The Birthday Party – The Birthday Party

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Label:	Missing Link – LINK 7
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country:	Australia
Released:	1982
Genre:	Rock
Style:	New Wave, Noise, Punk

Tracklist

A1	Mr. Clarinet Written-By – Cave*	3:42
A2	Hats On Wrong Written-By – Cave*	2:40
A3	The Hair Shirt Written-By – Cave*	4:05
A4	Guilt Parade Written-By – R. Howard*	2:52
A5	Riddle House Written-By – R. Howard*	2:43
B1	The Friend Catcher Written-By – N. Cave*	4:22
B2	Waving My Arms Written-By – R. Howard*	2:15
B3	The Red Clock Written-By – R. Howard*	2:47
B4	Catman Written-By – G. Vincent, B. Davis	2:27
B5	Happy Birthday Written-By – Harvey, Cave, Howard*	3:50

Companies, etc.

Published By – Copyright Control
Distributed By – CBS Records Australia Limited
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Missing Link Records (2)
Recorded At – Richmond Recorders
Published By – Doo Dah Music
Made By – CBS Records Australia Limited

Credits

Engineer – Tony Cohen
Performer – Mick Harvey, Nick Cave, Phillip Calvert*, Rowland Howard*, Tracy Pew
Producer – Keith Glass, The Birthday Party, Tony Cohen

Notes

Recorded August/September 1979 and January/February 1980.
Originally released in 1980 as The Boys Next Door.

Track B5 mistakenly credited to Harvey / Cave / Harvey on labels.

All songs published by Doo Dah Music except B4 Control

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Price Code: 130
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): MX201708
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): MX201709
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): MX201708 LINK7-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): MX201709 LINK7-2
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): Δ MX201708 LINK7-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): Δ MX201709 LINK7-2

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Birthday Party (LP, Album)	Missing Link	LINK 7	Australia	1980
New Submission	The Birthday Party (Cassette, Album)	Missing Link	LINC 7	Australia	1980
Recently Edited	The Birthday Party (LP, Album)	Missing Link	LINK 7	Australia	1980
New Submission	The Birthday Party (LP, Album)	Missing Link	LINK 7	Australia	1980