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LP 1980 "The
Birthday Party"
originally credited to Boys Next Door.
Contents:
Mr. Clarinet
Hats On Wrong
The Hair Shirt
Guilt Parade
Riddle House
The Friend Catcher
Waving My Arms
The Red Clock
Cat Man
Happy Birthday
Missing Link, Link 7
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CA 1980 "Fast
Forward #2"
Aussie cassette: "Figure Of Fun", "Yard",
(from 1st peel session) plus interview. November 1980
Fast Forward
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7" 1980 "The
Friend Catcher"
b-side: "Waving My Arms", "Catman"
4AD, AD 12
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7" 1980 "Mr.
Clarinet"
b-side: "Happy Birthday". Exists in two different
labels: one is brown, black &white, another is just black & white.
A 4AD white label promo exists as well.
Missing Link MLS 18 (Australia, July 1980)
4AD, AD 114 (UK, October 1981)
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LP/CD 1981 "Prayers On Fire"
The Virgin lp release on red vinyl also
contains the extra tracks. The Greek issue of the lp
contains "Release The Bats" as bonus track. The Statik Japanese
lp version has both "Release the Bats" and "BLast Off"
as bonus
tracks. A 4AD white label promo exists as well.
Zoo Music Girl
Cry
Capers
Nick The Stripper
Ho-Ho
Figure Of Fun
King Ink
A Dead Song
Yard
Dull Day
Just You And Me
+CD+ Blundertown
+CD+ Kathy's Kisses
4AD, CAD 104
Virgin, VOZ 2038
Thermidor Records T-2 (USA)
Propellor (New Zealand)
Missing Link, LINK 14 CD
Polygram/Statik STAT 3103 (Greek issue)
Shock Records, CAKE 2
STATIK/TRIO RECORDS, AW-23014 (Japanese lp version)
2.13.61 Records, CD21318
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12" 1981 "Nick
The Stripper"
b-side: "Blundertown", "Kathy's Kisses"
Exists with 2 different sleeves: black/white and blue/pink.
Missing Link, MSD 479
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7" 1981 "Nick
The Stripper"
b-side:
"Blundertown"
Missing Link, MLS 32
Missing Link, MISS 32 (this was misprint of the label)
Propellor, K8424 (New Zealand)
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7/12" 1981 "Release The
Bats"
b-side: "Blast Off"
4AD, AD 111 (7")
Missing Link, MISS 37.12 (12" - released in 1983)
4AD, BAD 307 (4AD UK promo dated 26.05.1983)
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CA 1982 "Kino
Aus Der Kassette"
German compilation cassette contains
one Birthday Party live track with Lydia Lunch from
Koln, Stollwerk, July 2, 1982.
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LP/CD 1982 "Junkyard"
The Virgin lp release on pink vinyl also
contains the first two extra tracks. The Missing Link CD
does not contain "Dead Joe, second version".
She's Hit
Dead Joe
The Dim Locator
Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)
Several Sins
Big-Jesus-Trash-Can
Kiss Me Black
Six Inch Gold Blade
Kewpie Doll
Junkyard
+CD+ Release The Bats
+CD+ Blast Off
+CD+ Dead Joe, second version
4AD, CAD 207
Virgin, VOZ 2049
Missing Link, LINK 21 CD
Shock Records, CAKE 3
GEE BEE DEE, GBD-0040 (Obscure German label lp)
2.13.61 Records, CD21317
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7" 1982 "Dead
Joe"
single sided 7"-flexi, alternate take,
UK - Tactic Music, Masterbag BAG 005
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LP/CD 1982 "Drunk On The Pope's
Blood"
a-side only,
(b-side: Lydia Lunch: "The Agony Is The Ecstacy")
live 26 November 81, London, The Venue. The Missing Link
CD rerelease from 1994 contains interesting bonus tracks:
Pleasure Heads
King Ink
Zoo Music Girl
Loose
+CD+ Ho Ho (sung by Cave)
+CD+ The Plague
+CD+ Scatterbrain
+CD+ The Friend Catcher (alternate version)
+CD+ Dead Joe (alternate version)
+CD+ After The Fireworks (Tuff Monks)
+CD+ After, After The Fireworks (Tuff Monks)
4AD, JAD 202
Missing Link, LINK 29 CD
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CA 1982 "Fast
Forward #10"
Aussie cassette: "Release The Bats",
plus interview. January 1982.
Fast Forward
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EP 1983 "The
Friend Catcher"
Release The Bats
Blast Off
The Friend Catcher
Mr. Clarinet
Happy Birthday
4AD, BAD 307
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EP 1983 "Hee
Haw"
(same as the Boys Next Door release) contents:
A Catholic Skin
The Red Clock
Faint Heart
Death By Drowning
The Hair Shirt
Missing Link, ING 008
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EP 1983 "The
Bad Seed"
a 4AD white label promo release of this,
dated 3.12.1982, exists.
Sonny's Burning
Wild World
Fears Of Gun
Deep In The Woods
4AD, BAD 301
Powerworks, POWT 2007 (Australia)
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EP 1983 "Mutiny"
both a 33 and a 45 rpm exist, contents:
Jennifer's Veil
Mutiny
Swampland
Say A Spell
Mute Records, MUTE 29 (45 rpm)
Vogue VG 114 (33 rpm)
Vogue VG 311026 (France, 33 rpm)
Powderworks POWT 2011 (Australia, 1983)
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LP/CD 1985 "It's Still Living"
live album, Astor Theatre, Melbourne,
15 Jan. 82, almost the complete show (one song is missing).
Released on CD in 1991. Aussie release on green vinyl exists.
A promo of the Missing Link LP exists as well.
King Ink
Zoo Music Girl
The Dim Locator
She's Hit
A Dead Song
Pleasure Heads
Junkyard
Blast Off
Release The Bats
Nick The Stripper
Big Jesus Trash Can
Dead Joe
Virgin Records, VOZ 2048
Missing Link, ING 009 (LP)
Missing Link, LINK 28 CD
Virgin Records, VOZ 2048
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LP 1985 "A
Collection"
a.k.a. 'Best and Rarest', contents:
Blast Off
The Hair Shirt
King Ink
Junkyard
Big Jesus Trashcan
Release The Bats
Blundertown
Kathy's Kisses
Ho Ho
The Friend Catcher
Scatterbrain
The Plague
Missing Link, Link 22
Missing Link/Suite Beat, Link 22 (USA)
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CD 1987 "A
Collection"
contents is different from lp:
Blast Off
The Hair Shirt
King Ink
Junkyard
Big Jesus Trashcan
Release The Bats
She's Hit
Kathy's Kisses
The Friend Catcher (not the alternate version?)
Zoo Music Girl
Nick The Stripper
Hamlet
Missing Link, SBCD 2017
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EP/CD 1987 "The Peel Sessions:
The Birthday Party"
from 28/4/81.
Release The Bats
Rowland Around In That Stuff
Pleasure Heads
Loose
Strange Fruit Records, SFPS 020 (on CD: SFPSCD 020)
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CD 1988 "Hee
Haw"
the song order on the 4AD and Missing Link CD's
is different.
The Friend Catcher
Waving My Arms
Catman
Mr. Clarinet
Happy Birthday
A Catholic Skin
The Red Clock
Faint Heart
Death By Drowning
The Hair Shirt
Hats On Wrong
Guilt Parade
Riddle House
4AD, CAD 307
Missing Link, LINK 7 CD
Shock Records, CAKE 1
2.13.61 Records, CD21319
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LP/CD 1988 "Honeymoon In Red"
by Lydia Lunch. Features Tracey Pew,
CA
Rowland S Howard, Mick Harvey, produced by Clint Ruin.
Nick and Mick appear with aliases because they didn't
like the end product. Cave sings on
Done Dun
Dead In The Head
Widowspeak WSP 12
Atavistic, Canada
Torso Records, TORSO 33064 (Netherlands)
Widowspeak/EFA/Torso Torso cd146 (Germany)
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12" 1988 "The
Crumb"
by Lydia Lunch. b-side "Done Dun" with Cave.
CA
Widowspeak WSP 13
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EP/CD 1988 "The Peel Sessions:
The Birthday Party II"
from 10/12/81.
Big Jesus Trash Can
She's Hit
Bully Bones
Six Inch Gold Blade
Strange Fruit Records, SFPS 058
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video 1988 "Pleasure Heads
Must Burn"
live recordings from two gigs
in Manchester, Hacienda, 22 July 82 (1-6), and
24 Feb 83 (8-14), except for "Nick The Stripper" which is
a video of the song. Colour, 60 minutes. Contents:
Dead Joe
A Dead Song
Junkyard
Release The Bats
Pleasure Heads
Big Jesus Trash Can
Nick The Stripper
Hamlet
Pleasure Avalanche
Six Inch Gold Blade
Wild World
Six Strings
Sonny's Burning
She's Hit
IKON FCL IKON 7
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CD 1989 "Mutiny/The
Bad Seed"
plus two outtakes...
Sonny's Burning
Wild World
Fears Of Gun
Deep In The Woods
Pleasure Avalanche
Jennifer's Veil
Mutiny In Heaven
Swamp Land
Say A Spell
Pleasure Avalanche
The Six Strings That Drew Blood
4AD, CAD 301 CD
Shock Records, CAKE 4 (Australia 1996)
2.13.61 Records, CD21320
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CD/LP 1992 "Hits"
compilation. The track listing is from the US
version. The UK version CD/LP includes Six Inch Gold Blade.
The Friend Catcher
Happy Birthday
Mr. Clarinet
Nick The Stripper
Zoo Music Girl
King Ink
Release The Bats
Blast Off
She's Hit
Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)
Dead Joe
Junkyard
Big Jesus Trash Can
Wild World
Sonny's Burning
Deep In The Woods
Swampland
Jennifer's Veil
Mutiny In Heaven
4AD, 9 45087-2 (US version)
4AD, DAD 2016 CD (UK CD)
Shock Records, CAKE 5 (Australia, 1996)
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CA 1992 "Hits"
5-track USA promo cassette
Nick The Stripper
Release The Bats
Sonny's Burning
Deep In The Woods
Jennifer's Veil
4AD, no number
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LP/CD 1993 "Dirty Pearl"
album by Anita Lane.
One Birthday Party song:
The Fullness Of His Coming
Mute Records, STUMM 81
Pony Canyon, PCCY-00789
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CD 1995 "213CD
Sampler 1995"
Henry Rollins preferences compilation
disc contains
Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) (live Bremen, 1/7/82)
Missing Link, LINK 30
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CD 1999 "Live
1981-82"
"Funhouse" with Jim Foetus Thirlwell on sax.
1-10: London, The Venue 26/11/81
11-16: Bremen, Aladin 01/07/82
17: Athens, Sporting 17/09/82
1. Junkard
2. A Dead Song
3. The Dim Locator
4. Zoo Music Girl
5. Nick The Stripper
6. Blast Off
7. Release The Bats
8. Bully Bones
9. King Ink
10. Pleasure Heads Must Burn
11.Big Jesus Trash Can
12.Dead Joe
13.The Friend Catcher
14.Six Inch Gold Blade
15.Hamlet
16.She's Hit
17.Funhouse
4AD CAD9005CD
Shock Records, CAKE6CD
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CD 2001 "The
John Peel Sessions"
Cry
Yard
Figure Of Fun
King Ink
Release The Bats
Rowland Around In That Stuff
(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn
Loose
Big Jesus Trash Can
She's Hit
Bully Bones
Six Inch Gold Blade
Pleasure Avalanche
Deep In The Woods
Sonny's Burning
Marry Me (Lie Lie)
Strange Fruit sfrscd098D
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