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Release Date: 2003-09

Label: Storm

A collection of both studio and rare live/unreleased material. Housed in a cardboard gatefold sleeve. Distributed by Tesco Distribution. Contains a 24-page booklet.

Disc I (Studio)
1-2: recorded and mixed at John Altmann studios, San Francisco. Originally released as Empire Of Passion/Splice Of Life 7" (Adolescent, 1980).
3-11: recorded on 8-track at Slava Ranko's home studio in 1980. Mixed at Army St. Studios, San Francisco. Originally released on Scheintot LP (Adolescent, 1981).
12: 2-track recording, 18th St. flat, San Francisco, 1979.
13: 8-track recording, Slava Ranko's, San Francisco, 1980.

Disc II (The Unknown Factrix)
1: live at CBGB's, New York City, 1981.
2: 2-track recording, rehearsal studio, mixed with a Deaf Club performance tape, San Francisco, 1979.
3: recorded at John Altmann Studios, San Francisco, 1981.
4: Live at CBGB's, New York City, 1981.
5: recorded at John Altmann Studios, San Francisco, 1981. Originally released on California Babylon LP (Subterranean, 1982).
6: recorded at John Altmann Studios, San Francisco, 1981.
7: recorded live at Ed Mock Dance Studio, San Francisco, 1981. Originally released on California Babylon LP (Subterranean, 1982).
8: Live at Savoy Tivoli, San Francisco, 1980, with special guest Bachelors Even.
9: live at CBGB's, New York City, 1981.
10: live at Exit, Chicago, 1981.
11: recorded at John Altmann Studios, San Francisco, 1981.
12: 2-track recording, rehearsal studio, San Francisco, Summer Solstice event soundscape, 1980.
13: recorded live in Death Valley, California, 1985.
14: 8-track recording, Awede (home studio), Windsor, Vermont, 1982.
15: recorded at John Altmann Studios, San Francisco, 1981.
16: live cassette, Monte's Motel Hell, Oakland, CA, 1981.

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