The studio recording of 'Baby Love' that Erasure recorded for 'Motown Mania' is now available on a Motown Mania compliation CD.
Title: Motown Mania (Various Artists)
Label: MCA / Universal Music
Cat No: 731452070821
- Heaven Must Have Sent You (Lulu)
- Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (Steps)
- (I'm a) Roadrunner (Chris Rea)
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) (Samantha Mumba)
- You Keep Me Hangin'On (Lisa Stansfield)
- I'll Be There (Dane Bowers)
- Love Hangover (Yazz)
- Baby Love (Erasure)
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Pete Waterman)
- Lately (S Club 7)
- What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (Westlife)
- Three Times a Lady (A1)
Unfortunately, some rather disappointing news. It looks as though Erasure's performance of 'Baby Love' is not going to be included in the 'Motown Mania' TV special this Saturday on ITV.
Erasure did record a live performance of this track for the TV special but the show's producers chose not to include it in the final programme.
There will be a new Erasure video interview on the DocRock website from 8am tomorrow. There is also a competition running on the site to win signed copies of 'Loveboat'.
You can also listen to a programme where Vince and Andy count down their favourite top 10 tracks at PureMix. To hear it, after logging on, complete the music mixer game and head to the edit player and select the Erasure special from the drop down music special menu.
There will be an exclusive interview with Erasure broadcast on VirtueTV at 7pm GMT this evening (October 31st). They will also be broadcasting the video for 'Freedom' for the next week.
Erasure's album 'Loveboat' reached #45 in the UK charts.
Due to popular demand, a second 12" is due to be released of 'Freedom'. The 12" features the two Mark Pichiotti remixes, including the 'Jail Term Dub' previously only available on a promotional 12".
A release date hasn't been confirmed yet, but it is likely to be 20th November.
Freedom 2nd 12" L12 Mute 244
- Freedom [MARK'S Guitar Vocal]
- Freedom [MARK'S Jail Term Dub]
Erasure's single 'Freedom' is currently at #27 in the UK charts.
The video for 'Freedom' is now available for download from Eurogay.
There are three versions available: 56k, 128k and 512k, with the video and audio quality improving with the size of the file.
The Erasure micro-site at Deo has been expanded, and now offers visitors the chance to hear full-length streaming versions of 'Freedom', 'Alien' and 'Moon & The Sky', plus 30-second clips of the other tracks from 'Loveboat'.
As previously mentioned, it also includes a streaming video of Erasure's performance at Mute's Irregular Concert, though to view this (and to hear the clips) you will need the Windows Media Player plug-in.
Tomorrow, on Friday 13th October, Erasure will be appearing on Top Of The Pops 3 on UK Play at 6.20pm and then, later that evening, on Liquid News on BBC Choice at 8.30pm.
There is a quarter page 'question and answer' style-interview with Andy Bell in the new edition of Time Out magazine (London, UK).
As previously announced, Erasure will be performing 2 or 3 songs at a Radio 2 In Nottingham show on October 14th, alongside Gabrielle, Chris Rea, Roachford, Eagle Eye Cherry and Neneh Cherry. The show will be broadcast live on The Richard Allison Saturday Show at around 4.15pm; you will also be able to listen to the broadcast in RealAudio via the Radio 2 web site.
The performance will be taking place at the 'Pitcher & Piano', a former 19th century chapel; tickets are not required, and admission is on a first-come first-served basis. The doors open at 3pm but you are strongly advised to get there early. The 'Pitcher & Piano' is located on High Pavement near the Broad Marsh Shopping Centre.
The current issue of 'Now' magazine, given away free at gay clubs and bars, features a two-page interview with Erasure.
Erasure are due to appear on Volle Kanne, Susanne (a show broadcast on the German TV channel ZDF) on 10th October.
The video for Erasure's single 'Freedom' will be included in the edition of Videotech broadcast at 11.30pm on the 5th October.
Erasure will be performing 2 or 3 songs at a Radio 2 concert taking place in Nottingham on October 14th, appearing alongside Gabrielle, Chris Rea, Roachford, Eagle Eye Cherry and Neneh Cherry.
The show will be broadcast live on The Richard Allison Saturday Show at around 4.15pm on BBC Radio 2.
Erasure will be interviewed on Jonathon Ross's BBC Radio 2 show on the 21st October. They will also be performing two songs live during the programme.
On (or shortly after) the 27th October, Erasure will be performing live on FISH and The Late Late Show.
On October 7th, an Erasure feature written by Jens Hoehner will be published in 'Wochenende!', a supplement in the German newspaper Westdeutsche Zeitung.
Erasure are also interviewed for the October edition of Fluid, and their album 'Pop! - The First 20 Hits' is included on the list of 'Embarassing-But-Classic' albums in Esquire magazine.
Also remember to keep an eye out for reviews of the album in Mojo, Select, FHM and Q (not to mention local and national newspapers nearer the date of release). 'Freedom' is also reviewed, none-too-favourably, in the current edition of NME.
As you know, the new Erasure album 'Loveboat' will not be released in the USA, Canada or Japan until next year at the very earliest. However, you will be able to order the UK edition album from Mute Bank mail order, together with all of the formats for the single 'Freedom'.
Advance order for the single, 'Freedom', will be sent out on the UK release date (October 9th) and similarly those for the album, 'Loveboat' will be sent out on October 23rd.
For more details on how to place your advance orders, visit the Mute Bank.
Please note that this offer only applies to those in the USA, Canada and Japan. Everywhere else, Mute would prefer that people purchased the album from a record shop (to help the album's chart profile) and the album and single will not be available by mail order until 4 weeks after the UK release dates.
A new mini-website for Erasure has been launched at deo.com. At this site you will be able to listen to their new single, Freedom, and to watch a recording of their recent Irregular acoustic concert [you will need the Windows Media Player plugin].
Erasure will be appearing on Motown Mania, an ITV special due to be broadcast on December 16th. They will be performing a semi-acoustic version of 'Baby Love' by Diana Ross And The Supremes.
A studio-recorded version of the track, also featuring Valerie Chalmers and Emma Whittle on backing vocals and acoustic guitar by Nic Johnston, looks likely to be included on the accompanying CD, due for release on Universal Records on December 17th.
Although the plans about the second single from 'Loveboat' are still to be confirmed, Andy and Vince have mentioned in recent radio interviews that the second single from 'Loveboat' is likely to be a double a-side of 'Alien' and 'Moon & The Sky'.
Andy Bell has mentioned in recent radio interviews that he plans to record an album next year, comprising mainly of cover versions of standards from the early 1960's.
Erasure are provisionally scheduled to appear on the following programmes:
- Sky Entertainment News (on Sky One)
- London Live Entertainment News (on Carlton)
- Top Of The Pops 3 (on UK play, possibly to be repeated on BBC2)
- Liquid News (on BBC Choice)
- Top Ten Electro Pop (Channel 4)
- Basildon Beat (BBC Radio 2)
Erasure are provisionally scheduled to appear in the following programmes, magazines and websites:
- VH1: Hoch 5, Bits & Pieces, Greatest Hits , Big 80ties
- 1LIVE, WDR2
- WAZ/Cocktail
- Rolling Stone
- Bild Am Sonntag
- Prinz magazine
- TextundTon
- Kulturnews
- ran
- Hotvision
- Access All Areas
- Hamburger Morgenpost
- FHM
- Hamburger Abendblatt
- WOM Journal - Blinddate
- C.O.P
- Orkus
- WZ Electric and General Anzeiger
- Sonic Seducer magazine
- Frankfurter Rundschau
- Giga TV
- RTC Meridien (for RTL channel)
- www.Popnet.de
- www.rtl.de
Erasure are provisionally scheduled to appear in the following programmes, magazines and websites:
- Berlingske Tidende
- BT
- Jyllandsposten
- Popshop
- Go Morgen Danmark
- Gaffa
- Ekstra Bladet
- Musicreactor
Erasure are provisionally scheduled to appear in the following programmes and magazines:
- TELE - Switzerland
- Brazilian AOL - Brazil
- Machina - Poland
- BergensAvisen - Norway
- Net Beat - Europe
- Music Choice Europe - Europe
- Music Life - Greece
- Tutu - France
- MCM - France
Features have also been syndicated to the media in Finland and Italy. Erasure will also be appearing on the Swedish TV show Sondagsoppet, to be broadcast at some point after the 3rd October.
Andy Bell can be found talking about his favourite food and restaurants at Simplyfood.
Update: The Simply Food website has since closed. The interview has been republished here.
An archive of Erasure's online chat is now available at Docrock.
Update - The Docrock website has since changed - the chat archive is now available here.
There's a short feature about the launch party for 'Loveboat' at Billboard.
There's a brief article about the launch party for 'Loveboat' at Dotmusic.
The following companies will be releasing 'Loveboat' in their respective countries. The ones marked with a (*) have also confirmed that they will be releasing the single, 'Freedom'.
- Germany: Mute Germany *
- Switzerland: Musikvertrieb *
- France: Virgin Labels *
- Belgium: PIAS *
- Holland: PIAS *
- Spain: Caroline *
- Italy: Virgin Extra Labels *
- Scandinavia: Playground *
- Greece: Virgin *
- Czechoslovakia: Mute Czechoslovakia
- Slovenia: Dallas
- Hungary: HMK
- Portugal: Zona *
- Israel: NMC *
- Poland: Polstar
- Australia: Mushroom *
- SEA: Rock
- South America: Sum
- South Africa: Gresham *
- Brazil: Sum
The licensees for USA, Canada, Austria, Turkey and Japan are still to be confirmed.
There is a fairly detailed interview with Andy Bell, conducted at the 'Loveboat' launch party, available at gay.com.
Andy Bell is interviewed (very briefly) at NME.com.
A very brief article about Erasure's appearance at the 'Irregular' night is available at Playlouder.
There is a quite detailed and lengthy Andy Bell at Rainbownetwork.
Those of you in the UK will be able to listen to the new Erasure single 'Freedom' by dialling: 0808 108 1450
Your call will be free of charge. You will hear an abridged edit of the single, introduced by Vince and Andy themselves.
The promotion-only Mute release 'Advance 2000.3' CD contains the 'Radio Mix' of Erasure's new single 'Freedom', alongside tracks from Mute artists Goldfrapp, Add n to (x), Echoboy and Recoil.
Although this CD was available for sale at the 'Irregular' concert, there are no plans for it to be made commercially available through the Mute Bank or The Erasure Information Service. The 'Radio Mix' of 'Freedom' is essentially just an edit of the standard album/single version.
Release date: 1st September 2000
Catalogue number: Advance 3 CD
Formats: CD
- Erasure: Freedom [Radio Mix]
- Goldfrapp: Utopia
- Add N To (X): Plug Me In
- Cristian Vogel: Whipaspank
- Echoboy: Telstar Recovery
- Holger Hiller: Curmbox
- Foil: Superhero No. 1
- Luke Slater: All Exhale (Electropunk Mix)
- Recoil: Jezebel (Edit)
Erasure's short acoustic appearance at Mute's 'Irregular' night on September 1st was extremely succesful; I hope everyone who either attended the concert at the Institute For Contemporary Arts or who watched it via the world wide web enjoyed the show.
Vince and Andy were both quite taken aback by the warmth and enthusiasm of the reception they received. Accompanied by Nic Johnston, and with backing vocals from Valerie Chalmers and Emma Whittle, Erasure peformed acoustic versions of 'Freedom', 'Alien', 'Where In The World' and 'A Little Respect'.
Apart from their appearance at 'Irregular', it looks extremely unlikely that Erasure will be touring to promote 'Loveboat' this year.
There may be some more one-off live appearances along the same lines at the 'Irregular' night, but there won't be any proper concerts in the UK or elsewhere.
Erasure's albums, 'The Innocents' (1988) and 'Pop! - The First 20 Hits' (1992) were re-released on the MiniDisc format on 18th September.
The albums were previously available on MiniDisc on Sony Records; these re-issues are on Mute. Both albums' tracklistings are the same as the standard UK CD releases.
Erasure's ninth studio album, 'Loveboat', will be released in the UK on the 23rd October. It marks something of a departure from Erasure's previous albums, with a more experimental and rougher-edged sound to the recording and, in particular, with the predominant use of acoustic guitar on some tracks.
Many of Andy's vocals have been recorded live to give the album a fresher, more intimate feel.
Including the single 'Freedom', the album includes other tracks that look set to become fan favourites, such as 'Love Is The Rage' and 'Alien'.
'Loveboat' will be available on:
- CD (CD Stumm 175)
- Cassette (C Stumm 175)
- MiniDisc (MD Stumm 175)
- Ltd Ed Heavy Vinyl (Stumm 175, includes poster)
Tacklisting:
- Freedom
- Where In The World
- Crying In The Rain
- Per Chance To Dream
- Alien
- Mad As We Are
- Here In My Heart
- Love Is The Rage
- Catch 22
- Moon & The Sky
- Surreal
Erasure's first single release for almost three years has now been announced. 'Freedom', an up-tempo soul /gospel number, is due for release on the 9th October.
The formats also features remixes by Motiv 8, Jason Creasey, Mark Pichiotti, Quake and Paul James, plus a second version of 'Freedom' remixed by Erasure and Ebby Acquah. The previously-unreleased 'Better' is a Kraftwerk-esque dance track.
The formats will include two CDs and a 12":
Freedom CD CD Mute 244
- Freedom
- Better
- Freedom [Acoustic Version]
Freedom Remixes CD LCD Mute 244
- Freedom [Motiv 8 Radio Mix]
- Freedom [JC's Freedom Of Flight Remix]
- Freedom [MARK'S Guitar Vocal]
Freedom 12" 12 Mute 244
- Freedom [Quake Vocal Remake]
- Freedom [Untidy Dub]
