Everything about Zoo Records totally explained
» This article is about the British independent record label, for the American record label, see Zoo Entertainment.
Zoo Records was a British
independent record label formed by
Bill Drummond and
David Balfe in
1978. Zoo was launched in order to release the work of the perennially struggling
Liverpool band,
Big in Japan (the label's first release being the
From Y To Z and Never Again EP). The label went on to release early work from
The Teardrop Explodes and
Echo & the Bunnymen. The label also released the first single "Iggy Pops Jacket" by the Liverpool band "
Those Naughty Lumps".
Only two albums were released on the label: a
Scott Walker compilation put together by Julian Cope, called "", and a label compilation called "To the Shores of Lake Placid", which was re-released in 1995 with extra tracks and called "The Zoo Uncaged 1978-1982". Intrigingly, "Fire Escape in the Sky" had the catalogue number "Zoo Two", while "To the Shores of Lake Placid" had "Zoo Four". "Zoo One" was scheduled to be the Teardrop Explodes album "Kilimanjaro" (later released on Mercury Records) while "Zoo Three" was to be the same band's album "Wilder" (or perhaps the 'never released album "Everyone wants to shag the Teardrop Explodes"').
To the Shores of Lake Placid
Track listing
Side two
"Kwalo Klobinsky's Lullaby" - Whopper
"A Suicide" - Dalek (I Love You)
"Burst Balloons" - The Turquoise Swimming Pools
"Camera, Camera" - The Teardrop Explodes
"Suicide A Go Go" - Big In Japan
"Villiers Terrace" - Echo & the Bunnymen
"Take A Chance" - The Teardrop Explodes
Re-release CD track listing
"Suicide A Go Go" - Big In Japan
"Nothing Special" - Big In Japan
"Iggy Pop's Jacket" - Those Naughty Lumps
"Pure and Innocent" - Those Naughty Lumps
"Sleeping Gas" - The Teardrop Explodes
"Camera Camera" - The Teardrop Explodes
"The Pictures On My Wall" - Echo And The Bunnymen
"Bouncing Babies" - The Teardrop Explodes
"Touch" - Lori & The Chameleons
"Love On The Ganges" - Lori & The Chameleons
"To See You" - Expelaires
"Frequency" - Expelaires
"Treason" - The Teardrop Explodes
"Books" - The Teardrop Explodes
"Revolutionary Spirit" - The Wild Swans
"God Forbid" - The Wild Swans
"Society For Cutting Up Young Men" - Big In Japan
"Taxi" - Big In Japan
"Cindy And The Barbi Dolls" - Big In JapanFurther Information
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