Propaganda – Wishful Thinking (Is Disturbdances Of Five Songs)
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ZTT – Element 23 |
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Series: |
Element Series – 23 |
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Country: |
Europe |
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Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Synth-pop |
Tracklist
| Disturbdances | |||
| 1 | Abuse | 3:30 | |
| 2 | Machined | 6:53 | |
| 3 | Laughed! | 8:54 | |
| 4 | Loving | 0:47 | |
| 5 | Jewelled | 7:44 | |
| 6 | Loved | 6:43 | |
| 7 | Abuse | 4:18 | |
| 8 | Thought | 2:38 | |
| Deviations | |||
| 9 | Strength To Dream (Outtake 04.02.84) | 2:29 | |
| 10 | p:Machinery (The Beta Wraparound) | 10:47 | |
| 11 | The Murder Of Love (Murderous Instrumental) | 4:29 | |
| 12 | Dr Mabuse (Outtake 24.04.85) | 5:41 | |
| 13 | Frozen Faces (A Secret Sense Of Rhythm) | 5:09 | |
| 14 | p:Machinery (The Voiceless Beta Wraparound Edit) | 4:25 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ZTT Records Ltd.
- Licensed To – Union Square Music Ltd.
- Copyright © – ZTT Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Union Square Music Ltd.
- Published By – Perfect Songs
- Published By – Complete Music Ltd.
- Published By – Domino Publishing Co. Ltd.
Credits
- Compiled By [Compiled And Curated By], Curated By [Compiled And Curated By] – Ian Peel
- Design [Repackaged By (After ZTT And Contract 3)] – Philip Marshall
- Liner Notes – Paul Morley
- Liner Notes [Curator's Commentary] – Ian Peel
- Painting [Cover Painting] – Brücken*
- Photography By [In 2012] – Andrew Catlin
- Photography By [Original 1985 Images] – Peter Brown (23)
- Producer [Original Material] – T. C. Horn* (tracks: 1 to 9)
- Producer [Reproductions] – Paul Morley (tracks: 1 to 8, 10, 14)
- Technician [Tape Operator] – Paul Wright (tracks: 1 to 8)
- Written-By – Freytag* (tracks: 13)
Notes
[Exact release title on sleeve spine and disc:]
'WISHFUL THINKING' is disturbdances of five songs by Propaganda
[Front cover and booklet cover:]
(for the footsteps and the heartbeats of the connoisseur)
'WISHFUL THINKING'
is disturbdances of five songs
by PROPAGANDA
[Sticker on shrinkwrap:]
"Propaganda Remixed / The Classic Remix Album of A Secret Wish, Remastered, featuring: Duel (Jewelled), Dr Mabuse, and p:Machinery + five previously-unreleased bonus tracks. / Element 23 / SALVOCD055 / ZTT "maddened"".
[On sleeve inside:]
There is, surprisingly, a remarkable ferocity in all this (this being ZTT’s wishful, bashful Element Series) – but can it be carried too far? Wishful Thinking – reactivated with intent – appears as part 23 in the Element Series. A product of Zang Tuum Tumb, the organisation of pop. Coming next? No more clues...
[In booklet:]
All tracks sourced from original master tapes except for '(the beta wraparound of) p:Machinery'. Zang Tuum Tumb was unable to retrieve the original master for this track. Instead, a new master has been created for this release, based on multiple vinyl transfers, which significantly improves on the quality of the vinyl transfer which appeared on WEA Japan’s 1994 CD edition of A Secret Wish.
With thanks to Ian Usher (Tumb Modern).
All tracks published by Perfect Songs, except 'Laughed' by Complete Music/Domino Publishing Company.
All tracks ℗ + © 1985 ZTT Records, except tracks 09, 11-14 ℗ + © 2012 ZTT Records.
[On sleeve back:]
Tracks 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 >> previously unreleased. Total running time >> 74:30.
℗ 2012 ZTT Records Ltd, under exclusive license to Union Square Music Ltd.
© 2012 ZTT Records Ltd / Union Square Music Ltd. Salvo is a Union Square Music label
Further information: www.ztt.com and www.salvo-music.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
A Union Square Production
[On disc face:]
Manufactured in the EU.
Tri-fold cardboard sleeve, approx. 13,2x13,5 cm
12-page booklet: credits, photos, 'Curator's Commentary' by Ian Peel, track commentary & additional notes by Paul Morley
In the booklet, in the notes to 'Curator's Commentary', track numbers refer to the wrong bonus tracks. In 'H', 1 & 5 should read 1 & 4. In 'N', 3 & 2 should read 2 & 5.
No durations appear on the release.
[Notes extracted from liner notes:]
– 'Abuse' [is] based on the early, more rhythmic demos of 'Dr Mabuse'.
– The entire Wishful Thinking project had initially been set up with the US in mind. 'Sorry For Laughing' – the 'lost' Propaganda single (or one of them) – already had a spellbinding remix in the form of the Unapologetic 12" (see Element Eleven) but it was reworked again into the US Dance Mix and then retitled into what you hear here, 'Laughed'.
– Bonus tracks no. 1 [track 9 in the whole program] and no. 5 [actually 4 > track 12] are derived from 'Mabuse'. 'Strength to Dream' started life as an edit for the 12" single (logged as 'Mabuse Theme with Orch' on 4 February 1984) before becoming the coda to the A Secret Wish album. And bonus track no. 5 [4] almost became the final album version – it's derived from the same 26 April 1985 session that spawned the Goodnight mixes of 'The Chase' and 'p:Machinery' that appeared on Element Eleven.
– 'Machined', after 'p:Machinery', is the linchpin of the whole set and the reimagining of this track led to a brace of releases to tie in with Propaganda's Outside World tour: 'p:Machinery Reactivated' – with the aforementioned Magazine guitar [John McGeogh of Magazine] – on 7", 12" and (had everything gone exactly to plan) singlette, and a revised, CD-only edition of A Secret Wish. The full 12" version is included here as bonus track no. 3 [2, track 10], alongside a previously-unheard instrumental take of the 7" reactivation. The B-side of 'p:Machinery Reactivated' was 'Frozen Faces' and an early instrumental jam around this track, from 11 December 1984, appears as bonus track no. 2 [5, track 13].
– For a set that opened and closed with 'Dr Mabuse', Wishful Thinking always felt like it had a bonus track: 'Thought', an instrumental remake of one of the first Propaganda recordings, 'Disziplin'.
'WISHFUL THINKING' is disturbdances of five songs by Propaganda
[Front cover and booklet cover:]
(for the footsteps and the heartbeats of the connoisseur)
'WISHFUL THINKING'
is disturbdances of five songs
by PROPAGANDA
[Sticker on shrinkwrap:]
"Propaganda Remixed / The Classic Remix Album of A Secret Wish, Remastered, featuring: Duel (Jewelled), Dr Mabuse, and p:Machinery + five previously-unreleased bonus tracks. / Element 23 / SALVOCD055 / ZTT "maddened"".
[On sleeve inside:]
There is, surprisingly, a remarkable ferocity in all this (this being ZTT’s wishful, bashful Element Series) – but can it be carried too far? Wishful Thinking – reactivated with intent – appears as part 23 in the Element Series. A product of Zang Tuum Tumb, the organisation of pop. Coming next? No more clues...
[In booklet:]
All tracks sourced from original master tapes except for '(the beta wraparound of) p:Machinery'. Zang Tuum Tumb was unable to retrieve the original master for this track. Instead, a new master has been created for this release, based on multiple vinyl transfers, which significantly improves on the quality of the vinyl transfer which appeared on WEA Japan’s 1994 CD edition of A Secret Wish.
With thanks to Ian Usher (Tumb Modern).
All tracks published by Perfect Songs, except 'Laughed' by Complete Music/Domino Publishing Company.
All tracks ℗ + © 1985 ZTT Records, except tracks 09, 11-14 ℗ + © 2012 ZTT Records.
[On sleeve back:]
Tracks 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 >> previously unreleased. Total running time >> 74:30.
℗ 2012 ZTT Records Ltd, under exclusive license to Union Square Music Ltd.
© 2012 ZTT Records Ltd / Union Square Music Ltd. Salvo is a Union Square Music label
Further information: www.ztt.com and www.salvo-music.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
A Union Square Production
[On disc face:]
Manufactured in the EU.
Tri-fold cardboard sleeve, approx. 13,2x13,5 cm
12-page booklet: credits, photos, 'Curator's Commentary' by Ian Peel, track commentary & additional notes by Paul Morley
In the booklet, in the notes to 'Curator's Commentary', track numbers refer to the wrong bonus tracks. In 'H', 1 & 5 should read 1 & 4. In 'N', 3 & 2 should read 2 & 5.
No durations appear on the release.
[Notes extracted from liner notes:]
– 'Abuse' [is] based on the early, more rhythmic demos of 'Dr Mabuse'.
– The entire Wishful Thinking project had initially been set up with the US in mind. 'Sorry For Laughing' – the 'lost' Propaganda single (or one of them) – already had a spellbinding remix in the form of the Unapologetic 12" (see Element Eleven) but it was reworked again into the US Dance Mix and then retitled into what you hear here, 'Laughed'.
– Bonus tracks no. 1 [track 9 in the whole program] and no. 5 [actually 4 > track 12] are derived from 'Mabuse'. 'Strength to Dream' started life as an edit for the 12" single (logged as 'Mabuse Theme with Orch' on 4 February 1984) before becoming the coda to the A Secret Wish album. And bonus track no. 5 [4] almost became the final album version – it's derived from the same 26 April 1985 session that spawned the Goodnight mixes of 'The Chase' and 'p:Machinery' that appeared on Element Eleven.
– 'Machined', after 'p:Machinery', is the linchpin of the whole set and the reimagining of this track led to a brace of releases to tie in with Propaganda's Outside World tour: 'p:Machinery Reactivated' – with the aforementioned Magazine guitar [John McGeogh of Magazine] – on 7", 12" and (had everything gone exactly to plan) singlette, and a revised, CD-only edition of A Secret Wish. The full 12" version is included here as bonus track no. 3 [2, track 10], alongside a previously-unheard instrumental take of the 7" reactivation. The B-side of 'p:Machinery Reactivated' was 'Frozen Faces' and an early instrumental jam around this track, from 11 December 1984, appears as bonus track no. 2 [5, track 13].
– For a set that opened and closed with 'Dr Mabuse', Wishful Thinking always felt like it had a bonus track: 'Thought', an instrumental remake of one of the first Propaganda recordings, 'Disziplin'.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 698458815521
- Rights Society: MS
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): | SALVOCD055 | *052946 |
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI LD11
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 5Q93
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): | SALVOCD055 | *053710 |
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI LD11
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 5Q85
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): | SALVOCD055 | *053710 |
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI LD11
- Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 5Q93
Other Versions (5 of 42)
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Wishful Thinking (LP, Album, Limited Edition) | ZTT | ZAS 20 | UK | 1985 | ||
| Wishful Thinking (CD, Album) | ZTT | ZCID Q20, ZCIDQ 20 | UK | 1985 | |||
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Wishful Thinking (Cassette, Album, White Cassette) | ZTT | CZAS 20 | UK | 1985 | ||
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Wishful Thinking (LP, Album) | Festival Records | L 18005 | New Zealand | 1985 | ||
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Wishful Thinking (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo, DMM) | ZTT | 207 439, 207 439-273 | Europe | 1985 |
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Reviews
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Remix albums can be hit or miss affairs, more often miss than hit. The original release of this album in 1985 was a commercial miss, although in the true ZTT style of contradiction, the material contained within was a hit with the fans of it’s authors. Paul Morley & Bob Kraushaar deconstructed Propaganda’s debut parent album “A Secret Wish”, then reconstructed, remixed, re-edited and reshaped it into the rebellious, all dancing “Wishful Thinking”. At the time the group were one the first acts to put out an entire remix album, and perhaps the first to release one with all exclusive mixes.
For almost 27 years Action Series number 20 has remained untouched, until now. With a new running time of 74 minutes and 30 seconds, this new expanded edition becomes number 23 in the ZTT/Salvo Element Series and features no less than 5 previously unreleased tracks from the archives. This latest addition to the series does not disappoint the listener as a lot of thought, effort and time have been put into making the additional “Deviations” tracks blend perfectly with the original “Disturbdances”.
Including additional tracks to any album can be tricky at the best of times as quite often they become nothing more than fillers, however this is a fine example of getting it right and actually improving a release rather than reducing the impact of a well loved classic. Thankfully only one disc is included, a second would have alienated the listener and disrupted the perfect balance of the material. However well intentioned the 2002 “Outside World” remix compilation album may have been, it never had the same impact, elegance or perfection that “Wishful Thinking” has, and now all of those qualities have been given a new lease of life. -
My GOD!!! With all the re-releases, when will they ever finally put the original 7" mix of "Jewel" on CD???? It's unutterably frustrating - absolutely my favourite of all their tracks....
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