Get Us Out of Here
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Get Us out of Here is the second and final studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Freur
Freur
Freur was a band featuring Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, who went on to found the successful electronic act Underworld. It was their second band, following their art school collaboration, The Screen Gemz.-History:...

 and was released in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 in 1986. The cassette
Compact Cassette
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 version of the album included five extra tracks.

CD release

The album was unavailable on CD
Compact Disc
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 until 2009 when Cherry Red Records
Cherry Red
Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978.-History:Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens...

 released Get Us out of Here/Doot-Doot, which includes both Freur albums on one CD.

Unfortunately, in order to fit both albums onto one CD over two minutes of music has been removed from Get Us out of Here; with the tracks "Emeralds and Pearls", "The Devil and Darkness", "The Piano Song", "Happiness" and "Endless Groove" all being faded out prematurely.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Karl Hyde, Rick Smith and Alfie Thomas, except where noted.

CBS Records LP
LP record
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: CBS 26328

CBS Records Cassette: 40-26328

2009 - Cherry Red Records CD: CDM RED 419*

* Tracks 11-20 taken from the album Doot-Doot
Doot-Doot
Doot-Doot is the debut studio album by Freur and was released in 1983. The cassette version of the album included four extra tracks.- CD release :The album was unavailable on CD until the 1993 reissue by Oglio Records in the United States...


Musicians

  • Karl Hyde - Vocals
    Singing
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    , Guitar
    Guitar
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  • Bryn Burrows - Drums
    Drum
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  • Rick Smith - Keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

  • Alfie Thomas - Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , Keyboards
  • John Warwicker - Keyboards

Additional musicians

  • Mr. Bowie - Fretless bass
    Fretless guitar
    A fretless guitar is a guitar without frets. It operates in the same manner as most other stringed instruments and traditional guitars, but does not have any frets to act as the lower end point of the vibrating string...

  • Andy Sheppard
    Andy Sheppard
    Andy Sheppard is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, George Russell and Steve Swallow.-Biography:Sheppard was born in Warminster,...

     - Tenor saxophone
    Tenor saxophone
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     and soprano saxophone
    Soprano saxophone
    The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in...


Production

  • Produced by Freur and John Hudson
  • "Jazz Is King?", "Major Motion", "This Is the Way" and "Get Us Out Of Here" produced by Freur
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