Bring Back the Spark
    3:38
  • 7
    Modern Music
    3:40
    5.0 ★
  • 8
    Dancing in the Moonlight (All Alone)
    2:09
    5.0 ★
  • 9
    Honeymoon on Mars
    1:22
    5.0 ★
  • 10
    Lost in the Neon World
    0:47
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Dance of the Uncle Sam Humanoids
    2:12
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Modern Music (reprise)
    1:39
    5.0 ★
  • 13
    Forbidden Lovers
    5:03
  • 14
    Down on Terminal Street
    4:00
  • 15
    Make the Music Magic
    1:53
  • 16
    Futurist Manifesto (B‐Side 1977)
    4:32
  • 17
    Quest for the Harvest of the Stars
    4:11
  • 18
    Autosexual
    5:53
  • 19
    Japan (A‐Side 1977)
    2:39
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Electrical Language
    4:49
  • 2
    New Precision
    4:30
  • 3
    New Mysteries
    4:44
  • 4
    Surreal Estate
    5:00
  • 5
    Love in Flames
    4:09
  • 6
    Panic in the World
    5:04
    5.0 ★
  • 7
    Dangerous Stranger
    3:05
    5.0 ★
  • 8
    Superenigmatix
    2:10
    5.0 ★
  • 9
    Visions of Endless Hope
    2:23
  • 10
    Possession
    2:34
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Islands of the Dead
    3:45
  • 12
    Blimps
    2:46
  • 13
    Lovers Are Mortal
    4:54
  • 14
    Lights
    2:45
  • 15
    Electrical Language (single edit)
    3:34
  • 16
    Love in Flames (single edit)
    3:51
  • 17
    Panic in the World (single edit)
    3:31
  • CD 5
  • 1
    The Saxophonist (demo)
    3:52
  • 2
    Visions of Endless Hopes (demo)
    2:19
  • 3
    Blue as a Jewel (demo)
    5:12
  • 4
    Speed of the Wind (demo)
    4:26
  • 5
    Possession (rough mix)
    2:37
  • 6
    Maid in Heaven (Top of the Pops backing track)
    2:29
  • 7
    The Modern Music Suite (live)
    11:53
  • 8
    Forbidden Lovers (live)
    4:40
  • 9
    Down on Terminal Street (live)
    10:32
  • 10
    Swansong (live)
    6:45
  • 11
    Heavenly Homes (Flashman remix)
    6:39

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Release credits

  • orchestrator [10]
  • Minimoog [1, 3-4, 6, 10], Moog [1-6, 9-10], Rhodes piano [8, 11], grand piano [4], piano [6-8]
  • 12 string guitar [9], Minimoog [1], acoustic guitar [3-5, 7-8, 11], arranger [1-5, 7-10], background vocals [1-9, 11, 13-14], bell [4], cabasa [4, 11], cowbell [3], drums (drum set) [4], electric guitar [1-8, 10-11], electronic instruments [2, 2-4], finger cymbals [9], guitar [1-19], guitar synthesizer [1, 8], keyboard [11-19], lead vocals [4.1-8, 4.10-11, 4.13-14, 1.1-5, 1.7-19], mandolin [4, 9], marimba [11], other instruments [4], other vocals [4], percussion [1.11-19, 4.6], piano [3-4], producer [2.1-12, 2.14, 3.1-15, 1.18, 4.1-11], tambourine [3-4, 10-11], whistle [4]
  • background vocals [1.11-19, 2.2, 2.14, 4.1-3, 4.8], bass [1.11-19, 2.2, 2.14], bass guitar [1-8, 10-11], other instruments [2], percussion [1.11-19, 2.2, 2.14]
  • recording [1-11]
  • producer [1-10]
  • guitar [1-10], organ [6]
  • other vocals [4]
  • guest [4]
  • engineer [1-11], producer [3.1-15, 2.2-12, 2.14, 4.1-11]
  • engineer [3]
  • drums (drum set) [1-10], percussion [1-10]
  • producer [1]
  • other vocals [4]
  • engineer [3]
  • bass guitar [1-10], lead vocals [6]
  • engineer [3]
  • producer [11-19]
  • drum machine [1-2], drums (drum set) [5-8, 10-11], membranophone [11-19], other vocals [4], percussion [1.11-19, 4.4], snare drum [2], tom-tom [2]
  • engineer [3]

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