Frankie Goes To HollywoodTwo Tribes

Label:

ZTT – ZTAS 3

Series:

Threatening Action – 3

Format:

Vinyl , 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Synth-pop

Tracklist

A Two Tribes
Vocals [Sung By]Paul Rutherford
Written Bygill-johnson-o'toole
Written-ByGill*
3:55
B One February Friday
Performer [Played By]Peter Gill
Written Bygill-johnson-morley-nash-o'toole-rutherford
Written-ByGill*
4:56

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Zang Tuum Tumb
  • Copyright ©Zang Tuum Tumb
  • Published ByPerfect Songs
  • Lacquer Cut AtThe Town House
  • Pressed ByEMI Records

Credits

  • Art DirectionXLZTT
  • EngineerSteve Lipson*
  • Photography By [Photograph Of V.I. Lenin]Anton Corbijn
  • ProducerTrevor Horn

Notes

Back cover:
1: frankie goes to war
2: frankie goes to play (diseased musos meet little charmers)
planned in Liverpool, 1982-83
built in London, March 1984
Producer assisted by his building theam
Photograph, May 1983
"All things that live are subject to constraint".

Labels:
℗ + © 1984 zang tuum tumb
Side A: "cowboys and indians"
Side B: "doctors and nurses"

Some issues have the label missing on one side.
Track times do not appear on release.

Runouts are either stamped and hand-etched or all stamped.
Stamped & hand-etched "Townhouse":
Side A, variants 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 17
Sides A + B, variants 6 and 7

All stamped:
Sides A+ B, variants 2, 11, 13, 14.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 1): ZTAS 3 - A-5U-1-1 - 20 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 1): ZTAS 3 - B-1U-1 " 1 - 22 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 2): ZTAS 3 - A-4U - 1 - 2 - 1 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2): ZTAS 3 - B-2U - 1 - 2 - 1 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 3): ZTAS 3 - A-5U - 1 - 2 - 20 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 3): ZTAS 3 - B-2U - 1 - 1 - 29 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 4): ZTAS 3 A-4U-1-1 1 1 0 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 4): ZTAS 3 B-2U-1-1-2 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 5): ZTAS 3 - A-4U - 1 - 4 - 1 TOWNHOUSE SB
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 5): ZTAS 3 - B-2U - 1 - 3 - 1 - 1 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 6): ZTAS 3 A-4U-1- 3-15 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 6): ZTAS 3 B-2U-1- 2-27 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 7): ZTAS 3 - A-4U - 1 - 1 - 4 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 7): ZTAS 3 - B-1U - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 8): ZTAS 3 - A-4U - 1 - 1 - 5 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 8): ZTAS 3 B-2U-1-1-7 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 9): ZTAS 3 - A-4U - 1 - 2 - 23 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 9): ZTAS 3 - B-2U - 1 - 2 - 19 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 10): ZTAS 3 - A-4U - 1 - 1 - 17 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 10): ZTAS 3 - B-3U - 1 - 1 - 2 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 11): ZTAS 3 A-5U - 1 - 1 - 15 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 11): ZTAS 3 B-2U - 1 - 2 - 3 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 12): ZTAS 3 - A-5U - 1 - 1 - 25 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 12): ZTAS 3 - A-5U - 1 - 1 - 21 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 13): ZTAS 3 A - 4U - 1 - 37 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 13): ZTAS 3 B - 1U - 1 - 2∴ 27 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 14): ZTAS 3 A - 4U - 1 - 2 - 25 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 14): ZTAS 3 B - 1U - 1 - 1 - 32 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 15): ZTAS 3 A - 5U - 1 - 2 - TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 15): ZTAS 3 B - 2U - 1 - 3 - 5 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 16): ZTAS 3 A - 4U - 1 - 4 - 5 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 16): ZTAS 3 B - 1U - 1 - 1 - 2 - 0 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 17): ZTAS 3 A - 4U - 1 - 1 - 20 TOWNHOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 17): ZTAS 3 B - 2U - 1 - 1 - 1 - X1 TOWNHOUSE

Other Versions (5 of 123)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Recently Edited
Two Tribes (Annihilation) (12", 45 RPM, Single, Island logo on labels) ZTT 0-96931 US 1984
Two Tribes (Keep The Peace...) (Cassette, Single, Dolby System) ZTT CTIS 103 UK 1984
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Two Tribes (Carnage) (12", Single, 45 RPM) ZTT XZTAS 3 UK 1984
Two Tribes (12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single, Stereo) ZTT 601 325, 601 325-213 Europe 1984
Recently Edited
Two Tribes (Hibakusha) (12", 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition, Stereo) ZTT XZIP 1 UK 1984

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Reviews

  • Alain_Patrick's avatar
    Alain_Patrick
    Bruce Forest: “ So it's late 1983 and Trevor Horn and Chris Blackwell come to visit me at Better Days. Trevor has an acetate of what would become the Sex Mix of FGTH's "Relax". It's a great version, but it starts with almost five minutes of plain kick drum and bass. The children were patient, but bored. Trevor and Chris were touring clubs and getting reaction to the track. Considering the Sex Mix didn't come out till well after Relax was a hit record, I'm guessing they didn't get the reaction they wanted, and left. I love the mix today.

    About a year later (1984) Trevor came to visit again. But this time, when he arrived, I was pounding the Annihilation Mix of Two Tribes. The floor was mobbed and it fit in with the house music I was playing. Amazing reaction, and I had been playing it for a few months.

    Trevor came up to the booth, said: “Hi and where the fuck did you get that mix?” He said it was a late night stoned dub that he never scheduled for release. Well, Warner/ZTT didn't know that and I got a copy of the mix from Vinyl Mania.

    It's my very favorite version of Two Tribes, and was a Better Days staple.”
    • alijax's avatar
      alijax
      Two Tribes - Keep the Peace Mix would be good on Vinyl, was it ever produced on Vinyl or just cassette ?
      I love mixing Relax Sex Mix with the Two Tribes Annihilation mix.
      • chocolatefrankie's avatar
        The pictures is of a 12 inch Single but the description and track text above says it is a 7 Inch single? so which is it. Thanks.
        • szczels's avatar
          szczels
          Record label has portrait of Lenin on 'a' side and Reagan on 'b' side! A Cold war classic?

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