discography: singles & albums updated 5 December 2007
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album - compilation #04
Palace Of Swords Reversed
Original UK release:
23 November 1987
Cog Sinister
LP: COG1; cassette: COGC1; CD: CDCOG1
Tracklisting:
01. Prole Art Threat
2:01
02. How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'
4:22
03. Totally Wired
3:28
04. Pay Your Rates
3:04
05. Putta Block
4:27
06. An Older Lover
4:38
07. Fit And Working Again
3:00
08. Marquis Cha-Cha
4:36
09. The Man Whose Head Expanded
4:25
10. Neighbourhood Of Infinity (live Munich 4 April 1984)
3:11
11. Kicker Conspiracy
4:22
12. Wings
4:32
13. City Hobgoblins
2:25
14. Leave The Capitol
4:03
(LP - Side 1: tracks 1-6; Side 2: tracks 7-12)
(cassette: tracks 1-14)
(CD: tracks 1-14)
Compilation sources:
Tracks 1, 6, 7 & 14 are from the album Slates; tracks 2 & 13 are from the single How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'; tracks 3 & 5 are from the single Totally Wired; track 4 is from the album Grotesque; track 8 is from the album Room To Live; track 9 is from the single The Man Whose Head Expanded; track 10 is from the album Perverted By Language (live rendition at venue/date as noted above); tracks 11-12 are from the double A-side single Kicker Conspiracy/Wings.
(See each source for songwriting, group personnel, other credits and recording information.)
Compilation credits:
Cover artwork: collage by Mark E Smith
Notes:
A white label promo LP came in a slightly different sleeve, with the title in smaller typeface and the rear photos in different sizes.
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Reissues:
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1998 Voiceprint reissue
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Released on 20 February 1998 on Cog Sinister via Voiceprint.
CD: COGVP107CD
Original LP tracklisting (tracks 1-12). Mastered from vinyl. The initial 1,000 copies came with a bonus CD featuring:
01. Look, Know (Smith/Riley/Hanley, S/Burns/Riley)
02. Tempo House (Hanley, S/Smith)
03. I'm Into C.B. (Smith)
04. Mere Pseudo Mag Editor (Smith)
Tracks 1-4 recorded live at Derby Hall, Bury on 27 April 1982 (although the CD cover says the tracks come from the Band On The Wall, Manchester 1982). Four more tracks from the same gig came on a bonus CD with the initial 1,000 copies of the Room To Live 1998 reissue.
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Front cover
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Front cover promo LP
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