Act / Love & Hate: A Compact Introduction / new 2CD set

In related good news for fans of that elusive Mr Leer, his ‘From Sci Fi To Bar Fly’ LP is finally getting a physical release on CD, May 25th.

Thrilled about both of these releases, and have pre-ordered both. Both are unexpected and very appreciated! The artwork for the Act compilation is absolutely gorgeous.

Two more ZTT releases I really don’t want, but have get for collector purposes.
At least it’s not another Art of the 12″ compilation.

still even.

What is the the ‘Element’ series? Are they re-relkeasing everything ZTT have ever produced?

If so does that finally mean they will release my much longed for cd copy of the Insignificance soundtrack?

And don’t forget “The Shape Of The Universe: A Souvenir Of Insignificance”…. It really should be reissued ASAP!

Id settle for Slave to the Rhythm lp rerelease on cd, doesnt have to be deluxe!

Thrilled about the Anne Pigalle deluxe treatment. This was one of the key missing pieces from the ZTT reissues.

PLEASE give us the deluxe treatment for Grace Jones’s ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ album – that is surely now the major missing piece left of the catalogue?

would love to see Thomas Leer’s back catalogue get reissued . He’s so talented .

Two of the best ZTT albums ever (thank you, Steve Lipson) get a decent re-release, magnificent news!
Let’s keeps our fingers crossed that the ACT director’s cuts are all unreleased versions: Chance is mentioned twice in the tracklisting of cd1 so that’s a good sign!
Quite a missed opportunity though on the ACT cd set: Why not including the 1988 demo’s of Freeride, Lovesick and Slap? Will we ever be able to hear those??

Two more !!

I’m so glad for the Anne Pigalle deluxe edition !

It contains the CD debut of :
– 2 french versions of songs from the original french LP (the third one “Faut-il vraiment…” was on the 2009 japanese reissue of the album)
– the “mix songeur” of “Souvenir d’un Paris” (the “mix aguicheur” was on 2011’s The Art Of The 12″)

And it also contains completely unreleased stuff (as far as I’m aware) :
– the 2 mixes of “Intermission (The Gods Are Bored)”
– the last 5 songs from CD2 might be demos. The only one that might have been already released is “Looking For Love (Spring ’84)” if it is the same version as “Looking For Love (Demo)” from IQ6 Zang Tumb Tuum Sampled.

I already own 2 previous CD edition, I didn’t expect such a forgotten but great album to be re-released and expanded. I’m delighted !

Well I have the 3CD anthology (didn’t realise it was no longer available) but as an ACT/Thomas Leer/Claudia Brucken fan I might have to get this anyway :-(

By the way – anyone that does not know them already check out
Thomas Leer’s Scale of Ten album and Claudia Brucken’s Love: And a Million Other Things.
Both fantastic Electronic Pop albums.

Anne Pigalle looks great. Not sure how much unreleased content they have, but hopefully enough to put out a Compact Introduction disc for her. So buy this so it does well!!!

This release works fine with the Japanese 2009 release, but on its own is missing a few mixes.

I wouldn’t mind an Element 2CD of Act’s Laughter, Tears, & Rage… it could gather up the missing mixes.

I’ve still pre-ordered mine.

Taking a look at Act.

I don’t think the following have had a CD release before:

Poison (single version) …not on this? I’ve heard it’s different than the album mix, but I can’t tell.

Winner 88 …which we do get here (but I assume it’s just the first 3:27 of Winner 88x, as the extended version has a break right where the single version would end)

12/1 Chance …still not able to clear those Abba samples??

I Can’t Escape From You (CD5 single version) …not on this? (But on a 1988 CD, so technically already on CD. What version is on the 4 file digital download from 2014??)

Snobbery & Decay (That’s Entertainment – Cassette version) …maybe on here? Despite the identical track length on Discogs, I remember this being a mix of the 12″ version combined with the album version.

Snobbery & Decay (The 4 promo Herbie from Mastermind mixes) …not on here. They aren’t spectacular, as they sound much like what was commercially released, but there are some unique parts in them.

(Theme From) Snobbery & Decay (short version) …if you have the already released long version, then you have the short version.

The one sure thing we get is (presumably) an extended version of the Chance ‘Whammy Mix’ that appeared on an Art of the 12″ compilation.

The one thing that I wish they could find more of in their cupboard: More 12″ mixes of I Can’t Escape From you. Is there really only one??!

Like all the Element art, this looks fantastic, though mostly for the font work (the photo doesn’t do much for me).

Looking at the tracklist for the Love & Hate I find myself asking “Why not just re-release the 3 disc set?”

Having checked it against the aforementioned limited edition tracklisting on Discogs the only thing I can’t find on it is Chance (Full Whammy!). Could be down to being mis-labelled on the previous comp. but if not those canny swines at Salvo may have given the hardcore fan a solid reason to pick this up….. which perhaps answers my first question!

Always happy to see Claudia Brucken material getting the deluxe treatment, but this doesn’t appear to have anything not on the LT&R anthology. ZTT does usually manage to surprise in one form or another, so who knows? The big news for me is Anne Pigalle’s album. I have been waiting for this one a long time!! More mixes than I knew existed – hooray! Is it safe to assume the last five tracks are live versions?

For many years I’ve been bitter that I never managed to get a copy of the extensive 3CD reissue of “Laughter, Tears and Rage,” so this makes me incredibly happy!!!!!!

Amazon UK link goes to German site Paul