BOYS NEXT DOOR / THE BIRTHDAY PARTY - LIVE RECORDINGS - DEMOS - OUTTAKES - SESSIONS

BOYS NEXT DOOR / THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

LIVE RECORDINGS - DEMOS - OUTTAKES - SESSIONS

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Updated 20/11/2024

THE CONTENTS:

BOYS NEXT DOOR

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

COMPILATIONS

Nick Cave - Vocals

Rowland S. Howard - Guitar

Mick Harvey - Guitar, Synth

Tracey Pew - Bass

Phil Calvert - Drums

BOYS NEXT DOOR

00-08-1977 Swinburne College, Melbourne

1 Blitzkrieg Bop

2 Ain't It Funny

3 I'm 18

4 Gloria

5 Masturbation Generation

6 Who Needs You?

7 I Put A Spell On You

8 Commando

9 Pause

10 My Generation

11 Big Future

12 These Boots Are Made for Walking

13 World Panic

14 Louie Louie

TOTAL TIME 57:34

Alternative Animals - Live Recordings 1978 (DVD)

28-04-1978 Preston Institute of Technology, Melbourne 

1 Boy Hero 

2 Big Future 

3 Success Story 

4 Roman Roman 

5 Andy Warhol 

6 Friends of My World 

7 Earthling in the Orient 

8 Somebody's Watching

00-00-1978 Ethel Hall, Swinburne College, Hawthorn (Pre Rowland)

9 Sex Crimes 

10 Conversations 

11 The Voice 

12 The Nightwatchman 

13 Secret Life 

14 Masturbation Generation 

00-00-1978 Tiger Lounge, Royal Oak Hotel, Richmond

15 Shivers (Rowland vocals, Nick on guitar) 

24-10-1978 Tiger Lounge, Royal Oak Hotel, Richmond 

16 Caroline Says II (Lou Reed cover) 

17 Earthling In The Orient 

18 The Wrong Person

21-11-1978 Tiger Lounge, Royal Oak Hotel, Richmond, VIC, Australia (Version 1) 

DISC 1

1 Boy Hero (incomplete)                      

2 Conversations               

3 Friends Of My World            

4 Brave Exhibitions         

5 Shivers                 

6 Whatever It Means      

7 Mouth To Mouth            

8 A.K.A.                

9 The Voice                

10 Grand Illusions             

11 The Wrong Person             

12 Caroline Says II (Lou Reed) 

13 Earthling In The Orient     

14 Dive Position               

15 I Mistake Myself               

16 Don't Split It (Subway Sect)  

17 China Girl (Iggy Pop)          

DISC 2

1 The Nightwatchman              

2 Big Future                     

3 Somebody's Watching Me         

4 Secret Life                   

5 Andy Warhol (David Bowie)  

BONUS:

03-10-1979 Melbourne, Storey Hall 

21-11-1978 Tiger Lounge, Royal Oak Hotel, Melbourne (Version 2) 

1 A.K.A.  

2 Andy Warhol

3 Caroline says II

4 China girl

5 Canversations

6 Don't split it

7 Earthling in the orient

8 Grand illusions

9 Joyride

10 Mouth to mouth

11 Rude nudes

12 Safe house

13 Secret life

14 Sex crimes

15 Spoilt music

16 Success story

17 The cracked portrait

18 The running goat

19 The wrong person

20 Whatever it means

TOTAL TIME 73:10

21-12-1978 3RRR Xmas Party, Storey Hall, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

1 Boy Hero

2 Conversations

3 Shivers

4 Mouth To Mouth

5 A.K.A.

6 Dive Position

7 The Nightwatchman

8 Caroline Says II

9 Don't Split It

10 I Mistake Myself

11 Personality Crisis

12 Grand Illusions

13 Somebody's Watching Me

14 China Girl 

03-10-1979 Melbourne, Storey Hall 

1 Guilt Parade

2 Shivers

3 The Cracked Portrait (a.k.a. By Your Side)

4 A Catholic Skin - Waving My Arms (not listed)

5 Death By Drowning

6 Running Goat

7 The Friend Catcher 

8 After A Fashion (listed as After A Passion)

04-11-1979 Sydney or Melbourne, Crystal Ballroom 

1 Let's Talk About Art  

2 After A Passion  

3 Running Goat  

4 Death By Drowning  

5 The Cracked Portrait  

6 A Catholic Skin  

7 A.K.A.  

8 Shivers  

9 The Friend Cathcer 

10 Safe House  

11 Scatterbrain  

12 Guilt Parade  

13 The Hairshirt  

BONUS TRACK:

14 Boy Hero - 1978 Lethal Weapons

15 Masturbation Generation 

09-02-1980 Hearts, Polaris Inn, Melbourne, Australia

1 The Friend Catcher

2 Guilt Parade

3 Safehouse

4 King Ink

5 Waving My Arms

6 Yard

7 Mr Clarinet

8 Nick The Stripper

9 Let's Talk About Art

10 Happy Birthday

11 Figure Of Fun

12 The Hair Shirt

13 Cry

14 Catman

15 Cracked Portrait (vocals by Roland S. Howard)

16 Riddle House

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

1980-1981 Sydney University & Paris Theatre, Australia 

1 Nick The Stripper

2 Zoo Music Girl

3 Bully Bones

4 King Ink

5 Release The Bats

6 (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn

7 Loose

8 Happy Birthday

9 Guilt Parade

10 Yard

11 Mr Clarinet

12 Figure Of Fun

13 The Friend Catcher

14 Waving My Arms

15 Safe House

16 Catman

17 Cry

18 The Hair Shirt

19 Riddle House

28-11-1980 Paris Theatre, Sydney, NSW, AU

1 King Ink 

2 Happy Birthday

3 Guilt Parade

4 Yard

5 Mr. Clarinet

6 Figure Of Fun

7 The Friend Catcher

8 Waving My Arms

9 Nick The Stripper

10 Safehouse

11 Catman [Gene Vincent]

12 Cry

13 The Hair Shirt

14 Riddle House 

23-06-1981 Leeds Tiffanys

1 Cry

2 Nick the stripper

3 Blast off

4 Zoo music girl

5 The friend catcher

6 (Sometimes) Pleasurheads must burn

7 King ink

8 A dead song

9 Catman

10 Release the bats

11 (Encore) Loose  (Stooges)

00-00-1981 The Venue London 

1 Junkyard 

2 A Dead Song

3 The Dim Locator 

4 Zoo Music Girl 

5 Nick the Stripper 

6 Blast Off 

7 Release the Bats

8 Bully Bones

9 King Ink 

10 (Sometimes) Pleasurheads must burn

08-11-1981 Amsterdam Poosthoornkerk    

1 Nick the Stripper 

2 A Dead Song 

3 She's Hit 

4 Bully Bones 

5 Big Jesus Trash can 

6 Junkyard 

7 Blast Off 

8 King Ink 

9 Pleasure Heads Must Burn 

10 Release the Bats    

09-11-1981 Zurich, Kino Walche    

11 Zoo Music Girl 

12 The Dim Locator 

13 Nick the Stripper 

14 A Dead Song 

15 She's Hit 

16 Bully Bones 

17 Big Jesus Trash Can 

18 Junkyard

TOTAL TIME 68:40

30-11-1981 Scamps, Oxford U.K. 

1 Pleasureheads   

2 Cry           

3 Bully Bones     

4 She's Hit       

5 A Dead Song    

6 Dim Locator     

7 King Ink        

8 Release The Bats 

TOTAL TIME 27:54

00-11-1981 Drunk on the Pope's Blood - Live Venue

1 Pleasure Heads  

2 King Ink  

3 Zoo Music Girl 

4 Loose

Originally released in conjunction with a Lydia Lunch performance

5 Ho Ho - Alternate take to "Prayers On Fire" with Nick rather than Rowland on vocal

6 The Plague - A Tracy Pew composition, left over from Prayers sessions

7 Scatterbrain - Recorded in Phill's bedroom by the group's live mixer (Groper) and mixed at "The Pit"

8 The Friendcatcher - Same recording location as above, demo for track now part of "Hee Haw" collection

9 Dead Joe - UK recorded version, omitted from original "Junkyard" album, with Barry Adamson (Magazine, Bad Seeds), Mick (Drums)

10 After The Fireworks - The Tuff Monks - Nick (Vocals), Mick (Piano), Rowland (Guitar) plus Grant McLennen, Robert Forster (Guitars) & Lindy Morrison (Drums) (The Go Betweens).  Recorded during a lull in the "Junkyard" sessions, originally released as a single by Au Go Go (Anda 22)

11After, After The Fireworks - Remix, B side of singleLine up (other than noted): NICK CAVE - Vocals MICK HARVEY - Guitars, Keyboards ROWLAND HOWARD - Guitar TRACY PEW- Bass PHILL CALVERT - Drums

12The Birthday Party jam with The Go Betweens

Royal Oak Hotel, Melbourne 16 January 82 

13 Downtown Swinging Town 

14 I Don't Care 

15 Yeah - Dead Joe 

16 Ring Of Fire

06-01-1982 Refectory, Sydney University 

1 Cry 

2 She's Hit 

3 The Dim Locator 

4 A Dead Song 

5 Nick The Stripper 

6 Zoo Music Girl 

7 Bully Bones 

8 King Ink 

9 Release The Bats 

10 Pleasure Heads 

11 Loose 

15-01-1982 Astor Theatre, Melbourne 

It's Still Living 

1 Kink Ink  

2 Zoo Music Girl

3 The Dim Locator 

4 She's Hit        

5 A Dead Song  

6 Pleasure Heads    

7 Junkyard  

8 Blast Off    

9 Release The Bats 

10 Nick The Stripper  

11 Big Jesus Trash Can  

12 Dead Joe        

TOTAL TIME 46:32

16-01-1982 Royal Oak Hotel, Melbourne 

Jam With The Go Betweens    

1 Downtown Swinging Town 

2 I Don't Care 

3 Yeah - Dead Joe 

4 Ring Of Fire 

TOTAL TIME 31:30 

01-07-1982 Bremen - The Birthday Party & Lydia Lunch

Tracy Pew is replaced by Chris Walsh (then of The Moodists)

16-02-1982: AU Melbourne,Tracy Pew is arrested for drunk driving. For this and several other outstanding offences he serves 2.5 months in Pentridge Jail (a labour camp)

20-02-1982 Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia 

with the Moodists & Plays With Marionettes

1 Dead Joe

2 King Ink

3 Zoo Music Girl

4 She's Hit

5 The Dim Locator

6 A Dead Song

7 Junkyard

8 Release the Bats

9 Nick the Stripper

10 Big Jesus Trash Can

11 Funhouse

12 Catman

01-07-1982 Bremen, Aladin

 A Social Gathering For The Celebration Of The Anniversary Of Someone's Birth

Birthday Party w. Lydia Lunch

1 Big Jesus Trash Can 

2 Dead Joe

3 The Friend Catcher

4 A Dead Song

5 Six Inch Gold Blade

6 Junkyard

7 Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)

8 Pleasure Heads

9 Funhouse

01-07-1982 Bremen, Aladin (Radio Broadcast)

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY& LYDIA LUNCH 

1 Part 1 (22:06)

2 Part 2 (28:03)

BONUS TRACK:

3 Part 3 Rowland S Howard and Lydia Lunch - Opening Act (9:12)

TOTAL TIME: 59:25

02-07-1982 Stollwerck, Köln, Germany (Version 1) (DVD)

LYDIA LUNCH & ROWLAND S. HOWARD:

1. The Agony is the Ecstasy

BIRTHDAY PARTY:

1 Hamlet (Pow!Pow!Pow!)

2 The Friend Catcher

3 Release The Bats

4 Junkyard

5 Kiss Me Black

6 6" Gold Blade

7 Dead Joe

8 Pleasure Heads Must Burn

9 She's Hit

10 Big Jesus Trash Can

11 Funhouse

02-07-1982 Stollwerck, Köln, Germany (Version 2) (DVD)

This tape circulates in Europe as "Bochum,Zeche on 27-Jun-82"

BIRTHDAY PARTY:

1 Hamlet(Pow!Pow!Pow!)

2 The Friend Catcher

3 Release The Bats

4 Junkyard

5 Kiss Me Black

6 6" Gold Blade

7 Dead Joe

8 (Sometimes)Pleasure Heads Must Burn

9 She's Hit

10 Big Jesus Trash Can

11 Funhouse

DIE HAUT:

12 ?

13 Der Karibische Western

14 ?

LYDIA LUNCH & ROWLAND S. HOWARD:

15 Thirsty Animal

22-07-1982 Hacienda, Manchester (DVD)

1 Dead Joe

2 A Dead Song

3 Junkyard

4 Release The Bats

5 (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn

6 Big Jesus Trashcan

24-07-1982 Retford Porterhouse, East Midlands, England 

"Kill Me Next Time"

1 Unwanted Intro

2 Hamlet

3 Dead Joe

4 Friend Catcher

5 Release the Bats

6 Junkyard

7 Dim Locator

8 6" Gold Blade

9 (Sometimes) Pleasureheads Must Burn

10 She's Hit

11 Big Jesus Trashcan

12 Funtime (Stooges)

23-09-1982 Music Hall, Berlin, Germany 

1 Sunny's Burning 

2 6" Gold Blade    

3 Dead Joe 

4 Deep In The Woods 

5 Fears Of Gun   

6 Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow) 

7 Encore Break   

8 She's Hit   

BONUS TRACKS:

15-03-1982 Riverside TV 

9 Dead Joe  

10 Big-Jesus-Trash-Can  

TOTAL TIME 41:15

17-09-1982 The Sporting, Athens, Greece 

1 Hamlet(Pow pow pow)

2 Sonny's Burning

3 6" Gold Blade

4 Deep In The Woods

5 The Dim Locator

6 Fears Of Gun

7 Still Burning

8 Release The Bats

9 She's Hit

10 Dead Joe

11 Funhouse 

12 Junkyard (incomplete - false start)

13 Junkyard

14 Loose

20-01-1983 Arnhem, Stokvishal 

1 intro ("some jazzlike piano" NOT by The Birthday Party)

2 Six Strings

3 Sonny's Burning

4 She's Hit 

5 Six Inch Gold Blade

6 Pleasure Avalanche

7 Deep in the Woods (cut - tape flip)

8 crowd

9 Dead Joe

10 Wild World

11 Fears of Gun

12 Hamlet

13 Encore break

14 Big Jesus Trash Can

TOTAL TIME 58:06

24-02-1983 Hacienda, Manchester (DVD)

1 Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)

2 Pleasure Avalanche

3 Six Inch Gold Blade

4 Wild World

5 The Six Strings That Drew Blood

6 Sonny's Burning

7 She's Hit

28-02-1983 Brixton Ace, London,Channel 4 UK TV

Whatever You Did't Get 

1 Fears Of Gun

2 Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow) 

25-03-1983 Traxx, Detroit, MI, USA

1 Tuning/ Hamlet (Pow!Pow!Pow!) 

2 Pleasure Avalanche

3 Say A Spell 

4 Dead Joe

5 6" Gold Blade

6 Swampland 

7.Fears Of Gun

8 She's Hit

9 Six Strings That Drew Blood 

10 Sonny's Burning

00-04-1983 Hansa Ton studios, Berlin (DVD)

Mutiny! - The Last Birthday Party

The drudgery of the recording sessions for "Jennifer's Veil" and "Swampland" from the "Mutiny!" EP.

06-04-1983 Minneapolis, MN, USA 

1 Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow)

2 The Six Strings That Drew Blood

3 Deep In The Woods

4 Dead Joe

5 Swampland

6 Fears Of Gun

7 Wild World

8 Big Jesus Trash Can

9 Sonny's Burning

10 She's Hit

11 6" Gold Blade

12 Pleasure Avalanche

TOTAL TIME 57:25

06-04 1983 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (DVD)

1 Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)

2 The Six Strings That Drew Blood

3 Deep In The Woods

4 Dead Joe

5 Swampland

6 Fears Of Gun

7 Wild World

8 Big-Jesus-Trash-Can

9 Sonny's Burning

10 She's Hit

11 6" Gold Blade

12 Pleasure Avalanche

03-05-1983 The Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 

1 The friend catcher

2 Dead Joe

3 6" gold blade

4 Release the bats

5 She's hit

6 Hamlet (pow wow)

7 ??? w/Lydia Lunch

8 A dead song

9 ???

10 Pleasure heads must burn

11 Junkyard

12 Big jesus deadpan

13 Catmen

14 Nick the stripper

TOTAL TIME 55:03

05-05-1983 Massey University 

1 Dead Joe

2 Deep In The Woods  

3 Sonny's Burning  

4 Jennifer's Veil    

5 Wild World    

6 Fears Of Gun   

7 Hamlet [Pow, Pow, Pow]  

8 She's Hit         

TOTAL TIME 43:00

06-05-1983 Victoria University 

1 Deep In The Woods  

2 Dead Joe

3 Wild World    

4 Jennifer's Veil    

5 Sonny's Burning  

6 She's Hit         

7 Fears Of Gun   

8 Hamlet [Pow, Pow, Pow]     

21-05-1983 The Venue, Melbourne

This has Des Heffner instead of Mick who had quit…. 

1 Junkyard 

2 Sonny's burning 

3 Wild world 

4 Six strings 

5 Deep in the woods 

6 Fears of a gun 

7 Dead Joe 

8 Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow) 

9 She's Hit 

10 Jennifer's veil 

09-06-1983 Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne 9 June 1983 (Last Concert)

1 Junkyard 

2 Sonny's Burning 

3 Wild World 

4 Six Strings 

5 Deep In The Woods 

6 Dead Joe 

7 Fears Of Gun 

8 She's Hit 

9 Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow) 

TOTAL TIME 45:45

09-06-1983 The Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne (DVD)

1 Deep In the Woods

2 Junkyard 

3 Six String That Drew Blood

COMPILATIONS

Boys Next Door / The Birthday Party 1980 

1 Mr Clarinet

2 Hats On Wrong

3 The Hair Shirt

4 Guilt Parade

5 Riddle House

6 The Friend Catcher

7 Waving My Arms

8 The Red Clock

9 Catman

10 Happy Birthday

11 A Catholic Skin

12 Faint Heart

13 Death by Drowning

The Fireworks - Early Recordings And Rarities

1 These Boots are Made For Walking

2 I Put A Spell On You

3 Fun House

4 Loose

5 Little Doll

6 Dead In The Head

7 Done Dun

8 Truck Love

9 Stow-A-Way

10 Dumb Europe

11 Pleasure Is The Boss

12 Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

13 Sad Dark Eyes (Berlin, Metropol, 24/08/92)

14 After The Fireworks<BR>

BONUS TRACK:

15 Some Velvet Morning

1- 2 THE BOYS NEXT DOOR - LIVE

3- 5 THE BIRTHDAY PARTY - LIVE THE STOOGES COVERS

6- 7 NICK CAVE WITH LYDIA LUNCH

7-13 NICK CAVE WITH DIE HAUT

14 TUFF MONKS (i.e. Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Roland S Howard, Grant McLennan, Robert Forster, and Lindy Morrison)

15 LYDIA LUNCH & ROWLAND S. HOWARD

Promos & TV Appearances (DVD)

1 Nick The Stripper

2 Fears Of Gun 

3 Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow)

4 Deep In The Woods

5 Junkyard

1 - Melbourne February 1981

2,3 - Live at The Ace Cinema, Brixton 25th November 1982, filmed by Channel 4 TV for "Whatever You Want" programme, first broadcast 27th November 1982.

4 - Visual live at the Trade Union Club, Sydney 14th May 1983, audio live at the Trade Union Club, Sydney 15th May 1983.

5 - Live at the Melkweg, Amsterdam 4th November 1981,

filmed by VPRO TV for the BGTV program, first broadcast 8th November 1981.