Pleasure Heads Must Burn
Pleasure Heads Must Burn | |
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Starring |
Nick Cave Mick Harvey Rowland S. Howard Tracy Pew Phill Calvert |
Music by | The Birthday Party |
Cinematography |
Evan English & Paul Goldman a.k.a. The Rich Kids |
Edited by | John Hillcoat |
Distributed by | VHS, Betamax IKON, DVD Cherry Red |
Release dates |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Language | English |
Pleasure Heads Must Burn is video/DVD by The Birthday Party. Originally issued by IKON in 1984 in Betamax and VHS formats; in 2003 a DVD re-issue based on VHS cassette with additional tracks (see listing below).
Betamax/VHS track list
First 6 tracks recorded live at The Haçienda in Manchester on 22 July 1982, tracks 8-14 recorded live at The Haçienda in Manchester on 24 February 1983. "Nick The Stripper" is a promo video shot by Evan English & Paul Goldman (a.k.a. The Rich Kids) (edited by John Hillcoat) in Melbourne-Camberwell on 2 February 1981.
- "Dead Joe"
- "A Dead Song"
- "Junkyard"
- "Release the Bats"
- "(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn"
- "Big Jesus Trash Can"
- "Nick The Stripper"
- "Hamlet (Pow!Pow!Pow!)"
- "Pleasure Avalanche"
- "Six Inch Gold Blade"
- "Wild World"
- "The Six Strings That Drew Blood"
- "Sonny's Burning"
- "She's Hit"
DVD track list
Track 1 is a promo video shot by Evan English & Paul Goldman (a.k.a. The Rich Kids) (edited by John Hillcoat) in Melbourne-Camberwell on 2-Feb-81, tracks 2-3 recorded live at The Ace Cinema in Brixton on 25-Nov-82, track 4 recorded live at the Trade Union Club in Sydney on 14-May-83, track 5 recorded at VPRO TV studios for "Götterdämmerung 2000" TV show in Jul-1982, tracks 6-11 recorded live at The Haçienda in Manchester on 22-Jul-82 and tracks 12-18 recorded live at The Haçienda in Manchester on 24-Feb-83.
- "Nick the Stripper"
- "Fears Of Gun/"
- "Hamlet (Pow!Pow!Pow!)"
- "Deep In The Woods"
- "Junkyard"
- "Dead Joe"
- "A Dead Song"
- "Junkyard"
- "Release The Bats"
- "(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn"
- "Big Jesus Trash Can"
- "Hamlet (Pow!Pow!Pow!)"
- "Pleasure Avalanche"
- "Six Inch Gold Blade"
- "Wild World"
- "The Six Strings That Drew Blood"
- "Sonny's Burning"
- "She's Hit"
Personnel
- Nick Cave – vocals, saxophone, drums
- Rowland S. Howard – Guitar, vocals, saxophone
- Mick Harvey – Organ, piano, guitar, vocals, drums
- Tracy Pew – Bass, clarinet, double bass
- Phill Calvert – Drums
- Des Hefner - Drums on DVD track 4, live 1983