Starter- Start CD-R
The following upload comes as a request, and features Swiss minimal synth band Starter’s entire discography. Starter formed in 1981 as a three piece, led by Francis Foss, who remained the only original member after a personnel switch in 1985.
Starter would release one LP in 1981, followed by several 12” releases throughout the late eighties, calling it quits in 1989. Francis Foss was also active in Shy Rose, a Swiss Italo Disco act who released a handful of singles.
In 2004, Topfuel Entertainment collected Starter’s discography and released it as an extremely limited CD-R pressing, sold alongside a DVD of various live performances over the years. Only sixty copies of this fine release exist, and I’ve had my eyes peeled for ages. Snap one up if you see it! Otherwise, here’s the information for the CD-R portion.
Starter- Start CD-R
1. Lunapark
2. Is This Love
3. Minijupe
4. Baby
5. Plastic
6. Tanger
7. Tarzan And Jane
8. Machinedrum
9. Part Of You
10. Victim
11. My Love
12. Night By Night
13. Cause I Love You
14. Victim Of The Beat
*DOWNLOAD LINK REMOVED* – ATTENTION, dear readers- you can now get a remastered copy of this LP via the always excellent DARK ENTRIES label, an awesome reissue label based out of the west coast. Click here for more info!
Though I have yet to find an original copy of this release, a generous party has uploaded a video from the DVD-R portion, so please click below to view live performances of both Lunapark and Minijupe from 1982:
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December 30, 2008 at 12:35 am
I have really liked this band since I first heard them last year. Out of curiosity though, do you know what the lyrics to ‘part of you’ is? I really enjoy the song, but the lyrics the way I hear them is really strange. I don’t want to say what I think he is talking about, because Iam probably wrong. Just curious…
Thanks for the great post:)
December 30, 2008 at 1:24 am
hi! i’m having problems with the zip file… it looks like it’s empty. is it just me?
thanx for the wonderful blog!
December 31, 2008 at 2:05 am
hello
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take care
December 31, 2008 at 3:43 am
I am also having troubles with the file. Says it’s corrupt or damaged.
December 31, 2008 at 4:11 am
don’t know about this trouble- everything works fine on my end. tried it once last night and once tonight with success.
December 31, 2008 at 10:33 am
Hello very good blog, you’re doing a great job.
i’m also having problems with the starter download, always only get a 0 byte file.
Greetings Oliver
December 31, 2008 at 2:52 pm
i reuploaded it, that should fix the trouble. happy new year.
January 2, 2009 at 5:23 pm
ps- adding a link to your blog right this moment, louissyfer!
January 4, 2009 at 2:19 am
Thank for the re-upload, it’s working fine now. Definitely a real gem that could use a re-release in larger quantity. Thanks for all the other zshare re-uploads as well!
January 7, 2009 at 10:17 pm
‘Part of you’ is a curious song, the lyrics are something like this-
‘Since I saw you/I know you’re the only/that I have to get/its just a problem/you are only 14/but this (something) makes me wet/why not coming down on me/or is it that you are afraid/I really gotta turn you on/when you’re going to be late/why not coming down on me/or is it that you are afraid/I really gotta turn you on/when you’re going to be late/part of you/part of you/part of you/part/of/you’
May 21, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Spectacular stuff !
Thank you so much for sharing.
December 20, 2009 at 5:43 pm
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
April 16, 2011 at 12:32 am
I just checked back to see if anyone ever responded to my question of the lyrics. That is what I thought he was saying. The song sounds really cool,but…I don't much care for the weird innuendos.
June 8, 2011 at 4:16 am
T'is being reissued…
November 11, 2011 at 4:12 am
Like this a lot, thank you! You always have the best stuff.
October 25, 2013 at 11:36 pm
ty a ot for share music, i am from latin america!
http://www.leonglock.de/discogr.html
December 23, 2013 at 1:54 pm
I have bonis DVD-R for this Album – “Starter – Start DVD. if you need to – please mail me or to my site http://vk.com/minimal_synth
January 3, 2016 at 4:18 pm
Thanks for this upload! Sadly the band did not include “Hit the floor” (B-side to “Victim of the beat”). Can anybody share this?
April 12, 2017 at 1:54 pm
Starter – Night By Night cd for sale ???
April 12, 2017 at 1:55 pm
shop?