THE MONOCHROME SET - Fin - VERY RARE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD

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THE MONOCHROME SET - Fin - VERY RARE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD

Label: Él, Cherry Red
Catalog#: ACME 3, ACME 3
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: UK
Released: Jun 1986
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock  

A1   He's Frank   
A2   Martians Go Home   
A3   Straits Of Malacca   
A4   Sugar Plum   
A5   B-I-D Spells Bid   
A6   Alphaville   
A7   Heaven Can Wait   
A8   Goodbye Joe      Drums - Morris Windsor 
A9   The Strange Boutique   
A10  Reprise        Bass - Jeremy Harrington
 
B1   Jacob's Ladder   
B2   Wallflower   
B3   Apocalypso   
B4   Mr. Bizarro   
B5   I'll Scry Instead        Drums - Morris Windsor 
B6   Espresso   
B7   405 Lines   
B8   Eine Symphonie Des Grauens   
B9   The Monochrome Set 
 

Artwork By [Design] - W.B.Hardy
Bass - Andy Warren (tracks: A1 to A9, B1 to B9)
Drums - J. D. Haney* (tracks: A2, A3, A5, A7, A9, A10, B3, B7, B8) , Mick Weselowski (tracks: A1, A4, A6, B1, B2, B4, B6, B9)
Edited By - Andy Warren , Bid (3) , Lester Square
Engineer - Andy Levien*
Engineer [Live] - Dave Harper (2) , Robin Mayhem
Guitar [Lead] - Foz (2) (tracks: A1, A4, A6, B1, B2, B4, B6, B9)
Guitar [Lead], Keyboards - Lester Square (tracks: A2, A3, A5, A7, A9, A10, B3, B7, B8)
Guitar, Vocals - Bid (3)
Keyboards - Carrie Booth (tracks: A1, A4, A6, A8, B1, B2, B4 to B6, B9)
Other [Films, Lights] - Tony Potts
Producer - Bid (3)

Track A1, A4, A6, B6 & B9 recorded at Electric Ballroom 23/5/85
Track A2, A5, A9, B3, B7 & B8 recorded at Bristol Trinity Hall 21/5/80
Track A3 recorded at Leeds Warehouse 16/7/81
Track A7 recorded at Retford Porterhouse 17/7/81
Track A8 recorded at City of London Polytechnic 10/10/82
Track A10 recorded at 'Mother's' Chicago 21/9/79
Track B1 & B2 recorded at 'Eastern Eye' 19/3/85
Track B4 recorded at Wolverhampton Polytechnic 17/5/85
Track B5 recorded at Huddersfield Polytechnic 27/10/82
Engineered at R.M.S. Studios

Gatefold cover

él in association with Cherry Red Records Ltd.
(P) Cherry Red Records
  

Condition:

Sleeve - Excellent (very slight spine damage)
Vinyl - Excellent

Producer - Alvin Clark

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EXTRA INFO ABOUT THE ARTIST.

The Monochrome Set were an English post-punk band originally formed in 1978 from the remnants of a college group called The B-Sides (whose members had included Stuart Goddard, a.k.a. Adam AntThe original line-up consisted of Indian born lead singer and principal songwriter Bid (real name Ganesh Seshadri), Canadian guitarist Lester Square (real name Thomas W.B. Hardy), drummer John D. Haney, and bassist Charlie Harper. The band went through several bassists in the next few years, including Jeremy Harrington, and Andy Warren of the Ants, a childhood friend of Bid.[3]

Experimental filmmaker Tony Potts began collaborating with the band in 1979, designing lighting and stage sets with film projections for their live appearances. The band's early persona was defined by the shadowy, uncertain stage images created by the films to such an extent he is often described as being the band's "fifth member."

They released several singles for the Rough Trade label before recording their debut album, "Strange Boutique", produced by Bob Sargeant, for Virgin Records' imprint DinDisc in 1980, as well as their follow-up effort, Love Zombies, produced by Alvin Clark and the band later that same year. John Haney left the band in 1981 and was replaced by Lexington Crane.

In 1982, the band switched labels to Cherry Red to release their third full-length album, Eligible Bachelors, produced by Tim Hart. Lester Square and Lexington Crane left soon afterwards, and were replaced by keyboardist Carrie Booth and drummer Nicholas Weslowski. This line-up recorded 1982 single Cast a Long Shadow, for Cherry Red before Booth was in turn replaced by new lead guitarist James 'Foz' Foster.

In 1983, Cherry Red released Volume, Contrast, Brilliance... sessions & singles vol. 1, a retrospective of the band's early Rough Trade singles, BBC and Capital Radio sessions, and other unreleased early sessions.

In 1985, with the same line-up as on Cast a Long Shadow, The Monochrome Set recorded the relatively mainstream album The Lost Weekend for major label Warner Bros. Records. The Lost Weekend failed commercially, and after a few singles, the band officially broke up, though they served as Jessica Griffin's backing band on the first album by the Would-Be-Goods, The Camera Loves Me.
). The band is notable for its witty lyrics, the laconic delivery of lead singer Bid, and the idiosyncratically retrogressive playing style of original lead guitarist Lester Square.