Psychic TV – Force The Hand Of Chance
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Some Bizzare – 240043-1 |
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UK |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Ambient |
Tracklist
| Force The Hand Of Chance | |||
| A1 | Just Drifting | ||
| A2 | Terminus | ||
| A3 | Stolen Kisses | ||
| A4 | Caresse | ||
| B1 | Guiltless | ||
| B2 | No Go Go | ||
| B3 | Ov Power | ||
| B4 | Message From The Temple | ||
| Themes | |||
| C1 | Part I. Piano And Clarinet. | ||
| C2 | Part II. 23 Tibetan Human Thigh Bones. | ||
| C3 | Part III. Cowbell, Bicycle Wheels And Vibes. | ||
| D1 | Part IV. New Guinea Headhunters Pipe, Large And Small Drum. | ||
| D2 | Part V. Piano And String Machine. | ||
| D3 | Part VI. Recording Made At Jonestown, Guyana At The Time Of The Suicides. | ||
| D4 | Part VII. African Initiation Drum And Animal Tusk Horn. | ||
| D5 | Part VIII. Various Temple Bells, Gongs, Cymbals And Vibes. |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Warner Communications
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – WEA Records Ltd.
- Published By – Copyright Control
- Pressed By – WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
Credits
- Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Andrew Poppy (tracks: A1 to B4)
- Artwork – Neville Brody
- Design [Psychic TV Skull] – John Harwood (3)
- Engineer – Ken Thomas
- Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Craig Milliner (tracks: A1 to B4)
- Instruments [Played By] – Stan Bingo (tracks: C1 to D5)
- Keyboards, Percussion [Electronic Percussion], Tubular Bells, Vocals – Peter Christopherson (tracks: A1 to B4)
- Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Tambourine – Alex Fergusson (tracks: A1 to B4)
- Music By – Peter Christopherson (tracks: A1 to B4)
- Photography By [Back Sleeve Photo] – Sheila Rock
- Producer – Psychic TV
- Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion [Real], Bass Guitar – Genesis P-Orridge (tracks: A1 to B4)
- Words By – Genesis P-Orridge (tracks: A1 to B4)
- Written-By [All Titles By] – Psychic TV
Notes
Original UK release. Limited edition pressing of 5000 copies
Hype sticker added to front sleeve states: "Limited First Edition Includes Free LP and Poster"
Closing message a "Zuccarelli Holophonic" TM Recording.
Includes a large fold out poster.
File under: Fund-Raising Activities.
"A naive person can open his eyes in life, but someone with his eyes open can never end up naive." Stevø. © 1982 WEA Records Ltd. A Warner Communications Company. Printed and made in England.
℗ 1982 WEA Records Limited
Month of release information from Record Collector Magazine May 1999 p.63
Hype sticker added to front sleeve states: "Limited First Edition Includes Free LP and Poster"
Closing message a "Zuccarelli Holophonic" TM Recording.
Includes a large fold out poster.
File under: Fund-Raising Activities.
"A naive person can open his eyes in life, but someone with his eyes open can never end up naive." Stevø. © 1982 WEA Records Ltd. A Warner Communications Company. Printed and made in England.
℗ 1982 WEA Records Limited
Month of release information from Record Collector Magazine May 1999 p.63
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout - variant 1): PSY-1 RECORD 1 A F/2 W-L W-5KD SOME BIZARRE ABUSING WEA...
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout - variant 1): PSY-1 RECORD 1 B F/1 W-L W-16KD MY SON THE DOG
- Matrix / Runout (Side C, hand-etched runout - variant 1): PSY-1 RECORD 2 C W-L W-6 PLAY WITH T.V. ON AND T.V. VOLUME OFF..
- Matrix / Runout (Side D, hand-etched runout - variant 1): PSY-1 RECORD 2 D W-L W-4
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout - variant 2): PSY-1 RECORD 1 A F/2 W-L W-18 SOME BIZARRE ABUSING WEA...
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout - variant 2): PSY-1 RECORD 1 B F/1 W-L W-27 MY SON THE DOG
- Matrix / Runout (Side C, hand-etched runout - variant 2): PSY-1 RECORD 2 C W-L W-12 PLAY WITH T.V. ON AND T.V. VOLUME OFF..
- Matrix / Runout (Side D, hand-etched runout - variant 2): PSY-1 RECORD 2 D W-L W-13
- Other (Side A label): PSY1(A) (240043-1)
- Other (Side B label): PSY1(B) (240043-1)
- Other (Side C label): PSY1(C) (240043-1)
- Other (Side D label): PSY1(D) (240043-1)
Other Versions (5 of 19)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Force The Hand Of Chance (LP, Album) | WEA | 24.0043-1 | 1982 | |||
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Force The Hand Of Chance (Cassette, Album) | WEA | PSYC1, PSYC 1 | UK | 1982 | ||
| Force The Hand Of Chance = テンプルの豫言 (2×LP, Album) | WEA | P-5621~2, P-5621, P-5622 | Japan | 1982 | |||
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Force The Hand Of Chance (LP, Album) | Some Bizzare | 240043-1, PSY 1 | UK | 1982 | ||
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New Submission
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Force The Hand Of Chance (LP, Album) | WEA | 24.0043-1 | 1982 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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What an amazing release with all star band - personalities. Near mint vinyls and poster in excellent condition after 45 years. Remarkable!! -
A toss up between this and Dreams Less Sweet for the best Psychic TV album, both are incredible. Not only is this essential listening, the recording and pressing are absolutely top notch - lush, quiet, and present - Genesis sounds like he’s in your room.
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An important album that seems to be held hostage by Warner/WEA outside of Europe. I gladly bought the Angry Love LP but would like a good digital version, which is difficult to find. Apparently around 2016 or 2017 Warner/WEA UK/Rhino did release a FLAC version of the original album and Themes but there is no way to purchase it outside of Europe. Maybe if we are lucky one day they will pull their heads out of you know where and allow people outside of Europe to buy it. Perhaps, if we are extra lucky, they might allow a decent third party label to license it and release the album on 2xCD without butchered mastering or crappy needledrop sourcing. -
Edited one year agoSource the original vinyl of this if you want the best sounding version. The master tape was deteriorating when retrieved in 2005 and baked which gives you one final chance to remaster, it would have suffered somewhat by the breakdown of the tape. The angry love editions would have used that master tape. The WEA releases are all legitimate, all the others are quite possibly needle drops or pressings from the baked master.
Edited. I’d forgotten to mention the Japanese double CD from 1998 is a legitimate WEA release that sounds amazing and completely worth the asking price. It has a replica mini fold out poster also. -
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I believe a proper vinyl reissue of Force The Hand is due out this year in August by Angry Love Productions. According to the GPO website.
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