Mute Czechoslovakia Distributed/Related Products

by Graham Needham (© 6th February 2020)

Mute Czechoslovakia Distributed/Related Products

Mute Czechoslovakia started as an official sub-label of the British Mute Records in the early nineties once communism imploded in central Europe, the Berlin wall fell and the Velvet Revolution happened in Czechoslovakia. Mute cleverly recognised that central Europe had the black swarm of Depeche Mode fans to buy newly, easily available western product/music and that it would make a great central distribution point in the burgeoning westernisation of music in Eastern Europe. Mute have also worked with Tonpress/Polstar/Takt (Poland), RTL (Yugoslavia/Slovenia) and HMK Music (Hungary). At the start Mute Czechoslovakia immediately manufactured Czech editions of top Mute artists' releases. However, Mute was not to know that within just a couple of years Czechoslovakia would split into two countries at the end of 1992 (Czech Republic, now known as Czechia, and the Slovak Republic). And that the common European Union would be formed in 1993 with it's single market and customs union. All of this somewhat alienated the name of the label and also offered competing companies the ability to distribute/make deals to sell music to these new markets. During the rest of the nineties Mute Czechoslovakia concentrated on Depeche Mode, Erasure, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds releases, along with marketing and distributing some other label's releases, before finally disappearing in the early 2000s. The company "Mute Czechoslovakia s.r.o." was de-registered/liquidated in 2006.

For a catalogue listing of actual Mute Czechoslovakia label releases see the label catalography

For a listing of Mute Czechoslovakia label products see the label discography

Links in the following product listing will go to our primary web site, the World Wide Release DataBase (WWRDB), as not all artists/products are necessarily Mute artists and thus will not be on this web site (němý.cz)

The Art Of Noise

The Best Of The Art Of Noise
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = WOLCD 1027
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and rear inlay

The Art Of Noise

FON Mixes
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = WOLCD 1023
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and rear inlay

Right Said Fred

Up
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = SNOGCD 1
Product Information = "Marketed and distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia"

Right Said Fred

Up
Format = Cassette
Catalogue Number = SNOGMC 1
Product Information = "Marketed and distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia" + Mute CS logo on cassette

The Cassandra Complex

Sex & Death
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = BIAS 255CD
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and/or inlay

no picture(s) uploaded yet

Eskimos & Egypt

Perfect Disease
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = TPLP 37CD
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on inlay

Dead Can Dance

Into The Labyrinth
Format = promo CD
Catalogue Number = CAD 3013CD
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on rear inlay - disc states "FOR PROMOTION ONLY · NOT FOR SALE"

Dead Can Dance

Into The Labyrinth
Format = Cassette
Catalogue Number = CADC 3013
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on inlay and cassette - black shell + white print

no picture(s) uploaded yet

Frank Black

Frank Black
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = CAD 3004CD
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on inlay

no picture(s) uploaded yet

Frank Black

Frank Black
Format = Cassette
Catalogue Number = CADC 3004
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on inlay - black shell + white print

Front 242

06:21:03:11 Up Evil
Format = Cassette
Catalogue Number = RRE 21MC
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on cassette and/or inlay

The Young Gods

Live Sky Tour
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = BIAS 241CD
Product Information = distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia - with Mute CS logo on back inlay

The Young Gods

Live Sky Tour
Format = Cassette
Catalogue Number = BIAS 241MC
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on inlay

Front 242

05:22:09:12 Off
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = RRE 22CD
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and/or inlay

Front 242

05:22:09:12 Off
Format = Cassette
Catalogue Number = RRE 22MC
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and/or inlay

Front 242

Angels Versus Animals
Format = CD single (5")
Catalogue Number = RRE 18CD
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and/or inlay

Right Said Fred

Sex And Travel
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = SNOGCD 2
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and rear inlay

no picture(s) uploaded yet

N-Trance

Electronic Pleasure
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = GLOBECD 2
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on inlay

no picture(s) uploaded yet

N-Trance

Electronic Pleasure
Format = Cassette
Catalogue Number = GLOBEMC 2
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on inlay

The Prodigy

Firestarter
Format = CD single (5")
unknown catalogue number
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and/or inlay

no picture(s) uploaded yet

Dead Can Dance

Spiritchaser
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = CAD 6008CD
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and rear inlay

no picture(s) uploaded yet

Dead Can Dance

Spiritchaser
Format = Cassette
Catalogue Number = CADC 6008
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on inlay - black shell + white print

The Prodigy

Breathe
Format = CD single (5")
unknown catalogue number
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and/or inlay

The Prodigy

The Fat Of The Land
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = XLCD 121
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and/or inlay

The Prodigy

The Fat Of The Land
Format = Cassette
Catalogue Number = XLMC 121
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on cassette and inlay - black shell + white print

The Prodigy

Smack My Bitch Up
Format = CD single (5")
Catalogue Number = XLS 90CD
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on rear of digi-pack sleeve

Front 242

Re-Boot (Live)
Format = CD
Catalogue Number = CDZOT 242
Product Information = Distributed by Mute Czechoslovakia with Mute CS logo printed on disc and/or inlay

no picture(s) uploaded yet

Josh T. Pearson

The King Is Dead
Format = limited edition LP (12")
Catalogue Number = LSTUMM 326
Product Information = limited edition LP - although issued in 2011, long after Mute Czechoslovakia had died, for some reason this album has the Mute CS logo on it (Mute playing silly buggers?)…