Upstairs At Eric's - Yazoo

Vince Clarke is probably the only man in music history who has managed to fall on his feet every time he has jumped into a new venture. Previously to joining Erasure in 1985, his credits had been The Assembly with Fergal Sharkey, teaming up with Paul Quinn from Bourgie Bourgie for one single, the infamous Depeche Mode, and somewhere in between all that lot was Yazoo. After being introduced to a very young spiky haired, pouty girl called Genevieve Alison-Jane Moyet who had already fronted little known band, The Vicars, Clarke got to hear her sing for a demo tape and was immediately struck by this girls’ extremely powerful voice. They teamed up together ...  Read the complete review

~ Yazoo - Upstairs At Erics ~ ~ Released formats ~ 1982 : UK / US ; LP / Cassette ( LP Stumm 7 / C Stumm 7 ) 1986 : UK / US : CD ( UK - CDStumm 7 ; US C-LP-Stumm 7 ) In the UK , all releases were through Mute Records , while in the US through Sire Records . This review relates in main to the UK released CD version , with associated comments relating to the other versions available . ~ Group background ~ Unhappy with the achievements of her then current 60's cover band The Screaming Addabs , one Genevieve Alison ( aka Alf ) Moyet , decided to take her future into her own hands , and via ...  Read the complete review