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Lytteaften 63, 27 august 2008. ‘Some tracks from 1987’.
Dinner music: Two lps from 2008:
The New Year - S/T
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
‘Some tracks from 1987’
Played in no particular order
A Witness. 4.49 Stool from the lp I Am John’s Pancreas. Ron Johnson Records, ZRON 12.
Band of Susans. Hope Against Hope from the lp Hope Against Hope. Blast First Records, FU5LP.
Butthole Surfers. Kuntz from the lp Locust Abortion Technician. Blast First, licensed from Touch and Go, BFFP 15, UK.
The Cure: Like Cockatoos from the 2lp Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. Fiction records, 832 130-2.
Einstürzende Neubauten. Ich bin’s from the lp Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala. Some Bizarre England, BART 322.
Front 242. Slaughter from Official Version. Animalized, A 0011 Licensed from RRE, made in Germany.
Diamanda Galas. Double-Barrel Prayer from the 12” ep You Must Be Certain of the Devil. Mute Records Ltd. STUMM 46.
Bruce Gilbert. Epitaph for Henran Brenlar from the lp The Shivering Man. 1987. Mute Records Ltd. MUTE INT 146.828 (Stumm 39).
Philip Glass. Dance VIII from the lp Dance Pieces. CBS Records, FM 39539.
The Gun Club. Port of Souls from the lp Mother Juno. 1987. Red Rhino Records, RED LP 84.
Hüsker Dü. Could You Be the One? from the 2lp Warehouse: Songs and Stories. Warner Brothers Germany, 925 544-1.
Love and Rockets. The Light from the lp Earth, Sun, Moon. Beggars Banquet, BEGA 84.
Lydia Lunch / Honeymoon. Done Dun. Widowspeak, WSP 12, Rough Trade. Done Dun is actually from a recording session in 1982 and besides Rowland S. Howard & Tracy Pew from the Birthday Party also features “A drunk cowboy junkie” and “Dick Strum” (aka Nick Cave and Mick Harvey).
S.P.K. The Doctrine of Eternal Ice from the lp Gold and Poison. Nettwerk Capitol EMI Canada, NTL 300017.
Screaming Trees. Fracture in Time 1 and Asylum from A Fracture in Time. Native Records, NTVLP 29.
Skinny Puppy. Assimilate remix from the 12″ Stairs and Flowers, Capitol Records USA, V-152 82
The Smiths. Is It Really So Strange from the 12″ Sheila Take a Bow. Line Records Germany, 609 073.
Sonic Youth. Stereo Sanctity from Sister. Blast First, Recordvox Germany, BBFP 20.
Swans. Children of God from the Children of God lp. Product Inc. Wire LP UK, WILP004
Test Dept. Cha Sin Till Tuille from the 12″ Victory. Ministry of Power, 12 MOP 13
Thin White Rope. Take it Home form the lp Moonhead. Frontier Records, 4610-2-L.
Thirteen Moons. The Good Ones Go First and La Lumière from the lp Origins. Wire Records, WRLP 004.
Trisomie 21. There’s A Strange Way This Morning? from the lp Million Lights. A Play It Again Sam Record, BIAS 76.
Wire. Ambulance Chasers from the 12″ Ahead (splash vinyl). Mute Records Ltd. 12 MUTE 57.
Yo La Tengo. Let’s Compromise from the lp New Wave Hot Dogs. What Goes On Records, Goes On 13.
The Young Gods. Si Tu Gardes from the lp The Young Gods. ANORGANIKPRODUKT, LP ORG 87/9.
Also out in 1987:
Five releases by J.G. Thirlwell:
The Foetus All-Nude Revue - Bedrock
Wiseblood - Dirtdish
The Flesh Volcano - Slut
Clint Ruin & Lydia Lunch - Stinkfist
Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel - Ramrod / Boxhead / Smut
Four releases by The Fall:
There’s A Ghost In My House 12”
The Peel Sessions EP
Hit The North 12”
Palace Of Swords Reversed (compilation)
…and here is Piero Scaruffi’s best of 1987 (http://www.scaruffi.com):
8 / 10
1 Swans: Children Of God (Product)
2 Henry Rollins: Hot Animal Machine (Texas Hotel)
3 Unrest: Tink Of Southeast (Teen Beat)
4 Blind Idiot God: self-titled (SST)
5 Guns And Roses: Appetite For Destruction (Geffen)
6 Sonic Youth: Sister (SST)
7 Public Enemy: Yo Bum Rush The Show (DefJam)
8 Flaming Lips: Oh My Gawd (Restless)
9 Hugo Largo: Drum (Relativity)
10 Dinosaur Jr: You’re Living All Over Me (SST)
11 Faith No More: Introduce Yourself (Slash)
7 / 10
12 American Music Club: Engine (Grifter)
13 Jane Siberry: The Walking (Duke Street)
14 Bel Canto: White-Out Conditions (Crammed Disc)
15 Pussy Galore: Right Now (Caroline)
16 Missing Foundation: Missing Foundation (Purge)
17 Einsturzende Neubauten: Fuenf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala (Some Bizarre)
18 Tom Waits: Frank’s Wild Years (Island)
19 Zoogz Rift: Water (SST)
20 Tom Verlaine: Flashlight (WB)
21 Catheads: Hubba (Restless)
22 Butthole Surfers: Locus Abortion Technician (TouchAndGo)
23 Replacement: Pleased To Meet Me (Sire)
24 Tragic Mulatto: Locos Por El Sexo (Alternative Tentacles)
25 Fetchin Bones: Galaxy 500 (Capitol)
26 Lazy Cowgirls: Tapping The Source (Bomp)
27 Larry Fast: Metropolitan Suite (Audion)
28 Young Fresh Fellows: The Men Who Loved Music (Frontier)
29 Redd Kross: Neurotica (Smoke 7)
30 Alter Natives: Hold Your Tongue (SST)
31 Peter Jefferies & Jono Lonie: At Swim Two Birds (Flying Nun)
32 Green: Elaine MacKenzie (Pravda)
33 Nick Cave: Your Funeral (Homestead)
34 Live Skull: Dusted (Homestead)
35 Sinead O’Connor: The Lion And The Cobra (Chrysalis)
36 Smithereens: Especially For You (Enigma)
37 Howard Rowland: Honeymoon In Red (DutchEast)
38 Lubricated Goat: Plays The Devil’s Music (Black Eye)
39 Prince: Sign Of The Times (WB)
40 Husker Du: Warehouse (Warner)
41 Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Signs Of Life (EGRecords)
42 David Sylvian: Secrets Of The Beehive (Virgin)
43 Carney, Hild & Kramer: Happiness Finally Comes To Them (Shimmy)
44 Ophelias: self-titled (Strange Weekend)
45 B.A.L.L.: Period (Another American Lie)
46 Young Gods: self-titled (Project)
47 Sisters Of Mercy: Floodland (Elektra)
48 Saints: All Fools Day (Polydor)
49 Fastbacks: And His Orchestra (Popllama)
50 Nurse With Wound: Spiral Insana (Torso)
51 U2: Joshua Tree (Island)
52 David Thomas: Blame The Messenger (TwinTone)
53 Mark Stewart (Mute)
54 These Immortal Souls: Get Lost (SST)
55 Robbie Robertson: Robbie Robertson (Geffen)
56 Das Damen: Jupiter Eye (SST)
57 Union Carbide Productions: In The Air Tonight (Radium 226.05)
58 Original Sins: Big Soul (Bar None)
59 Screaming Trees: Even If And Especially When (SST)
60 Death In June: Brown Book (NER)
61 Tackhead: Sound System (Nettwerk)
62 Julian Cope: Saint Julian (Island)
63 Loop: Heaven’s End (Head)
64 Chris Isaak: self-titled (Warner Bros)
65 Aerosmith: Permanent Vacation (Geffen)
66 Celtic Frost: Into The Pandemonium (Noise)
67 Fleshtones: vs Reality (Emerge)
68 Verlaines: Bird-Dog (Flying Nun)
69 Game Theory: Lolita Nation (Rational)
70 White Zombie: Soul Crusher (Silent Explosion)
71 John Hiatt: Bring The Family (A&M)
72 R.E.M.: Document (IRS)
73 Pianosaurus: Groovy Neighborhood (Rounder)
74 Coil: Horse Rotorvator (Some Bizarre)
75 Spacemen 3: Perfect Prescription (Glass)
76 Joe Satriani: Surfing With The Alien (Relativity)
77 Wedding Present: George Best (Reception)
78 Legendary Pink Dots: Any Day Now (Play It Again Sam)
79 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Neo Geo (Virgin)
80 10,000 Maniacs: In My Tribe (Elektra)
81 Sex Clark Five: Strum Und Drum (Records To Russia)
82 Gang Green: You Got It (Roadracer)
83 Lemonheads: Hate Your Friends (Taang)
84 Phantom Tollbooth: One-Way Conversation (Homestead)
85 Eric B. & Rakim: Paid In Full (1987)
6.5/10
87 King Snake Roost: From Barbarism To Christian Manhood (Aberrant)
88 Napalm Death: Scum (Earache)
89 Donner Party: I (Cryptovision)
90 Big Black: Songs About Fucking (Touch And Go)
91 Universal Congress Of: self-titled (SST)
92 fIREHOSE: If’n (SST)
93 Nitzer Ebb: That Total Age (Mute)
94 Prong: Primitive Origins (Mr Bear)
95 Meat Puppets: Mirage (SST)
96 Raging Slab: Assmaster (Buy Our)
97 Danielle Dax: Inky Bloaters (Awesome)
98 Sun City Girls: Horse Cock Phepner (Placebo)
99 Suicidal Tendencies: Join The Army (Caroline)
100 Front Line Assembly: Initial Command (KK)
101 Screeching Weasel: self-titled (Underdog)
102 Melvins: Gluey Porch Treatments (Alchemy)
103 Paul Roland: Danse Macabre (Bam Caruso)
104 Opal: Happy Nightmare Baby (SST)
105 Plasticland: Salon (Pink Dust)
106 Long Ryders: Two-Fisted Tales (Island)
107 Suzanne Vega: Solitude Standing (A&M)
108 Concrete Blonde: self-titled (IRS)
109 Swing Out Sister: It’s Better To Travel (Mercury)
110 Fields Of Nephilim: Dawnrazor (Beggars Banquet)
111 Cure: Kiss Me (Fiction)
112 Saqqara Dogs: Thirst (Pathfinder)
113 27 Various: Hi (Susstones)
114 Bill Bruford: Earthworks (EditionsEG)
115 Pastels: Up For A Bit (Glass)
116 Bleine Reininger: Instrumentals 1982-86 (Interior Music)
117 Don Dixon: Romeo And Juilliard (Enigma)
118 Chris Stamey: It`s Alright (Coyote)
119 False Prophets: Implosion (Alternative Tentacles)
120 Bears: self-titled (Primitive Man)
121 Roger Miller: Big Industry (Ace Of Hearts)
122 Electric Peace: Medieval Mosquito (Barred)
123 Silos: Cuba (Record Collect)
124 Carmaig Deforest: I Shall Be Released (Good Foot)
125 Downy Mildew: Boomtree (Texas Hotel)
126 Thelonious Monster: Next Saturday Afternoon (Relativity)
127 Indigo Girls: Strange Fire (Indigo)
128 For Against: Echelons (independent Project)
129 No Means No: Sex Mad (Alternative Tentacles)
130 Outskirts Of Infinity: Lord Of The Dark Skies (Woronzow)
131 Screaming Blue Messiah: Bikini Red (Elektra)
132 Shamen: Drop (Moksha)
133 John Cougar: The Lonesome Jubilee (Mercury)
134 Def Leppard: Hysteria (Virgin)
135 King Diamond: Abigail (Roadrunner)
136 K.D. Lang: Angel With A Lariat (Sire)
137 Roger Waters: Radio KAOS (Harvest)
138 Brian Brain: Time Flies When You’re Having Toast (Moving Target)
139 Artie Traum: Cayenne (Rounder)
140 Eric B. & Rakim: Paid In Full (4th & B’way)
141 Viv Akauldren: I’ll Call You Sometime (Akashic)
142 Midnight Oil: Diesel And Dust (Columbia)
143 Dave Alvin: Romeo’s Escape (Epic)
144 INXS: Kick (Atlantic)
145 NWA: And The Posse (Ruthless)