Propaganda – Wishful Thinking

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Label:	ZTT – 207 439-273
Series:	Action Series – 20
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo , DMM
Country:	Europe
Released:	1985
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Synth-pop

Tracklist

	Here: Disturbdances Of Songs By Propaganda	20:07
A1	Abuse Written-By – Dorper*
A2	Machined Written-By – Susanne Freytag
A3	Laughed Written-By [A Piece Originally Written By] – Paul Haig
A4	Loving Written-By – Susanne Freytag
	There: Disturbdances Of Songs By Propaganda	21:22
B1	Jewelled Written-By – Susanne Freytag
B2	Loved Written-By – Susanne Freytag
B3	Abuse Written-By – Ralf Dörper Written-By [Uncredited] – Andreas Thein
B4	Thought Written-By – Susanne Freytag

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
Distributed By – Ariola Group Of Companies
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ZTT
Copyright © – ZTT
Published By – Perfect Songs Ltd.
Published By – Copyright Control
Pressed By – Sonopress
Printed By – TOPAC

Credits

Arranged By, Edited By, Remix [Bending, Repeating], Producer [Reproductions By] – Paul Morley
Bass – Derek Forbes
Design [Sleeve Designed By] – ZTT
Drums – Brian McGee
Guitar – Kevin Armstrong
Painting [Cover Painting] – Brücken*
Percussion – Michael Mertens
Photography By – Peter Brown (23)
Producer [Original Material] – T.C. Horn*
Tape Op [Tape Operator] – Paul Wright
Vocals – Susanne Freytag

Notes

On sleeve front:
(for the footsteps and heartbeats of the connoisseur) / 'WISHFUL THINKING' / is disturbdances of five songs / by PROPAGANDA

Some copies come with a hype sticker:
Special Dance Mixes

Cat# 207 439-273 on sleeve rear, 207 439 on labels and spine.
Some copies have a sticker with cat# 207 439-270 over the original cat# 207 439-273.

Incorrectly all tracks on Side B are credited to Mertens/Dorper/Freytag/Brücken.
There are no divisions between the tracks. The songs are separate (not dj-mixed), although some have no audible pause in-between.

On sleeve rear:
zas twenty: "wishful thinking": sarm studio disturbdances of 5 PROPAGANDA songs
39 studio hours of bending, repeating, arranging and editing by Robert Kraushaar and Paul Morley from original material produced by S.J. Lipson and T.C. Horn for the long player 'A Secret Wish'. Tape operator: paul wright.
Produced in a limited edition by Z.T.T. Records and Japes for Island Records U.S.A. and released in Europe as a souvenir of PROPAGANDA'S autumn 1985 outside world "tour". Propaganda performed by claudia brücken (vocals) susanne freytag (vocals) and michael mertens (percussion) with the assistance of derek forbes (bass) brian mcGee (drums) kevin armstrong (guitar). Not in performance: ralf dorper.
DISTURBDANCES
1 / A b u s e
2 / M a c h i n e d
3 / L a u g h e d !
4 / " J e w e l l e d "
5 / " L o v e d "
There is a poem of Goethe in which these lines occur:
"Und umzuschaffen das Geschaffene
Dass sich's nicht zum Starren waffne
Wirkt ewiges lebendiges Thun"
which can be roughly translated:
"And refashioning the fashioned
lest it stiffen into iron
is work of endless vital activity."
photography: john stoddart, peter brown. sleeve de-signed by ZTT and contract 3 at 20 in the action series. cover painting: brücken.

Distributed by the Ariola Group of Companies
Printed in Western by Topac, Gesellschaft für Tonträger-Verpackung mbH, Gütersloh
Imprimé en République Fédérale d'Allemagne
℗ + ©ZTT 1985

On labels:
Laughed [A3]: copyright controlled
Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH, Münich

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 4 007192 074396
Barcode (Scanned): 4007192074396
Price Code: -273
Label Code: LC 0407
Rights Society: GEMA STEMRA BIEM
Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): S 207 439 A
Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): S 207 439 B
Pressing Plant ID (Embossed on side B label): Bass clef
Matrix / Runout (Runout, variant 1, side A): DM 207439 A-1/85 S II
Matrix / Runout (Runout, variant 1, side B): DM 207439 B-1/85 S II
Matrix / Runout (Runout, variant 2, side A - stamped, etched): DM 207439 A-1/85 S II II
Matrix / Runout (Runout, variant 2, side B - stamped, etched): DM 207439 B-1/85 S II II

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Wishful Thinking (LP, Album, Limited Edition)	ZTT	ZAS 20	UK	1985
	Wishful Thinking (CD, Album)	ZTT	ZCID Q20, ZCIDQ 20	UK	1985
Recently Edited	Wishful Thinking (Cassette, Album, White Cassette)	ZTT	CZAS 20	UK	1985
Recently Edited	Wishful Thinking (LP, Album)	Festival Records	L 18005	New Zealand	1985
New Submission	Wishful Thinking (LP, Album, Limited Edition)	Island Records	ISP 1078	Canada	1985