The Second Annual Report

The Second Annual Report
Studio album by Throbbing Gristle
Released November 1977
Recorded October 18, 1976-September 3, 1977
Genre Industrial
Label Industrial
IR 0002
Throbbing Gristle chronology
The Second Annual Report
(1977)		 D.o.A: The Third And Final Report
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Piero Scaruffi [2]
Pitchfork Media (8.6/10)[3]

The Second Annual Report is an album by the industrial music group Throbbing Gristle. A combination of live and studio songs, the album was originally released on 12" vinyl in 1977, and later pressed to CD, with additional tracks, in 1991.[4]

The vinyl edition went through several pressings. Industrial Records's original pressing totaled 785 copies, while Fetish Records pressed 2,000 copies. Fetish would press the album twice more after the original Industrial Records master plates were destroyed. The third edition was included in the five-album Throbbing Gristle box set; the album was recut to play backwards and included a chamber orchestra on the track "After Cease to Exist". The Fetish plates were reused to cut pressings made by Mute Records and Celluloid Records, the latter of which was supposedly released without the band's permission.[5][6][7] (At the very least, the Celluloid issue is known to have poor sound quality.[8][9])

In 2008, a limited edition titled The Thirty-Second Annual Report of Throbbing Gristle was released in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the release The Second Annual Report, as well as to mark the official re-activation of the Industrial Records label.[10] The 12" 180gm vinyl LP comprises a recording of Throbbing Gristle's live performance at La Villette in Paris on June 6, 2008, which was a reinterpretation of their original album, and is limited to 777 copies. This album is pre-framed in bespoke, high-quality white gloss acrylic with an easy access clear window for removal of the record/sleeve so that the buyer can play the album and then reseal it in the frame. Accompanying the packaged vinyl is a special "black" extended CD version, which includes extra tracks that would not fit on the LP format. There is a version of the recording available for download, but the track lengths are different from the vinyl edition.

Contents

Track listing

12" vinyl

Side A

  1. "Industrial Introduction" - 1:04
  2. "Slug Bait – ICA" - 4:20
  3. "Slug Bait – Live at Southampton" - 2:45
  4. "Slug Bait – Live at Brighton" - 1:10
  5. "Maggot Death – Live at Rat Club" - 2:59
  6. "Maggot Death – Studio" - 4:34
  7. "Maggot Death – Southampton" - 1:37
  8. "Maggot Death – Brighton" - 0:57

Side B

  1. "After Cease to Exist – The Original Soundtrack of the Coum Transmissions Film" - 20:19

CD release

  1. "Industrial Introduction" - 1:05
  2. "Slug Bait – ICA" - 4:21
  3. "Slug Bait – Live At Southampton" - 2:46
  4. "Slug Bait – Live At Brighton" - 1:19
  5. "Maggot Death – Live At Rat Club" - 2:50
  6. "Maggot Death – Studio" - 4:35
  7. "Maggot Death – Southampton" - 1:37
  8. "Maggot Death – Brighton" - 0:57
  9. "After Cease to Exist – The Original Soundtrack to the Coum Transmissions Film" - 20:19
  10. "Zyklon B Zombie" - 3:52
  11. "United" - 4:05

The Thirty-Second Annual Report of Throbbing Gristle

UK LP+CD Industrial IR2008

12" vinyl

Side A

  1. "Slug Bait" (6:40)
  2. "Slug Bait" (8:16)
  3. "Slug Bait" (2:33)
  4. "Maggot Death" (4:40)

Side B

  1. "After Cease to Exist" (20:33)

CD

  1. "Industrial Introduction" (2:04)
  2. "Slug Bait" (7:28)
  3. "Slug Bait" (8:16)
  4. "Slug Bait" (2:33)
  5. "Maggot Death" (5:00)
  6. "Maggot Death" (8:10)
  7. "Maggot Death" (7:02)
  8. "After Cease to Exist" (20:23)
  9. "Zyklon B Zombie" (6:42)

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Piero Scaruffi review
  3. ^ Pitchfork review
  4. ^ http://brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/ir0002.php?site=tg08
  5. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Throbbing-Gristle-The-Second-Annual-Report/release/591255
  6. ^ http://rateyourmusic.com/release/unauth/throbbing_gristle/second_annual_report/
  7. ^ http://www.interzone23.com/thethe/appearances.html
  8. ^ http://www.docstoc.com/docs/29983304/tg_mc
  9. ^ http://userpages.umbc.edu/~vijay/TG/discography/lps.html
  10. ^ http://throbbing--gristle.blogspot.com/2008/12/thirty-second-annual-report-limited.html
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