*THROBBING GRISTLE & INDUSTRIAL RECORDS NEWS - June 2011*
'Sleazy' Peter Martin Christopherson (27/02/1955 - 24/11/2010) - We miss him dearly...
To eliminate any further speculation, rumours or disinformation: Throbbing Gristle (through these, the very saddest of circumstances) concur with Sleazy's comments of 10th November 2010:
"About the future of TG live. I do not regard it as possible for any changed band or variation of personnel to perform live as Throbbing Gristle without all the original four of us on stage.”
Industrial Records hereby announces it's official re-activation.
IR is the sole representative of, and ONLY official label representing and releasing records by Throbbing Gristle.
TG’s contract with Mute/EMI expired in June 2010, and despite a number of other offers and proposals, all four members of TG elected to re-start Industrial Records to re-release the IR/TG catalogue and the final TG studio album 'Desertshore' along with other archival recordings.
IR has purchased ALL the remaining warehouse stock of the Mute Records editions of TG recordings. The first batch for sale comprises of the last remaining copies of the original editions of TGV DVD boxed-set, Part Two - Endless Not CD and double vinyl LP along with bargain priced 'end-of-line' titles including - The Second Annual Report / D.O.A. The Third & Final Report / Heathen Earth / 20 Jazz Funk Greats.
*These items will be for sale exclusively via the TG Mail Order site from 20th June.*
http://tg.greedbag.com/dept/~available-now/*FORTHCOMING TG RELEASES*
*TG Vinyl Re Releases*
On 26th September 2011 IR will release a series of Deluxe Vinyl Editions of the
following TG titles:
The Second Annual Report
D.O.A. The Third & Final Report
Heathen Earth
20 Jazz Funk Greats
Throbbing Gristle's Greatest Hits
Each title will be an edition of 2000 copies.
Chris Carter has remastered the audio and the LP's come packaged with an 8 page full colour booklet featuring some previously unpublished photos, press reviews from the time, and other visual ephemera from the Industrial Records archive.
(Please note that any recent coloured vinyl versions of the same albums are 'bootleg' copies of VASTLY inferior quality. These records were cynically made available to exploit Peter's death, and are NOT authorised by TG or Industrial Records Ltd. Be assured we are actively tracking down the culprits.)
*TG Digital Downloads*
On 26th September 2011 IR will make the following titles available as digital downloads in AAC, MP3 and FLAC formats:
The Second Annual Report
D.O.A. The Third & Final Report
Heathen Earth
20 Jazz Funk Greats
Throbbing Gristle's Greatest Hits
These titles have been remastered by Chris Carter and come with their original IR LP artworks and multi-page booklets in PDF format.
*TG CD Re Releases*
On 26th September 2011 IR will make the following titles available as part of a 'TG Time Capsule' CD series of reissues.
The Second Annual Report
D.O.A. The Third & Final Report
Heathen Earth
20 Jazz Funk Greats
Throbbing Gristle's Greatest Hits
Each title has been remastered by Chris Carter and comes packaged for the first time in the digi-pak format to better represent their original IR LP artwork. Each release in this 'Time Capsule' series, comes with an additional disc of selected TG live performances culled from our TG24 archive recordings. They are selected to represent TG live performances specific to the original release year of each album.