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Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats [IRL 003 UK 2011 24-Bit FLAC] Originally released in 1979 on Industrial Records (IR 0003), which I ripped and posted a few years ago on ESWA. That rip was quite traumatic as the record was in quite a bad way, so today you get the 2011 remastered vinyl ripped for your listening pleasure. Like other influential post-punk albums such as PIL's Metal Box or Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures  when you listen closely to 20 Jazz Funk Greats you can hear how the band's abandonment of the normal was to bleed into the influence of many a musician who wanted to be different to the mainstream. Not just to the industrial generation, but to a whole plethora of post-punk & synthpop bands, as well as the numerous noise terrorists who followed on. To say this record is important would be an understatement, there was just nothing else like it at the time. A1 20 Jazz Funk Greats A2 Beachy Head A3 Still Walking A4 Tanith A5 ...

Throbbing Gristle - Something Came Over Me [7" IR0013 1980 24-Bit FLAC] We lost Genesis P-Orridge yesterday ....so I suppose a GPO ode to wanking will be a fitting tribute! Yup, my copy comes in the camo plastic bag, did yours? They all were, weren't they? Back in the day, spin this at many a teen party and ooh the sniggles and innuendos ... is he really singing about having a hand shandy ? Surely not! A1 Something Came Over Me AA Subhuman

Various Artists - The Industrial Records Story [JAMS 39 UK 1984 24-Bit FLAC] I moved to the peace & tranquility of rural Surrey over the Summer of 1984 from the cold harsh post-industrial north. Finding a good source for my music purchases proved difficult at first, however tucked away in a little back street in the small town of Godalming was Record Corner.  The store was tiny, split into two and run by a father & son team. Dad ran the front of house which specialised in classical and jazz music, whereas the rear of the store (accessed by another external door) was a treasure trove of independent and alternative music delights with many obscure rarities stocked with many unsold as clearly they had a very limited market in what was very conservative stockbroker-belt Surrey. Most of my industrial and obscure stuff came from the original Piccadilly Records in Manchester ....and the back room of Record Corner in Godalming, Surrey where the racks full of arcane phot...