16 Minutes Of Sheer Hell

The Birthday Party - Drunk On The Pope's Blood

Originally a 12" EP on 4AD Records (JAD 202) in 1982, ripped here from an expanded 1991compact disc reissue. Okay, my last cd rip for now and it will be back to vinyl very soon. The original version of this EP was just the live tracks with Lydia bloody Lunch hogging the b-side. Aussie label Shock picked it up and bolted on some demos, out-takes plus those two obscure Tuff Monk tracks.

1  Pleasure Heads
2  King Ink
3  Zoo-Music Girl
4  Loose
5  Ho Ho (Alt. Nick Vocals)
6  The Plague
7  Scatterbrain (Demo)
8  The Friendcatcher (Demo)
9  Dead Joe (UK Version)
10 After The Fireworks
11 After, After The Fireworks

Blast Off!

The Birthday Party - Release The Bats

Originally released as a 7" vinyl single on 4AD Records (AD 111) in 1981. Recreated here from digital sources in high quality lossless flac. As a youth, your friendly blogmeister was occasionally known  to try to drunkenly dance to this on student nights at the Hacienda!

A1 Release The Bats
B1 Blast Off

Throwing Mules

The Birthday Party - Hee-Haw

Ripped from a compact disc released on 4AD Records (CAD 307 CD) in 1989 to high quality lossless flac audio. Just in case some of you were worried things were getting a little timid around here. Unusually an out-of-sequence catelogue number for all you 4AD spotters. The label reused the BAD 307 allocated to the 1983 Friend Catcher EP compilation for this 1989 compendium of early Birthday Party singles with a few extras from The Boys Next Door thrown in for good measure. 

1.  Mr. Clarinet
2.  Happy Birthday
3.  Hats On Wrong
4.  Guilt Parade
5.  The Friend Catcher
6.  Waving My Arms
7.  Catman
8.  Riddle House
9.  A Catholic Skin
10. The Red Clock
11. Faint Heart
12. Death By Drowning
13. The Hair Shirt