Record collection, Part 5, The Birthday Party 23/5-14

Now, we've really reached one of the favorite sections in my record collection.

The Birthday Party - Prayers On Fire (LP)
1981 (4AD)
First official BP album and an amazing debut it is.

The Birthday Party / Lydia Lunch - Drunk On The Popes Blood / The Agony Is The Ecstacy (12'')

1982 (Missing Link)

BP side is, as it says on the cover, 16 minutes of hell. A classic live recording.

LL side is just one long track.

The Birthday Party - Junk Yard (LP)
1982 (4AD)
More furious and harder hitting tracks than Prayers On Fire. Considered the best output by some.

The Birthday Party - The Front Row Is Not For The Fragile (LP)

1982 (Tuff Monk Records)

A semi-okay live bootleg. The only reason Lunch is portrayed/mentioned on the cover is that she performs one song with BP.

The Birthday Party - The Friend Catcher (12'')
1983 (4AD)
Singles compilation EP.

 The Birthday Party - The Bad Seed (12'')
1983 (4AD)

The Birthday Party - Mutiny! (12'')
1983 (Mute)

The last two studio recordings by BP. The recording session for Mutiny was also released as a DVD a while back, where it really shows that BP (by then) were disintegrating.
At the same time, the tracks on these two 12'' LP's are amongst the best tracks by the band.