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Thirty-Second Annual Report
Thirty years on from the original, Throbbing Gristle returned to the source material of The Second Annual Report - their catastrophic debut of November 1977, pressed in a run of 785 copies on their own Industrial Records with white labels, a "Nothing Short Of A Total War" sticker, and a Xerox warning strip about the shortcomings of the pressing - and reinterpreted it live at La Grande Halle-La Villette, Paris, on 6 June 2008. That performance was captured in full and issued as this 12" 180gm LP,…
Solid Gold (LP)
Original UK edition on EMI of the second album from 1981, another post-punk masterpiece possibly as influential as the first one and certainly as essential.
No More Limits (picture-LP)
Unofficial 1984 Italian LP with a recording of the live show at Loughborough University Students' Union, December 8, 1983.
The Raven (LP)
Original Italian edition on United Artists of the superb and quite diverse 4th album from 1979. Quite a masterpiece indeed.
Pink Flag (LP)
Rare original UK 1977 edition on Harvest of possibly the most original debut album of the early new wave and all-time art rock by one of the greatest bands of the last 50 years. Essential masterpiece.
A Trip To Marineville (LP)
Rare original edition on Rather Records / Rough Trade of the wacky classic avant-garde punk debut album.
Weisses Wasser: White Water (12"EP)
1982 EP by the great German Neue Deutsche Welle band released by Les Disques Du Crépuscule in Belgium.
Songs Of The Free (LP)
Original UK edition on EMI of the great and funkier 1983 third album by one of the best and most influential post-punk bands.
Secrets Out (LP)
First LP of jazz-funk experimental new wave by the Sheffied band formed out of the ashes of the first Clock DVA, released by Go! Discs in 1983. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.
Emotion / Sound / Motion (LP)
Original and only edition on Illuminated of the sole album by Sheffield industrial new wave band. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.
Warsaw (LP)
Unofficial 1980 LP on RZM Productions with the tracks recorded for the unreleased album - the RCA sessions. This is an early 1980's re-press on yellow vinyl with laminated sleeve. The 7"EP it originally came with is not included.
White Music (LP)
Original Italian edition of the 1978 debut album by pop/punk's finest, on Virgin.
Wheel In The Roses (LP)
1986 re-issue on 4AD of one of the most original and inimitable records produced by the new wave, originally released by the same label in 1980. Essential.
Unknown Pleasures (LP)
Very early re-press on Factory with plain sleeve of possibly the most acclaimed, rightly so, and influential debut album of the British new wave from 1979, with the amazing production by Martin Hannet. Essential.
Deceit (LP)
Rare original UK edition on Rough Trade of TH's second and final album from 1981, one of the highest achievements of that era and one of the absolute masterpieces of experimental new wave, produced by The Flying Lizards' David Cunningham. Insurmountably original and essential.
Nine Months To The Disco (LP)
Original edition of the second LP but first actual album by the Bristol band with crazy improvised and electronic-based post-punk experiments, released on Heartbeat / Cherry Red in 1980.
Grotesque (After The Gramme) (LP)
Original UK edition on Rough Trade of the fourth album, produced by the Res Crayola's Mayo Thoimpson, Geoff Travis and Grant Showbiz, by Mark. E. Smith's outstanding and mercurial band with roots in the Velvet Underground, released in 1980.
Fireside Favourites (LP)
Original UK edition on Mute, and featuring label's boss Daniel Miller, of Frank Tovey's 1980 debut album combining synth pop style with industrial aesthetics.
Or So It Seems (LP)
Original 1983 UK edition on Mute of the sole album by the industrial/synthpop project by Wire/Dome's Gilbert and Lewis with Daniel Miller.
