AD12
(1980): The Friend Catcher [R CAD9005CD], Waving My Arms, Catman
The Birthday Party are Nick
Cave, Rowland
Howard, Mick Harvey,
Phil Calvert and Tracy Pew. Engineered by Tony Cohen. Recorded at
Richmond Recorders.
NONBP2
(1980): A Catholic Skin, The Red Clock, Faint Heart, Death By Drowning, The Hair Shirt
This EP was released by Missing Link. It was originally called «The
Boys Next Door».
NONBP3
(1980): AD12, AD114, The Hair Shirt [NONBP2], The Red Clock [NONBP2], Hats On Wrong [CAD307CD], Guilt Parade [CAD307CD], Riddle House [CAD307CD]
This LP was issued by Missing Link as a US release.
CAD104
(1981): 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
CAD104CD
(1981): CAD104, Blunder Town, Kathy's
Kisses
The last two tracks on the CD are from the Australian Nick The
Stripper single. Engineered by Tony Cohen. Sleeve by Jenny,
Poly and Evan. «Capers» cowritten by Genevieve McGuckin.
«Ho-Ho» cowritten by Genevieve McGuckin. «A
Dead Song» cowritten by Anita
Lane.
NONTBP1 (7"), NONTBP1 (12")
(1981)
Single and EP released by Missing Link (MISS 32 & MSD 479). The
single was also released by Propeller (K 8424 [REV 12]).
AD111
(1981): Release The Bats [R CAD9005CD], Blast Off [R CAD9005CD]
Coproduced by Nick Launey. The run-out grooves read «Dirtness is next
to antigodliness» «Mister Pierre forvever».
AD114
(1981): Mr. Clarinet, Happy Birthday
CAD117
(1981) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Mr. Clarinet [AD114]
CAD117CD
(1981): CAD117 (excerpt),
NONBP4
(1981): Release The Bats [Re CAD9005CD], Rowland Around In That
Stuff, (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn [Re (*Pleasure Heads*)], Loose [Re JAD202]
Produced by Dale Griffin.
JAD202
(1982) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads [L], The Birthday Party: King Ink [L CAD104], The Birthday Party: Zoo-Music Girl [L CAD104], The Birthday Party: Loose [L]
CAD207
(1982): She's Hit, Dead Joe, The Dim Locator, Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow),
Several Sins, Big-Jesus-Trash-Can,
Kiss Me Black, 6" Gold
Blade, Kewpie Doll, Junk
Yard
CAD207CD
(1982): CAD207, AD111, Dead Joe [R CAD207]
Featuring Barry Adamson,
Anita Lane, Harry Howard
and Richard Mazda. Produced by Tony Cohen. Sleeve by Ed «Big
Daddy» Roth. Richard Mazda says that he produced the album. The bulk
of 'Junkyard' was recorded at Matrix Studios in Little Russell St,
Bloomsbury, London. Barry Adamson plays most of the bass on this
album because Tracy Pew was in jail in Australia.
NONTBP2
(1982)
Free with «Masterbag» magazine #15, August 1982 (BAG 005).
NONPS1
(1982) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: The Hairshirt (demo) [R NONBP2]
BAD301
(1983): Sonnys Burning, Wild World, Fears Of The Gun, Deep In The Woods
Sleeve by Nick Cave and Bleddyn Butcher.
CAD301CD
(1989): BAD301, NONBP1 (ep), Pleasure Avalanche, Six
Strings That Drew Blood (original version)
«Pleasure Avalanche» and «Six Strings That Drew Blood» are unreleased
tracks from the «Mutiny» sessions. The masters were lost. The tracks
appear here as rough mixes.
BAD307
(1983): AD111, AD114, The Friend Catcher [AD12]
CAD307CD
(1989): AD12, AD114, NONBP2 (ep), Hats On Wrong, Guilt Parade, Riddle House
This is the last Birtday Party release on 4AD. They left to sign to
Mute Records and released «Mutiny» before breaking up. Most, if not
all of them, stayed on at Mute in various permutations as Nick Cave &
The Bad Seeds, These Immortal Souls and Crime And The City Solution.
NONBP1
(1983): Jennifer's Veil, Say A Spell, Swampland, Mutiny in Heaven
This EP was released by Mute Records, MUTE29. Featuring Blixa Bargeld
(Einstürzende Neubauten). Sleeve by Anita Lane, Nick Cave and Bleddyn Butcher.
NONTBP4
(1983): \live [DADD7011CD], Dead Joe [CAD207], A Dead Song [CAD104], Junkyard [CAD207], Release the Bats [AD111], Pleasure Heads [R JAD202], Big Jesus Trash Can [CAD207], Nick the Stripper [CAD104], Hamlet [R CAD9005CD], Pleasure Avalanche [CAD301CD], Six Inch Gold Blade [R
CAD9005CD], Wild World [BAD301], Six Strings, Sonny's Burning [BAD301], She's Hit [CAD207]
The first six songs were recorded on 1982-07-22; «Nick The Stripper»
is the promo video; the last seven songs were recorded on 1983-02-24.
Released by ICON F.C.L. Video.
NONPS12
(1985) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: The Hairshirt [R NONBP2]
NONTBP5
(1991): \live [DADD7011CD], King Ink [CAD104], Zoo Music Girl [CAD104], The Dim Locator [CAD207], She's Hit [CAD207], A Dead Song [CAD104], Pleasure Heads [NONTBP4], Junkyard [CAD207], Blast Off [AD111], Release the Bats [AD111], Nick the Stripper [CAD104], Big Jesus Trash Can [CAD207], Dead Joe [CAD207]
Released by Virgin (VOZCD 2048). Recorded at the Astor Theatre,
Melbourne, Australia in January 1982.
Lilliput1&2
(1992) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Nick the Stripper [CAD104]
DAD2016, DADC2016, DAD2016CD
(Sep 28 1992): The Friend Catcher [AD12], Happy Birthday [AD114], Mr. Clarinet [AD114], Nick the Stripper [CAD104], Zoo Music Girl [CAD104], King Ink [CAD104], Release the Bats [AD111], Blast Off [AD111], She's Hit [CAD207], 6" Gold Blade [CAD207], Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)
[CAD207], Dead Joe [CAD207], Junkyard [CAD207], Big-Jesus-Trash-Can [CAD207], Wild World [BAD301], Sonny's Burning [BAD301], Deep in the Woods [BAD301], Swampland [NONBP1], Jennifer's Veil [NONBP1], Mutiny in Heaven [NONBP1]
The US version will have one track less because Brit CD manufacturers
will guarantee the disc for 78min of play time, and WB will only
guarantee 74.
NONTBP3
(1992)
Cardboard slipcase box including booklet released in Australia by
Missing Link/Shock Records (LINK 30).
21512 (cas), 21512 (cd)
(1992) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Sonny's Burning [BAD301]
NONVAR22
(1998) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Nick The Stripper [CAD104]
4ADCD1
(1998) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Nick The Stripper [CAD104]
NONVAR25
(Nov 1998) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Big Jesus Trash Can [CAD207]
PUP1
(1998) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Nick The Stripper [CAD104]
CAD9005CD
(Jul 5 1999): Junkyard [L CAD207], A Dead Song [L CAD104], The Dim Locator [L CAD207], Zoo Music Girl [L CAD104], Nick The Stripper [L CAD104], Blast Off [L], Release The Bats [L],
Bully Bones [L], King Ink [L
CAD104], Pleasure Heads Must Burn
[L], Big Jesus Trash
Can [L CAD207], Dead Joe [L CAD207], The Friend Catcher [L], Six Inch Gold Blade [L],
Hamlet [L], She's Hit [L CAD207], Funhouse [L DAD3008]
CAN001CD
(1999) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: A Dead Song [CAD104]
