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, mild creases on edges, surface ringwear, left spine is readable; INNER in great condition but mild creases on edges/corners; please for details see photos (with and without flashlight). Vinyl is in VG+/EX condition [barely played] and plays wonderfully.

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THESE IMMORTAL SOULS

An off-shoot of Crime & the City Solution, which was itself an off-shoot of the Birthday Party, These Immortal Souls gave guitarist Rowland S. Howard a chance to flex his own songwriting chops. Bluesy and darkly atmospheric, the band often evoked the spirit of Southern Gothic literature, both in their dramatic music and their lyrical storytelling. The Australian-born Howard had risen to prominence as Nick Cave's collaborator in the Birthday Party, after which he co-founded Crime & the City Solution, which also included his bass-playing brother Harry Howard and, later, drummer Epic Soundtracks (ex-Swell Maps and Jacobites).

"GET LOST DON'T LIE!"

tracklist

Side A: MARRY ME (LIE! LIE!) - HIDE - HEY! LITTLE CHILD - THESE IMMORTAL SOULS

Side B: I ATE THE KNIFE - "BLOOD AND SAND" SHE SAID - ONE IN SHADOW, ONE IN SUN - UNTITLED*

*B4 unlisted on the release

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 016025 300488

Label Code: none

LABEL: MUTE - ORANGE LABEL - GOLD TEXT

 Catalog on cover: STUMM 48

Catalog on labels: (Side B only) STUMM 48

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): STUMM 48 A CED DB.TAPE ONe

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): STUMM-48 B1 PAG FEAR AND SELF LOATING IN LONDON DB.TAPEONe

On labels: (Side B only) rim text " Unauthorised.........prohibited"

p & c 1987 Mute Records Ltd........

All rights........reserved

All tracks........Copyright Control

On Inner Sleeve: Credits & Lyrics

On Back Cover: Tracklist

℗ & © 1987 Mute Records Ltd    Made in England

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RECORD VG+/EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Led by guitarist Rowland S. Howard of the Birthday Party, These Immortal Souls wander through the haze of smoky cabarets and faded photos worn at the edges on their full-length debut, Get Lost (Don't Lie). Throughout this bleak and paranoid midnight journey, the band plays dark marches ("Marry Me [Lie! Lie!]" and "Hide"); Velvet Underground-inspired, repetitive, piano rock ("Hey! Little Child"); and atmospheric Doors-meets-Bowie somber rock & roll ("These Immortal Souls"). They even cover the song "Hey! Little Child" by Big Star power pop genius Alex Chilton. This monumental album by dark poets of the soul -- Rowland S. Howard, Genevieve McGuckin, Harry Howard, and Epic Soundtracks (founder of the Swell Maps who, sadly, was found dead in 1997) -- draws from sources such as Leonard Cohen, the Rolling Stones, and even Joy Division while completely avoiding the trappings of the goth genre. Simultaneously rocking, strangely beautiful, and scary, this album foreshadowed the sound of bands to come over a decade later, like Three Mile Pilot, the Black Heart Procession, Slaves, and Pleasure Forever. These Immortal Souls made up a short, but brilliant branch of the Birthday Party lineage that wrongly goes far less noticed than the Bad Seeds...(AllMusic)