Form and Meaning Reach Ultimate Communion

Form and Meaning Reach Ultimate Communion
EP by TISM
Released 1986
Recorded Side One (Form):
Timbertop Studio April-August 1986
Side Two (Meaning)
TISM's Loungeroom September 7, 1986
Genre Alternative rock
Length 22:10
Label Elvis Records
TISM chronology

This Is Serious Mum
(1985)		 Form and Meaning Reach Ultimate Communion
(1986)		 Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance
(1988)

Form and Meaning Reach Ultimate Communion is a 1986 EP by the anonymous Australian band TISM. It was only ever released as a 12" vinyl record and is very hard to find today. The material was rereleased in 1991 on the album Gentlemen, Start Your Egos.

The first pressings had a blue cover and a poster featuring Jimi Hendrix in a KKK uniform and an excerpt from the then-fictional "TISM Guide to Little Aesthetics", two more of which were featured on the gatefold. When the album was rereleased in 1988, it had a red cover, Musicland stickers on the back and no poster. The quality of the cardboard was noticeably poorer compared to the original pressings. Both pressings were limited to 2000 copies.

The album rose to Number 1 on the Australian Alternative Charts.

Side 1 was professionally recorded at the Timbertop Studios in multiple takes and professionally mixed and mastered. Side 2 was recorded live to VHS tape in TISM's loungeroom in Richmond and mastered directly to the LP. The tracks recorded in the Timbertop sessions were originally meant to be a 7" single for "Mistah Eliot - He Wanker".

Track listing

Side Form
No. Title Length
1. "Mistah Eliot - He Wanker"   3:17
2. "A Faceful of Divertamenti"   2:49
3. "Kill Yourself Now and Avoid the Rush"   3:25
Side Meaning
No. Title Length
4. "Take Your Love"   2:13
5. "Root"   2:37
6. Untitled (Unlisted country version of "Defecate on My Face") 2:09
7. "All Ordinaries Index"   1:50
8. "I'm Into Led Zep"   4:15

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