ANITA LANE Dirty Pearl LP MUTE 1993 UK orig STUMM81 BIRTHDAY PARTY-EINSTURZENDE
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THIS IS THE UK ORIGINAL PRESSING on MUTE Records. SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE. The cover is in VG(+) condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration BUT light discolouration/wear on corners/spines, some surface marks/hairlines, mild creases on edges/corners, surface sticker mark on rear (top right), left spine is fully readable; INNER SLEEVE in great condition; please for details see photos. Vinyl is in VG+ condition [barely played, but some clicks].
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ANITA LANE
Anita Lane rose to prominence through her association with Nick Cave and contributed lyrics to such Bad Seeds and Birthday Party recordings as "Kiss Me Black," "From Her to Eternity," and "Stranger Than Kindness." She also appeared on tracks by Barry Adamson, Einstürzende Neubauten, and Mick Harvey. Her sporadic solo career began with the four-song EP Dirty Sings, which showcased her bruised vocal style. 1995's Dirty Pearl was an odds-and-ends collection of tracks that Lane recorded over the period of a decade. Cave and various Bad Seeds members make appearances on the release, as does Einstürzende Neubauten. Bad Seed Mick Harvey produced much of the effort and Barry Adamson contributed to the arrangements. 2001 saw the release of Lane's first fully-realized studio LP, Sex O'Clock.
"DIRTY PEARL"
This album includes contributions, guest appearances and the Dirty Sings EP, recorded between 1982 and 1993.
tracklist: please, for tracklist see pictures
1993 LP MUTE RECORDS STUMM 81
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
NOTES: Recorded in Berlin, London, Sydney and Melbourne 1993 - 1982. Presented here in reverse chronological order
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 5 016025 310814
Label Code: none
LABEL: MUTE - BLACK LABEL - WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: STUMM 81
Catalog on labels: STUMM 81
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): STUMM 81 – AI PR-m SIMON – THE EXCHANGE.
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): STUMM 81 – BI PR-m SIMON – THE EXCHANGE.
On labels: ℗ 1993 Mute Records Limited © 1986 Mute Records Limited
Manufactured in Great Britain
On Inner Sleeve: Lyrics + Credits + Photos
On Back Cover: Tracklist
℗ 1993 Mute Records Limited......Manufactured in Great Britain
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RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Not so much an album as a collection organized in reverse chronological order, Dirty Pearl takes in just about all the various tracks Lane had recorded by herself or with other groups over a decade's worth of recording. Given her early association with Nick Cave and the Birthday Party, it's little surprise that Cave and various Bad Seeds and associated bands, like Einstürzende Neubaten and Die Haut, crop up as backing performers, while Mick Harvey handles most of the production and instrumentation and Barry Adamson contributes some of his sharp arranging skills here and there. If a bit fragmented as a result, Dirty Pearl still makes for an involving listen, demonstrating clearly that her work is worth taking on its own terms instead of simply being a Cave footnote. Besides having a good if at points girlish voice, albeit one that she's shown more control over with time -- rather like Cave! -- she has a taste for smoky sonic settings for her vocals, sometimes low-key and sly, other times frenetic even as she keeps her cool. Her ear for cover versions, in particular, shows somebody unafraid of taking chances -- besides a gripping revamp of the Sisters Sledge hit "Lost in Music," backed in part by Cave and Adamson that originally appeared on the Dirty Sings EP, there's also a more recent take on Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing." Compared to the near-contemporary Soul Asylum groan through the same song, Lane hits incredible heights, her delivery sensuous even as the familiar melody becomes a beautifully dramatic film noir tearjerker. Her originals, including a slew of excellent numbers co-written with Harvey, like the ruined cowboy/western sorrow of "Jesus Almost Got Me" and the heavy moodout of "Picture of Mary," a collaboration with Blixa Bargeld, are just as fine...(AllMusic)
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