THE BIRTHDAY PARTY - DRUNK ON THE POPE'S BLOOD + RARE STUDIO RECORDINGS (CD)
Tracklist: (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn / King Ink / Zoo Music Girl / Loose / Ho Ho / The Plague / Scatterbrain / The Friend Catcher / Dead Joe / After The Fireworks / After, After The Fireworks.
Recording info: First 4 tracks were recorded live in London @ The Venue on 26-Nov-81. Mixed by Tony Cohen @ AAV Studio II in Melbourne in Jan-82. "Ho Ho" is an alternate take with Nick Cave on vocals from the "Prayers On Fire" sessions, "The Plague" is Tracy Pew's only composition and a left over from the (Boys Next Door) "Hee Haw" 12" sessions, "Scatterbrain" is from a (Boys Next Door) gig give-away 7", "The Friend Catcher" is a demo from the (Boys Next Door) "The Friend Catcher" sessions, "Dead Joe" is the 2nd version (same as Masterbag flexi) from the UK "Junkyard" sessions, "After The Fireworks" & "After,After The Fireworks" were recorded in Feb-82 in Melbourne @ the AAV studios (without Tracy Pew & Phill Calvert, with Grant McLennan, Robert Forster & Lindy Morrison) and originally released as Tuff Monks on Au-Go-Go records in 1982. All engineered by Tony Cohen.
Missing Link records -LINK 29 CD (AU,1994)
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