Throbbing Gristle

FÜHRER DER MENSCHHEIT
   10" 1981 bundestagdrucksache                29681       DE
   10"      American Phonograph                1 JAP

Note: Recorded 7th November at SO 36 Club in Berlin
    : Bundes = Transparent orange vinyl, numbered ltd. edition
    : Side A 13:58 / Side B 12:44 (printed on the record center)
    : American = completely different (music and cover) from the
    : other 10" with more or less the same name.

S.O. 36 BERLIN
   10"      American Phonograph                1 JAP

Note: Recorded 7th November at SO 36 Club in Berlin
    : Subtitled 'Führer Der Mensheit'.

FUNERAL IN BERLIN
   LP 1981 Zensor Records                      Zensor01

      1. Stained by Dead Horses
      2. Trained Condition of Obedience
      3. Zeros Death
      4. Nomon
      5. Raudive Bunker Experiment
      6. Denial of Death
      7. Funderal in Berlin
      8. Trade Deficit

Note: Parts from both live shows on 7th & 8th at the SO 36 Club, Berlin 
    : November, 1980. Great sound quality.  Essentially the same recording
    : from which was issued as Blood Pressure (with different titles).

THE KILL: LIVE AT SCALA CINEMA
   LP 1984 (none)                                          US

Note: Live at Scala Cinema, London in London 29th February, 1980.  
    : Numbered edition of 350.  Very similar to Heathen Earth.
    : It was released by Jonathan Small of Gut Level Music in the 
    : USA. There was no label associated with the release.

ASSUME POWER FOCUS
   LP 1980 ?                               Power Focus 001 UK
   CD 1995 Paragoric                           PA 16       UK

66:38  1.*Derbis of Murder                               6:51
       2. Freedom is a Sickness                          0:57
       3. His Arm Was Her Leg                            4:43
       4. What a Day!                                   10:15
       5. Dead Ed                                        1:49
       6. Last Exit                                      6:20
       7. Propaganda                                     3:06
       8. Sunstroke                                      2:48
       9. Heathen Earth                                  5:44
      10. Urge to Kill                                   7:10
      11. Epping Forest                                  3:08
      12. Persuasion                                     5:20
      13.*Leeds Ripper                                   8:27

LP Note: Limited edition of 500, assembled by Geoff Rushton 
       : (aka John Balance) with the cooperation of Sleazy.  

CD Note: Mastered from vinyl.  Credits are incorrect. 
       : The "unreleased songs" are more recent creations by GPO 
       : (see The Fractured Garden CD by GPO with Larry Thrasher).

AT THE SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY
   LP 198? 

Note: Recorded live on 10th June, 1980

THEE PSYCHICK SACRIFICE
 2xLP ?      Karnage Records                   Kill 1
 2xLP 1981      Illuminated                    Kill 1      UK

       1. Weapon Training
       2. Eeh Ahhoooh
       3. Convincing People
       4. Chat Up
       5. Hamburger Lady
       6. Day Song
       7. Persuasion
       8. Five Knuckle Shuffle

Note: Live: Ajanta Cinema, Derby, England 12th April, 1979. 

RAFTERS/PSYCHIC RALLY
   LP 1982 Expanded Music                      EX 23
   LP 2000 Tin Toy                                         UK

       1. Illuminated 666
       2. Betrayed
       3. Womb of Corruption
       4. Very Friendly
       5. Something Came Over Me
       6. Playground
       7. Playground
       8. Auschwitz
       9. Devil's Gateway
      10. Hastings
      11. Discipline

Note: Live from Rafters Club 4th December, 1980.

EDITIONS... FRANKFURT... BERLIN...
 LP 1983 S. Phonograph Svensk Illuminated       SJAMS 31   DE
 LP 1983 Illuminated                            SJAMS 31   UK

      1. Discipline
      2. Strangers In the Night
      3. The Old Man Smiled
      4. Something Came Over Me
      5. N Point Zero

Note: Live recording from Berlin shows at SO 36 7th and 8th November 1980 
    : and from Kunsthofschule in Frankfurt, 10th November, 1980

MISSION IS TERMINATED
 2xLP 1983 Expanded Music                      EX 39       IT

TG record (45 rpm)
(Side 2)
       1. You Dont No                                     5:08
       2. Damaru Sunrise (Live in Sheffield)              4:52
(Side 3)
       1. Medicine for Catholic Sex (Love Song for Paula) 5:40
       2. Exotic Violence della Morte                     4:55

Nice Tracks (33 1/3 rpm)
(Side 1)1-8. various artists 
(Side 4)1-8. various artists

Note: Double LP, where 1 record is TG's. Fanzine 'Red Ronnies Bazar' with
    : interview and pictures.  Nice Tracks includes various songs and 
    : cut-up excerpts from various artists.

ONCE UPON A TIME...
   LP 1984 Casual Abandon                      CAS 1 J     UK
   CD 1990 Obsession                           CD OBSESS 2 UK

35:05  1. Primal Church                                 16:34
          Look Away
          Endless Discipline 
       2. Discipline                                    18:31
          Consummation
          Endless Discipline (II)

Note: Live at Lyceum, 8 Feb 1981.

SPECIAL TREATMENT
   LP 1984 Mental Decay Records                MDR 01-1    DE

      1. Whistling Song
      2. Tesco Disco
      3. E-Coli
      4. High Note

Note: Live: The Crypt Club, London  11th November, 1978. 
    : Reworked by Chris Carter, and released 1984.

SACRIFICE
   LP 1986 Castle Communications PLC           DOJOLP 29   UK

(Side 1)
       1. Weapon Training
       2. Convincing People
       3. Hamburger Lady
(Side 2)
       4. Chat Up
       5. Day Song
       6. Persuasion

Note: A subset of 'Thee Psychic Sacrifice', slightly remixed, live.
    : Ajanta Cinema, Derby, England 12th April, 1979.

VERY FRIENDLY, THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
   LP 1987 Spurt Records                       LP SPURT 001      
   CD 1993 Genetic Terrorists                  CDTG23      UK
   CD 2001 Yeeah                               YEEAH50     UK
   CD 2001 Thirsty Ear                         THI57105    US
   LP 2002 Get Back                            GET83       IT

43:33  1. Very Friendly                                 18:13
       2. Dead Bait                                      3:23
       3. 10 Pence                                       5:10
       4. Whorle Of Sound                                4:55
       5. Final Muzak                                    5:29
       6. Scars Of E                                     6:23

Note: Studio recordings from 1976 (1975 according to the cover).
    : Same label as "Grief" CD, no-name.

GRIEF
   LP                                          GRIEF 1
   CD      Terroristes Genetiques              CDTG24      UK
   CD 2001 Yeeah                               YEEAH51     UK
   CD 2001 Thirsty Ear                         THI57104    US
   LP 2002 Get Back                            GET84       IT

47:32  1. Camera                                        24:29
       2. Telephone                                     23:03

Note: Strange mix by someone (even a Swedish radio show is there). 
    : CD seems to be mastered from the LP, with surface noise.

LIVE AT DEATH FACTORY
   LP 1980 Industrial                          33033       UK

       1. Weapon Training
       2. See You Are
       3. Convincing People
       4. Hamburger Lady
       5. His Arm Was Her Leg
       6. What A Day
       7. Persuasion
       8. Five Knuckle Shuffle

Note: Ltd. ed. 1355 pcs. Picture disc LP with flash logo/naked girl.
    : Some (5?) were signed by TG.  Recorded at The Factory, 
    : Manchester 19th May 1979

NOTHING SHORT OF A TOTAL WAR
   LP     Cause For Concern                    CFC 01

Note: Unreleased recordings '77-80

FUNK BEYOND JAZZ
   CD 1993 Dossier                             DCD 9050    DE

59:49  1. Invocation            Vision Serpent          13:05
          Summoning             Shield Jaguar             
          Rite of Death         Balam-lx             
       2. Persuasion            Lady Xoc                 5:57
       3. Still Walking         Bird Jaguar              5:16
       4. Elipse                Manche Chol              6:27
       5. Murder Thee Abyss     Bac-T'ul                 5:40
       6. Perforator God        Quadripartite            6:19
       7. Spirits Flying-Chac   Xib-Chac                 1:29
       8. Disciplined           Paddler Gods             5:33
       9. The Scattering...                             10:03

Note: live at Heaven, London 28th December, 1980. Released 1993. From
    : the tape "Jazz Beyond Funk".

GIFTGAS (a children's story)
   CD 1994 Dossier                             DCD 9058    DE

71:30  1. Image One:    As It Is...                      8:16
       2. Image Two:    Exit                            11:34
       3. Image Three:  Lucifer                          4:51
       4. Image Four:   Jehovah                         21:35
       5. Image Five:   Satan                            7:36
       6. Image Six:    Christ                           9:21
       7. Image Seven:  So Be It...                      8:17

Note: Studio recordings allegedly from 1975 (but most likely between 1975-1977), 
    : Peter Christopherson is not credited. He was most likely a participant, 
    : and the credits are falsified.

AT THE HIGHBURY ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON
   CD 1994                                     RIC8cd      

       1. Hit By a Rock
       2. Blood on the Floor
       3. You Here Me Here

Note: Recorded live at the Highbury Roundhouse on 29th September, 1977.

LIVE AT ROUNDHOUSE
   CD 1995                                    IRCD 8            

Note: Released 1995. Recorded live at Highbury Roundhouse, London, 
    : 29th February, 1980. Same cover as Industrial live tape 
    : (from the 24h box).

BLOOD PRESSURE
   CD 1995 Dossier                             DCD 9048    DE

70:04  1. Blood Pressure                                 7:39
       2. Destoria                                       6:33
       3. Cerebral Aneurysm                              3:05
       4. Catheder Depletion                            15:17
       5. Humoral Response                              11:28
       6. Zyklon B. Zombie (Alive)                       3:46
       7. Speed                                         22:26

Note: Noted as being produced by Genesis P-Orridge and Throbbing Grislte
    : in 1975.  This recording was allegedly made without Peter Christopherson.
    : Most of this is actually from the SO36 shows, taken from the
    : audience recording.  Funeral in Berlin is from the soundboard.  
    : "Cerebral Aneurysm" does sound vintage but the source is unknown.  
    : Same with #6 & #7.  Christopherson is not listed on the credits, but
    : is most likely part of the recording.

KREEME HORN
   CD 1997 Dossier                             DCD 9090    DE

65:06  1. Careless Idle Chatter                         17:42
       2. Merely Nothing                                14:31
       3. New Mode of Life                               8:16
       4. Rumour and Dishonour                          12:50
       5. Ugliness is a Form of Genius                  11:28

Note: In the tradition of Dossier releases, this CD was also noted as
    : as being produced by Genesis P-Orridge and Throbbing Grislte in 1975
    : with absolutely no mention of Peter Christopherson.

DIMENSIA IN EXCELSIS live in L.A. 22.5.1981
   CD 1998 Dossier                              DCD 9093   DE

58:13 1. Dimensia
         Scorched Earth                                 11:33
      2. Tangible
         Carnality
         Marriage Carriage                              17:25
      3. Still Walking                                   5:56
      4. Slam                                            9:18
      5. Principa Disciplina
         Forbidden                                      13:59 

Note: A terrible recording, probably an audience bootleg of their only
    : performance in Los Angeles, CA - their second last live show ever.
    : The CD lists 9 songs but there are only 5 indexed tracks on the disc.
    : The above notation is the best guess as to the breakdown of each
    : individual track.

PASTIMES/INDUSTRIAL MUZAC
   CD 1999 Staalplaat                                      NL

58:05  1.                                                9:21
       2.                                                9:24
       3.                                               11:01
       4.                                               28:19

Note: An unlabeled CD-R bootleg of IRC23

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