The origin of Zoo Records is probably known the world over, so prepare your-self for a plethora of artists that have become legendary. Formed in Liverpool in 1978 by Bill Drummond and David Balfe (Keyboards in the Teardrops Explodes) to release a 12” single by Drummond’s perennially struggling band, Big In Japan (From Y to Z And Never Again). Zoo would only release two albums and a handful of singles by the likes of the Teardrop Explodes, Echo & The Bunnymen and Lori & The Chameleons. Inside we're informed that the music had been taken from a play To the Shores of Lake Placid which ran from August 24 1978 to February 21 1981 with "all titles performed by the Original Cast". Society For Cutting Up Men (SCUM) by Big In Japan opens (shown in a photo with a young Ian Broudie lying against a giant Teddy), followed by Drummond's other band Those Naughty Lumps with Iggy Pop's Jacket (issued as a single in January 1979). Next up we have the Teardrop Explodes with their original version of When I Dream, a couple of tracks by Echo & The Bunnymen and to close side one a couple of real gems in the Lori & the Chameleons single Lonely Spy and the Turquoise Swimming Pools (featuring Troy Tate) previously unreleased track The Wind. Side two begins with Whopper and Dalek I Love You and more from the Turquoise Swimming Pools, Teardrop Explodes, Big In Japan and Echo & the Bunnymen.
