To this day I still don’t know what the story is behind this single and why it was never properly released, seemingly withdrawn at the last minute back in late 1985 – no doubt why it is extremely difficult to come by.
This particular copy is the West German 12″ edition. The tracks on this 12″ are;
To Breathe (Extended Version) (5.46)
Metal And Flesh (5.30)
To Breathe (Instrumental) (3.50)
The label design is different to those on the UK copies, being a fairly plain black and silver ink thing (the UK copies have picture label designs).
There is also a 7″ of this West German edition too (Polydor/Metronome, 883-413-7) which comes with a 3.38 edit of the A side and the same version of ‘Metal and Flesh’ on the B side. Sleeve design is almost identical with only minor differences, while the label is a pink injection-moulded thing.
The UK editions will be covered another time…
The good news is that Hard Corps now have a presence on MySpace – check it out: http://www.myspace.com/hardcorps84
There’s a French 12″ too (Polydor 883 413-1). Do you have pictures of the German 7″ as I don’t have that in my discography? The rarest of the lot though is probably the UK 7″ (Polydor HARD 2) 🙂
Hi Graham… Thanks for getting in touch… I used to buy CyberNoise back in the day and do believe I still have various copies tucked away somewhere! I have the German and UK 7″ singles. The sleeve designs to both are largely similar, but the UK 7″ comes with a great couple of picture label designs – I’ll dig it out and document.