Crime and the City Solution

(1978-1991: Sydney-Melbourne-London-Berlin-Wien)

Videography


Videography: a chronological overview of all videos, TV broadcasts and promo clips. 
Official recordings of the Australian/German band Crime and the City Solution. 
Compilations with non-exclusive tracks are not listed.
-Information in grey italics is uncertain-

TV broadcasts
TRANSMISSION - SUPERCHANNEL (May-89)
Transmission Superchannel TRANSMISSION - SUPERCHANNEL

Tracklist: Interview with Simon Bonney and Bronwyn Adams.

Notes: UK TV. Not released on video.

Photo: Screen capture.

OFFBEAT - TELE 5 (Jun-89)
Offbeat Tele 5 OFFBEAT - TELE 5

Tracklist: "Keepsake" (live at the Park cafe, Hamburg at 6AM on 1x-Jun-89)/ interview with Simon Bonney and Bronwyn Adams.

Notes: German TV. Not released on video.

Photo: Screen capture.

120 MINUTES - MTV UK (02-Sep-90)
120 Minutes MTV 120 MINUTES - MTV UK

Tracklist: Interview with Mick Harvey in Glasgow on 21-Aug-90, whilst on tour with the Bad Seeds. Interspersed with several promo clips.

Notes: UK TV. Not released on video.

Photo: Screen capture.

ROCKLIFE - WDR TV CONCERT (20-Oct-90)
Rocklife WDR TV ROCKLIFE/ROCKNACHT - TV CONCERT

Tracklist: Interview with Simon Bonney and Alex Hacke, by Helge Haas/ The Dolphins And The Sharks/ I Have The Gun/ The Bride Ship.

Recording info: Recorded live @ the Live Music Hall, Köln on 04-Sep-90.

Notes: Excerpt of a concert broadcast by German WDR TV, Rocklife Rocknacht on 20-Oct-90. Not released on video, but worth tracking down.

Line-up: Simon Bonney (vocals)/ Alex Hacke (guitar)/ Thomas Stern (bass)/ Bronwyn Adams (violin) and Mick Harvey (organ,drums).

Photo: Screen capture.





Compilations
V/A: KINGS OF INDEPENDENCE - VIDEO (1987)
Kings Of Independence -front KINGS OF INDEPENDENCE (VHS-VIDEO)

Tracklist: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Stranger Than Kindness/ Saint Huck// Crime and the City Solution: All Must Be Love/ Steal To The Sea/ Grain Will Bear Grain// Swans: Beautiful Child/ Like A Drug.

Recording info: Filmed @ the Kings Of Independence festival @ Knopf's Music Hall, Hamburg (GE) on 15-Aug-87.

Note: First concert with line-up #4, with Chrislo on bass and Thomas Stern not yet present. Never released on DVD.

Line-up: Simon Bonney (vocals)/ Alex Hacke (guitar)/ Bronwyn Adams (violin)/ Chrislo Haas (bass) and Mick Harvey (drums).

  • Studio K7- K7001 (GE,1987) VHS-PAL
  • Music Video Distributors (US,Oct-94) VHS-NTSC

 Kings Of Independence -back
DER HIMMEL UEBER BERLIN/WINGS OF DESIRE - FILM (17-May-87)
Wings Of Desire Anchor Bay DVD-front DER HIMMEL UEBER BERLIN/WINGS OF DESIRE (VIDEO)

Info: Wim Wenders' tale of 2 angels overlooking the sky over Berlin. Includes a 'live' performance by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Crime & the City Solution. Premiered @ the Cannes,Film festival on 17-May-87

Recording info: Crime and the City Solution's performance filmed in Berlin during November 1986.

Line-up: Simon Bonney (vocals)/ Rowland S.Howard (guitar)/ Harry Howard (bass)/ Mick Harvey (keyboards) and Epic Soundtrack (drums).

  • Connoisseur video -CR 003 (UK,19??) VHS-PAL
  • Orion Home Video (US,1993) VHS-NTSC
  • MGM/UA Video (US,2000) VHS-NTSC
  • Atlas Pictures/BMG -74321346203 (GE,1996) VHS-PAL
  • Anchor Bay -ABWWD42 (UK,2002) DVD-PAL
  • MGM/UA Video (US,2003) DVD-NTSC
  • Madman Entertainment -MMA2506 (AU,09-Sep-06) DVD-PAL

Wings Of Desire Anchor Bay DVD-back
V/A: EXHIBIT 1: VISIBLE EVIDENCE -VIDEO (1991)
Exhibit 1 VHS -front V/A: EXHIBIT 1 - VISIBLE EVIDENCE (VHS)

Tracklist: 1.Erasure: Star/ 2.Nitzer Ebb: Fun To Be Had/ 3.Renegade Sound Wave: Biting My Nails/ 4.Barry Adamson: The Man With The Golden Arm/ 5.Crime And The City Solution: I Have The Gun/ 6.Depeche Mode: World In My Eyes/ 7.Fortran 5: Love Baby/ 8.Nick Cave: The Weeping Song/ 9.Frank Tovey: The Liberty Tree/ 10.Inspiral Carpets: Caravan/ 11.Crime and the City Solution: The Dolphins And The Sharks/ 12.Miranda Sex Garden: Gush Forth My Tears/ 13.Nitzer Ebb: Family Man/ 14.Easy: He Brings The Honey.

Line-up: Simon Bonney (vocals)/ Alex Hacke (guitar)/ Thomas Stern (bass)/ Bronwyn Adams (violin)/ Chrislo Haas (analog synthesiser) and Mick Harvey (drums).

  • Mute Film/BMG -791148/BMG510 -(UK,1991) VHS-PAL

Exhibit 1 VHS -back




Promo clips
Rose Blue clip ROSE BLUE

Recording info: Directed in 1985, by Mick Harvey or Christoph Dreher (Die Haut).

Note: Track from the "Just South Of Heaven" mini album.

On Every Train clip ON EVERY TRAIN (GRAIN WILL BEAR GRAIN)

Recording info: Filmed and directed in Berlin,1988 by Harry Rag. U-Matic color from Super-8 and 35mm. 4 min.

Note: The only video with the Mk IV line-up to which Chrislo Haas participated. Track from the "Shine" album.

On Every Train clip ON EVERY TRAIN (GRAIN WILL BEAR GRAIN)

Recording info: Filmed and directed in Berlin,1988 by Harry Rag. U-Matic color from Super-8 and 35mm. 4 min.

Note: Different edit. The only video with the Mk IV line-up to which Chrislo Haas participated. Track from the "Shine" album.

The Shadow Of No Man clip THE SHADOW OF NO MAN

Recording info: Directed early 1989 by Mick Harvey on a rooftop.

Note: Track from "The Bride Ship" album.

I Have The Gun clip I HAVE THE GUN

Recording info: Concept, director & editing by Uli Schueppel in Berlin early 1990. Super 8 & 16mm - b/w & color - 4min. Camera: Ciro Cappellari.

Note: Track from the "Paradise Discotheque" album.

The Dophins and the Sharks clip THE DOLPHINS AND THE SHARKS

Recording info: Filmed early 1991.

Note: Track from the "Paradise Discotheque" album.

Goddess clip GODDESS

Recording info: Dancer in video: Carrie Loser, visuals: Danielle de Picciotto, 2013.

Note: Track from the "American Twilight" album.

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