CURIOUS (YELLOW)

Note: Curious (yellow) also released material (in one case) under the alias Curious (Blue). Both names are derived from the titles of films by Swedish director Vilgot Sjöman.

I AM CURIOUS (1988)

Tracks

1. Transparent Garden (3:50)
2. Pretty Girl (5:48)
3. Song With No Name (3:42)
4. Tinsel Heart (4:20)
5. If I Reach You (3:48)

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Credits

Les White - Bass Guitar
Filthy - Electric Guitar
Snapper - Drums
Karin Jansson - Vocals/Guitar
Phil Maher - Electric Guitar on "If I Reach You"

Produced by Steve Kilbey
Engineered by Russell Pilling
    except "If I Reach You" produced by Mårten Jansson
Mixed by Mark Simmons
    except "Song With No Name" mixed by Kilbey/Pilling

Photography: Kim Sandeman (front), Effie (back)
Art Direction: John Foy

Releases

• 12" Red Eye RED EP1 (Australia) Yellow Vinyl

Vinyl Inner Groove Messages:
   Side A) LOOK AT YOUR WATCH.
   Side B) WE ARE TALKING IN SPACE NOT IN TIME

Notes

Back cover has this photo by Effie of the band members:

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Tracks

1. Silvia (3:47)
2. Taken By Surprise (3:21)
3. Love Itself (4:15)
4. Charms And Blues (4:24)
5. Insomnia (4:45)
6. Celestial (3:59)
7. Serendipity (3:42)
8. Down The Wishingwell (5:07) *
9. Colossus (2:58)
10. Empress (4:59)
11. New Moon (3:15)

* Bonus Track On CD

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Credits

Silvia (Jansson/Bowman)
    Programming and all other instruments by Jim Bowman
    Additional hi-hat by Mark Dawson
Taken By Surprise (Jansson/Kilbey)
    Drum programming by Pryce Surplice and Steven Kilbey
    All other instruments by Steven Kilbey
Love Itself (Jansson)
    Drum programming and all other instruments by Mike Caen
Charms And Blues (Jansson/Kilbey)
    Drum programming by Pryce Surplice and Steven Kilbey
    All other instruments by Steven Kilbey
Insomnia (Jansson/Surplice/Kilbey)
    Programming by Pryce Surplice and Steven Kilbey
    Guitar by Steven Kilbey
Celestial (Jansson/Bowman)
    Programming and all other instruments by Jim Bowman
    Brushes by Mark Dawson
Serendipity (Jansson/Surplice)
    Programming by Pryce Surplice
    Electric guitar by Steven Kilbey
    Acoustic guitar by Karin Jansson
Down The Wishingwell (Jansson)
    Programming and all other instruments by Steven Kilbey
    Recorded in New York November 1988
Colossus (Jansson)
    Guitars by Jeremy Butterworth
    Keyboard by Steven Kilbey
Empress (Jansson/Kilbey)
    Drum programs by Pryce Surplice and Steven Kilbey
    Violin by Violinda
    All other instruments by Steven Kilbey
New Moon (Jansson/Caen)
    Programming by Mike Caen
    Violin by Violinda

Recorded in Sydney January 1990 at Stanlee Music
Engineered by Spencer Lee
Produced by Curious (yellow) and Steven Kilbey
"Love Itself" mixed at Electric Avenue
"Down the Wishingwell" recorded in New York November 1988, mixed at Trackdown Studios

All vocals by Karin Jansson
All words by Karin Jansson
except "Insomnia" & "Empress" Jansson/Kilbey
Executive producer Steven Kilbey

Releases

• LP Red Eye RED LP 13 (Polydor 843 962-1) (Australia) Blue Vinyl
• LP Red Eye RED LP 13 (Polydor 843 962-1) (Australia) Black Vinyl
• CD Polydor 843 962-2 (Sweden)
• CD Red Eye RED CD 13 (843 962-2) (Australia)

Vinyl Inner Groove Messages:
   Side 1) DRUNKEN DREAMS AND FURTURE MEMORIES.....
   Side 2) ....FROM AN OCCULT DIARY.

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Tracks

1. Silvia
2. Taken By Surprise
3. Love Itself
4. Charms And Blues
5. Insomnia
6. Celestial
7. Serendipity
8. Colossus
9. Empress
10. New Moon

Releases

• CASS Red Eye/Polydor (Australia) Unlabeled promo cassette with custom cover

TAKEN BY SURPRISE (1990)

Taken By Surprise (3:22)
Let Go (3:41)

Credits

Recorded in Sydney, January 1990 at StanLee Music
Engineered by Spencer Lee
Produced by Steven Kilbey
Photography by Kim Sandeman

• 7" Red Eye 877 718-7 (Australia)
• CASS Red Eye 877 718-4 (Australia)
• CD Red Eye 877 718-2 (Australia)

Vinyl Inner Groove Messages:
   Side A) FAT "f-n" SURPRISE THAT WAS!
   Side B) ADULTERY ANONYMOUS

LOVE ITSELF (1991)

Love Itself
Love, Love, Love Itself
Down

Credits

Karin Jansson wrote and sang the songs
Love Itself
    Mike Caen played & arranged all instruments
    Produced by Mike Caen
    Remixed by Guy Gray
Love, Love, Love Itself
    Edit by Jim Bowman
Down
    Mark Dawson played drums
    Jim Bowman played and arranged all other instruments
    Produced by Jim Bowman
Photography: Kim Sandeman
Cover: Jim Paton & Karin Jansson

• 7" Red Eye 879 866-7 (Australia)
• CASS Red Eye 879 866-4 (Australia)

COMPILATIONS FEATURING TRACKS BY CURIOUS (YELLOW)

ASIDES & BESIDES: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS (1990)

Tracks

1. I Can't Control Myself (2:54) - James Baker Experience
2. Two Lines (2:29) - Ya Ya Choral
3. Drop In The Ocean (3:29) - The Crystal Set
4. Psycho (3:55) - The Beasts Of Bourbon
5. King Street (4:00) - John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong
6. Benefit Of The Doubt (4:25) - The Crystal Set
7. This Asphalt Eden (3:57) - Steve Kilbey
8. Transparent Garden (3:53) - Curious (Yellow)
9. Just To Be Sure (3:49) - The Bhagavad Guitars
10. You Can't Run (2:52) - Mexican Spitfires
11. Down Below (3:14) - The Cruel Sea
12. Like A Ghost - Steve Kilbey *
13. Don't Be Surprised (3:29) - The Crystal Set
14. Awakening Earth (4:18) - The Bhagavad Guitars
15. Shell (3:47) - Steve Kilbey
16. Run Rudolph Run (3:25) - John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong
17. Isabella (5:22) - Curious (Blue)
18. Hubble Bubble (3:22) - The Crystal Set
19. Sydney Town (2:58) - Mexican Spitfires
20. Thought We'd Agreed - The Bhagavad Guitars *
21. The Big Sleep - The Beasts of Bourbon *
22. Elvis Impersonator Blues - The Beasts of Bourbon *
23. New Neighbour (2:44) - The Tall Shirts
24. Born To Be Punched (3:34) - James Baker Experience

* on lp release only

Releases

• 2LP Red Eye RED LP 7 / 847 028-1 (Australia)
• CD Red Eye / Polydor RED CD 7 / 847 028-2 (Australia)
• CD Red Eye RED CD 7 (Germany) licensed to Normal Records

Vinyl Inner Groove Messages:
   Side 1) HOW DO YOU KEEP A MOSSY FAN BUSY?.....(OVER)
   Side 2) HOW DO YOU KEEP A MOSSY FAN BUSY?.....(OVER)
   Side 3) LIVE STOCK!
   Side 4) BYE BYE B SIDES.....

Notes

Includes this photo of Karin Jansson:

UP FROM DOWN BELOW (1990)

Tracks

1. A Furious Mess (3:51) - Crystal Set
2. Charlatan (4:22) - Crystal Set
3. Sylvia (3:44) - Curious (Yellow)
4. Taken by Surprise (3:19) - Curious (Yellow)
5. Down Below (3:12) - The Cruel Sea
6. Margarita (2:42) - The Cruel Sea
7. We Haven't Arrived (3:35) - The Bhagavad Guitars
8. Until You Came (4:10) - The Bhagavad Guitars
9. Bad Revisited (3:58) - The Beasts of Bourbon
10. The Hate Inside (3:27) - The Beasts of Bourbon

Releases

• CD Red Eye PRO SAMP (Australia) gatefold card

Notes

Includes this write-up on Curious (Yellow):

KARMIC HIT PREVIEWS AND RARITIES (2002)

Tracks

1. Trilemma (5:02) - Steve Kilbey
2. Bad For You (2:45) - Jack Frost
3. We All Fall (4:21) - Us
4. We Need a New Leader (3:16) - JLK
5. Citizens (5:30) - Snog
6. Transmigration (3:51) - Isidore
7. Ghost Train (3:51) - Russell and John Kilbey
8. Save Me (3:41) - Curious (Yellow)
9. Bossa (3:47) - Steve Kilbey
10. Dion (3:23) - Bhagavad Guitars
11. The Winged Measurer (4:08) - SOMA
12. Time Gentlemen Time (3:26) - Warp Factor 9
13. God is Big Business (4:33) - Sex Industrie
14. Aquanaut (3:25) - Steve Kilbey
15. Travelling Karma (4:25) - JLK
16. No Contact (3:23) - Us
17. Persuasion (4:11) - Jack Frost
18. Back of My Mind (remix) (5:25) - Fake
19. Tricka Tricka Boom Boom Song (2:49) - The Twillies
20. Jack's Dream (2:22) - Jack Frost

Releases

• CD Karmic Hit KH010 (Australia) January, 2002

Notes

Comes in a digipak with an embossed cover and an 8-page booklet (containing "A Chronology of Karmic Hit" and a paragraph about each track).