Album
Wishful Thinking
1985 · Electronic
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Wishful Thinking is an Electronic album by Propaganda, originally released in 1985. On Gatefold: 42 pressings tracked.
About
"Wishful Thinking" is a 1985 remix album by "Propaganda". Released in November 1985, "Wishful Thinking" was put together initially for the American club market, comprising of somewhat radical remixes of tracks from the album "A Secret Wish". Compiled by "Paul Morley" and tape operator "Bob Kraushaar" without input from the group. "Abuse" was used as the opening titles theme for the 1987 "John Hughes" film "Some Kind of Wonderful". The track is not included on the film's soundtrack album, however. "Abuse" is a remix of "Dr. Mabuse", "Machined" is a remix of "P-Machinery", "Laughed!" is a remix of "Sorry for Laughing", "Loving" and "Loved" are remixes of "The Murder of Love", and "Thought" is a short remix of the group's unreleased cover of Throbbing Gristle's "Discipline". "Jewelled" is a remix of "Duel" and was used as the theme music for BBC's Lombard/RAC Rally coverage.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Abuse3:29
- A2Machined6:54
- A3Laughed!8:54
- A4Loving0:46
Side B
- B1Jewelled7:48
- B2Loved6:43
- B3Abuse4:17
- B4Thought2:42
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- holographic
- intense
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Front cover:
(for the footsteps and heartbeats of the connoisseur)
❛Wishful Thinking❜
Is disturbdances of five songs
By
Propaganda
Back cover:
Zas twenty: "wishful thinking": sarm studio disturbdances of 5 Propaganda songs
39 studio hours of bending, repeating, arranging and editing by Robert Kraushaar and Paul Morley from original material produced by S.J. Lipson and T.C. Horn for the long player 'A Secret Wish'. Tape operator: paul wright.
Produced in a limited edition by Z.T.T. Records and Japes for Island Records U.S.A. and released in Europe as a souvenir of Propaganda's autumn 1985 outside world "tour". Propaganda performed by claudia brücken (vocals) susanne freytag (vocals) and michael mertens (percussion) with the assistance of derek forbes (bass) brian mcGee (drums) kevin armstrong (guitar). Not in performance: ralf dorper.
[this is the line-up of the Outside World tour, not the credits for the Wishful Thinking recordings]
There is a poem of Goethe in which these lines occur:
"Und umzuschaffen das Gesschaffene
Dass sich's nicht zum Starren waffne
Wikt ewiges lebendiges Thun"
Which can be roughly translated:
"and refashioning the fashioned
Lest it stiffen into iron
Is work of endless vital activity"
Photography: john stoddart, peter brown. sleeve designed by ZTT and contract 3 at 20 in the action series.
Cover painting: brücken
Individual track durations not listed on release.
Some copies came with fold-out poster.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bob KraushaarREMIX, ARRANGED BY, EDITED BY
- Brian McGeeDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
- Claudia BrückenPERFORMER , VOCALS VOCALS
- Derek ForbesBASS PERFORMER , BASS
- Kevin ArmstrongGUITAR PERFORMER , GUITAR
- Michael MertensPERCUSSION PERFORMER , PERCUSSION
- Paul MorleyREMIX, ARRANGED BY, EDITED BY
- Ralf Dörper
- Susanne FreytagPERFORMER , VOCALS VOCALS
- John McGeochGUITAR
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 42 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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