¨ Erasure To Start Mixing New Album

According to Gareth Jones' diary, Erasure start mixing their new album this week at Mute studio.

¨ Lucy McKenzie Exhibition Review

An interesting review of the current Lucy McKenzie exhibition, describing her work for Erasure as "simply embarrassingly bad", can be read here.

Greg EIS - "2nd Dec Events":

Hello

¨ "It Takes Two" Night Of Duets (2 Dec 2006)

Just a reminder about the forthcoming "It Takes Two - Night Of Duets" event at The Mermaid this Saturday (2nd Dec) in London.

The confirmed line up is Andy Bell, Jimmy Somerville, Julian Clary, Heather Small and Jonathan Harvey. They have all been rehearsing like mad, and it is going to be fabulous and a really unique opportunity to see them all doing something very different! There are even rumours of a very special after the show party so bring a little cash and a lot of stamina; it is going to be a great night.

At the time of writing there are only about 45 tickets left so if you are interested in going I suggest you act quickly.

Tickets (£20 and £50) : http://www.barbican.org.uk...
Phone : (020) 7638 8891
Venue: The Mermaid in Puddle Dock. There is full disabled access.
Time: Doors open at 7pm and the performance starts at 8pm.

¨ Mute T-Shirts Available Via Mute Bank

"It's been 6 long years since the last one but we are very proud to announce the arrival of a brand new Mute t-shirt."

The new design features the classic Mute walking man logo sporting the latest in mobile audio which comes on a 100% cotton black shirt and is available exclusively from Mute Bank. Available in skinny/girly, medium, large and x-large sizes.

Pre-order before 8th December 2006 and pay only £11.99, the price will revert to the regular price of £12.99 on the 9th December.

¨ "Crackers Xmas Bash"

If you're not a regular Erasure Forum reader then you may not be aware of an Erasure fan party "Crackers Xmas Bash" being organised for this Saturday (2nd Dec) in Doncaster.

Further details here: http://www.erasureconvention.com
and here: http://www.erasureforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=9592

(note this isn't an EIS event)

Regards

Greg
Erasure Information Service

Greg EIS - "Absolutely last chance":

OK - had one or two emails over the weekend from people who missed out on ordering "Buried Treasure II" and "EIS Live".

As a one off (and this *really* can not be done again) the production run of the CDs has been extended, therefore the CDs are now available again via the EIS Store:

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/commerce/shop/

Please remember that "limited edition" means exactly that. The production run will not (and actually can not) be extended again.

If you are having issues using your credit / debit card for payment then you can pay by cheque / postal order / international money order (in pound sterling and made payable to "Erasure Information Service") - however please contact me first before you do so.

As a consequence of increasing the production run of these CDs, it is doubtful that these latter orders will be sent out in time for Christmas - the EIS is one person who has other tasks to do as well.

There are some short audio samples from both CDs in Windows Media and Real Media formats here:

http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/other.html

Regards

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ Added Depeche Mode "Just Can't Get Enough" Single Page

The page about Depeche Mode single "Just Can't Get Enough" has been added to Discography (Vince Clarke side projects section).

¨ Added New Pics

Added details of: "Union Street" argentinian cd, "Loveboat" spain cd, "Erasure" argentinian cd, "Who Needs Love Like That" 1985 spain vinyl, "Future Retro" us vinyl.

¨ "Buried Treasure II" & "EIS Live" CDs Sold Out!

The forthcoming EIS cds "Buried Treasure II" & "EIS Live" have sold out after just 4 days of pre-sale!

Greg EIS - "Drive in the car, make a turn in reverse...":

Hi

¨ Buried Treasure II & EIS Live

If you have not ordered copies of the EIS releases "Buried Treasure II" & "EIS Live" I suggest you do so quickly.

At the time of writing (17:00 24 Nov) the number of CDs remaining are as follows:

Individual "EIS Live" CDs: None
Individual "Buried Treasure II" CDs: 45
Sets of both "Buried Treasure II & EIS Live": 82

Once a stock figure reaches 0 then the item will be automatically removed from the online store.

EIS Shop: http://www.erasureinfo.com/commerce/shop/shop.php

¨ Nashville DVD Clip

Here is a clip from the forthcoming "On The Road To Nashville" DVD, available as a Windows Media clip, or it can be viewed via the Erasure MySpace site:

Windows Media (Broadband)

Erasure MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/erasureofficial

Regards

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ Christmas At Mute Bank

Dreaming of a White Christmas?

CD albums from only £5.49.

"Winter warmers from Depeche Mode, Erasure, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Fad Gadget, Nitzer Ebb, Laibach, Yazoo, Inspiral Carpets plus the highly acclaimed Rough Trade shops collection."

If you can't wait for Santa to arrive and filling your loved ones stockings with quality music is your thing, check out Mute Bank's White Christmas collection jam packed with compilations galore.

Order any Christmas title before 20th December and you could win 1 of 5 fantastic Mute Bank Christmas Hampers full of promotional goodies from Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Erasure, Moby, Richard Hawley, Martin L. Gore, Dave Gahan and Blues Explosion.

¨ "Lee Mack" Show

Andy Bell took part in a recording of "The Lee Mack Show" on BBC Radio 2 on 21st November. He sung a short snippet from "Sometimes" during the show opening, he later performed "A Little Respect" and the Blondie track "One Way Or Another". The show will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December / January. See some pictures below (thank to Mark (Lostone) for them).

Andy Bell		Andy Bell and Mark		Andy Bell and Cathy
Andy Bell and Andrea		Andy Bell and Yvette		Andy Bell and unknown
Andy Bell

¨ "Erasure Acoustic" Tour T-Shirt

Here are the pictures of one of the t-shirts that were available during the "Erasure Acoustic" tour this year.

Greg EIS - "I Don't Want To Learn My ABC":

Hello

Rather shockingly, this is the 201st Erasure Newsletter that I've written since early March 2003. Now you know why I have trouble coming up with meaningful subject titles for these! Although if you purchase "Buried Treasure II" then most of the stranger ones (see above) will make sense, which bring me neatly onto...

¨ EIS CDs Available For Pre-Order

The two forthcoming EIS releases "Buried Treasure II" and "EIS Live" may now be pre-ordered via the EIS Online store.

Each CD is priced at £8.00 (GBP) which is roughly $15.00 (USD) or €11.80 (EUR).

If you purchase both "Buried Treasure II" and "EIS Live" together then the discounted price will be £14.00 (GBP) for the pair (a saving of £2.00).

The above prices do not include p&p.

Both "Buried Treasure II" and "EIS Live"
http://www.erasureinfo.com/commerce/shop/shop.php?action=full&id=91

"Buried Treasure II" Only
http://www.erasureinfo.com/commerce/shop/shop.php?action=full&id=92

"EIS Live" Only
http://www.erasureinfo.com/commerce/shop/shop.php?action=full&id=93

The CDs are currently being manufactured - I'm expecting the stock to arrive at the end of next week, and they will be dispatched as soon as possible after the stock arrives.

These CDs are limited edition and will not be available for long. As with the previous EIS CDs they will not be re-pressed once they have sold out.

Payment for EIS merchandise is currently handled by PayPal, however you do not need to open or have an existing PayPal account in order to pay. They will accept direct payments via Visa / Mastercard / AMEX / Maestro / Switch / Solo / Delta cards etc.

If you have issues with these payment options then email me and I'll see what we can arrange.

A reminder of the track listings for these two releases:

"Buried Treasure II" - Featuring a selection of unreleased songs and demos from previous Erasure albums and the original Andy Bell audition material.

An Evening With Erasure:
01) Just Can't Get Enough
02) Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me
03) Home
04) Rain (Previously Unreleased)
05) In My Arms (Previously Unreleased)
06) Sometimes (Previously Unreleased)
07) Love To Hate You (Previously Unreleased)

EIS'04 Convention (Performance by the tribute band 'Eraser'):
08) Hideaway
09) Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summers Day)
10) A Little Respect (with Andy Bell on vocals)
11) Blue Savannah (with Andy Bell on vocals)

EIS Shop: http://www.erasureinfo.com/commerce/shop/shop.php

¨ Live DVD Release "The Road To Nashville"

The brand new DVD release "The Road To Nashville" is out on 29th Jan 2007 (UK / Europe) and 20th Feb 2007 (North America) on Mute.

Filmed live on Erasure's Union Street Acoustic Tour in May 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Ryman Auditorium, 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 Nashville tracks.

The artwork for the DVD (which can be seen with the EIS News section) features a re-working of the original Nashville show poster which was designed by Hatch Show Print for the Ryman Auditorium.

The Road to Nashville:
01) Boy
02) Blue Savannah
03) Oh L'Amour
04) Alien
05) Breathe
06) Victim Of Love
07) How Many Times?
08) Spiralling
09) 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:
01) Stay With Me
02) Love Affair
03) Blue Savannah (Fan filmed footage)
04) Sometimes (Fan filmed footage)

Additional:
01) The Road To Union Street (A short film)

Bonus Audio CD:
01) Boy
02) Blue Savannah
03) Oh L'Amour
04) Alien
05) Breathe
06) Victim Of Love
07) How Many Times?
08) Spiralling
09) 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

EIS News: http://www.erasureinfo.com/news/index.html

I'll upload a video clip Tuesday - having problems with the media server at the time of writing.

¨ "Robopop : The Return" Now Available

The brand new double CD compilation of UK electro pop talent, "Robopop : The Return" is now available.

Featuring established acts such as Goldfrapp, Tiga & The Knife, and showcasing emerging bands such as Matinee Club, Formatic & Dragonette, plus a second CD containing a continuous mix of remixes by DJs and remixers Manhattan Clique.

Check out the Planet Clique website for ordering details:

web: http://www.planetclique.net

¨ Union Street Signs

Thank you to all those that have uploaded some photos of local "Union Street" signs, I've added a few myself but I would like to see more!

EIS Forum: http://www.erasureforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=10032

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

Greg EIS - "EIS Live" CD Track Listing":

Hello

Well the announcement of the forthcoming EIS CDs 'Buried Treasure II' and 'EIS Live' has certainly generated some interest in the old EIS inbox -therefore here are some further details...

¨ 'EIS Live' Track listing

'EIS Live' features unreleased live songs from the Manchester "An Evening With Erasure" gig and a selection of songs from the EIS'04 convention which featured the Erasure tribute band "Eraser" plus Andy Bell on vocals for two songs.

The track listing is as follows:

'An Evening With Erasure'
- Just Can't Get Enough
- Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me
- Home
- Rain (Previously unreleased)
- In My Arms (Previously unreleased)
- Sometimes (Previously unreleased)
- Love To Hate You (Previously unreleased)

'EIS'04 Convention'
- Hideaway (Eraser performance)
- Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summers Day) (Eraser performance)
- A Little Respect (Eraser performance with Andy Bell on vocals)
- Blue Savannah (Eraser performance with Andy Bell on vocals)

A thumbnail of the cover can be seen with the EIS News section:

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

¨ 'Buried Treasure II' and 'EIS Live' Availability

These two limited edition CDs will be available for pre-order via the EIS online store next week.

- Stock is expected to arrive at the EIS ready for dispach within 7-10 days from the start of the pre-order.

- You may pre-order the CDs individually or for a discounted price as a pair (i.e both 'Buried Treasure II' & 'EIS Live' together.)

- I'm doing a pre-order as it will enable me to print out address labels / packing slips / get organised etc before the CDs arrive, plus will enable any payment or other issues that you may have to be sorted more easily (and before I'm elbow deep in CDs and packaging materials!)

- I will send out an e-mail newsletter to inform you when the CDs are available for the online pre-ordering.

- There is no pre-requisite to be a member of the EIS Forum / a former paying member of the fan club or anything else in order to "qualify" for purchasing these CDs - they may be purchased in exactly the same manner as any other item available via the EIS online store.

- As these CDs are limited in number, anyone ordering what I consider to be an excess number of CDs (i.e. for selling on eBay) will have their order cancelled.

- The EIS Shop can be found here:
http://www.erasureinfo.com/commerce/shop/

¨ BBC Radio 2 'Lee Mack' Show

The BBC Radio 2 programme 'The Lee Mack Show' which Andy Bell is taking part in on 21st November 2006 (as previously mentioned) will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in Dec/Jan - so keep an eye on radio listings guides or the BBC Radio 2 website.

web: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/listings/week.shtml

Andy will only be performing 2 songs - one of which will be quite short, so don't feel too disappointed if you couldn't one of the limited number of tickets, although check out the 'Wanted / For Sale' section of the EIS Forum to see if anyone is giving away tickets they no longer require.

web: http://www.erasureforum.com/viewforum.php?f=2

¨ Randomness

I read the following thread on the forum:

web: http://www.erasureforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=10032

and in one of those "it's late at night and therefore this seems a good idea" - I going to throw down the gauntlet and challenge you guys to post as many pictures of "Union Street" street signs from around the world in that thread as possible. I'll try and take a snap or two over the next few days.

Until next time!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ Clarke & Ware 'Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle' (Signed Edition)

News from EIS website.

Mute Bank have 50 signed copies of Vince Clarke & Martyn Ware's Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle available priced just £6.99. Each is signed by Vince and Martyn, individually numbered and available while stocks last.

Electronic pioneers Vincent Clarke of Erasure and Martyn Ware of Heaven 17 release 'Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle', the second album from two of the greatest musical innovators and follows the 'Pretentious' release from 1999. The six new instrumental recordings, of over seventy minutes, were originally premiered as part of a two-hour performance at the Roundhouse in London during February 2000. The one-off event was staged in a white clothed lined room, twelve metres in diameter, covered with the colours referred to in the title of each segment. The colours were programmed to cross fade during the event to achieve an almost infinite variation of colour.

Like 'Pretentious', the new album was uniquely recorded using logic audio platinum. The output from this was then spatialized using Animix 3D visualisation software and the Lake Huron 3D audio processor. Recorded in binaural format, for best results 'Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle' should be listened to on headphones.

1. White (you are in heaven)
2. Yellow (you are on a beach)
3. Red (you are in the womb)
4. Blue (you are underwater)
5. Green (you are in a forest)
6. White (you are in heaven again)

¨ Added Sandra Bernhard "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" Page

The page about Sandra Bernhard single "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" has been added to Discography (Andy Bell side projects section) (thanks to Gena).

¨ Added New Pics

Added details of: "Union Street" russian cd, "Wonderland" eu cd (thanks to Pavel), "Sometimes" spain vinyl, "Victim Of Love" us vinyl (thanks to Michael), "Who Needs Love Like That" 1985 spain vinyl,

¨ New Vince Clarke Remix

American Jeff Harper, a remixer of such diverse and prominent acts as Madonna, New Order, Garbage, Depeche Mode, The Cure and Nine Inch Nails, has launched his own project, Noirhaus.

The debut album "The World Forgetting By The World Forgot" is out now on Innerscope Records and focuses mainly on moody electro-rock. Dark ballads and more upbeat synth or guitar driven tracks make up the tracklist which also includes a Vince Clarke remix of the track "It's Over".

Here is the tracklist:

1. The Ghost In You
2. Liquidate
3. Devastation 1
4. Core
5. It's Over
6. Of The Forgotten
7. Borrowed Wings
8. Deify
9. Salvation
10. The Ghost In You (Banshee Mix)
11. Liquidate (Hard Funk Mix)
12. It's Over (Vince Clarke Mix)
13. Fornicator
14. Omikron

You may order the album for just $10 (with free shipping) ang get an autographed copy at Noirhaus website. The album also available via iTunes.

Greg EIS - "Andy Bell - BBC Radio 2 "The Lee Mack Show":

Hello

¨ Andy Bell - BBC Radio 2 "The Lee Mack Show"

BBC Radio 2 is pleased to announce that Andy Bell is due to take part in a recording of 'The Lee Mack Show' on 21st November 2006.

In the programme, BAFTA winner Lee Mack is joined by Angela McHale ('The Catherine Tate Show') and Steve Brown ('Jammin', 'Knowing Me, Knowing You'), plus more special guests from the world of comedy and music, for his unique take on the variety show.

If you would like to join the live audience for this recording in London, you can find out more and request your free tickets by calling BBC Studio Audiences on 0870 9011227, or by logging on to the BBC Tickets website.

Recording Date: 21st November 2006
Doors Open: 7.45pm
Venue: The Drill Hall, 16 Chenies Street, London WC1E 7EX
Tube: Goodge Street / Tottenham Court Road / Warren Street
Tickets: http://www.bbc.co.uk/whatson/tickets/shows/leemack2.shtml

¨ Andy Bell - "Think Pink!"

A major new art exhibition "Think Pink!" bringing together a posse of the UK's leading gay artists opens in Hastings on World Aids Day, December 1st.

The show will be opened at a gala event by Andy Bell, lead singer of pop legends Erasure, a frequent visitor to the eccentric seaside town and probably the world's most famous openly HIV-positive artist.

The show will be running for one week at the south coast's trendy new art spot, The Arts Forum. "Think Pink!" runs from Saturday December 2nd to Friday December 8th.

Location: The Arts Forum Gallery, 36, Marina, St.Leonards, East Sussex TN38 0BU.
Opening Times: 11:00 to 17:00 daily.
Web: http://www.haf.org.uk

Half of all proceeds from sales of work will be donated to Terrence Higgins Trust. The event is sponsored by Trade, Terrence Higgins Trust South and the Hastings & St.Leonards NHS Primary Care Trust.

Regards

Greg
Erasure Information Service

Greg EIS - "Andy Bell Guest DJ":

Hi

Very quick update:

¨ Andy Bell - Guest DJing Fri 3 Nov

Andy Bell will be guest DJ at 'Spring Street' - one of Maine's "Hottest Nightspots" on Friday 3rd November.

¨ Random Halloween Picture

Within the news section one can find a picture of Vince's niece, Isabelle dressed as Charlie Chaplin for Halloween in New York City!

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

Regards

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ Swedish Clothing Chain H&M Goes Depeche Mode

The Swedish clothing chain H&M is using a version with a string arrangement of Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough" in their new fall TV ads. You can view this advert here.

¨ "On The Road To Nashville" DVD News

Quote from Steve Walsh's website:

"While in NYC I saw the upcoming Erasure DVD "On The Road To Nashville" over at Zoomari Films. The DVD looks and sounds amazing and it should be available the beginning of next year."

Greg EIS - "Buried Treasure II Track Listing":

Hi

Further to last weeks newsletter regarding the EIS offering a HTML formatted newsletter (which will be in addition the traditional plain text variety), for one time only I'm sending out a joint HTML / plain text newsletter to see what the response is, and to give you guys a rough idea on how a basic layout may work.

Remember one can vote about the plan within the EIS Forum.

¨ EIS Release : 'Buried Treasure II' Tracklisting

The track listing for one of the forthcoming EIS releases 'Buried Treasure II' is published below.

01) Who Needs Love Like That (Andy Bell's Audition)
02) One Day (Andy Bell's Audition)
03) Twilight (Unreleased - 'Chorus' Era)
04) Tune 5 (Unreleased - 'Chorus' Era)
05) Siren Song (Alternative Lyrics - 'Chorus')
06) I Love Saturday (Early Demo - 'I Say I Say I Say')
07) Miracle (Early Demo - 'I Say I Say I Say')
08) All Through The Years (Early Demo - 'I Say I Say I Say')
09) Reach Out (Alternative Lyrics - 'Cowboy')
10) My Love (Unreleased - 'Cowboy' Era)
11) Earth (Unreleased - 'Cowboy' Era)
12) Perchance To Dream (Early Studio Sessions - 'Loveboat')
13) Freedom (Early Studio Sessions - 'Loveboat')
14) Heaven (Early Studio Sessions - 'Loveboat')
15) Perchance To Dream (Alternative Lyrics - 'Loveboat')

A brief audio clip of 'Perchance To Dream' (alternative lyrics version) is available via Windows Media or Real Media streams.

Details of the second EIS release 'EIS Live' will be announced shortly.

¨ EIS Shop Sale : Several Items No Longer Available

The 'Union Street Mug' and the 'Other People's Snogs T-shirt (36")' have now sold out and are no longer available.

The following items will shortly go out of stock as there are less than 10 of each remaining: 'EIS'04 T-shirt (Sizes M & L)', '3D Laser Etched Glass Collectable' and 'Nightbird Watch'. If you want any of these items for Christmas etc then I suggest you order them this week as they will not be restocked.

By the way I should have made it clearer in the last newsletter that although the EIS Shop has switched to using PayPal for payment, you do not need a PayPal account to pay for items from the EIS Shop - one can still use credit / debit cards via PayPal. This has the advantage of greatly speeding up the order process as I don't have to type in card numbers all day!

¨ Moby / Debbie Harry - U-MYX Remix Technology

If you had fun with the remix software that featured on several recent Erasure singles, the maxi CD of the new Moby single 'New York, New York' (which is out this week) has similar functionality to enable you to create your own remix of 'New York, New York'. Once you have made your remix you can upload it onto a communal website where everyone can review and rate their mixes. Moby will pick his favourite fan mix and the winner will receive the latest iPod. One can also purchase the track as a download complete with the U-MYX remix technology (which works the same as the CD version.)

Yes I realise that was a rather blatent promo for a non-Erasure Mute release, but without Mute's support the forthcoming EIS releases would not be possible, so it's my way of saying thanks!

Until next time....

Greg
Erasure Information Service