The Buggles – Adventures in Modern Recording 2.0 SALVOCD036 / Element 05


a reissue of an album by a not-quite ZTT artist: The Buggles.

It’s no surprise to see The Buggles on the ZTT roster, though; bandleader Trevor Horn was the founder of the label. 
Now, they’ve released Adventures in Modern Recording 2.0, 
a newly expanded version of the overlooked second and final release by the “Video Killed the Radio Star” group.

Originally release on Carrere Records in 1981, Adventures may be best known for its inclusion of “I Am a Camera,” 
a song that Horn and fellow Buggle Geoff Downes would bring to Yes for their 1980 LP Drama (where it was retitled “Into the Lens,” 
although it retained its original title as a subtitle on Yes’ single version).

While previously released in 1997 with two non-LP B-sides and a remix, this new reissue includes those and seven unreleased demos, 
including another bunch (both parts of “We Can Fly from Here”) intended for Yes. 

Here’s the full list:

Adventures in Modern Recording
Beatnik
Vermillion Sands
I Am a Camera
On T.V.
Inner City
Lenny
Rainbow Warrior
Adventures in Modern Recording (Reprise)
Fade Away (B-side to “On T.V.” previously included on 1997 reissue)
Blue Nylon (B-side to “Adventures in Modern Recording” previously included on 1997 reissue)
I Am a Camera (12” Mix) (previously included on 1997 reissue)
We Can Fly from Here (Part 1) (Demo, previously unreleased)
Dion (Demo, previously unreleased)
Videotheque (Demo, previously unreleased)
On T.V. (Demo, previously unreleased)
Walking on Glass (original version of “Lenny,” previously unreleased)
Riding a Tide (Demo, previously unreleased)
We Can Fly from Here (Part 2) (Demo, previously unreleased)