The Fall vs. 2003

Susan vs. Youthclub / Janet vs. Johnny - Action (UK), 2002

"The Fall vs. 2003" must have been an in-joke, no doubt in reference to the seemingly interminable time it took to get the Country On The Click LP finished. The LP was eventually shelved anyway, with only these two tracks as official evidence of what was to be. The B-side - in a radically altered version - would appear on their next album.

listen to "Susan vs. Youthclub":

listen to "Janet vs. Johnny":

Peter Gabriel

Games Without Frontiers - Mercury, 1980

The U.S. radio edit of his first hit, complete with altered lyrics. The mix is actually top-notch - I prefer it to the LP version.

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John Cale

Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores - IRS, 1980

This is the B-side of of "Mercenaries (Ready For War)" which was a studio version of the leadoff track from his 1979 LP Sabotage/Live. One of his more bizarre recordings (which is saying a lot), this tune was later popularized by British goth rockers Bauhaus, who also released it as a B-side.

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Wazmo Nariz

Wacker Drive - Stiff (UK), 1978

Wazmo Nariz was a minor New Wave sensation in Chicago in the late '70s. He released a few singles on the local Fiction label, and was later picked up by IRS for a full length LP. One single - "Tele-Tele Telephone", was released in the UK by Stiff Records with an alternate B-side: "Wacker Drive".

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