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This website compiles information gathered from releases, books, articles, and internet websites to form a near complete discography of the Bob Last empire. There are holes in the information I've been able to gather; releases I've missed and releases I don't have and can't comment on. If you'd like to help update the page, please look at the contact section below. Thanks.
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FAST Product

earcom

pop:aural

misc

Fast Product

If you count the official releases, I think Fast's total is only 11 [plus the 3 Earcom compilations]. [I'm missing info on FAST 11; email me if you have any info on releases.] Fast Product released the debuts of Gang of Four, the Mekons, Human League, 2.3 [in fact, their only release], and Scars [in fact, their only good release]. As well, FAST 9, the Earcom series, compiled amazing postpunk from all around the world. And it's more than just good music, it's completely fetishist-indulging artwork. Awesome design, simply put.

fast discography

	a.	never been in a riot	1'43"
		32 weeks	1'38"
	b.	heart + soul

	a.	where to now?	4'04"
	b.	all time low	2'55"

	electronically yours
	a.	being boiled	3'45"
	b.	circus of death	4'47"

	a.	damaged goods	3'34"
	b.	love like anthrax	3'18"
		armalite rifle	3'03"

	a.	where were you?	2'42"
	b.	i'll have to dance then (on my own)	3'05"

	a.	adult/ery
	b.	horrorshow

	earcom 1
	a.	the prats - prats 2
		the blank students - fun at the fair
		graph - drowning
		the blank students - background music
	b.	the prats - inverness
		the prats - bored
		the flowers - criminal waste
		the flower - background music
		& a guest item

	earcom 2
	a.	joy division - autosuggestion
		joy division - from safety to where... ?
		thursdays - perfection
	b.	thursdays - (sittin' on) the dock of the bay
		bascax - karleearn photography
		bascax - celluloid love

	earcom 3
	a.	noh mercy - caucasian guilt	3'09"
		noh mercy - revolutionary spy	2'10"
	b.	stupid babies - baby blues
		stupid babies - baby sitters
		from chorley - tablecloth
	c.	daf - ich und die wirklichkeit
	d.	the middle class - out of vogue
		the middle class - situations

	the dignity of labour
	a.	the dignity of labour (part 1)
		the dignity of labour (part 2)
	b.	the dignity of labour (part 3)
		the dignity of labour (part 4)

the first year plan

	a.	california uber alles
	b.	man with the dogs

Pop Aural

Soon after the licensing of the Dead Kennedy's 7" for the UK, Fast Product closed its doors. Bob Last then started pop:aural [I've seen pop:aural written of as being Jo Callo's project, but I think mistakenly so]. Again, this label released little more than a handful of releases. None of the acts on the label went on to be huge stars in the same way the alumni of Fast Product did; but there is a lot of good music and maybe even nicer artwork.

pop:aural discography

	a.	confessions	3'05"
	b.	(life) after dark	3'18"

	a.	boots for dancing
	b.	parachutes
		guitars & girl trouble

	a.	ballad of miss demeanour
	b.	food
		tear along

	a.	shaking all over
	b.	china

	a.	shake some action
	b.	shake some action (cheap version)

	a.	the rain song
	b.	hesitate

	a.	first night on
	b.	from the top

	a.	cruising missiles
	b.	shaking all over (dub)

	a.	love to meet you
	b.	monkey monkey monkey

	a.	candy skin
	b.	meat whiplash

	a.	true love
	b.	first in line

	a.	woah yeah!
	b.	sinistrale
		dodo boys

	a.	big gold dream
	b.	new thing in cartons*
		sympathetic anaethetic

	at home!
	a.	untitled
		i have a dream
	b.	untitled
		untitled
		angelo

Miscellaneous Releases/Nonreleases

Simultaneous to pop:aural, there seems to have been an American venture called Fast America. This label released for the US markets a compilation of the Fast Product releases called Mutant Pop (released on PVC) which is similar to the earlier Fast comp on EMI. Also, it released a Fire Engines compilation. I don't know if it released anything else. The Fire Engines LP is FPA 002 and Mutant Pop doesn't have a release number, so it's conceivable there as it at least one further release.

   There is also a "nonreleased" Human League cassette on Fast Product. I don't want to call it "unreleased" because it was psuedo-released in a very DIY way (see below).

misc discography

	the first year plan
	a.	the mekons - never been in a riot	1'43"
		the mekons - heart & soul	2'39"
		the mekons - 32 weeks	1'38"
		scars - adult/ery	3'06"
		scars - horrorshow	2'59"
		the human league - being boiled	3'45"
		the human league - circus of death	4'47"
		2.3 - all time low	2'55"
		2.3 - where to now?	4'04"
		gang of four - love like anthrax	3'18"
		gang of four - armalite rifle	3'03"
		gang of four - damaged goods	3'34"
		the mekons - i'll have to dance then (on my own)	3'15"
		the mekons - where were you?	2'43"

	mutant pop
	a.	the mekons - never been in a riot	1'43"
		the mekons - 32 weeks	1'38"
		the mekons - where were you	2'43"
		scars - adultery	3'06"
		scars - horror show	2'59"
		the human league - being boiled	3'45"
		the human league - circus of death	4'47"
		2.3 - all time low	2'55"
		2.3 - where to now?	4'04"
		the flowers - after dark	3'18"
		the flowers - confessions	3'05"
		gang of four - love like anthrax	3'18"
		gang of four - armalite rifle	3'03"
		gang of four - damaged goods	3'34"

	a.	work all week	3.16
	b.	unknown wrecks	3.13

	a.	16 again and again
	b.	The Heroine Dies
		Simon

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Please get in touch with me if you can shed any light on any of the releases that only have vague information above. As well, if you'd like to offer reviews of the music, phase two of this website is the addition of opinion content; I welcome as many views on the music as possible. My name is Daniel and email address is certain(at)gmail.com

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