Throbbing Gristle - Throbbing Gristle's Greatest Hits

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5...according to our Ant on Thu 24 Nov, 2011.

To my ears this is one of the finest greatest hits compilations ever. I used to carry my CD copy around in my pocket for ages and pull it out at various friends houses when we wanted something to listen to. It since went AWOL, never to be returned. For any TG newcomers this is probably the best place to start as the track selection is fantastic, covering the dynamics of the multi-faceted TG sound. Even for seasoned listeners it is a collection worth owning as the running order of the tracks is like the perfect TG mixtape. Arguably pretty much all the classics are on here: Hamburger Lady, Hot On The Heels Of Love, Subhuman, AB/7A, Six Six Sixties, Blood On The Floor, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, Tiab Guls, United, What A Day, Adrenalin. Brilliantly remastered by Chris Carter like all of the previous installments in the reissue series there is expanded booklets and bonus CD tracks. I remember playing this at home after the Love Parade in the year 2000 and tripping off my face. When Hot On The Heels Of Love came on, the sun started beaming through the curtains and I had just got together with my future wife. It was a perfect psychedelic moment which I will never forget. “Entertainment Through Pain” - Count Me in.

For the first time in 30 years Throbbing Gristle are now back on their own original Industrial Records label. To mark the occasion we are pleased to announce the rerelease of TG's first five albums on vinyl & CD. Each album has been restored and remastered specifically for each format by Chris Carter from 24bit 'baked tape' digital transfers of the original first generation analogue master tapes. Vinyl - The newly cut 180-gram vinyl editions include painstakingly restored cover artworks, using original source material from the Industrial Records visual archive. In addition each of the vinyl releases include an exclusive large format 8-page colour booklet featuring an abundance of Throbbing Gristle archival material, including some previously unpublished photos of the band. Each vinyl release is limited to 2000 copies. COMPACT DISC Each of the CD special-editions are presented in a gatefold sleeve featuring restored and remastered cover artworks and an integrated 8-page booklet (* the booklets feature different artworks and content to the vinyl editions). While the CD releases feature the same track count and running order as the vinyl editions each CD special-edition also includes an exclusive bonus CD containing content from the year of the albums original release. This additional content includes TG live tracks and remastered singles. The Greatest Hits CD special-edition also includes two previously unreleased Throbbing Gristle mixes from the 1980s'. The vinyl & CD’s will be released weekly in chronological order from 31st October.

Vinyl Tracklist -

1/Hamburger Lady
2/Hot OnThe Heels Of Love
3/Subhuman
4/AB/7A
5/Six Six Sixties
6/Blood On The Floor
7/20 Jazz Funk Greats
8/Tiab Guls
9/United
10/What A Day
11/Adrenalin

CD Tracklist Disc 1

1/Hamburger Lady
2/Hot OnThe Heels Of Love
3/Subhuman
4/AB/7A
5/Six Six Sixties
6/Blood On The Floor
7/20 Jazz Funk Greats
8/Tiab Guls
9/United
10/What A Day
11/Adrenalin

Disc 2

01/The Old Man Smiled (Alternative Mix) Previously Unreleased
02/Zyklon B Zombie - 7" Single
03/Dead On Arrival
04/We Hate You (Little Girls)
05/Five Knuckle Shuffle - 7" Single
06/Discipline (Berlin - Edit) -12" Single
07/Persuasion
08/AB7A (AB7B Mix) Previously Unreleased
09/Distant Dreams (Part Two) - 7" Single