Chris Sievey Camouflage ZX81 Programs x3 + Rare Cassette Single FRANK SIDEBOTTOM
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Description
Super Rare Cassette Single with multimedia content
Track Listing
All tracks written by Chris Sievey
Side One (3:20)
Camouflage (3:20)
Side Two (7:30)
Camouflage (For 16K ZX81) (4:10) Flying Train (For 16K ZX81) (3:03) FT (For 1K ZX81) (0:17)
About:
Camouflage is a music single + separate computer programme by Chris Sievey released in 1983. The music single is unique in that its B-Side is audio code which, when loaded into a ZX-81 computer, will play a music "video" (that is supposed to be run alongside the music single to give a totally unique early 80s aural and visual experience) and you can also play a separate game titled Flying Plane. Two versions of this game are on the tape, depending on how powerful your ZX-81 is.
As such it was surely one of the first multi-media projects involving the crossover from (mainstream(ish)) music and the home computers of the era. Super rare - we've only been able to find the vinyl single of this previously on ebay.
The item is exactly as shown. The cassette box is a bit damaged as shown. Very straightforward to swap with another cassette case if you wanted a perfect example, but we've kept it original. We haven't tested the program as we don't have a working ZX81 to try it on.
Chris Sievey was an interesting character to say the least - google him if you don't know much about him - he later achieved fame whilst wearing the large cardboard mask of Frank Sidebottom. To computing fans they may know his classic "The Biz" which was a pretty decent management sim about achieving fame and riches as a music publisher - the link below is a good read as ever from the vintage CRASH computer magazine of the 80s:
https://www.crashonline.org.uk/15/sievey.htm
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