Mute Audio Documents

Z

zhao

there are no accidents
pretty fuckin excited about this. can't wait to hear only familiar with some of the material included.

128 tracks over 10 CDs, Mute Audio Documents is a unique insight into the musical development of the label and its artists, highlighting the influence, the success and, most importantly, the great music produced since its inception in 1978.
Mute Audio Documents is a collection of Mute's single releases from 1978 to 1984 and includes the first 4 double CD volumes of an ongoing series plus a 2CD rarities album exclusive to the box set. The series will feature all the A-side and B-side single tracks released by Mute in addition to album tracks by the artists for whom there were only album releases.

Mute emerged in the post-punk era. It was a new era of pop democracy, and anyone could make a record. You didn't even need to know three chords, according to Mute founder Daniel Miller. All you needed, he said, was an idea.

His 'idea' was to create a classic of DIY pop - a double A sided 7" single featuring the songs T.V.O.D. and Warm Leatherette. He called himself The Normal, designed a sleeve with Letraset, stuck the name Mute on it, and accidentally started a record label.

You only have to listen to the music gathered on these 10 CDs to see how Mute became the blueprint for maverick independence and sonic adventurousness - a blueprint that countless labels follow to this day.

The documentary evidence is here. All you have to do is listen.
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Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. TVOD - Normal (1)
2. Warm Leatherette - Normal (1)
3. Memphis Tennessee - Silicon Teens
4. Let's Dance - Silicon Teens
5. Back To Nature - Fad Gadget
6. Box - Fad Gadget
7. Judy In Diguise - Silicon Teens
8. Chip 'N' Roll - Silicon Teens
9. Ricky's Hand - Fad Gadget
10. Handshake - Fad Gadget
11. Kebabtraume - DAF (1)
12. Gewalt - DAF (1)
13. Soundtrack - Non
14. Soundtrack - Non
15. Soundtrack - Non
16. Mode Of Infection - Non
17. Knife Ladder - Non
18. Can't Look Straight - Smegma (1)
19. Flashcards - Smegma (1)
20. Insecticide - Fad Gadget
21. Fireside Favourites - Fad Gadget
Disc: 2
1. Just Like Eddie - Silicon Teens
2. Sun Flight - Silicon Teens
3. Double Heart - Rental, Robert
4. On Location - Rental, Robert
5. Tanz Mit Mir - DAF (1)
6. Der Rauber Und Der Prinz - DAF (1)
7. Dreaming Of Me - Depeche Mode
8. Ice Machine - Depeche Mode
9. Side A Track 2 - Rice, Boyd
10. Side B Track 1 - Rice, Boyd
11. Make Room - Fad Gadget
12. Lady Shave - Fad Gadget
13. New Life - Depeche Mode
14. Shout - Depeche Mode
15. Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
16. Any Second Now - Depeche Mode
Disc: 3
1. Rise - Non
2. Out Out Out - Non
3. Romance Fatal Dentro De Un Auto - Non
4. See You - Depeche Mode
5. Now This Is Fun - Depeche Mode
6. Saturday Night Special - Fad Gadget
7. Swallow It - Fad Gadget
8. Fred Vom Jupiter - Die Doraus Und Die Marinas
9. Even Home Is Not Nice Anymore - Die Doraus Und Die Marinas
10. Physical Evidence - Non
11. Man Kills Self While Cleaning Gun - Non
12. King Of The Flies - Fad Gadget
13. Plain Clothes - Fad Gadget
14. Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode
15. Oberkorn (It's A Small Town) - Depeche Mode
Disc: 4
1. Only You - Yazoo
2. Situation - Yazoo
3. Los Ninos Del Parque - Liaisons Dangereuses
4. Mystere Dans Le Brouillard - Liaisons Dangereuses
5. Don't Go - Yazoo
6. Winter Kills - Yazoo
7. Life On The Line - Fad Gadget
8. 4m - Fad Gadget
9. Leave In Silence - Gore, Martin L.
10. My Secret Garden - Depeche Mode
11. Other Side Of Love - Yazoo
12. Ode To Boy - Yazoo
13. For Whom The Bells Toll - Fad Gadget
14. Love Parasite - Fad Gadget
Disc: 5
1. Get The Balance Right - Depeche Mode
2. Great Outdoors - Depeche Mode
3. Or So It Seems - Duet Emmo
4. Heart Of Hearts (Or So It Seems) - Duet Emmo
5. Mit Dir - Gorl, Robert
6. Berhurt Verfuhrt - Gorl, Robert
7. Nobody's Diary - Yazoo
8. State Farm - Yazoo
9. Everything Counts - Depeche Mode
10. Work Hard - Depeche Mode
Disc: 6
1. I Discover Love - Fad Gadget
2. Lemmings On Lover's Rock - Fad Gadget
3. Love In Itself - Depeche Mode
4. Fools - Depeche Mode
5. Never Never - Assembly
6. Stop Start - Assembly
7. Jennifer's Veil - Birthday Party
8. Mutiny In Heaven - Birthday Party
9. Swampland - Birthday Party
10. Say A Spell - Birthday Party
Disc: 7
1. Tanz Debil - Einstuerzende Neubauten
2. Kalte Sterne - Einstuerzende Neubauten
3. Collapsing New People - Fad Gadget
4. Spoil The Child - Fad Gadget
5. Darling Don't Leave Me - Gorl, Robert
6. A Ist Wider Da - Gorl, Robert
7. People Are People - Depeche Mode
8. In Your Memory - Depeche Mode
9. One Man's Meat - Fad Gadget
10. Sleep - Fad Gadget
Disc: 8
1. In The Ghetto - Cave, Nick & The Bad Seeds
2. Moon Is In The Gutter - Cave, Nick & The Bad Seeds
3. Letters To A Friend - I Start Counting
4. Adman's Dream - I Start Counting
5. U Mu U - Gilbert, Bruce
6. Here Visit - Gilbert, Bruce
7. Master And Servant - Depeche Mode
8. Set Me Free Remotivate Me - Depeche Mode
9. Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode
10. Somebody - Depeche Mode
11. Extraction - Rice, Boyd & Frank Tovey
12. Extraction - Rice, Boyd & Frank Tovey
Disc: 9
1. Live At West Runton Pavilion - Normal (1)
2. Side A Track 1 - Rice, Boyd
3. Side A Track 1 - Rice, Boyd
4. Side B Track 2 - Rice, Boyd
5. Side B Track 2 - Rice, Boyd
6. King Of The Flies - Fad Gadget
7. I Discover Love - Tovey, Frank
8. Ring - Fad Gadget
9. Love Parasite - Fad Gadget
Disc: 10
1. My Secret Garden - Depeche Mode
2. Shout - Depeche Mode
3. Photographic - Depeche Mode
4. Somebody - Depeche Mode
5. Ice Machine - Depeche Mode
6. Bring Your Love Down - Yazoo
7. In My Room - Yazoo
8. Winter Kills - Yazoo
9. Don't Go - Yazoo
10. Situation - Yazoo
11. From Her To Eternity - Cave, Nick & The Bad Seeds
 
L

labrat

hot on the heels of love
robert rental + the Normal Live At West Runton Pavilion is particularly exellent as is Kebabtraume* ( i thought this was already out?)


*in fact LOADS of it is great
 
O

Octopus?

Well-known member
Very cool...you also have to love any compilation that includes "Tanz Debil" and "People Are People" on the same disc.
 
P

polystyle

Well-known member
Mystere Dans La Brouiliard ...

Mute did it all bk then -what a lineup !

Lots of NON , never the easiest listen (blew everyone out of early '80's Tier 3 with what sounded like a jet taking off next to your eardrum for 30m)
Fad Gadget - Ck
Warm Leatherette -essential dance tune for Mudd Club
DAF , Gorl and Liasions Dangeruses - Double ck
Birthday Party - esp. if you missed first time around ,Tracy and Roland yeah !
D Mode - We met Daniel M and these boys @ Dschungel and had a good laugh
And earliest ENB - with Chung , Mufti power , still dangerous

Can't ask for more , really
Cheers Daniel Miller wherever you are (not @ Mute much anymore , far as I know)
 
spooky girlfriend

spooky girlfriend

Wild Horses
not really an authority on this stuff though i love the Birthday Party, early Dep Mode and Neubauten. the set seems to be geared towards a small selection of artists - will look these up...'WARM (nngghh) LEATHERETTE (nngghh) WARMLEATHERETTE'..ahem
 
spooky girlfriend

spooky girlfriend

Wild Horses
speaking of the Birthday Party 'Junkyard' needs a good remastering..the mix is too low on the CD, would love nothing more than to have 'Big Jesus Trashcan' and 'Dim Locater' obliterating the eardrums of every living thing within a 1 mile radius :D
i think a thread on Aussie-punk is called for...
 
C

Circus Lupus

Circus Of Wolves
FRED VOM JUPITER!

God knows how I fucking forgot how great Mute was.
Sold all those 7's for booze.

TVOD - SINGLE OF THE CENTURY!
 
Agent

Agent

dgaf ngaf cgaf
hey, a yank here in need of some assistance. After discovering Fad Gadget a few months ago, I've been harassing Mute Records about making this set available on iTunes in the States, but alas, no response. Any torrents floating around??? Any Mute Records insiders? Thanks.

I'm dying to hear the Frank Tovey/Boyd Rice collaborations.

EDIT: Nevermind, thanks again to zhao for the head's up, I'm listening now and it's f-ing amazing.
 
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