ZANG TUMB TUMB DISCOGRAPHY “…which deny the freedom of the flesh…”

Propaganda

The nine lives of Dr. Mabuse


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Type: Single

Format: 7" vinyl

Label: Zang Tuum Tumb

Catalogue ref.: ZTAS2

Matrix: A-2U-1-1-2; A-2U-1-1-7; A-2U-1-1-9; A-3U-1-1-X

Series: Action series no. 2


Release date: 5 March 1984

Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Chart position: UK: (Starting 11/3/1984) 66; 47; 43; 46; 34; 27; 33; 43; 68; x; x; 99; x; 99; x; x; 94
Germany: (Starting 23/04/1984) 34; 45; 24; 21; 14; 10; 11; 9; 8; 7; 10; 12; 17; 19; 19; 30; 24; 38; 49; 66; 69


Sleeve design: XL Design; ZTT

Photographer: Anton Corbijn

Artwork

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Vinyl sleeve: Front

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Vinyl sleeve: Back

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Vinyl label: Side A

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Vinyl label: Side B

Printed tracklisting

  1. Dr. Mabuse (A paranoid fantasy)
  2. Dr. Mabuse der spieler (An international incident)

Actual tracklisting

Side A

  1. Dr. Mabuse 04:16

aka: 7" version; Short version

Side B

  1. Dr. Mabuse der spieler 05:38

Occasionally the tracklisting printed on the sleeve art of a release isn’t 100% accurate. Tracks may be missing, mixes unspecified or misnamed. For this reason a more accurate actual tracklisting is shown alongside the printed tracklisting.

Sleeve Notes

Outer sleeve: Front

PROPAGANDA

PRESENT THE NINE LIVES OF DR. MABUSE

WHY DOES MY HEART HURT SO WHEN IT MISSES A BEAT

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Outer sleeve: Back

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ztas 2

the first side of the story

DR. MABUSE (a paranoid fantasy)

the second side of the story

DR. MABUSE DER SPIELER

(an international incident)

paris : düsseldorf : London : new york — details from Das Testaments Des Mabuse / Femme Fatale (The Woman With The Orchid) : the third and fourth side of the story

(12 ZTAS 2)

performed and sung by PROPAGANDA. produced by TREVOR HORN. painting and photography by ANTON CORBIJN. sleeve by XL ZTT. recorded at sarm, west eleven. number two in the action series. co-ordination : zang tumb tuum — “from today to tomorrow”

…and listen to the sounds of today as though they were chords of eternity…[1]

Label: Side A

ZTAS 2a

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DR. MABUSE: the first side. (dörper : thien : mertens) presented by propaganda. produced by trevor horn. published by perfect songs. ZTAS 2 ℗+© 1984 zang tumb tumb. stereo 45 rpm. ‘a to-day’

UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING AND COPYING OF THIS RECORD PROHIBITED. ALL RIGHTS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE RECORDED WORK RESERVED.

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Label: Side B

ZTAS 2b

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DR. MABUSE DER SPIELER: the second side. details from 12 ZTAS 2 ‘Das Testaments Des Mabuse’. produced by trevor horn. arranged by trevor horn and propaganda. published by perfect songs. lou reed’s ‘Femme Fatale’ published by sunbury music. ZTAS 2. ℗+© 1984 zang tuum tuum. stereo 45 rpm. ‘be to-morrow’

UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING AND COPYING OF THIS RECORD PROHIBITED. ALL RIGHTS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE RECORDED WORK RESERVED.

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Footnotes

  1. Karl Kraus ↩