THE BIRTHDAY PARTY - 3 live sets
My favorite live album of all-all-all-time is “Live 1981-82″, an emotionally overwhelming posthumous compilation of material from The Birthday Party, released by 4AD several years ago. The BP were an all-consuming flame as a live act, something not entirely apparent if you listen to their studio releases which, while appropriately cluttered and insane, can be thin-sounding (with the exception of the apocalyptic “Mutiny” EP from ‘83, their final burst). I’ve started to collect Birthday Party live shows with the rabidness of a Grateful Dead-following douchebag, and here’s three of the better-sounding ones…
The Birthday Party - University Refectory, Sydney, Australia, January 6th, 1982 (ZIP file)
The Birthday Party - The Hacienda, Manchester, UK, 1982 (ZIP file)
The Birthday Party - The Hacienda, Manchester, UK, 1983 (ZIP file)
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