Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats [11/22]

Artist:

Throbbing Gristle

UPC:

5060174952159

See Also:

P-Orridge, Genesis Psychic TV Eno, Brian

Description:

Throbbing Gristle: Cosey Fanni Tutti (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, cornet); Peter Christopherson (vocals, cornet, vibraphone); Chris Carter (vocals, synthesizer); Genesis P-Orridge (violin, synthesizer, vibraphone, bass).
Personnel: Genesis P-Orridge (vocals, violin, synthesizer, vibraphone, bass guitar); Cosey Fanni Tutti (vocals, cornet, synthesizer); Peter Christopherson (vocals, cornet, vibraphone); Chris Carter (vocals, sequencer).
Audio Remasterer: Chris Carter.
Liner Note Author: Jon Savage .
Recording information: Studios Of Industrial Records (09/03/1979).
Though Throbbing Gristle`s label, Industrial Records, inadvertently gave the music world a new genre heading, there`s not much in the way of clanging pipes or steam-vent hiss on 20 JAZZ FUNK GREATS. Then again, you`ll find no jazz (title track excepted), precious little funk, and only 13 songs here. "Maturing" beyond the performance-art outrages of COUM Transmissions, TG`s Genesis P-Orridge, Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Peter Christopherson take to cutting slabs of murky, artless, malevolent noise with such titles as "Zyklon-B Zombie" and "Maggot Death."
GREATS slaps a sarcastic happy-face on the band`s antisocial aesthetic. This is TG`s "pop" album. The cover even shows them standing in a meadow, grinning ear-to-ear (or trying to). The cause of their amusement, however, is a nude female corpse splayed among the tall poppies. The creepy calm of "Tanith," the tortured synth-pop of "Still Walking," and "Hot On The Heels Of Love" capture the mood. Terminally sour P-Orridge`s chanted litany of complaints ("What A Day") is pretty funny, and "Walkabout" is a lovely synth-strumental. But the voyeuristic aplomb with which he tears into "Persuasion," a grainy S&M script set to Gristle-y sound effects, is thoroughly unnerving.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. 20 Jazz Funk Greats
2. Beachy Head
3. Still Walking
4. Tanith
5. Convincing People
6. Exotica
7. Hot on the Heels of Love
8. Persuasion
9. Walkabout
10. What a Day
11. Six Six Sixties

DISC 2: 1979 LIVE BONUS CD:

1. Weapon Training [Live at The Factory, Manchester 1979] - (live)
2. Convincing People [Live at The Factory 1979] - (live)
3. They Make No Say [Guildhall, Northampton 1979] - (live)
4. Five Knuckle Shuffle [Live at The Factory 1979] - (live)
5. His Arm Was Her Leg [Live at The Factory 1979] - (live)
6. See You Are [Live at The Factory 1979] - (live)
7. What a Day [Live at The Factory 1979] - (live)
8. Discipline [Manchester 12" Single A-Side] - (live)
9. Discipline [Berlin 12" Single B-Side] - (live)

Album Information

Release Date:

11/14/2011

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Industrial

Label:

Industrial Records

Catalog Number:

IRLCD 003

Original Release Year:

1979

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

96 : 48

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