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Make sure to visit The Birthday Party Chronology at From The Archives - an amazing list covering every show played by the band with loads of supplementary information.
The Birthday Party
LP 1980 "The Birthday Party"
Originally credited to Boys Next Door. 1982 rerelease has a
different cover, and doesn't mention Boys Next Door anymore.
Mr. Clarinet
Hats On Wrong
The Hair Shirt
Guilt Parade
Riddle House
The Friend Catcher
Waving My Arms
The Red Clock
Cat Man
Happy Birthday
CA 1980 "Fast Forward #2"
Aussie cassette: "Figure Of Fun", "Yard", (from 1st peel
session) plus interview. November 1980.
Missing Link, Link 7
Fast Forward
7" 1980 "The Friend Catcher"
B-side: "Waving My Arms", "Catman"
4AD, AD 12
7" 1980 "Mr. Clarinet"
B-side: "Happy Birthday". Exists in two different labels: one
is brown, black and white, another is just black and white. A
4AD white label promo exists as well.
Missing Link MLS 18 (Australia, July 1980)
4AD, AD 114 (UK, October 1981)
LP/CD 1981 "Prayers On Fire"
The Virgin LP release on red vinyl also contains the extra
tracks. The Greek issue of the LP contains "Release The Bats"
as bonus track. The Statik Japanese LP version has both
"Release the Bats" and "BLast Off" as bonus tracks. A 4AD
white label promo exists as well.
Zoo Music Girl
Cry
Capers
Nick The Stripper
Ho-Ho
Figure Of Fun
King Ink
A Dead Song
Yard
Dull Day
Just You And Me
CD Blundertown
CD Kathy's Kisses
4AD, CAD 104
Virgin, VOZ 2038
Thermidor Records T-2 (USA)
Propellor (New Zealand)
Missing Link, LINK 14 CD
Missing Link, LINK 14 (LP) distr. Powderworks / RCA
Missing Link, LINK 14 (LP) distr. 7 Records
Polygram/Statik STAT 3103 (Greek issue)
Shock Records, CAKE 2
STATIK/TRIO RECORDS, AW-23014 (Japanese LP version)
2.13.61 Records, CD21318
GeeBeeDee (Number: 0613) (LP 1981, Germany)
12" 1981 "Nick The Stripper"
B-side: "Blundertown", "Kathy's Kisses". Exists with 2
different sleeves: black/white and blue/pink.
Missing Link, MSD 479
7" 1981 "Nick The Stripper""
B-side: "Blundertown"
Missing Link, MLS 32
Missing Link, MISS 32 (this was misprint of the label)
Propellor, K8424 (New Zealand)
7/12" 1981 "Release The Bats"
B-side: "Blast Off"
4AD, AD 111 (7")
Missing Link, MISS 37.12 (12" - released in 1983)
4AD, BAD 307 (4AD UK promo dated 26.05.1983)
CA 1982 "Kino Aus Der Kassette"
German compilation cassette contains one Birthday Party live
track with Lydia Lunch from Koln, Stollwerk, July 2, 1982.
LP/CD 1982 "Junkyard"
The Virgin LP release on pink vinyl also contains the first two
extra tracks. The Missing Link CD does not contain "Dead Joe,
second version".
She's Hit
Dead Joe
The Dim Locator
Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)
Several Sins
Big-Jesus-Trash-Can
Kiss Me Black
Six Inch Gold Blade
Kewpie Doll
Junkyard
CD Release The Bats
CD Blast Off
CD Dead Joe, second version
4AD, CAD 207
Virgin, VOZ 2049
Missing Link, LINK 21 CD
Shock Records, CAKE 3
GEE BEE DEE, GBD-0040 (Obscure German label, LP)
2.13.61 Records, CD21317
Expanded Music Bologna, EX 34 (made in Italy)
7" 1982 "Dead Joe"
Single sided 7"-flexi, alternate take, UK
Tactic Music, Masterbag BAG 005
LP/CD 1982 "Drunk On The Pope's Blood"
A-side only, (b-side: Lydia Lunch: "The Agony Is The Ecstacy")
live 26 November 81, London, The Venue. The Missing Link CD
rerelease from 1994 contains interesting bonus tracks:
Pleasure Heads
King Ink
Zoo Music Girl
Loose
CD Ho Ho (sung by Cave)
CD The Plague
CD Scatterbrain
CD The Friend Catcher (alternate version)
CD Dead Joe (alternate version)
CD After The Fireworks (Tuff Monks)
CD After, After The Fireworks (Tuff Monks)
4AD, JAD 202
Missing Link, LINK 29 CD
CA 1982 "Fast Forward #10"
Aussie cassette: "Release The Bats", plus interview.
January 1982.
Fast Forward
EP 1983 "The Friend Catcher"
Release The Bats
Blast Off
The Friend Catcher
Mr. Clarinet
Happy Birthday
4AD, BAD 307
EP 1983 "The Bad Seed"
A 4AD white label promo release of this, dated 3.12.1982,
exists.
Sonny's Burning
Wild World
Fears Of Gun
Deep In The Woods
4AD, BAD 301
Powerworks, POWT 2007 (Australia)
EP 1983 "Mutiny"
Both a 33 and a 45 rpm exist, contents:
Jennifer's Veil
Mutiny
Swampland
Say A Spell
Mute Records, MUTE 29 (45 rpm)
Vogue VG 114 (33 rpm)
Vogue VG 311026 (France, 33 rpm)
Powderworks POWT 2011 (Australia, 1983)
LP/CD 1985 "It's Still Living"
Live album, Astor Theatre, Melbourne, 15 Jan. 82, almost the
complete show (one song is missing). Released on CD in 1991.
Aussie release on green vinyl exists. A promo of the Missing
Link LP exists as well.
King Ink
Zoo Music Girl
The Dim Locator
She's Hit
A Dead Song
Pleasure Heads
Junkyard
Blast Off
Release The Bats
Nick The Stripper
Big Jesus Trash Can
Dead Joe
Missing Link, ING 009 (LP)
Missing Link, LINK 28 CD
Virgin Records, VOZ 2048
LP 1985 "A Collection"
A.K.A. 'Best and Rarest', contents:
Blast Off
The Hair Shirt
King Ink
Junkyard
Big Jesus Trashcan
Release The Bats
Blundertown
Kathy's Kisses
Ho Ho (here it is sung by Nick Cave)
The Friend Catcher (alternate version)
Scatterbrain
The Plague
Missing Link, Link 22
Missing Link/Suite Beat, Link 22 (USA)
CD 1987 "A Collection"
Contents is different from LP:
Blast Off
The Hair Shirt
King Ink
Junkyard
Big Jesus Trashcan
Release The Bats
She's Hit
Kathy's Kisses
The Friend Catcher (not the alternate version?)
Zoo Music Girl
Nick The Stripper
Hamlet
Missing Link, SBCD 2017
EP/CD 1987 "The Peel Sessions: The Birthday Party"
From 28/4/81
Release The Bats
Rowland Around In That Stuff
Pleasure Heads
Loose
Strange Fruit Records, SFPS 020 (on CD: SFPSCD 020)
CD 1988 "Hee Haw"
The song order on the 4AD and Missing Link CD's is different.
This is a compilation of the "Hee Haw" EP and the "Birthday
Party" LP.
The Friend Catcher
Waving My Arms
Catman
Mr. Clarinet
Happy Birthday
A Catholic Skin
The Red Clock
Faint Heart
Death By Drowning
The Hair Shirt
Hats On Wrong
Guilt Parade
Riddle House
4AD, CAD 307
Missing Link, LINK 7 CD
Shock Records, CAKE 1
2.13.61 Records, CD21319
EP/CD 1988 "The Peel Sessions: The Birthday Party II"
From 10/12/81
Big Jesus Trash Can
She's Hit
Bully Bones
Six Inch Gold Blade
Strange Fruit Records, SFPS 058
Video 1988 "Pleasure Heads Must Burn"
Live recordings from two gigs in Manchester, Hacienda, 22 July
82 (1-6), and 24 Feb 83 (8-14), except for "Nick The Stripper"
which is a video of the song. Colour, 60 minutes. Contents:
Dead Joe
A Dead Song
Junkyard
Release The Bats
Pleasure Heads
Big Jesus Trash Can
Nick The Stripper
Hamlet
Pleasure Avalanche
Six Inch Gold Blade
Wild World
Six Strings
Sonny's Burning
She's Hit
IKON FCL IKON 7
CD 1989 "Mutiny/The Bad Seed"
Plus two outtakes
Sonny's Burning
Wild World
Fears Of Gun
DeEP In The Woods
Pleasure Avalanche
Jennifer's Veil
Mutiny In Heaven
Swamp Land
Say A Spell
Pleasure Avalanche
The Six Strings That Drew Blood
4AD, CAD 301 CD
Shock Records, CAKE 4 (Australia 1996)
2.13.61 Records, CD21320
CD/LP 1992 "Hits"
The track listing is from the US version. The UK version CD/LP
includes Six Inch Gold Blade.
The Friend Catcher
Happy Birthday
Mr. Clarinet
Nick The Stripper
Zoo Music Girl
King Ink
Release The Bats
Blast Off
She's Hit
Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)
Dead Joe
Junkyard
Big Jesus Trash Can
Wild World
Sonny's Burning
DeEP In The Woods
Swampland
Jennifer's Veil
Mutiny In Heaven
4AD, 9 45087-2 (US version)
4AD, DAD 2016 CD (UK CD)
Shock Records, CAKE 5 (Australia, 1996)
CA 1992 "Hits"
5-track USA promo cassette.
Nick The Stripper
Release The Bats
Sonny's Burning
DeEP In The Woods
Jennifer's Veil
4AD, no number
LP/CD 1993 "Dirty Pearl"
Great album by Anita Lane. One Birthday Party song:
The Fullness Of His Coming
Mute Records, STUMM 81
Pony Canyon, PCCY-00789
CDBOX 1994 "Definite Missing Link Recordings 1979-1982"
A box with 5 CD's (LINK 7 CD, LINK 14 CD, LINK 21 CD, LINK 28
CD, LINK 29 CD) and booklet.
Missing Link, LINK 30
CD 1995 "213CD Sampler 1995"
Henry Rollins preferences compilation disc contains:
Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) (live Bremen, 1/7/82)
CD 1999 "Live 1981-82"
"Funhouse" with Jim Foetus Thirlwell on sax.
1-10: London, The Venue 26/11/81
11-16: Bremen, Aladin 01/07/82
17: Athens, Sporting 17/09/82
Junkyard
A Dead Song
The Dim Locator
Zoo Music Girl
Nick The Stripper
Blast Off
Release The Bats
Bully Bones
King Ink
Pleasure Heads Must Burn
Big Jesus Trash Can
Dead Joe
The Friend Catcher
Six Inch Gold Blade
Hamlet
She's Hit
Funhouse
4AD CAD9005CD
Shock Records, CAKE6CD
CD 2001 "The John Peel Sessions"
All 4 sessions finally released.
Cry
Yard
Figure Of Fun
King Ink
Release The Bats
Rowland Around In That Stuff
(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn
Loose
Big Jesus Trash Can
She's Hit
Bully Bones
Six Inch Gold Blade
Pleasure Avalanche
Deep In The Woods
Sonny's Burning
Marry Me (Lie Lie)
Strange Fruit sfrsCD098
DVD 2003 "Pleasure Heads Must Burn"
First DVD release to feature the band, and include some rare
promos, TV appearances and selections from two gigs.
Promos and TV Appearances:
Nick The Stripper
Fears of Gun
Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)
Deep in the Woods
Junkyard
Hacienda 1982:
Dead Joe
A Dead Song
Junkyard
Release The Bats
(Sometimes) Please Heads Must Burn
Big Jesus Trashcan
Hacienda 1983:
Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)
Please Avalanche
Six Inch Gold Blade
Wild World
The Six Strings That Drew Blood
Sonny's Burning
She's Hit
Thank you to Maurice Maes for compiling this comprehensive discography of The Birthday Party.
The Boys Next Door
7" 1978 "These Boots Are Made For Walking"/"Boy Hero"
March '78, 1000 - 1500 copies
Suicide 103140
LP 1978 "Lethal Weapons"
Compilation of Aussie punk bands. May 1978. The original
Suicide release exists in both black and white vinyl. A white
label promo of the Mushroom re-release exists as well. Boys
Next Door tracks are:
These Boots Are Made For Walking
Masturbation Generation
Boy Hero
Suicide VXL 2407
Suicide VXLI 4072
Mushroom Records L27112 (White Label 1983 rerelease)
CA 1979 "From The Archives"
Aussie cassette contains "Scatterbrain", as well as the track
"Enemy Of State" by the Torn Ox Bodeys (anagram of Boys Next
Door). 1982 rerelease also contains "Ho Ho" (sung by Nick),
and "Pleasure Heads" (live 15/1/82).
Missing Link
7" 1979 "Shivers"/"Dive Position"
Exists with two different designs. Purple sleeve with Mushroom
printed on it, as well as on the label, or purple sleeve with
Festival on it, with mushrooms drawn on the label, as well as
the contour of Australia. Original copies have old Mushroom
beige label.
Mushroom K7492
LP/CD 1979 "Door Door"
The Nightwatchman
Brave Exhibitions
Friends Of My World
The Voice
Roman Roman
Somebody's Watching
After A Fashion
Dive Position
I Mistake Myself
Shivers
Mushroom Records, D 19227 (C 19227 for Cassette)
Mushroom, L 36931
Mute, DOORCD 1 (1993 rerelease)
Alfa Records, (Japanese rerelease)
IRS CD 971.281 (1993 rerelease)
EP 1979 "Hee Haw"
1st pressing 500 copies included an insert sheet. Possible that
some of first pressing had labels on the wrong sides. December
1979. Later released as a Birthday Party EP.
A Catholic Skin
The Red Clock
Faint Heart
Death By Drowning
The Hair Shirt
Missing Link, MLEP-3
Missing Link, ING 008 (rerelease)
7" 1979 "Scatterbrain"
Gig freebie at the Crystal Ballroom in St. Kilda. 500 copies
with band picture. November 1979.
Crystal Ballroom CBR 1
7" 1980 "Happy Birthday"/"Riddle House"
Also a gig give-away, 750 copies. February 1980.
Missing Link, MLS 16
LP 1980 "The Birthday Party"
Originally credited to Boys Next Door. 1982 re-release has a
different cover, and doesn't mention Boys Next Door anymore.
Mr. Clarinet
Hats On Wrong
The Hair Shirt
Guilt Parade
Riddle House
The Friend Catcher
Waving My Arms
The Red Clock
Cat Man
Happy Birthday
Missing Link, Link 7
Thank you to Maurice Maes for compiling this comprehensive discography of The Boys Next Door.
