ULTRAVOX – RETRO LIVE 7″ – Nr MINT UK 1978 PUNK JOHN FOXX

Ultravox – Retro Live
(Island Records  1978  IEP8)
UK Pressing – A Side Labels both sides

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– a little light ringwear

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)

Ultravox are a British new wave band, best known for a series of top ten single and album hits in the UK charts during the 1980s.

The band has been led by two different frontmen who never played together in the band at the same time. From 1974 until 1979, John Foxx was frontman and main driving force behind Ultravox. Foxx left the band to embark on a solo career. Following Foxx’s departure, with the three remaining members in hiatus, Midge Ure took over as lead singer, guitarist, and frontman. Ure revitalised the band and drove it to commercial success lasting until the mid-1980s. Ure left the band in 1987 after establishing a solo career and the group disbanded for a while. A new line-up, led by sole original band member keyboard player/violinist Billy Currie, was formed in 1992, but achieved little success.

The band’s best-known line-up of Currie, bassist Chris Cross, drummer Warren Cann and Ure reformed in 2008 and performed a series of reunion shows in 2009 and 2010 before releasing the Brilliant album in May 2012, their first together since the Lament album in 1984. In November 2013 Ultravox performed as special guests on a four date UK arena tour with Simple Minds.

Retro was the only EP (7″) by Ultravox, then Ultravox!, released on 24 February 1978. It was the last recording released by the band as Ultravox!. Also this was the last disc featuring original guitarist Stevie Shears, who left the band after its release.

All tracks written by Ultravox!

1. The Man Who Dies Every Day (Live At Huddersfield Polytechnic)
2. Young Savage (Live At The Marquee)

1. The Wild, The Beautiful And The Damned (Live At The Rainbow)
2. My Sex (Live At Huddersfield Polytechnic)

• John Foxx: vocals
• Stevie Shears: guitars
• Chris Cross: bass guitar
• Billy Currie: keyboards and violin
• Warren Cann: drums