4AD and reissue imprint Beggars Archive this week announced a new special-edition 30th anniversary reissue of Junk Yard, the second album from Nick Cave’s pre-Bad Seeds outfit The Birthday Party. The release, due out sometime later this year in Europe only, will feature Henry Rollins’ 2000 remaster of the album on a 12-inch LP, plus a 7-inch single featuring a new, 2012 remaster of “Release the Bats” and “Blast Off.” Finally, all 12 LP and 7-inch tracks will be collected on a bonus CD as well.
Beggars Archive has not announced an exact release date for the Junk Yard reissue, and stresses, “This edition is not available in Australasia or the USA.”
Tracklist: The Birthday Party, Junk Yard
SIDE A
1. “She’s Hit”
2. “Dead Joe”
3. “The Dim Locator”
4. “Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)”
5. “Several Sins”
SIDE B
1. “Big-Jesus-Trash-Can”
2. “Kiss Me Black”
3. “6” Gold Blade”
4. “Kewpie Doll”
5. “JunkYard”
BONUS 7-INCH
1. “Release The Bats”
2. “Blast Off”
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- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce final 3 reissues with 5.1 Surround, bonus material
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds reissuing 4 more albums with 5.1 mixes, bonus material
- Nick Cave’s Grinderman to release 2nd album, tour Europe and North America
- 3 more Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds albums to be reissued with 5.1 mixes
- Video: Shane MacGowan enlists Nick Cave, Mick Jones for Haiti single
- Rowland S. Howard, guitarist for Nick Cave’s The Birthday Party, 1959-2009
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ first 4 albums to be reissued, remixed in 5.1
I was wondering when TBP’s work was going to get the reissue treatment. I wish they’d do a CD reissue with the original tracklisting in place. Starting the album off with “She’s Hit” sets a completely different tone for the experience you’re in for than “Blast Off” (which is still a great song).