This live capturing of the Party's particular bacchanalia, approved by the group, stitches together tracks from a London date in 1981 and a German show in 1982 and threatens at all points to leap from the speakers and throttle innocent bystanders.

The last two classic e.p.s together on one CD together with two extra tracks from the Mutiny session, previously unavailable as studio recordings: Pleasure Avalanche and the original Six Strings That Drew Blood.

Originally credited to The Boys Next Door, the forerunner of The Birthday Party that had been part of the Australian punk scene from as early as 1973. Their debut recordings stand as some of the most significant noise explorations of the era.

The Party's second and final full studio album, also the final release with the five-person lineup, was perhaps their scuzzy masterpiece. It's art / psych / blues / punk fusion taken to, at times, outrageous heights. The CD adds the single Blast Off and Releases The Bats

The album is a subterranean labyrinth peopled by bizarre characters like Nick the Stripper and King Ink, and replete with images of murder, decay, blood, and Kafka-esque insects. Highly recommended for those aspiring to advanced states of dementia.