Circuses and Bread

Circuses and Bread


Bread and Circuses

CD: UK 07.86 (04.86) (Factory FACD 154)
LP: BL 05.85 (Factory Benelux FBN 36) [white label]
LP: BL 05.85 (Factory Benelux FBN 36)
CS: BL 05.85 (Factory Benelux FBNC 36)
CD: UK 06.86 (Factory Australasia FACD 154) ***
LP: DE 1986 (Normal NORMAL 20)
LP: ES 1986 (Nuevos Medios 33 207 L)
LP: FR 1986 (Attitude Records ATT 004)
LP: IT 1986 (Base FBN 36)
CD: BE 12.93 (Crépuscule TWI 988-2)**
CD: UK 10.07 (LTM LTMCD 2510) *

Tracklisting

Pauline (2:46)
Tomorrow (4:03)
Dance II (5:37)
Hilary (3:13)
Street Fight (4:01)
Royal Infirmary (4:18)
Black Horses (8:36)
Dance I (4:58)
Blind Elevator Girl (Osaka) (10:17)
All That Love and Maths Can Do *
I Get Along Without You Very Well *
Verbier (For Patti) *
The Aftermath *
A Silence *
Cocktail *
Telephone Call *
Mirror A *
Mirror B *

** - Retitled "Bread and Circuses" and with different artwork
*** - The Factory Australasia is an imported UK issue. Initial copies came with a sticker having Factory silhouette logo and "Factory Records Australasia Import".

CD mastering info (FACD 154)

FACD 154 MPO 02 . MPO France 06 Compact Disc

Run-out groove (FBN 36)

White label

FBN 36-A//59233-1
FBN 36-B//59234-1

Standard

FBN 36-A//59233-2
FBN 36-B//59234-1

Notes

Production: Vini Reilly
Design: 8vo (FACD 154)
Artwork: Herbert Bayer (TWI 988-2)

LP and cassette versions were also released as FBN 36 and FBNC 36. There also is a poster for the Benelux editions. Sized 24" x 12" it is titled "Du Pain et des Jeux", in orange and gold, and is totally different to the LP sleeve design.

The Nov/Dec 1986 isssue of The Catalogue lists a DAT format release (FACT 154D) as planned for 1987.

LTM reissue notes

Circuses and Bread was originally released on the Factory Benelux label in April 1986, and features ten tracks written and performed by Vini Reilly, together with drummer Bruce Mitchell. This expanded CD edition also features ten bonus tracks including compilation album tracks Verbier and The Aftermath, five previously unreleased tracks from the cancelled 1983 album Short Stories For Pauline, and the rarely heard 1983 single I Get Along Without You Very Well, a Hoagy Carmichael cover sung by Lindsay Reade and dedicated to her former husband, Anthony H. Wilson. The booklet restores the original cover design by 8vo. 19 tracks. 74 minutes of music.

Available direct from LTM and in good record shops.

Notes (additional)

FBN 36 was originally to have been an album 'Short Stories for Pauline', but was unreleased due to pressure from Factory Records in the UK. They didn't want this to interfere with the release of FACT 144 'Domo Arigato', Factory's first CD. 'Short Stories for Pauline' was shelved as Vini Reilly had recorded a new album in the meantime.

The contents were to be:

At First Sight * (4:15)
A Silence *** (?:??)
Journeys By Vespa * (3:20)
Limitations * (?:??)
Model * (?:??)
Duet * (?:??)
Destroy She Said * (3:47)
Take Some Time Out * (3:32)
Mirror A ** (?:??)
Cocktail *** (?:??)
Telephone Call *** (?:??)
Mirror B *** (?:??)
A Room in Southport * (?:??)
College * (?:??)

* Released on FBN 2 CD, most of them with different titles.
** Released on 'The Sporadic Recordings' CD.
*** Unreleased.