TFF Discography  Radio/Interviews
 


BBC Rock Hour:  Tears For Fears BBC Transcription Service   Live 425 June 19, 1983   LP   UK
 (Ideas as Opiates is mislabeled as Say What You Want)
??? 1983 Memories Fade / The Way You Are / Suffer the Children / Pale Shelter /
Ideas As Opiates / Mad World / Watch Me Bleed / Change / Start of the
Breakdown / The Hurting
*
King Biscuit Flower Hour (08/21/83)
Gary Myrick / Tears For Fears
D.I.R. Broadcasting   ?????   2LP   UK Aug 1983  Pale Shelter / Suffer The Children / Mad World / The Hurting *
Superstar Concert Series (09/14/84)
Tears For Fears / (other artist unknown)
Westwood One   ????? - ?????   3LP   US 
(track listing unknown)
??? 1984 * *
Jim Ladd Hosts Innerview Series 33   Show 11   LP  US 
(one hour music and interview of Roland Orzabal)
??? 1985 Shout / Change / The Big Chair / Everybody Wants to Rule the World /
Mothers Talk / I Believe / Ideas as Opiates / Pale Shelter / Mad World /
Head Over Heels
*
Rock Over London (04/14/85)

Everybody Wants to Rule the World ranked #1)

Guests: 
Music: Tears For Fears, other artists unknown

ROL   RL 215   2LP    UK  Apr 1985 Track by Tears For Fears:  Everybody Wants to Rule the World *
Rock Over London (06/09/85)

Guests: 
Music: Tears For Fears, other artists unknown

  12"    UK (features an interview with Curt Smith) Jun 1985  Track by Tears For Fears:  Pale Shelter *
Rock Over London (06/30/85)

Guests:  Bob Geldof
Music: Clarke & Guinn, Marillion, Chris Rea, Tears For Fears

ROL   ?????   ?LP    UK  Jun 1985  (track listing unknown) *
King Biscuit Flower Hour (09/15/85) D.I.R. Broadcasting   KB 593   2LP   US  Sep 1985 Mothers Talk / Broken / Head Over Heels / Everybody Wants to Rule the World / The Hurting / Suffer the Children / Change / Start of the Breakdown / Memories Fade / Mad World / Shout *
TEARS FOR FEARS INTERVIEW 
12"-PROMO 1985 
(Canada)

 

VERTIGO RECORDS, 
12" 
CANADA/INT 1 
1985 Interview with Roland and Curt about early musical years & influences, touring, their albums 'Songs From The Big Chair' & 'The Hurting'. They also discuss thier future plans at the time.
Rock Over London (10/13/85)

Guests:  Matt Bianco
Music: Simple Minds, David Bowie, The Smiths, Tears For Fears,
Red Box

ROL   ?????   12"    UK  Oct 1985  (track listing unknown) *
King Biscuit Flower Hour (12/01/85)
Tears For Fears / Thompson Twins
D.I.R. Broadcasting 
(no catalog #)   2LP   US 
Dec 1985  Tears For Fears performance in Manchester, England:

Mothers Talk / Broken / Head Over Heels / Broken /  Everybody
Wants to Rule the World / The Hurting / Mad World / Shout

*
TEARS FOR FEARS : INTERVIEW 

Note: Unconfirmed info --
INTERVIEW 12" LP 
200 COPIES 
DISTRIBUTED TO RADIO PRODUCERS - ONLY RELEASED IN GREECE 

? 1985 Interview
Superstar Concert Series (04/12/86)
Hooters / Tears For Fears
Westwood One   SS86.13.1 - SS86.13.6   3LP   US Apr 1986  Mothers Talk / Broken / Head Over Heels / Broken / Start of the Breakdown / The Prisoner / Shout / Everybody Wants to Rule the World / The Hurting / Change *
Hot Rocks (04/25/86)
(Music and interviews with Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith)
United State Programming Network   ?????   ?LP   US Apr 1986  Suffer The Children / Change / The Big Chair / Broken / Shout / The
Working Hour / Head Over Heels / (possible additional tracks)
*
Superstar Concert Series (08/23/86)
Tears For Fears / Simple Minds
Westwood One   SS86.??.? - SS86.??.?   3LP   US
Westwood One   AB0053   CD   UK Westwood One   KJD 047   CD   Germany
Aug 1986  Broken /Head Over Heels / Start of the Breakdown / Everybody Wants
to Rule the World / Shout
*
American Top 40 (With Shadoe Stevens) - 11/18/89
Various Artists
ABC Watermark   894-8   4LP   US ??? 1988  Track by Tears For Fears: Sowing the Seeds of Love *
In the Studio:  Tears For Fears:
Interview with Curt Smith about the band and the making of Songs From the Big Chair.
The Album Network & Bullet Productions - Show #42 Originally aired week of April 10, 1989 *
American Top 40 (With Shadoe Stevens) - 01/28/90
Various Artists
ABC Watermark   901-4   4LP   US ??? 1990  Track by Tears For Fears: Woman in Chains *
 Rock Over London
(Interview with Curt Smith)
 ROL   90-30   CD   UK * * *
In Concert - Tears For Fears (??/??/90) Westwood One   I90-12   2LP   US ??? 1990  I Believe / Head Over Heels / Change / Pale Shelter / Woman In Chains / Advice For the Young at Heart / Mad World / Badman's Song / Sowing the Seeds of Love / All You Need is Love / Everybody Wants to Rule
the World / Year of the Knife / Shout
*
"In Concert" (06/24/91)
Tears For Fears / Toy Matinee
 Westwood One   I91-26   2LP   US June 24,  1991  Head Over Heels / Woman In Chains / Advice For the Young at Heart / Sowing the Seeds of Love / Everybody Wants to Rule the World / Shout
Rock Over London
Interview with Roland Orzabal regarding Elemental.
ROL   93-27   CD   UK * * *
On the Edge Westwood One   93-30   LP   US
Westwood One   93-30   CD   US (artists include Tears For Fears, Bryan Ferry and Devlins, features interviews regarding each track which is played from the albums)
??? 1993  Change / Break It Down Again / Mothers Talk / Cold / Elemental /
Goodnight Song
*
Out of Order (05/27/95)  Westwood One   #95-22   ?????   US (top twenty countdown  in somewhat random order, with a "time warp" interview of Curt Smith being   tongue in cheek,  and followed by Mothers Talk) May 1995  * *
On the Edge (10/30/95) Westwood One   ?????   ?????   US  (artists include Tears For Fears, Joan Osborne and Oingo Boingo, features interviews regarding each track which is played
from the albums)
Oct 1995  God's Mistake / Change / Falling Down / Break It Down Again / Mother's Talk / Creep (Live) / Elemental *
The Vault (04/30/96) Westwood One   96-18   CD   US 
(live tracks from artists including Tears For Fears, General Public, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Midnight Oil and Wang Chung)
Apr 1996  Shout - Live in Dallas, TX, 09/14/85 *
The Difference with Todd Rundgren (05/06/96) United Stations Radio Network   96-19   CD   US (includes interview with Roland Orzabal) May 1996  Everybody Want to Rule the World / Raoul and the Kings of Spain /Creep *