The Birthday Party ‎Junkyard LP Nick Cave Big-Jesus-Trash-Can Ed Big Daddy Roth

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The Birthday Party : Junkyard
Full-Length 12" Vinyl Record Album
Description: This is the original 1982 4AD vinyl release. Awesome cover by the great Ed "Big Daddy" Roth of Rat Fink Hot Rod fame. The vinyl record is in glossy clean excellent condition (a couple of small faint lines) and in the original lyrics/photo inner sleeve, track timings written in ink. The cover is in very good+ condition, minor surface/edge wear, no seam splits. Please see pictures. All records cleaned with Ultrasonic vinyl cleaner. Check out our store listings for a wide variety of vinyl and CDs including many albums from the punk/new wave era in the early 80's. We ship worldwide in secure packaging. Any questions, please contact us.
Tracklist:
1    She's Hit
2    Dead Joe
3    The Dim Locator
4    Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)
5    Several Sins
6    Big-Jesus-Trash-Can
7    Kiss Me Black
8    6" Gold Blade
9    Kewpie Doll
10  Junkyard
The Birthday Party, originally known as the Boys Next Door, were an Australian post-punk band, active from 1977 to 1983. The group's "bleak and noisy soundscapes," which drew irreverently on blues, free jazz, and rockabilly, provided the setting for vocalist Nick Cave's disturbing tales of violence and perversion. Their 1981 single "Release the Bats" was particularly influential on the emerging gothic scene. Despite limited commercial success, the Birthday Party's influence has been far-reaching, and they have been called "one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early '80s." In 1980, the Birthday Party moved from Melbourne to London, where they were championed by broadcaster John Peel. They subsequently released two albums: Prayers on Fire (1981) and Junkyard (1982). Disillusioned by their stay in London, the band's sound and live shows became increasingly violent. They broke up soon after relocating to West Berlin in 1982. The creative core of the Birthday Party, singer and songwriter Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mick Harvey, and singer, songwriter and guitarist Rowland S. Howard, later went on to acclaimed careers. The band's music is described as a "bleak, gothic approach to garage rock," characterized by "bleak and noisy soundscapes" and use of audio feedback. Additionally, the band's music incorporated elements of blues and rockabilly. The band's later material is considered to be darker, alternating between dirges to blistering sonic assaults. (i)
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