The Art, Music & Writings of Geoffrey Rushton alias John Balance: The Years 1979–1986

Compilation by John Balance

Released 15 June 2024

Tracklist

  • 12" Vinyl 1: Murderwerkers 1979–1981
  • 1
    Murderwerkers (Part1)
    Murderwerkers
    16:38
  • 2
    Murderwerkers (Part 2)
    Murderwerkers
    24:07
  • 12" Vinyl 2: Murderwerkers 1979–1981 / Stabmental 1980
  • 1
    Murderwerkers (Part 3)
    Murderwerkers
    12:19
  • 2
    The Darker Side of Psychic Youth (Part1) (first track Blue Funk (Scars for E) on Standrad Response 1980)
    Murderwerkers
    14:38
  • 3
    The Darker Side of Psychic Youth (Part 2)
    Murderwerkers
    13:38
  • 4
    Thin Veil of Blood
    Stabmental
    3:04
  • 5
    Jamming Session (Part 1)
    Stabmental
    4:02
  • 6
    Jamming Session (Part 2)
    Stabmental
    3:24
  • 12" Vinyl 3: The Playroom Tape 1981 - The Live Tape 1981
  • 1
    Antarctic
    A House
    1:41
  • 2
    Slaughterhouse
    A House
    3:40
  • 3
    It’s All the Same
    A House
    7:14
  • 4
    Send Section
    A House
    5:12
  • 5
    Purple Dress
    A House
    2:33
  • 6
    Weathering
    A House
    6:37
  • 7
    Voice From Radio
    A House
  • 8
    Slaughterhouse
    A House
  • 9
    Lucy Loves
    A House
  • 10
    Purple Dress
    A House
  • 11
    I Can’t Talk to You Just Now
    A House
  • 12
    Meandering
    A House
  • 13
    Shanti Shanti
    A House
  • 14
    Summer Song
    A House
  • 12" Vinyl 4: Demos and Solo Recordings on the Hearsay and Heresy Label 1982/1983 / Tracks With and Written for Cultural Amnesia 1980–1983
  • 1
    Child Walks Away
    2:28
  • 2
    On Balance/Touches and Torments 1
    4:48
  • 3
    Comfortable (Raw Like Sewage)
    1:37
  • 4
    Stealing the Words/Birdsong Collage 3/8/1982
    4:20
  • 5
    Untitled Drum Machine Harmonized
    2:57
  • 6
    Casio Tones Fuzz/Whah
    2:04
  • 7
    Touches and Torments 2 (I See Your Face)
    2:22
  • 8
    Sleazy’s Song for the Puppy (for John Balance)
    Peter Christopherson
    3:24
  • 9
    Yellowstone
    2:02
  • 10
    Scars for E
    6:45
  • 11
    Fetish for Today
    3:30
  • 12
    Here to Go
    4:11
  • 13
    Hot in the House
    6:16
  • 14
    Spoilt Children
    5:04
  • 12" Vinyl 5: Demos and Solo Recordings on the Hearsay and Heresy Label 1982/1983
  • 1
    Casio Works 1. 2/1983
    10:05
  • 2
    Casio Works 2. 2/1983
    4:03
  • 3
    Casio Works 3. 2/1983
    10:44
  • 4
    Untitled Drum Machine Casio
    4:59
  • 5
    Untitled Whale Song Collage
    6:50
  • 6
    Stealing the Words (long version)
    9:04
  • 12" Vinyl 6: Early Demos, Versions and Compilation Contributions 1983–1985
  • 1
    Red Weathe
    Coil
    4:12
  • 2
    Silence and Secrecy (Section) Live at Magenta Club, London 5/8/1983
    Coil
    4:50
  • 3
    S Is for Sleep
    Coil
    3:26
  • 4
    Here to Here (Double Headed Secret)
    Coil
    4:52
  • 5
    Dream Photography
    Coil
    3:23
  • 6
    Sickton (demo)
    Coil
    3:27
  • 7
    The Wheel (early version – sparser mix)
    Coil
    2:59
  • 8
    Aqua Regis (take 1)
    Coil
    3:58
  • 9
    A Minor Castrophe (demo)
    Coil
    2:45
  • 10
    His Body Was a Playground for the Nazi Elite (take 1 – early version)
    Coil
    2:32
  • 11
    Homage to Sewage
    Coil
    2:23
  • 12
    Neither His nor Yours
    Coil
    2:51
  • 12" Vinyl 7: How to Destroy Angles 1984 / Sickness of Snakes Mixes 1983/1984
  • 1
    How to Destroy Angels (1984)
    Coil
    16:41
  • 2
    Absolute Elsewhere
    Coil
    3:21
  • 3
    Various Hands (original mix)
    Coil
    3:40
  • 4
    The Swelling of Leeches (demo)
    Coil
    2:12
  • 5
    Pope Held Upside Down (original mix)
    Coil
    3:45
  • 6
    The Wheel - Early (demo)
    Coil
    3:00
  • 7
    His Body Was a Playground for the Nazi Elite (demo)
    Coil
    3:37
  • 8
    Untitled 1
    Coil
    2:45
  • 9
    The Swelling of Leeches (the original mix)
    Coil
    3:04
  • 12" Vinyl 8: Demos 1984/1985
  • 1
    Boy in a Suitcase
    Coil
    8:00
  • 2
    The First Five Minutes After Death (backsound layer)
    Coil
    3:38
  • 3
    Aqua Regalia (demo)
    Coil
    6:15
  • 4
    Ergot (demo)
    Coil
    6:16
  • 5
    Tenderness of Wolves (early instrumental)
    Coil
    4:24
  • 6
    Ubu Noir (early version)
    Coil
    1:09
  • 7
    Panik (take 6)
    Coil
    4:04
  • 8
    Cathedral in Flames (early version)
    Coil
    6:35
  • 9
    Godhead = Deadhead (instrumental, different version)
    Coil
    6:23
  • 12" Vinyl 9: Sound Sources for Tape Release: The New Blockaders / Coil / Vortex Campaign 1984
  • 1
    Raw Coil (Synth)
    Coil
    4:59
  • 2
    Raw Coil (Guitar)
    Coil
    8:50
  • 3
    Raw Aleister Crowley (Spoken Word)
    Coil
    13:05

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