¨ "On The Road To Nashville" DVD Out Now!

The brand new Erasure DVD "On The Road To Nashville" out today in UK and available in all good record shops.

With more than 14 million albums sold so far, Erasure have always been proudly, defiantly, shamelessly pop but behind the impressive sales figures and kitsch stage costumes, it has sometimes been overlooked just what consistently great songwriters Vince and Andy have been throughout their career.

For 2006's Acoustic Tour Andy Bell and Vince Clarke reworked a selection of the defining songs that embody their two decades together and were joined onstage, for the first time ever, by a full band. Led by guitarist Steve Walsh, Andy Bell's vocals and Vince Clarke's guitar, mandolin and melodica were joined by an array of musicians and instruments that included the pedal steel, autoharp and banjo.

Filmed live on Erasure's "Union Street" Acoustic Tour in May 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Ryman Auditorium (once home of the infamous Grand Ole Opry with a stage that once hosted a teenage Elvis Presley), the DVD features never before seen versions of hits and live favourites such as "Oh L'Amour", "Love To Hate You", "Stop!", "Blue Savannah", "Victim Of Love" and "Sometimes" as well as a short film, "The Road To Union Street", and a bonus audio CD featuring 18 of the live tracks.

"Union Street", a captivating and boldly experimental album for an electronic band, saw Erasure unplugged and bringing soulful new depths and acoustic textures of 11 songs spanning an incredible career that has recently seen Andy Bell and Vince Clarke (also known for his work with Depeche Mode and Yazoo, amongst others) score 32 consecutive UK Top 40 hits and appear in the Book of British Hit Singles as one of the Most Successful Acts of All Time.

DVD Tracklisting:

On The Road to Nashville:
1. Boy
2. Blue Savannah
3. Oh L'Amour
4. Alien
5. Breathe
6. Victim Of Love
7. How Many Times?
8. Spiralling
9. Sometimes
10. Tenderest Moments
11. Ship Of Fools
12. Love To Hate You
13. Against My View
14. Piano Song
15. Rock Me Gently
16. Stop!
17. Chains Of Love
18. Encore: A Little Respect

Bonus Songs:
1. Stay With Me
2. Love Affair
3. Blue Savannah (fan filmed footage)
4. Sometimes (fan filmed footage)

The Road To Union Street [a short film]

Bonus Audio CD:
1. Boy
2. Blue Savannah
3. Oh L'Amour
4. Alien
5. Breathe
6. Victim Of Love
7. How Many Times?
8. Spiralling
9. Sometimes
10. Tenderest Moments
11. Ship Of Fools
12. Love To Hate You
13. Against My View
14. Piano Song
15. Rock Me Gently
16. Stop!
17. Chains Of Love
18. A Little Respect

¨ "Erasure Acoustic" Gallery

To coincide with the release of new DVD, Erasure.ru presents the new gallery dedicated to 2006 "Erasure Acoustic" tour. You may see it in the "Photos" section (many thanks to Maxim Gladkiy, Thorsten Bott and Inga).

¨ Erasure Karaoke CD

"Hits Of Erasure" is a brand new release out in the Platinum Artists series on the UK imprint Zoom Karaoke. Included in this volume are 13 tracks made ready for Karaoke use:

1. Who Needs Love (Like That)
2. Oh L'Amour
3. Sometimes
4. Victim Of Love
5. The Circus
6. Ship Of Fools
7. A Little Respect
8. Stop!
9. Drama!
10. Blue Savannah
11. Chorus
12. Love To Hate You
13. Erasure Medley

The disc comes with CDG which puts words (text) on the TV when played in a Karaoke CDG Player.

¨ Extra! Extra! New Erasure Single & Album Titles!

The new Erasure single is titled "I Could Fall In Love With You". The album title is "Light At The End Of The World". Further details is in the Greg's newsletter below.

Greg EIS - "New Album & Single Release Dates":

Hello

Well it's been a pretty exciting week so far, with Andy and Vince taking part in the video shoot for the new single.

Behind the scenes footage of the video shoot will be published on the Erasure website in due course - just to wet your appetites, a section of the video is described as "time splits off in wild tangents parallel to their reality" - make of that what you will!

Anyway, in other news...

¨ New Erasure Single & Album Release Dates

The brand new Erasure album is to be released on the 21st May in the UK. The North American release date is 22nd May.

The first single from the album has a release date of 2nd April. (The North American single details haven't been confirmed at the time of writing.)

As for the titles of the new album and single, I'm afraid I'm not going to tell you - I'll going to let Andy and Vince tell you in the following video clip:

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/news/index.html

(By the way the interview that they refer to in the clip will be published later in the year)

If you are unable to view the video, a transcript will be published over the weekend.

¨ Andy Bell - DJing At The Black Cap

Andy Bell is to DJ on the 14th February at The Black Cap in Camden (London).

web: http://www.theblackcap.com
address: The Black Cap 171 Camden High Street London NW1 7JY

Regards

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ New Military Look For Erasure

In case you thought Gareth's diary is over, it is not yet! It has been updated with another interesting entries.

The album title and release date are remaining unknown to Gareth, he figure the best place to get this information will be the EIS. The album is completely mastered and done, Gareth and Andy worked on the running order of the tracks and as a result they dropped another 2 songs off the main album. However, Gareth noted that all the songs they have done will be released on some format or another.

The most interesting thing is the new Erasure photo shoot, that was also done recently. We may see on the pics and videos that Erasure had new military look for this photo session.

¨ Andy Bell On Radio 2 Downloads

Andy Bell appeared on the Lee Mack Show on Radio 2 on Thursday 18th January. He performed live three tracks which are available now for downloading in the "Media" section (click on "Audio" link).

¨ Until The Twelfth Of Never Compilation 2007

Erasure fan James finished an update for his famous "Until The Twelfth Of Never" compilation. For those who don't know or don't remember, it was originally a 2CD mp3 compilation to compile rare, unreleased and unavailable tracks relating to Erasure.

This time it's now on a DVD+CD set (56+ hours worth of mp3 audio). For 2007, he updated this collection to include everything that was previously released in the "Until The Twelfth Of Never" collection, plus a whole slew of new material that couldn't fit on the original releases or had been released / obtained after the original collection was done.

The final tracklisting of the compilation can be found here. Ordering details can be found here. Note that this set is being sold at cost, ie there is no profit being made on this release.

Greg EIS - "Nashville Video Clips":

Hello

And welcome to the first Erasure newsletter of 2007.

¨ "On The Road To Nashville" DVD / CD

A reminder that the 29th January (UK / Europe) and the 20th February (North America) sees the release of the superb live Erasure DVD / CD package "On The Road To Nashville".

The DVD features never before seen versions of classic hits and live favourites filmed at the Ryman Auditorium (Nashville).

It is available for pre-ordering from the following online retailers:

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk...
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Road-Nashville-Erasure...
Virgin Megastores: http://www.virginmegastores.co.uk/invt/759544
HMV: http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails...

¨ "On The Road To Nashville" Signed Editions From Mute Bank

Mute Bank are of course doing something special for the Nashville release. They are going to receive a limited quantity of signed copies of the "On The Road To Nashville" release. Each will be signed by Andy Bell and Vince Clarke and will be individually numbered.

To have the chance of receiving a signed copy simply place a pre-order at Mute Bank. They will be added to pre-orders selected on a random basis so unfortunately Mute Bank can not guarantee you will receive a signed copy.

Mute Bank: http://www.recordstore.co.uk/mutebank/home...

¨ Nashville Video Clips

There are several clips from the Nashville show now available online. Check out the Erasure MySpace site and You Tube presence.

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/erasureofficial
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/erasureinfo

Feel free to embed the videos in any online blogs / web sites etc that you may have.

Two of the clips are also available on the Erasure website homepage and within the 'News' section.

EIS: http:/www.erasureinfo.com

¨ E-Card

And of course it wouldn't be an Erasure release without an E-Card to go with it! The e-card contains a video clip not found on MySpace or You Tube, so it's worth checking out.

E-Card: http://www.erasureinfo.com/treasure/ecards/nashville.html

¨ Top Of The Pops 2

The following two editions of the music archive show "Top Of The Pops 2" (to be shown on the UK television channel "UKTV G2") may be of interest:

- Tues 23 Jan 2007 (14:00) Features Erasure
- Sat 27 Jan 2007 (20:00) Features Alison Moyet

UKTV G2 can be found on the following UK digital satellite / cable networks:

Sky Digital : Ch 111
Telewest : Ch 125
NTL : Ch 126

UKTV : http://uktv.co.uk
TOTP2 : http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2

¨ Buried Treasure II / EIS Live CD Orders

Nearly all the outstanding EIS merchandise orders have been fulfilled - just over 5,000 CDs (plus other merchandise) have been dispatched. The remaining orders are either a) packed and awaiting dispatch within the post room or b) waiting for the arrival of 200 Buried Treasure II CDs (as the manufacturer under delivered by 200 copies).

The online order statuses will be updated once they have all been dispatched.

¨ EIS February Sale

The EIS online store will re-open in February, and there will be an extensive clearance sale. As well as discounts on existing merchandise, many Erasure related items that have been kept by the EIS over the years will be offered for sale. This sale will occur during the month of February only.

¨ Next Newsletter...

Keep an eye out for next Friday's newsletter for an exciting announcement...

Regards

Greg
Erasure Information Service

PS. More "Union Street" street sign photos please!
EIS: http://www.erasureforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=10032

¨ Andy Bell On Radio 2

Andy Bell will appear on the Lee Mack Show on Radio 2 on Thursday 18th January between 10 and 10.30 pm, repeated on Saturday 20th from 1.30 pm.

Radio 2: 88-91 FM, on digital radio and TV or online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 (Listen Again available for one week).

¨ Added The Assembly "Never Never" Single Page

The page about The Assembly single "Never Never" has been added to Discography (Vince Clarke side projects section) (thanks to Patrick Aldag and Mike De Paz).

¨ Added New Pics

Added details of: Andy Bell single "Crazy" us promo vinyl, "Solsbury Hill" uk promo cdr, "The Erasure Show" Bristol cdr, Rammstein single "Mann Gegen Mann" uk promo vinyl, "A Little Respect" spain vinyl.

¨ "On The Road To Nashville" DVD - Preview

Two video clips taken from forthcoming Erasure DVD are available. The first one is "Breathe", which can be seen at the main page of official Erasure website and the second one is "Oh L'Amour", which can be seen at Erasure's official MySpace site.

¨ "On The Road To Nashville" DVD - Back Cover

Here is the back cover of "On The Road To Nashville" DVD (european edition) taken from Amazon.co.uk:

¨ "On The Road To Nashville" DVD - Signed Copies

Mute Bank will receive a limited quantity of signed copies of "On The Road To Nashville". Each will be signed by Andy Bell and Vince Clarke and individually numbered. To have the chance of receiving a signed copy simply place a per-order at Mute Bank. They will be added to pre-orders selected on a random basis so unfortunately Mute Bank can not guarantee you will receive a signed copy.

¨ New Compilation With Exclusive Tracks

On 9th February will see the release of volume 2 of the popular "Elektrisch!" compilation series almost exactly one year after the release of the first volume. Out via Major Records it holds exclusive remixes totalling 28 selected tracks (on the limited 2CD edition that is). Among bands included on the limited 2CD set are Erasure, Camouflage, Client and Goldfrapp. Especially interesting are the remix collaborations between artists such as Andy Bell of Erasure remixing Goldfrapp's "Ooh La La" along with Manhattan Clique and Client remixing Second Decay's "Alle Fehler".

This compilation features two exclusive Erasure / Goldfrapp / Andy Bell tracks for the first time commercially available on cd. Check the complete tracklist below.

CD1:
01. Alphaville - To Germany With Love (Sebastian R. Komor Extended Remix)
02. Camouflage - We Are Lovers (!Distain Remix)
03. Client - Zerox Machine (Mechanical Cabaret Extended Remix)
04. Deine Lakaien - Where You Are (Memphis Remix)
05. X-Perience - Return To Paradise (The Promise Remix)
06. Erasure - All This Time Still Falling Out Of Love (Shanghai Surprize Radio Edit)
07. Mechanical Cabaret - Disbehave (Mesh Asbo Remix)
08. Goldfrapp - Ooh La La (When Andy Bell Met Manhattan Clique Mix)
09. Iamx - Spit It Out (Alexander Kowalski Remix)
10. Mesh - Step By Step (Mechanical Cabaret Extended Remix )
11. Assemblage 23 - You Haven'T Earned It (The Loge Remix)
12. Unheilig - Ich Will Alles (Elektronik Club Mix)
13. Boytronic - Little Italian Feeling (Days Of Fate Remix)
14. Purwien Feat. Witt - Alle Fehler (Client Remix)

CD2:
01. SITD - Suffering In Solitute (Empathy Mix)
02. Code 64 - Guardian (Bariuz Remix)
03. Psyche - Angel Lies Sleeping 2007 (Extended Neuropa Remix)
04. Iris - It Generates (Darker Days Remix)
05. Lowe - The Vanishing (Steve Wasabi Remix)
06. Celluloide - Who Is The Angel (Dekad Remix)
07. Scarlet Soho - Modern Radio (Menichal Servants Remix)
08. X-Divide - I Don't Care (Trance Club Mix)
09. Obscenity Trial - Here And Now (Syrian Remix)
10. Technoir - Manifesto (Beborn Beton Club Edit)
11. Neuropa - Blitz (Celluloide Remix)
12. Eden - Electric (Obscenity Trail Remix)
13. Nono - Geisha (Original Version)
14. Motus - Leave (Original Version)

¨ Gareth's Diary - New Entry

Gareth's diary has been updated with another interesting entry. He wrote that new Erasure album is nearly finished. They are going to spend 2 or 3 days with Daniel Miller listening through and doing final adjustments before the next (possibly last) mastering session next Monday.

Tracklisting:
1. Oh L'Amour
2. Sometimes
3. A Little Respect
4. Always (7" Mix)
5. Breathe

¨ Christmas Greetings From Mute

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¨ Gareth's Diary - New Entries

Gareth's diary has been updated with some interesting entries:

"9 Mixes ready for Mastering

We had a great last day in the Studio - Daniel was very helpful with a couple of tracks - they really came on in the final stages. We finish next year with the rest of the tracks and some extra B sides that Vince is working on at the moment. Andy will be back in the studio at the beginning of January to voice those tracks and we will finish the LP mixes then. A great end to the year. Thanks Everyone."

"Over the holidays Vince worked on another tune that we started in Falmouth, and it arrived a couple of days ago. Andy came down to sing it today. After a couple of warm ups he did the vocal in one take (with one drop in - he is so new to this arrangement of the song that he hadn't quite learned the structure) So it is a very fresh interpretation.

Also we are doing ongoing tweaks of the mixes - a few minor things and a few major things. Vince was unhappy with a couple of changes that were made with Daniel in in London, and he has asked to hear mixes based more on the Falmouth material. So far this has been a very productive exchange of ideas and feelings."

¨ Top 50 Gay Events Of 2006

For the fifth time Russian national gay portal Gay.ru compiled annual list of top 50 gay events. Among them is a Gay Games opening ceremony in Chicago Andy Bell performed at.

See the full list here (in Russian).

¨ "On The Road To Nashville" DVD Cover

The cover artwork of the forthcoming Erasure DVD "On The Road To Nashville" has been slightly changed and now looking like this:

¨ "On The Road To Nashville" DVD - European Catalogue Number

The catalogue number for the european edition of DVD is ERAS DVD 4 / 0094638451693.