RECORDS
Independent label: ZTT Records was founded in 1983 by NME journalist Paul Morley, record producer Trevor Horn and his wife Jill Sinclair. The label was named after Italian futurist FT Marinetti's "Zang Tumb Tuum", a book describing war where zang tumb tuum is an onomatopoeic description of the sound of a machine gun. Early ZTT releases, distributed via Island Records between 1983-1988, gained cult, commercial and critical acclaim alike. ZTT's early iconic status derived from Horn's big productions and Morley's mad / maddening marketing of the label. Horn and his in-house studio team (including Art Of Noise members Gary Langan, J.J. Jeczalik, Anne Dudley as well as Stephen Lipson and Bob Kraushaar) created endless 'diversions' (aka remixes) of every track produced, a pioneering concept back then. in 1988 ZTT entered a new phase. It signed a distribution deal with WEA and started reinventing itself as a more conventional electronic/dance label. ZTT split from WEA in 1997 and went independent. Common cat number prefixes, Island era (1983-1988): ZTAS - singles, Action series ZTIS - singles, Incidental series ZTPS - singles, Perfect series CERT - singles, Certain series
WEA era (1988 - 1997) ZANG - singles SAM - promos (part of WEA's generic promo catalogue). Indie era (1998 - present) ZTT - used for both singles and albums, from ZTT98 upwards. Distributed By Island and WEA Records.
| 83 | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Relak | ZTT | ZTAS | 1 |
| 84 | Propaganda | Dr Mabuse | ZTT | ZTAS | 2 |
| 84 | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Two Tribes | ZTT | ZTAS | 3 |
| 84 | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Welcome to the Pleasuredome | ZTT | ZTAS | 4 |
| 84 | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | The Power Of Love | ZTT | ZTAS | 5 |
| 84 | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | And Suddenly There Came A Bang! (Booklet) | ZTT | ZTAS | 6 |
| 85 | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Welcome To The Pleasure Dome | ZTT | ZTAS | 7 |
| 85 | Propaganda | Duel | ZTT | ZTAS | 8 |
| 85 | Orbison Roy | Wild Heart | ZTT | ZTAS | 9 |
| 85 | Various Artists | The Value Of Entertainment (concert) | ZTT | ZTAS | 10 |
| 85 | Art of Noise | Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise | ZTT | ZTAS | 11 |
| 85 | Propaganda | P Machinery | ZTT | ZTAS | 12 |
| 85 | Propaganda | A Secret Wish | ZTT | ZTAS | 13 |
| 85 | Various Artists | The Shape Of The Universe | ZTT | ZTAS | 14 |
| 85 | Glenn Gregory & Claudia Brücken | When Your Heart Runs Out Of Time | ZTT | ZTAS | 15 |
| 85 | Grace Jones | Slave To The Rhythm (A Biography) | ZTT | ZTAS | 16 |
| 85 | Andrew Poppy | The Beating Of Wings | ZTT | ZTAS | 17 |
| 85 | Various Artists | Zang Tuum Tumb Sampled | ZTT | ZTAS | 18 |
| 85 | Anne Pigalle | Everything Could Be So Perfect | ZTT | ZTAS | 19 |
| 85 | Propaganda | Wishful Thinking | ZTT | ZTAS | 20 |
| 85 | Propaganda | P: Machinery (Reactivate) | ZTT | ZTAS | 21 |
| 85 | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Rage Hard | ZTT | ZTAS | 22 |
| 85 | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Liverpool | ZTT | ZTAS | 23 |
| 85 | Das Psych-Oh! Rangers | The Essential Art Of Communication | ZTT | ZTAS | 24 |
| 86 | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Warriors Of The Wasteland | ZTT | ZTAS | 25 |
| 86 | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Watching The Wildlife | ZTT | ZTAS | 26 |
| 86 | Andrew Poppy | Alphabed (A Mystery Dance) | ZTT | ZTAS | 27 |
| 87 | Act | Snobbery And Decay | ZTT | ZTAS | 28 |
| 84 | Art Of Noise | Close (To The Edit) | ZTT | ZTPS | 01 |
| 85 | Art Of Noise | Moments In Love | ZTT | ZTPS | 02 |
| 87 | Andrew Poppy | The Amusement | ZTT | ZTPS | 03 |
| 85 | Anne Pigalle | Hes Stranger | ZTT | CERT | 1 |
| 85 | Anne Pigalle | Why Does It Have To Be This Way | ZTT | CERT | 2 |
| 85 | Propaganda | Duel (Double Pack) | ZTT | DUAL | 1 |
| 85 | Grace Jones | Slave To The Rhythm | ZTT | IS | 206 |
| 87 | Act | Absolutely Immune | ZTT | IMM | 1 |
| 87 | Act | I Can'T Escape From You | ZTT | IMM | 2 |
| 88 | Act | Chance (withdrawn) | ZTT | BET | 1 |
| 88 | Nasty Rock Inc | Escape from New York | ZTT | NRO | 1 |
| 87 | The Art Of Noise | Moments In Love [reissue] | ZTT | WEEP | 1 |
