The Birthday Party

(London 1st March 1980 - August 1983)

Videography


Videography: a chronological overview of videos. 
Official and unauthorized recordings of the Australian band The Birthday Party. 
Compilations with non-exclusive tracks are not listed.
-Information in grey italics is uncertain-


Regular releases

PLEASURE HEADS MUST BURN - VIDEO (Jan-84/2003)

Pleasure Heads video-front PLEASURE HEADS MUST BURN (VIDEO)

Tracklist: Dead Joe/ A Dead Song/ Junkyard/ Release The Bats/ (Sometimes)Pleasure Heads Must Burn/ Big Jesus Trash Can// Nick The Stripper// Hamlet (Pow!Pow!Pow!)/ Pleasure Avalanche/ Six Inch Gold Blade/ Wild World/ Six Strings That Drew Blood/ Sonny's Burning/ She's Hit

Recording info: First 6 tracks recorded live @ The Hacienda in Manchester on 22-Jul-82, tracks 8-14 recorded live @ The Hacienda in Manchester on 24-Feb-83. "Nick The Stripper" is a promo video shot by English & Goldman (a.k.a. The Rich Kids) (edited by John Hillcoat) in Melbourne-Camberwell on 2?-Feb-81.

  • IKON F.C.L. -IKON 7 (UK,Jan-1984) (VHS-PAL)
  • IKON F.C.L. -IKON 7 (UK,Jan-1984) (BETA-PAL)
  • Factory US/Of Factory New York Ltd -IKON/OF-1 (US,1984) (VHS-NTSC)
  • Factory US/Of Factory New York Ltd -IKON/OF-1 (US,1984) (BETA-NTSC)
  • Visonary Communications -IKON 7 (UK,1992) (VHS-PAL)
  • Cleopatra Records (US,27-Feb-1997) (VHS-NTSC)

Pleasure Heads video-back

Pleasure Heads DVD-front PLEASURE HEADS MUST BURN (DVD)

Tracklist: 1. Nick The Stripper/ 2. Fears Of Gun/ 3. Hamlet (Pow!Pow!Pow!)/ 4. Deep In The Woods/ 5. Junkyard// 6.Dead Joe/ 7.A Dead Song/ 8.Junkyard/ 9.Release The Bats/ 10.(Sometimes)Pleasure Heads Must Burn/ 11. Big Jesus Trash Can// 12.Hamlet (Pow!Pow!Pow!)/ 13.Pleasure Avalanche/ 14.Six Inch Gold Blade/ 15.Wild World/ 16.Six Strings That Drew Blood/ 17.Sonny's Burning/ 18.She's Hit

Recording info: Track 1 is a promo video shot by English & Goldman (a.k.a. The Rich Kids) (edited by John Hillcoat) in Melbourne-Camberwell on 2?-Feb-81, tracks 2-3 recorded live @ The Ace Cinema in Brixton on 25-Nov-82, track 4 recorded live @ the Trade Union Club in Sydney on 14-May-83, track 5 recorded @ VPRO TV studios for "Götterdämmerung 2000" TV show in Jul-1982, tracks 6-11 recorded live @ The Hacienda in Manchester on 22-Jul-82 and tracks 12-18 recorded live @ The Hacienda in Manchester on 24-Feb-83.

Note: The original video + 4 bonus tracks (2-5).

  • Cherry Red -CRDVD20 (UK,27-Jan-03) DVD-PAL
  • Music Video Distributors -CRDVD20 (US,14-Feb-03) DVD-NTSC

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Compilations

COMPOSITE SIGNALS - VIDEO (1983)

Composite Signals front COMPOSITE SIGNALS (VHS-VIDEO)

Tracklist: The Birthday Party: 1.Deep In the Woods/ 2.Junkyard/ 3.Six String That Drew Blood. Also including tracks by Plays With Marionettes, The Scientists, Sacred Cowboys, Equal Local, Hunters & Collectors and 7 more Australian bands.

Recording info: Tracks 1. & 3. recorded @ The Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne 09-Jun-83. Track 2. recorded @ The Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne 19-Feb-82.

Note: The first independent compilation video to be released in Australia.

  • Single shot video production (AU,1983)

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Unofficial releases

BIRTHDAY PARTY - LIVE - VIDEO (198?)

Live video-front BIRTHDAY PARTY - LIVE (VHS-VIDEO)

Tracklist: Birthday Party: Hamlet(Pow!Pow!Pow!)/ The Friend Catcher/ Release The Bats/ Junkyard/ Kiss Me Black/ 6" Gold Blade/ Dead Joe/ (Sometimes)Pleasure Heads Must Burn/ She's Hit/ Big Jesus Trash Can/ Funhouse
Die Haut: ?/ Der Karibische Western/ ?
Rowland S. Howard & Lydia Lunch: Thirsty Animal

Recording info: Recorded in Köln @ the Stollwerck (Palazzoschokko) on 02-Jul-82.

Note: For reasons unknown to mankind this tape circulates in Europe as "Bochum -Zeche- 27-Jun-82". In the USA this tape is labeled correctly.
Filmed on stage. Quality is just acceptable.

  • No label (GE,198?)
  • No label (US,199?)

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