Birthday Party, The

Birthday Party, The

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Releases:
Mr. Clarinet (Single) (2 versions)   Missing Link ... 1980
The Birthday Party (LP, Album)   Missing Link 1980
The Friend Catcher (7", Single)   4AD 1980
Nick The Stripper (Single) (3 versions)   Missing Link ... 1981
Prayers On Fire (Album) (13 versions)   4AD ... 1981
Release The Bats (Single) (2 versions)   4AD ... 1981
Dead Joe (Flexi, 7", S/Sided)   Masterbag 1982
Drunk On The Pope's Blood / The Agony Is The Ecstacy (12", EP)   4AD 1982
Junkyard (Album) (11 versions)   4AD ... 1982
Mutiny! (EP) (3 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 1983
Pleasure Heads Must Burn (3 versions)   Ikon ... 1983
Release The Bats EP (12", Promo)   4AD 1983
The Bad Seed (EP) (3 versions)   4AD ... 1983
The Birthday Party (12")   4AD 1983
A Collection ... (Comp) (2 versions)   Missing Link ... 1985
It's Still Living (Album) (4 versions)   Missing Link ... 1985
The Peel Sessions (EP) (2 versions)   Strange Fruit 1987
The Peel Sessions II (Maxi) (2 versions)   Strange Fruit ... 1988
Hee-Haw (Album, Comp) (5 versions)   4AD ... 1989
Mutiny / The Bad Seed (Comp, Album) (3 versions)   4AD ... 1989
Definitive Missing Link Recordings 1979 - 1982 (CD, Album, Box)   Missing Link 1991
Drunk On The Pope's Blood (CD, RE)   Shock (2) 1991
Hits (Comp) (5 versions)   4AD ... 1992
Live 81-82 (Album) (2 versions)   4AD 1999
The John Peel Sessions (Album, Comp) (3 versions)   Strange Fruit ... 2001
Production:
Natures Mortes - Still Lives (Comp) (3 versions) Mr. Clarinet 4AD ... 1981
Dirty Pearl (Album) (3 versions) The Fullness Of His Co... Mute Records Ltd. ... 1993
4AD (Uncut) (CD, Smplr, Promo, Album) Big Jesus Trash Can 4AD, Uncut Magazine 1998
1980 Forward (CD, Album) Fears Of Gun 4AD 2005
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Doobie Do Disc (2 versions) Nick The Stripper Propeller ... 1982
Banshee / Cry (Flexi, 7", S/Sided, Promo) Cry Transrecords (2) 1985
Tracks Appear On:
Natures Mortes - Still Lives (Comp) (4 versions) Mr. Clarinet 4AD ... 1981
An Hour Of Eloquent Sounds (Cass) The Hairshirt Pleasantly Surprised, Pleasantly Surprised 1982
Doobie Do Disc (2 versions) Nick The Stripper Propeller ... 1982
No Worries - An Australian Compilation (LP, Comp) Blundertown Hot Records (2) 1984
Document: Pleasantly Surprised (82 - 85) (Cass, Comp) The Hairshirt Pleasantly Surprised 1985
Mixed Peel (Cass, Comp) Release The Bats New Musical Express 1987
The Peel Sessions - The Sampler (Comp) (2 versions) Big Jesus Trash Can Strange Fruit ... 1988
3 X 20 (Colours) Music From British Independent Record Companies (3xCD, Comp) Jennifer's Veil IND (2) 1990
Winters Of Discontent - The Peel Sessions 77-83 (Comp) (2 versions) Big Jesus Trash Can Strange Fruit 1991
Lilliput (2xCD, Promo) Nick The Stripper 4AD 1992
Nervous Systems (Comp) (4 versions) Mutiny In Heaven Mute Records Ltd. ... 1992
Radio Daze - The John Peel Sessions (Cass, Comp) Big Jesus Trash Can Vox Magazine 1992
The Indie Scene 81 (CD, Comp) Release The Bats Connoisseur Collection 1992
The Indie Scene 83 (CD, Comp) Sonny's Burning Connoisseur Collection 1992
Dirty Pearl (Album) (3 versions) The Fullness Of His Co... Mute Records Ltd. ... 1993
In Session Tonight (CD, Ltd) Big Jesus Trash Can Strange Fruit 1993
Lost Property (An Alternative History 1979 - 1982) (2xCD, Comp) Release The Bats EMI TV 1996
Post Punk Diary 1980 - 1982 (CD) Attitude Or Message? Cherry Red 1997
4AD (Uncut) (CD, Smplr, Promo, Album) Big Jesus Trash Can 4AD, Uncut Magazine 1998
Clustered And Clipped (CD, Promo, Ltd) Nick The Stripper 4AD 1998
Dusted & Clusted (CD, Comp, Promo) Nick The Stripper 4AD, Rock Records (Japan) Co. Ltd. 1998
Kiddy's Got Four Fingers (CD, Smplr, Promo, Ltd) Nick The Stripper 4AD 1998
Nocturnal (Album, Comp) (2 versions) Release The Bats Procreate ... 1998
Rage - The Songs Most Chosen By Rage Guest Programmers (2xCD, Comp) Nick The Stripper Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC Music) 1998
Breakdown (CD) A Dead Song 4AD 1999
Unconditionally Guaranteed Volume 7 (CD, Album, Comp) Junkyard Uncut Magazine 1999
Chopper - Soundtrack (CD, Enh, Album) Release The Bats Dressed To Kill 2000
Hamlet: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture (CD) Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow) Rykodisc 2000
Rough Trade Shops - 25 Years (4xCD) Mr. Clarinet Mute Records Ltd. 2001
Hometaping Vol. 2 (CD) Sonny's Burning Kerrang! Magazine 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Rock And Roll 1 (2xCD, Comp) Big Jesus Trashcan Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Head-On (2xCD, Album, Comp) Ho Ho Normal 2003
Tales From The Australian Underground - Singles 1976-1989 (2xCD) Happy Birthday Feel Presents, Festival Mushroom Records 2003
Gegen Die Wand - Original Soundtrack (CD, Comp) Ho Ho Normal 2004
1980 Forward (CD, Album) Fears Of Gun 4AD 2005
Inner City Sound (2xCD, Comp) Release The Bats Laughing Outlaw Records 2005
A Life Less Lived - The Gothic Box (3xCD, Comp, RM + DVD, Comp) Mutiny In Heaven Rhino Entertainment Company 2006
Tales From The Australian Underground - Vol. 2: 1977-1990 (2xCD, Comp) Blast Off Feel Presents 2006
The Trip - Curated By Jarvis Cocker & Steve Mackey (2xCD) Release The Bats Family Recordings (UK) 2006
Mute Audio Documents 3 - « 1983 » (2xCD, Comp) Jennifer's Veil, Mutin... Mute Records Ltd. 2007
Mute Audio Documents «1978 - 1984» (10xCD, Comp + Box) Jennifer's Veil, Mutin... Mute Records Ltd. 2007
Post Punk - Original Anthems From The 70's And 80's Post-Punk Scene (3xCD, Comp, Box) Release The Bats Music Brokers 2009
Unofficial Releases:
In Funeral Night (CD) Sad Dark Eyes Australian Artists Co. 1992
Born Dead (LP)   Junk Yard Records 2006
Slum Church (CDr, Unofficial)   Supersonic Scientists 2009
A Fuckin' Rotten Business This! (LP, Album)   Tuff Monk Records  
Cremation (LP, Ltd)   The Preaching Record Label  
Funhouse (LP)   A-Lad-Insane  
God Gave Them Sex Appeal (Cass)   Not On Label  
The Front Row Is Not For The Fragile (LP)   Tuff Monk Records  
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