YAZ
RECONNECTED LIVE
OUT SEPTEMBER 28 2010
iTUNES EXCLUSIVE FEATURING “GET SET”
RECONNECTED LIVE TRACKLISTING:
CD 1
Nobody's Diary
Bad Connection
Mr. Blue
Good Times
Tuesday
Ode To Boy
Goodbye '70s
Too Pieces
In My Room
Anyone
Walk Away From Love
CD 2
State Farm
Sweet Thing
Winter Kills
Midnight
Unmarked
Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)
Don't Go
Only You
Situation
“Gaga and [Katy] Perry could still learn a thing or two from the extraordinary Alison Moyet
and her co-conspirator Vince Clarke, of Yaz” – The Bay Area Reporter
"I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator, and are throwing your
computer out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yaz record."
– “Losing My Edge,” LCD Soundsystem
September 15, 2010 – New York, NY – YAZ release RECONNECTED LIVE on September 28th 2010 on double CD, limited edition hardback with a 32-page booklet and download.
The iTunes release features an exclusive track, the previously unreleased and much sought after “Get Set”, which was originally recorded in 1983 and used as the theme to the BBC Children's TV show 'Get Set For Summer'.
RECONNECTED LIVE documents one of pop’s most anticipated tours: in the summer of 2008 Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet reunited for the first time in over 25 years. The Times raved: “Clarke has unobtrusively retooled the band’s music for the digital age, making their vintage 1980s synthesizer ditties sound crisp, fluid and timeless” while The Guardian noted, “Yazoo’s first tour in 26 years finds the chemistry behind their smash hits unchanged.”
RECONNECTED LIVE, produced by Yaz, recorded by Martin Hildred and mixed by Vince Clarke features classic tracks from Yaz’s albums ‘Upstairs At Eric’s’ and ‘You And Me Both’; including Only You, Don’t Go and Situation plus tracks performed live for the first time ever, such as Nobody’s Diary.
The joyous, unlikely coming together of Vince Clarke, who had just left Depeche Mode, and Alison Moyet lasted for only 2 albums, performing just 24 concerts worldwide, but left an unforgettable mark on pop. Yaz released ‘Upstairs At Erics’ in July 1982, parting ways 12 months later upon release of their second album ‘You And Me Both’, which reached Number 1 in the UK.
Speaking prior to the Reconnected tour, Vince Clarke said: "It's been really good going back to these songs after such a long while. Many of them have never been played live. I'm looking forward to performing them with Alison for all the fans who've enjoyed our music through the years but never had a chance to see Yazoo in concert"
Alison Moyet explained: "Playing this material live is not about revision for me, it is about finishing something we started – writing, recording, performing. Three parts of a whole. A salmon cycle. It’s like going home.”
Watch Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet’s pre-show ritual before they played NYC. Here
Listen to a sampler of Reconnected Live here:
For further information and to set up an interview with Alison or Vince
please contact Sheryl Witlen at Mute | sheryl@mute.com
iTunes | Yazoo | Vince Clarke | Alison Moyet
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