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The Venue, London 1981
1	Junkyard	6:27
2	A Dead Song	2:42
3	The Dim Locator	3:10
4	Zoo-Music-Girl	3:06
5	Nick The Stripper	4:09
6	Blast Off!	2:39
7	Release The Bats	3:06
8	Bully Bones	3:05
9	King Ink	5:54
10	(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn	2:47
Bremen, Germany 1982
11	Big-Jesus-Trash-Can	3:34
12	Dead Joe	3:48
13	The Friend Catcher	5:02
14	6" Gold Blade	3:41
15	Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)	5:11
16	She's Hit	7:11
Athens, Greece 1982
17	Funhouse Saxophone – Jim Thirlwell*	8:29

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – The Venue, London
• Recorded At – Aladin, Bremen
• Recorded At – Sporting, Athens
• Mixed At – Birdland Studios
• Mastered At – EMI Studios 301

Credits

• Bass – Tracy Pew
• Design – Timothy O'Donnell
• Drums – Mick Harvey (tracks: 15 to 17), Phill Calvert
• Guitar – Rowland S Howard*
• Guitar, Percussion – Mick Harvey
• Mastered By – Dave Macquarie*
• Mixed By – Lindsay Gravina (tracks: 1 to 10), Mick Harvey (tracks: 1 to 10), Rowland S Howard* (tracks: 1 to 10)
• Photography By – Bleddyn Butcher
• Vocals – Nick Cave
• Written-By – Lane* (tracks: 2, 12), Pop* (tracks: 17), Harvey* (tracks: 7, 11, 14), Cave* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 to 16), Howard* (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 15), Stooges* (tracks: 17), Pew* (tracks: 16)

Notes

Tracks 1-10 mixed at Birdland, Melbourne early 1998. Tracks 11-17 direct from cassette. Mastered at Studios 301, Sydney.

Special thanks to Henry Rollins for the very existence of this album.
This is the only band approved Birthday Party live album.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 52637 90052 1
• Rights Society: GEMA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CAD 9005 CD	The Birthday Party	Live 81-82 ‎(CD, Album)	4AD	CAD 9005 CD	UK	1999
7243 8478412 6	The Birthday Party	Live 81-82 ‎(CD, Album)	4AD	7243 8478412 6	France	1999
CAKE 6	The Birthday Party	Live 81-82 ‎(CD, Album)	Shock	CAKE 6	Australia	1999
CAD 9005, CAD 9005 CDP	The Birthday Party	Live 81-82 ‎(2xLP, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE)	4AD, 4AD	CAD 9005, CAD 9005 CDP	UK, Europe & US	2013
CAD 9005 CD	The Birthday Party	Live 81-82 ‎(CD, Album)	4AD	CAD 9005 CD	US	1999