''Retro'' was the only EP (7") by

Ultravox Ultravox (earlier styled as Ultravox!) were a British new wave band, formed in London in April 1974 as Tiger Lily. Between 1980 and 1986, they scored seven Top Ten albums and seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which was ...

, then Ultravox!, released on 10 February 1978.metamatic.com - Discography: Retro
/ref> It was the last recording released by the band as Ultravox!. Also this was the last disc featuring original guitarist

Stevie Shears Stevie Shears (born 1954/1955) is an English musician known for playing in the rock bands Tiger Lily and Ultravox! (later Ultravox), as well as being part of the bands Faith Global and Cowboys International. Biography Tiger Lily and Ultravox ...

, who left the band after its release. The EP featured four live tracks recorded in 1977 or early 1978, while Ultravox! were promoting one of their first two albums, ''

Ultravox! Ultravox (earlier styled as Ultravox!) were a British new wave band, formed in London in April 1974 as Tiger Lily. Between 1980 and 1986, they scored seven Top Ten albums and seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which was ...

'' and ''

Ha! Ha! Ha! ''Ha!-Ha!-Ha!'' is the second album by British pop group Ultravox, at that time known as "Ultravox!", with an exclamation mark, as a nod to Neu!. Although the group would later achieve fame and commercial success with lead singer Midge Ure th ...

'', both released in 1977. An Australian only 12" was also released with the added tracks Quirks and Modern Love. These were previously available as a free 7" single given away with the first 10000 copies of "Ha Ha Ha". In or around 1990 the Australian record company 'Festival Records' made a limited amount of cd singles of the 6 track Retro EP but shelved the release. It is not known if any were issued for sale. In 2006, Island Records re-released the tracks, adding them to remastered versions of Ultravox!'s albums. The tracks from side two of the EP were included on the reissue of ''Ultravox!'' and the side one tracks on the reissue of ''Ha! Ha! Ha!''.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ultravox!

A-Side

#The Man Who Dies Every Day (Live At Huddersfield Polytechnic) #Young Savage (Live At The Marquee)

B-Side

#The Wild, The Beautiful And The Damned (Live At The Rainbow) #My Sex (Live At Huddersfield Polytechnic)

Personnel

John Foxx John Foxx (born Dennis Leigh; 26 September 1948) is an English singer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer. He was the original lead singer of the new wave band Ultravox, before leaving to embark on a ...

: vocals *

: guitars *

Chris Cross Chris Cross (born Christopher Thomas Allen, 14 July 1952, Tottenham, London) is an English musician, best known as the bass guitarist in the new wave band Ultravox. Biography Early years Cross went to Belmont Secondary Modern School, ...

: bass guitar *

Billy Currie William Lee Currie (born 1 April 1950Ultravox.org.uk
) is a ...

: keyboards and violin *

Warren Cann Warren Reginald Cann (born 20 May 1950 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian drummer, drum machine programmer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the British new wave band Ultravox, for which he was one of the ma ...

: drums

References

External links

Metamatic.com - DiscographyDiscogs.com
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