8/11/02
 rumours : promos info:

P12 Mute 275

• A1: Solsbury Hill - Manhattan Clique Extended Remix
• B1: Solsbury Hill - Radio Mix
• B2: Solsbury Hill - Album Version

1. Solsbury Hill - Mike Spencer Radio Mix
2. Solsbury Hill - Dave Bascombe Radio Mix

1. When Will I See You Again
2. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
3. Can't Help Falling In Love
4. Video Killed The Radio Star
5. True Love Ways |

6/11/02
 official : Solsbury Hill info:
Released on 2 CDs and DVD and available for *ONE WEEK ONLY*
CD1 features the album version of 'Solsbury Hill' mixed by Dave Bascombe and two exclusive new Erasure-penned tracks, 'Tell It To Me' and 'Searching', while CD2 features 'Solsbury Hill' mixed by Gareth Jones and Manhattan Clique together with an exclusive version of 'Ave Maria'. The DVD single features Kylie Minogue producer Mike Spencer's mix of 'Solsbury Hill', a cover of the Buggles hit, 'Video Killed The Radio Star' mixed by Gareth Jones, plus 'Dr Jeckyll and Mistress Hyde', a short DVD film directed by Vince Clarke and starring Andy Bell as a homicidal transvestite.

Tracklisting:

CD1:
Solsbury Hill - Dave Bascombe mix
Tell It To Me
Searching

CD2:
Solsbury Hill - 37B Mix
Solsbury Hill - Manhattan Clique Extended remix
Ave Maria

DVD:
Solsbury Hill - Radio Mix
Video Killed The Radio Star - 37B Mix
Short film - Dr Jeckyll and Mistress Hyde

you can listen to a 1-minute-clip of Solsbury Hill @ erasureinfo.com (© eis) |

3/11/02
 official : radio promos of Solsbury Hill are sent out. its a two track cd including a mix by Dave Bascombe.
Vince and Andy will start a radio promotion tour on monday. details can be found @ erasureinfo.com |

30/10/02
 rumours : there is an article about other peoples songs @ rollingstone.com with some interesting but unconfirmed news: tour-start at christmas, US concerts in may, re-release of backcatalogue.
another article @ billbord.com |

28/10/02
the first page of the new erasureinfo.com-website is online. |

ive updated the the erasure.tk-sidebar. it shows the last site-update and the erasure-countdown. its for Mozilla- and Netscape6/7-browser only:

load Mozilla/Netscape6-sidebar

25/10/02
 official :

*** Erasure - Other People's Songs ***
*** Released UK and worldwide: 27th January 2003 ***

"Other People's Songs" is Vince Clarke and Andy Bell's tenth studio album, and features the duo's unique take on some of their favourite songs. Recorded over the last year with Gareth Jones, best known for his work with Depeche Mode, the album includes a diverse selection of tracks originally made famous by the likes of Buggles, Cockney Rebel, Buddy Holly, The Righteous Brothers and The Korgis.

Tracklisting:

1. Solsbury Hill
2. Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
3. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
4. Everyday
5. When Will I See You Again
6. Walking In The Rain
7. True Love Ways
8. Ebb Tide
9. Can't Help Falling In Love
10. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
11. Goodnight
12. Video Killed The Radio Star

*** Erasure - Solsbury Hill ***
*** Released UK: 6th January 2003 ***

'Solsbury Hill', a version of the Peter Gabriel classic, will be the first single to be taken from the album.

If you're in the UK, you may like to pre-order the single from your local record shop to be sure of getting a copy on the day of release and to help Erasure secure a high chart placing.

Details of Erasure's first UK tour for five years will be announced shortly... (© eis) |

15/10/02
as my hosters-server seems to be down, erasure.tk has temporary moved. but only a few pages are avaible. |

13/10/02
 rumours : according to virginmegamagazine.com the release date for the new album is 23. Feb. 2002. |

8/10/02
 official : good news for US-fans: Mute North America will release the new album (© eis) |

3/10/02
 official : * ERASURE - "OTHER PEOPLE'S SONGS" *

The brand new album from Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, due for release on Mute in February 2003.

The album features a selection of cover versions of the duo's favourite songs and was recorded over the last year with producer Gareth Jones [the co-producer of 'Wild!', 'Erasure' and 'Cowboy'].

The tracklisting has not yet been finalised, but the album is likely to include versions of 'Ave Maria', 'Ebb Tide', 'Solsbury Hill', 'When Will I See You Again', 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling' and a reworking of one Erasure classic. Dave Bascombe [who mixed 'Chorus', parts of 'Erasure' and the recent cover of 'A Little Respect' by Wheatus] has worked on some of the tracks.

More details will follow shortly. In addition, we will shortly be pleased to announce Erasure's plans for their first UK tour in five years.

12/9/02
 official : from garethjones.com
<< Dave Bascombe is currently doing some great mixes for us, and i may do a few mixes myself, if everything works out :-) >>
Martyn Phillips is programming a number of tracks. both worked on the chorus-album. for more info about Dave and Martyn visit their managements site. |

28/8/02
news of the last month: you can buy a dvd of of a dirty little business (aka Good Vibrations aka Merchants Of Venus). It features Andy Bell in a short cameo as 'Porno Director' and a soundtrack by Vince. the soundtrack includes a version of Love Affair which is different to the album-version. watch the trailer.

the covers-album will be released in early 2003 (hopefully).

Vince and Andy are thinking about writing new material (whatever that means). |

3/7/02
today is Vincent Clarke's birthday. |

29/6/02
 official : Erasure are currently putting the finishing touches to their 'covers' album, which should be completed ready for a release early next year. (© eis) |
 
There were tentative plans for videos for both 'Moon & The Sky' and 'Alien'. If they had gone ahead, Vince would almost certainly have directed them, after he enjoyed putting together 'Freedom' so much.
'Moon & The Sky' would have based around a rock/heavy metal band performance, the band composed of Vince, Andy and possibly Vince's 'Radioactivators' collaborator, Nigel Lewis, amongst others.
'Alien' would have been based around puppets, with the song being performed by a puppet Andy and a puppet Vince. These puppets may have actually been built. |

12/6/02
ive added some pictures to the pre-loveboat-section:
KROQ special cassette
erasure wooden promo box
cowboy counter unit |

30/5/02
 official : from garethjones.com
<< you can't hold a good man down - Andy keeps coming up with new tracks to do, and we have just completed one more classic, with one more to finish in June. >> |

27/5/02
 official : Vince, Andy and Gareth have reconvened to record more material for their forthcoming album of cover versions. The band's intention is to record more songs than are necessary and to only use the strongest tracks for the album. It looks as though work will continue into the late/summer early autumn, which means that - all going to plan - the album will be released at some point early in 2003. Until the album is finished - and Erasure aren't working to a precise deadline - it won't be added to Mute's release schedule. (© eis) |

25/4/02
happy birthday to mr. andrew bell :-). |
birthdaycard by russian fans
birthdaybook @ erasurette.com

16/4/02
 official : from garethjones.com
<< we are back in the studio tomorrow for a few days finishing off bits and pieces before passing everything on to be mixed by an expert :-) >> |