Name: Hired History Plus
Brand: Fiat Lux

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CDBRED742

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-04-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5013929174238

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Total Cap

2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Fiat Lux

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Cherry Red

Cherry Red is a British label that was founded by Iain McNay in 1978. Also known as Cherry Red Records, this label has become associated with the company Music and Media Group. With the label code LC 6730, Cherry Red has made a name for itself in the music industry. It is important to note that this label should not be confused with the US label of the same name.

This 2 CD collection brings together the entire 1980’s recorded output of synth pop pioneers, Fiat Lux. The original Hired History album - and indeed all of the bonus tracks - are appearing on CD for the very first time. Disc One features the band’s commercially released tracks including the band’s debut single for Cocteau Records and the five released by Polydor Records in a period spanning 1982-85. Disc Two is the lost and previously unreleased second album Ark Of Embers as the band originally intended it when it was made with producer, Hugh Jones.

This collection includes the following singles: Feels Like Winter Again released in 1982 on Bill Nelson’s Cocteau Records the A and B sides are featured. Photography - the previously unreleased Bill Nelson 12” version Blue Emotion – 12” version plus its b/side Sleepless Nightmare, House Of Thorns – 12” version and its b/side Three’s Company. Solitary Lovers -12” version and the b/sides No More Proud (Proud Mix) and No More Proud (Dub Mix). Secrets – and its B-sides Comfortable Life and Aqua Vitae.

All the tracks have been sourced and re-mastered from the original production master tapes after months of searching tape archives and exhaustive listening sessions to trace the correct versions. 

The CD booklet features the original album cover plus extensive sleeve notes written by band members Steve Wright and David Crickmore telling the band’s story from a unique perspective. There is also a foreword written by the producer of Ark Of Embers, Hugh Jones who has also worked with Echo and The Bunnymen, Del Amitri, Julian Cope and Bauhaus amongst others.

Fiat Lux hail from Wakefield and were formed by Steve Wright and David Crickmore in 1982 with Ian Nelson joining soon after. The band released one indie single on Bill Nelson’s Cocteau Records before signing a major record deal with Polydor Records. The band released 5 singles for the label dating from August 1983 to January 1985. The band enjoyed minor hits with Secrets and Blue Emotion. They supported Howard Jones, Blancmange, John Cale, Thomas Dolby and Nik Kershaw as well as UK and European touring in their own right. Fiat Lux had the enthusiastic backing of radio stalwarts Annie Nightingale, Peter Powell, Janice Long and David ‘Kid’ Jensen and did a handful of BBC Radio sessions as well as a BBC Whistle Test and Channel 4 TV appearance. They have since been hailed as “criminally underrated”.

Hired History Plus

Music GB