14 March 2023

You Can Drive My Car

The year was 1981. 
 



The first itteration of Mutant Disco was released in the Netherlands on Ariola Benelux label. It contained 6 tracks: Coati Mundi -  ''Pasa / Me No Pop I''; Gichy Dan - ''Cowboys & Gangsters''; Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band - ''Deputy of Love''; Kid Creole & the Coconuts - ''Maladie D'Amour''; Material - ''Bustin' Out'' (featuring Nona Hendryx); & Was (Not Was) - ''Out Come The Freaks''. 

It was released in Germany on Ze Records & Island in the same format. 

Island released it on a single sided cassette in the UK but replaced the Was (Not Was) track with another of their songs, ''Wheel Me Out''. 

Ze Records & Island decided to release a 3x12'' box set in the UK with the new track.

Fast forward to 2003 & skip across the Channel to France. Ze Records releases this version. Now the original 6 (several remixed), the additional ''Wheel Me Out'' remixed, & now, as if by (disco)magic...16 more tracks??? 

 

Various - Mutant Disco: A Subtle Discolation of the Norm, ZE Records ZEREC CD02, 2003.
all decryption codes in comments

CD 1 -
Wheel Me Out (remix version) - Was (Not Was)
Bustin' Out - Material & Nona Hendryx
Drive My Car - Cristina
Annie I'm Not Your Daddy (remix version) - Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Emile (Night Rate) - Aural Exciters
Contort Yourself - James White & the Blacks
Funky Stuff - Lizzy Mercier Descloux
French Boy - Garçons
Deputy of Love - Don Armando's 2nd Ave. Rhumba Band featuring Fonda Rae
Cowboys & Gangsters - Gichy Dan
Blame it on Disco - Cristina
Encore L'Amore (unreleased Italian version) - Garçons

CD 2 -
Disco Clone - Cristina
Que Pasa / Me No Pop I - Coati Mundi
I'm a Wonderful Thing Baby (remix version) - Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Out Come The Freaks (remix version) - Was (Not Was)
Fire - Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Spooks in Space (Disco mix) - Aural Exciters
Tell Me That I'm Dreaming - Was (Not Was)
Narcissique - Caroline Loeb
I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses
Mission Impossible - Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Re Bop Electronic - Garçons
French Boy (Disco Edit) - Garçons
Faites Le Proton - Casino Music

Enjoy,

6 comments:

  1. Disc 1
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    Disc 2
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  2. WOW Nathin',..this...is...cool, Thank You!

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  3. Bought this on cassette the 1st time around. So thanks for this.
    Also an article in the Guardian on Ze records this week https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/16/contort-yourself-the-mutant-disco-mayhem-of-new-yorks-ze-records

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  4. Thanks for the comment & more so for the Guardian link. I miss VV.

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  5. Looks great -- thank you!

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