Portion Control
Progress report: 1980-83
LabelVinyl-On-DemandGenreNoise & Industrial
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Finally here, this outstanding 7Lp-MetalBox with 60-page Book and T-Shirt & DVD is an ultimate collection of the Godfathers of Electronic Body Music, Hard Rythmic Electronics & Minimal Synth. Portion Control’s Work from 1980-1983 contains all official released and even unreleased Tapes on their own POR CON – Label incl. Gaining Momentum, Dining on the fresh, Private Illusions I&II, Video Soundtrack, Progress Report and more obscure and unreleased tracks from Portion Controls Archiv plus Compilation-Tracks as well as the releases on In Phaze Records With Mixed Emotions, Surface and been seen, I Staggered Mentally and Third Mind Release A-Mag/Shot in the Belly and the highly searched for „Assault“-Tape. Members-Editions will be accompanied by a 6-Track EP with tracks from their their first Tape „A Fair Portion“. The Heavy Box is accompanied by a 60-page Book full of memorabilia and photos dated 80-83. Also included is a DVD with self-made Videos from the V-Mag-Archive, all dated back between 81-83. A true classic release and a definate Must for every serious collector and listener to Minimal-Wave/Synth and EBM Music.
Release notes
A. previously released on [r=1150656] (1981). B1-6. previously released on [r=1110585] (1981). B7-11. previously released on [r=307941] (1982). C. previously released on [r=5764463] (POR CON 005); tape only given to a few friends and press-related people (1981). D. from Private Illusions No.2 (POR CON 007) (1982); never officially released except track D4 from V/A [r=1916711] (1981). E+F. previously released on [r=260699] (1982). G. previously released on [r=1052692] (1982). H. 1980-1983…
| Gaining Momentum | |||
| A1 | Retreating Again | 1:28 | |
| A2 | In Pursuit Of Excellence | 1:54 | |
| A3 | Diving | 2:53 | |
| A4 | Justify Treason | 2:35 | |
| A5 | Shame (Of A Burden) | 4:57 | |
| A6 | Preach | 5:57 | |
| A7 | Brix | 3:45 | |
| A8 | Valuable Commodity | 2:50 | |
| A9 | Toffee Toffee | 2:54 | |
| Dining On The Fresh | |||
| B1 | Better Place | 2:31 | |
| B2 | Wippy Dippy Dappy Do! | 2:34 | |
| B3 | Untitled | 3:07 | |
| B4 | Sweet Julia (New Version) | 1:33 | |
| B5 | Across The Fence | 2:31 | |
| B6 | All Of My Time | 2:39 | |
| Surface And Be Seen | |||
| B7 | Spinola (Blotch) | 1:24 | |
| B8 | Terror Leads To Better Days | 3:28 | |
| B9 | Simple As ABC | 3:40 | |
| B10 | Monstrous Bulk | 1:07 | |
| B11 | He Is A Barbarian | 3:49 | |
| Private Illusions No.1 | |||
| C1 | Cats On A Hot Tin Roof | 1:37 | |
| C2 | Double Vision | 2:38 | |
| C3 | Power Studge And Crust | 2:34 | |
| C4 | White Cubes | 2:22 | |
| C5 | The Mote In Gods Eye | 2:01 | |
| C6 | Go For The Throat | 2:13 | |
| C7 | Slim Waters | 2:38 | |
| C8 | Experiment Stress Project | 2:10 | |
| C9 | Torrid Tale | 2:00 | |
| C10 | Rough Trooper | 1:19 | |
| C11 | Kiss Kiss | 2:42 | |
| Private Illusions No.2 | |||
| D1 | Cross Section | 3:48 | |
| D2 | Pressure Is High | 3:48 | |
| D3 | Stress Project (Gong) | 1:27 | |
| D4 | Terror Leads To Better Dubs (Party Mix) | 4:00 | |
| D5 | So Plastic So Pathetic | 1:33 | |
| D6 | Peacock / Catch PH | 3:21 | |
| D7 | Drowning Man (Inst.) | 1:28 | |
| D8 | Cordiality | 1:47 | |
| D9 | Based In Tripoli (Silence) | 1:54 | |
| D10 | As A Consequence | 2:04 | |
| D11 | Untitled (Short) | 0:38 | |
| D12 | Catch Phrase (Live) | 2:10 | |
| D13 | Tongue | 1:27 | |
| I Staggered Mentally | |||
| E1 | He Is Patriotic | 3:08 | |
| E2 | Out Of Order | 3:44 | |
| E3 | Plateau Stage | 4:12 | |
| E4 | All Present And Correct | 3:30 | |
| E5 | Karsic | 3:21 | |
| F1 | Sex Crimes | 4:28 | |
| F2 | Sure Is Kinda Spooky | 2:29 | |
| F3 | Mass Disorder | 5:00 | |
| F4 | Fiends | 3:20 | |
| F5 | Sort Out (Recorded Live At DD Disc In Holland) | 3:06 | |
| With Mixed Emotion | |||
| G1 | Simulate Sensual | 2:45 | |
| G2 | Held Back | 3:41 | |
| G3 | Come Alive | 2:31 | |
| G4 | Le Crunch | 3:35 | |
| G5 | One Choice | 2:56 | |
| G6 | Moving Towards A Waste | 2:35 | |
| G7 | New Phase | 3:22 | |
| G8 | Return To Situation | 2:17 | |
| A-Mag/Shot In The Belly | |||
| H1 | Glamour | 1:40 | |
| H2 | Kicked In The Head | 2:29 | |
| H3 | Strapped Down | 2:05 | |
| H4 | Suck And Blow | 3:20 | |
| H5 | Pump Pulse | 2:55 | |
| H6 | Sentenced To Die | 4:48 | |
| H7 | Heavy Sex | 1:22 | |
| H8 | Stabbed In The Back | 4:55 | |
| H9 | Elektrotechniek | 3:40 | |
| H10 | Return To Version | 2:30 | |
| Video Soundtrack | |||
| I1 | Untitled | 1:29 | |
| I2 | Untitled | 0:57 | |
| I3 | Untitled | 2:12 | |
| I4 | Untitled | 1:23 | |
| I5 | Untitled | 1:15 | |
| I6 | Untitled | 1:04 | |
| I7 | Untitled | 2:04 | |
| I8 | Untitled | 1:23 | |
| I9 | Untitled | 1:25 | |
| I10 | Untitled | 1:17 | |
| I11 | Untitled | 2:52 | |
| I12 | Untitled | 1:52 | |
| I13 | Untitled | 8:54 | |
| Assault | |||
| J1 | He Is Patriotic | 3:54 | |
| J2 | Sure Is Kinda Spooky | 2:34 | |
| J3 | Sex Crimes | 4:30 | |
| J4 | Out Of Order | 3:39 | |
| J5 | Sex Drive | 2:06 | |
| J6 | Plateau Stage | 3:03 | |
| J7 | All Present And Correct | 2:43 | |
| J8 | Mass Disorder | 5:09 | |
| J9 | Sort Out | 3:15 | |
| Various Selections | |||
| K1 | Can You Hear Me | 4:00 | |
| K2 | Simple As ABC | 3:03 | |
| K3 | You Got What You Got | 3:13 | |
| K4 | Collapse | 3:20 | |
| K5 | He Is A Barbarian (Instr.) | 3:53 | |
| K6 | Documentary Song | 3:55 | |
| K7 | You Will Hate This Song John | 2:02 | |
| K8 | Return To Situation (Mix) | 2:28 | |
| K9 | Box (Instr.) | 2:53 | |
| Compilation Tracks | |||
| L1 | Sweet Julia | 1:51 | |
| L2 | The Pressure Is High | 3:23 | |
| L3 | Bombay Cid | 3:03 | |
| L4 | If I Could Spit | 2:46 | |
| L5 | Chew You To Bits / Shoot Your Enemy No. 1 | 3:57 | |
| L6 | Relapse | 2:05 | |
| L7 | Crash Weight Gain | 3:06 | |
| L8 | Collapsed | 2:27 | |
| L9 | Bite My Head | 3:13 | |
| L10 | Shift And Shuffle (Edit) | 5:00 | |
| Progress Report | |||
| M1 | Spinola From Madeira | 0:59 | |
| M2 | 3000 Pounds | 1:39 | |
| M3 | Drowning Man (Vocals!) | 1:35 | |
| M4 | Tea Party | 0:51 | |
| M5 | Tribute To Gnat | 1:26 | |
| M6 | Bassline To Barbarian | 3:23 | |
| M7 | Firstman | 2:03 | |
| M8 | First Funk | 1:40 | |
| M9 | A Body Thrown / Cashed | 1:58 | |
| M10 | Terror Leads To Better Days (Instr. Version) | 2:45 | |
| M11 | Buried Treasures Remain | 2:00 | |
| M12 | Untitled | 1:02 | |
| M13 | Mambo | 3:49 | |
| N1 | Repartause | 1:23 | |
| N2 | Mambo Mambo 2 | 2:49 | |
| N3 | Documentary (Mix) | 4:50 | |
| N4 | Outro (No Name) | 0:30 | |
| N5 | Slim Waters (No Vocals) | 2:58 | |
| N6 | Untitled | 2:34 | |
| N7 | Kiss Kiss 1 | 2:18 | |
| N8 | Go For Throat (Fast Version) | 1:31 | |
| N9 | Dissection | 2:14 | |
| N10 | Paris In Spring | 2:26 | |
| N11 | Power Studge And Crust (Different Version) | 2:42 | |
| N12 | Intro | 2:54 | |
| A Selection Of "A Fair Portion" | |||
| O1 | Belvedere | 3:00 | |
| O2 | 2 Down See 4 Crossd | 2:40 | |
| O3 | Wippy Dippy Dappy Do | 2:44 | |
| P1 | Arsenic And Old Lace | 4:30 | |
| P2 | Wahhh | 2:02 | |
| P3 | 20 Leagues | 2:20 | |
| DVD | |||
| DVD1 | Gaining Momentum/Private Illusions | 20:04 | |
| DVD2 | V-Mag / A-Mag | 30:57 | |
| DVD3 | Hard Rhytmic Electronics | 29:29 | |
| DVD4 | Live | 24:38 | |
- Steve Hartmann
- Design
- Jens Larsson
- Liner Notes
- Elmar Zielke
- Mastered By [Audio Tracks Taken From Various Betamax-tapes With The Help Of] (J1 to J13)
- Steve Pyke
- Photography By
