tracks

Stay Here
Big Strong Boss
Blackout
Power For Power
Freak
Right Wrong
Thank You
Weakling
Gang
Live At The Kitchen NYC 1982/3
Strip/Burn
Heatsheet
Blackout
Clay Man
Stay Here
Weakling
I'll Cry For You
Red Sheet
Loop 33
Your Game
Seal It Over
Whore
We'll Hang For That
Half Life
Loop 21
Get Out
Job
Loop 1
Mother, My Body Disgusts Me
Cop
Only I Can Hear, Only I Can Touch.
Thug
Raping A Slave (Live Berlin 1984)
Laugh
Speak
Take Advantage
Sensitive Skin
Living Arms
Howling Red Sheet
Big Strong Boss
Clay Man
We'll Hang For That
This Is Mine
Why Hide
I Crawled

notes

3xCD expanded reissue of Filth/Body to Body Job to Job that restores the original Filth artwork. Booklet features many pictures of Swans during this period, a CBGB's flyer and the base artwork for the '82 ep.

[Filth]
Recorded 1983 Vanguard Studios, NYC.

[Body To Body]
BTB CD is compromised of various studio out-takes and live recordings.
Track 2 players: Gira, Kane, Hanel and others (see list below)

Thanks to Catherine and Nicholas Ceresole for their contributions. Thanks to Rob Collins for saving our ass in London.
The following performed live with Swans at one time or another in the years 1982 to 1985: M. Gira, Norman Westberg, Sue Hanel, Roli Mosimann, Harry Crosby, Mojo, Jonathan Kane, Dan Braun, Thurston Moore, Craig Cafton, Bob Pezzola, Ray the plumber, Jonathan Prosser...
Booklet photos by Catherine Ceresole and Lee Ranaldo, with thanks!
This entire reissue mastered by Doug Henderson at Micro-Moose, Berlin.

[Swans E.P. #1]
Recorded August '81 - March '82 at Sorcerer Sound NYC & Minot Sound Studios White Plains, NY.
All compositions published by Young God Publishing (ASCAP)
Thanks to Daniel Gira.
PERSONNEL ON ADDITIONAL LIVE TRACKS: M. Gira, Jonathan Kane, Sue Hanel and other various players as listed above on tracks 5 - 9 [3-5 to 3-9]; M. Gira, Norman Westberg, Harry Crosby, Roli Mosimann on tracks 10, 11, 12... ([3-10 to 3-12]

This 3CD package constitutes a definitive picture of Swans in the years 1982 - 1983/4.

[Sticker]
℗ & © Young God Records.

Comes in an 8-panel Digipak printed on embossed brown chipboard with a pocket on the left inner panel for the booklet and three transparent trays on the other panels;contains a 16 pages fold-out booklet with lyrics and rare photos.

Copies ordered from Young God Records are signed by Michael Gira

credits

Bass – Harry Crosby (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), M.Gira, (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Bass, Vocals – Michael Gira (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Design [Re-issue Package] – Gira,
Drums – Jonathan Kane (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10, 3-1 to 3-4), Roli Mosimann (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Engineer – Greg Curry (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Mark Berry (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Ray Bardani (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Executive-Producer – Susan Martin (2) (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Guitar – Bob Pezzola (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Norman Westberg (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Layout – Paul A. Taylor,
Mastered By [Entire Reissue] – Doug Henderson
Music By – Gira, (tracks: 1-1 to 2-17), Swans (tracks: 1-1 to 3-4)
Percussion – Jonathan Kane (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Roli Mosimann (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Performer [Personnel] – Harry Crosby (tracks: 3-10 to 3-12), Jonathan Kane (tracks: 3-5 to 3-9), M. Gira, (tracks: 3-5 to 3-12), Norman Westberg (tracks: 3-10 to 3-12), Roli Mosimann (tracks: 3-10 to 3-12), Sue Hanel (tracks: 3-5 to 3-9)
Performer [Players] – Crosby, (tracks: 2-1, 2-4 to 2-8, 2-10, 2-11, 2-13 to 2-17), Kane, (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, 2-7, 2-15), Gira, (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-4 to 2-8, 2-10, 2-11, 2-13 to 2-17), Westberg, (tracks: 2-1, 2-4 to 2-8, 2-10, 2-11, 2-13 to 2-17), Mosimann, (tracks: 2-1, 2-4 to 2-8, 2-10, 2-11, 2-13 to 2-17), Hanel, (tracks: 2-2)
Photography By [Booklet Photos] – Catherine Ceresole, Lee Ranaldo
Producer – Gira, (tracks: 1-1 to 2-17), M. Gira, (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4), Mosimann, (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Saxophone – Daniel Galli-Duani (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)
Tape [Tapes] – M.Gira, (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Vocals – M.Gira, (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Words By – M.Gira, (tracks: 1-1 to 2-17), Gira, (tracks: 3-1 to 3-4)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Young God Records
Copyright (c) – Young God Records
Pressed By – CDA ImPressing Solutions, USA – 2735524
Pressed By – CDA ImPressing Solutions, USA – 2735535
Pressed By – CDA ImPressing Solutions, USA – 2735546
Published By – Young God Publishing
Recorded At – Vanguard Studios
Recorded At – Sorcerer Sound
Recorded At – Minot Sound
Mastered At – micro-moose-berlin

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