Best Of.... Volume II

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Best Of.... Volume II
Best Of.... Volume II cover
Studio album by Throbbing Gristle
Released 1977
Genre Industrial
Label Industrial Records IRC 1
Producer Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle chronology
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 Best Of.... Volume II
(1977)

Best Of.... Volume II is a cassette release by industrial group Throbbing Gristle, and was the second ever released material by them. It was originally handcopied and limited to 50 copies, but later rereleased in the original TG24 cassette boxset. Its catalogue number was IRC1, which helps to explain why the first Throbbing Gristle album, The Second Annual Report, had a catalogue number of IR2. This was speculated to be given a full release as IR1, though that never came to pass. However, a number of tracks were rerecorded for The First Annual Report, which presumably would've been released as IR1, though as it was never released within Industrial Record's lifespan, the next recorded album was releasd under IR2.

Cover reads: "Inc. Very Friendly, Scars Of E, Slugbait, We Hate You, Dead Ed".

The studio recording of "Very Friendy" is the same as taken from the first Best Of volume, while "Scars Of E", "Dead Bait" (often listed as "Short Instrumental" in many databases), and "10p For A Pack Of Cigarettes" were all rerecorded for The First Annual Report, the latter under the name "10 Pence". The ICA recording of "Slug Bait" was later included in The Second Annual Report, and "We Hate You Little Girls" was later released unchanged as a single. "Slug Bait" is also featured in the only known studio recording of it.


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Side A

  1. "Very Friendly (Studio)" - 11:06
  2. "Very Friendly (ICA)" - 4:01
  3. "Scars Of E (Studio)" - 5:28
  4. "Slug Bait (Studio)" - 4:41
  5. "Dead Bait (Studio)" - 3:28

Side B

  1. "Slug Bait (ICA)" - 4:19
  2. "10p For A Pack Of Cigarettes (Studio)" - 2:58
  3. "We Hate You Little Girls (Studio)" - 2:03
  4. "Dead Head (ICA)" - 4:03
  5. "Dead Head (Winchester)" - 1:29
  6. "Whorle Of Sound (Winchester)" - 13:17
  7. "The End (ICA)" - 1:28