[Special]: Warm Leatherette – A Song by Daniel Miller’s The Normal

Introduction:
This special is about a song… one with an important impact on the electronic music you know nowadays.

It’s about “Warm Leatherette” by The Normal. The Normal was a project by Daniel Miller used to release his single “T.V.O.D / Warm Leatherette”.

The lyrics of “Warm Leatherette” reference J.G. Ballard’s novel “Crash” (1973), the music can described as electronic Post-punk with industrial sounds.

The front cover shows a crash test dummys sitting behind the steering wheel of car, on the back side of the 7 inch he put his own address and the sentence “this is a mute record”.

Impressed by the do-it-yourself attitude of the Punk scene, he wanted to release it by himself and without a label. So Daniel Miller offered it to a few independent music shops, including Rough Trade in London, where it would be played to customers.

So the legendary label Mute Records was founded….

The track became a small underground hit and has been covered by numerous artists. So we show you some of these cover version … right after a fan video of the original track.

Videos / Audio:
The Normal – “Warm Leatherette”

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Laibach – “Warme Lederhaut”

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Velocity Star feat. Rose McDowall – “Warm Leatherette”

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Trent Reznor, Jeordie White, Peter Murphy – “Warm Leatherette”

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Chicks On speed – “Warm Leatherette”

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Lost Children – “Warm Leatherette”

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Ditto – “Warm Leatherette”

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Prayer Tower – “Warm Leatherette”

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Die Tödliche Doris – “Warm Leatherette”

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Grace Jones – “Warm Leatherette”

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Grace Jones – “Warm Leatherette (Long Version)”

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MDS51 – “Warm Leatherette”

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Suzi Quatro – “Warm Leatherette”

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DJ Hell – “Warm Leatherette”

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Terence Fixmer – “Warm Leatherette”

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Otto Von Schirach – “Warm Leatherette”

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Cole Black – “Warm Leatherette”

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Club 69 – “Warm Leatherette”

Recommendations:
Club 69’s “Warm Leatherette” on Star 69 Records
The Normal’s “Warm Leatherette / T.V.O.D.” on Mute
sampler “Warm Leatherette Re-Covered” on Mute

Websites:
Daniel Miller @ novamute.co
Mute

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NON – “Warm Leatherette”

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Blizzfrizz – “Warm Leatherette”

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