Red Noise Discography
Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Sound on Sound
Originally released in 1979 on EMI/Harvest
Highest UK chart position: 33
Rereleased on compact disc in 1986 on Enigma/Cocteau with additional tracks
Rereleased on compact disc in 1999 on EMI UK
Available through the Bill
Nelson Record Store
Some CDs from the Enigma/Cocteau re-release were pressed with the music of a heavy metal band from Enigma's US subsidiary Metal Blade Records but feature Bill Nelson's face on the CD. These are incredibly rare.
Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Furniture Music/Wonder Toys That Last Forever/Acquitted by
Mirrors
7" single, originally released in 1979
UK: Harvest 5176 (red
vinyl)
Highest UK Chart position: 59
Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Revolt Into Style/Out of Touch
7" single, originally released in 1979
UK: Harvest 5183 (blue vinyl)
Highest UK Chart Position: 69
Rerelesed in 1983 on Cocteau (COQ8)
Apparantly there was a video made of Revolt Into Style
Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Revolt Into Style/Stay Young (live)/Out of Touch (live)
12" single, originally released in 1979
UK: Harvest
Rereleased in 1983 on Cocteau (COQT8)
Bill Nelson - Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam
Originally released in 1981 on Mercury with Sounding The Ritual Echo as a bonus
album
Highest UK Chart Position: 7
Later rereleased on compact disc by itself as Cocteau JCCD 15 (UK)
Rereleased on compact disc in 1989 by itself on Enigma/Cocteau in the US
currently out of print
Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam was planned as the second Red Noise album, but the band was dropped by EMI before it could be released. EMI owned the tapes and Nelson couldn't release them until 1981. The album entered the British charts at number 7. Red Noise is credited with one track, "Disposable", with Bill Nelson on guitars and vocals, Andy Clark on keyboards, Rick Ford on fretless bass, and Steve Peer on drums.
UK edition:
US edition:
Bop To The Red Noise
Released on Castle Communications PLC, DOJOLP42 in 1986
Compilation of Be Bop Deluxe and Red Noise tracks featured: Don't Touch Me (I'm
Electric) and For Young Moderns
Enigma/Cocteau (US) edition:
The US version was released on CD between 1987-1989 featuring:
Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Wonder Toys That Last Forever
Bill Nelson - The Strangest Things: A Collection of Records 1979-1989
Released on Enigma/Cocteau 7 73372 2 (US) in 1989 featured Acquitted By Mirrors
1999:
Various Artists - Harvest Festival
UK: Harvest ICPN 07243 521198 20
5 CD boxed set
Released in July 1999
Available through the Bill
Nelson Record Store
5 tracks by Be Bop Deluxe:
2 tracks by Bill Nelson's Red Noise:
Future?
Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Live In Sheffield, March 1979 (never released)
From the November 8, 1998 Bill Nelson Internet Chat, direct from Bill: "I have a bootleg CD of Red Noise live which someone else has been selling illegally. I plan to release it as a proper live official release with some nice graphics and sleeve notes and I'll clean up and remaster the recording to make it as high quality as possible. The secret is to bootleg the bootleggers, but do it better." Assuming it's the Live In Sheffield recording from March 1979, the track listing will probably be:
Awesome live concert. I believe it was recorded for broadcast on radio. The band is incredibly tight. The songs frentic and quirky with an extra special quality. If anything, this live concert recording should be released some day for all fans to hear.
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