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Funny thing is, I used to think Eddi Reader's backing vocals were OTT, but they've grown on me. They work as part of the generally exuberant feel of IMW. Foxx's own backing vocals on "Your Dress" don't work as well in context.

I have to agree Steve. I was somewhat taken back when I first heard the backing vocals on Enter The Angel. I thought John doesn't use female backing vocals. He's gone all pop!! Ha ha.It's not a song or an album I listen to very often. I guess it was very much of it's time.
As for Your Dress maybe it would have worked better with a female vocalist at the end rather than John reaching the high notes. Strangely when the single was reviewed at the time, in Smash Hits, Your Dress was described as John going all 'Bryan Ferry' and the reviewer thought that it was female vocals at the end!!

Moving swiftly along .... an FFWD some 20 years later ..

9th September 2003, DRIVE EP by John Foxx & Louis Gordon first became available at their live show at The Fleece and Firkin in Bristol on that date.

Subsequently available by mail order or at live concerts.



1 Drive (Single Edit)
2 Broken Furniture (Radio Edit)
3 Underwater Dreamsex
4 Making Movies
5 Your Shadow
6 Broken Furniture (Album Version)
7 Drive (Album Version)

Thoughts on this EP, 10 years on?

It contains two of my all time Foxx Top Five...!

I seem to remember one was Underwater Dream sex.

Cant remember the other.

Brian

Broken Furniture

Some of his greatest lyrics, and it tells the Story of My Life.

So if you have five seconds to spare...

I think it was Andreas who managed to get me a signed copy of the Drive EP, so that's something special already. Not a huge fan of Underwater Dreamsex, but overall another solid outing from Foxx and Gordon.

50, clumsy and shy... (following up on Birdsong's reference, with a little updating).

Martin - do you have a list of the live gigs it was distributed at? Was it the same time they were supporting The Human League?

Not exactly...

I can tell you when it was first available, but there's no guarantee what gigs it was on sale at, or not.
Merchandise varies enormously and it depends on stock, delivery, staff etc

But in general, one thing I DON'T have info on is what merch was available at which gig.
Might be interesting, so if anyone does know, please advise me directly here or via martinsmith@metamatic.com

All this stuff is coming to a website near you [quite] soon...

Full discography and selected archive pages are in capable hands

Can't wait.

But yes, I read it was first available at the Bristol gig on said date.