Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle is, in every sense of the word, the seminal industrial band, whose confrontational performance tactics, nihilistic lyrics, and audio sampling techniques foreshadowed acts, despite their repeated assertions that they were not really meant to be a band at all.
Throbbing Gristle is, in every sense of the word, the seminal industrial band, whose confrontational performance tactics, nihilistic lyrics, and audio sampling techniques foreshadowed acts, despite their repeated assertions that they were not really meant to be a band at all.
Member of: Chris Carter, Genesis P-Orridge
Best Of... Volume II (tape)
Rare 1983 grey-area Italian re-issue of the very first tape by TG recorded in 1976. With card.
Music From The Death Factory Box 1-2-3 (3CD box)
3CD box set released in 1991 by Mute in a limited numbered edition, collecting the first two LP's from 1977 and 1978 plus an unpublished recording from 1979. With poster and Mute booklet, no sticker.
Music From The Death Factory Box 4-5-6 (3CD box)
3CD box set released in 1991 by Mute in a limited numbered edition, collecting the third and second LP's from 1979 and 1980 plus the 1981 live LP Mission of Dead Souls. With poster, no sticker.
TG24 (24CD box)
Rare 2002 24CD box-set re-issue on Mute of the amazing "24 Hours" cassette box set from 1981 collecting recordings of 26 TG's concerts up to that year. With all inserts and still unbroken wax seal!
TGV (7xDVD)
Amazing 7DVD collection released by Industrial Records in 2007 as a hardcover book with slipcover in a limited edition of 2000 numbered copies, containing the 1980 video recording of Heathen Earth and of several live shows from 1980 to 2005 (including one by Derek Jarman).
Funeral In Berlin (LP)
Original and only edition on Zensor of the first TG live album with recordings from two concerts in Berlin in 1980.
Journey Through A Body (LP)
Original 1982 first edition on Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien limited to 1000 copies with original innersleeve of TG's last studio recording made at RAI in Rome in 1981, one of their finest achievements.
Führer Der Menschheit (10")
1981 unofficial but apparently approved green vinyl 10" on Bundestagdrucksache released in a limited numbered edition, with the recording of the show at SO36 Berlin on Nov. 7th, 1980. With two inserts.
Thee Psychick Sacrifice (2LP)
1982 first re-issue on vinyl as a double LP set on Illuminated of the IRC18 cassette with a recording of the concert in Darby in April 1979.
Éditions Frankfurt-Berlin (LP)
1983 LP on Svensk Illuminated with partial recordings of shows in Berlin and Frankfurt in 1980.
Special Treatment (LP)
1984 unofficial vinyl re-issue on Mental Decay Records of the IRC16 cassette with a recording of the concert in London in November 1978.
Once Upon A Time... (LP)
Dark blue cover version of the 1984 unoffcial LP on Casual Abandon with a 1981 live recording in London.
The First Report (CD)
2001 Japanese unofficial CD re-issue on Missile Label of an unofficial 1987 LP compiling studio recordings from 1975 plus a long bonus track.
In The Shadow Of The Sun (VHS)
Rare 1990 VHS release of Jarman's 1980 fantasy short film with music specifically recorded by TG. Includes ReVision card.
Prostitution (Sexual Transgressions No 5) (card)
Very rare original invition card to the opening party for COUM’s Prostitution retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, October 18th, 1976.
Prostitution artwork (ephemera)
Amazing set of documents related to the in-famous 1976 pre-TG exhibition, including an 'original' stamped photographic artwork displayed there, plus 5 xeroxed (at the time) pages of newspapers cuttings and of a letter by P-Orridge, all related to the exhibition.
Caged
After 25 years, Ian Boddy and Chris Carter’s rare underground classic Caged returns, remastered and expanded.
D-Generation Magazine 2 (Magazine + CD)
*400 copies limited edition* Centred around Genesis P-Orridge and the industrial scene in England, this issue has features articles by: Mark Perry (Alternative TV, Sniffin’ Glue, Good Missionaries), Dorothy “Max” Prior (Rema Rema, Psychic TV, The Weekend Swingers).
Plus: Val Denham is interviewed by Carl Abrahamsson; Sinan Revell (SPK) is interviewed by Chandra Shukla; Einstrürzende Neubauten interviewed in the ‘80’s by Gary Parsons; Paul Lemos (Controlled Bleeding) is interviewed by John Wisnie…
Decoder
Released on standalone CD for the first time in 33 years, this now-complete edition of the ground-breaking cult soundtrack is finally here.
Early Worm
Genesis P-Orridge's Early Worm unveils rare 1968 recordings made when the future industrial pioneer was just 18. These attic experiments in noise, improvisation and tape manipulation foreshadow the radical vision that would birth COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV – essential archaeology of avant-garde music's genesis.