Beirut Slump

(New York City late 1978 - June 1979)

Discography


Discography: a chronological overview of all record releases. Recordings of the American band Beirut Slump. 
Compilations with non-exclusive tracks are not listed.
-Information in grey italics is uncertain-

Regular releases

TRY ME/STAIRCASE - SINGLE (Mar-79)

	TRY ME/STAIRCASE (7") Tracklist: Try Me/ Staircase Recording info: Recorded Hothouse studio, New York City on 08-Dec-78. Produced by Woody Payne (a.k.a Charles Ball). Notes: Lust/Unlust was Charles Ball's (short-lived) label. Beirut's Slump's first and only release. Both tracks also available on Lydia Lunch's "Hysterie" retrospective album. Line-up: Lydia Lunch (guitar)/ Vivienne Dick (organ)/ Bob [a.k.a. Bobby Berkowitz] (vcls/violin)/ Liz Swope (bass)& Jim Sclavunos (drums). Migraine Records-Lust/Unlust - CC-335 (US,Mar-79)

SHUT UP AND BLEED - ALBUM (21-Jul-08)

	SHUT UP AND BLEED (CD) Tracklist: Red Alert / Orphans / Burning Rubber / The Closet / Less Of Me / Freud In Flop / I Woke Up Dreaming / See Pretty() / Baby Doll / Race Mixing / Crown Of Thorns / Staircase() / Less Of Me (7" Version) / Tornado Warnings() / My Eyes / Case #14() / Red Alert / I Am The Lord Jesus() / Sidewalk() / Burning Rubber / Try Me() / The Closet / Eliminate By Night / I Woke Up Dreaming / Roll Your Thunder / No Morality / GI Blue() / Popularity Is So Boring / Red Alert Notes: Everything by Teenage Jesus & The Jerks and Beirut Slump(). Cherry Red -CDMRED367 (UK,21-Jul-08)* Atavistic -ALP500CD (US,05-Aug-08)



Compilations

HYSTERIE - ALBUM (April 1986)

	HYSTERIE (LP/CD/CS) Tracklist: Teenage Jesus & The Jerks: 1.Red Alert/ 2.Orphans/ 3.The Closet/ 4.Burning Rubber/ 5.I Woke Up Dreaming/ 6.Freud In Flop/ 7.Baby Doll/8.Race Mixing/ 9.Crown Of Thorns/ 10.Red Alert// Beirut Slump: 1.Try Me/ 2.Staircase/ 3.I Am Lord Jesus/ 4.Case #14/ 5.See Pretty/ 6.G-I Blue/ 7.Tornado Warnings/ 8.Sidewalk/// Eight Eyed Spy: 1.Swamp/ 2.Run Through The Jungle/ 3.Motor Oil Shanty/ 4.Love Split With Blood/ 5.Ran Away Dark/ 6.Diddy Wah Diddy/ 7.Lazy In Love/ 8.Dead Me You Beside (a.k.a. Get You Me B Side)// Collaborations: 1.I Fell In Love With A Ghost (with Rowland S.Howard)/ 2.Der Karibische Western (with Die Haut)/ 3.As She Weeps (with Sort Sol)/ 4.Death Valley ’69 (with Sonic Youth ["Bad Moon Rising" album version])(). Recording info:* Teenage Jesus & The Jerks: tracks 2,3 and 4 recorded live in New York City 1978, rest live @ CBGB's, New York City 1978; Beirut Slump: tracks 1,2,5 and 8 recorded @ Hothouse studio, New York City on 08-Dec-78. Produced by Woody Payne (a.k.a Charles Ball), rest live @ the Mudd Club New York City 1978 at their first (of only 3 concerts); Eight Eyed Spy: tracks 1,2 and 6 recorded @ Blank Tapes Studios, New York City in Oct-1980. Produced and engineered by Bob Blank. Remixed @ 39th Street Music Studio, New York City in Oct-1980 by Scott Lit and Chris Stamey (with Pat Irwin and Jim Sclavunos), tracks 3,4 and 5 recorded live @ New Place, New Orleans on 25-Jul-80, track 8 recorded live @ Tier 3, New York City 31-Jan-80. Tapes reprocessed by Jim G.Thirlwell in 1986. Collaborations: see elsewhere. Notes: Retrospective album of Lydia's ouput between 1978 and 1983. Compiled by Lydia Lunch. Total time: 74 mins. Teenage Jesus & The Jerks: all tracks previously unreleased. Total time 16 mins. Line-up: 2,3,4 Lydia Lunch (guitar and vocals)/ Gordon Stevenson (bass) and Bradley Field (drums), rest Jim Sclavunos on bass instead of George Stevenson. Beirut Slump: all tracks previously unreleased, except "Try Me/ Staircase" (their first and only single). Total time 16 mins. Line-up: Lydia Lunch (guitar)/ Vivienne Dick (organ)/ Bob [a.k.a. Bobby Berkowitz](vcls/violin)/ Liz Swope (bass)& Jim Sclavunos (drums). Eight Eyed Spy: all tracks previously unreleased, except tracks 1,2 and 6 (taken from their s/t album). Total time 22 mins. Live line-up: Lydia Lunch (vocals)/ George Scott III (bass)/ Pat Irwin (sax, guitar)/ Michael Paumgardhen (guitar) and Jim Sclavunos (drums). Studio line-up: Pat Irwin on bass instead of George Scott III. Collaborations: all tracks previously released. CD Presents -CD039 (US,April 1986) 2LP () extra track CD Presents -CD039C (US,April 1986)* CS CD Presents -CD039CD (US,April 1986) CD Widowspeak/Rough Trade -WSP8 (UK,Mar-87) 2LP Widowspeak/Rough Trade -WSP8C (UK,Mar-87) CS () extra track Widowspeak -WSP8CD (US,Jun-89)* CD Torso -CD143 (NL,Jun-1989) CD EFA -02382-26 (GE,Jun-1989) CD Widowspeak -WSP8CD (US,May-90) CD

Unofficial releases

SEX VOODOO (EARLY RECORDINGS 1978-1982) - ALBUM (2004)

	SEX VOODOO (EARLY RECORDINGS 1978-1982) (LP) Tracklist: Teenage Jesus & The Jerks: Orphans/ Less Of Me/ The Closet I/ I Woke Up Dreaming/ Red Alert I/ Baby Doll/ Freud In Flop/ Race Mixing/ The Closet II/ My Eyes/ Crown Of Thorns/ Red Alert// Beirut Slump: Try Me/ Staircase/ 8 Eyed Spy: Diddy Wah Diddy/ Dead Me You Beside/ Lydia Lunch and Rowland S.Howard: Some Velvet Morning/ Vortex: Grey Death/ Black Box Disco. Notes: Taken from official (CD) releases. "Vortex" tracks taken from a scratchy vinyl copy. World Youth Records -WY 034 (EU,2004) "KR-0913" on run-out groove.

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