Gentlemen, Start Your Egos

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Album Info

Release Date: 1991-11-25

Label: Shock

This album is a compilation featuring the earlier "Form And Meaning Reach Ultimate Communion" and some subsequent single B-sides.

Track 6, 'Defecate on My Face (country version)' is unlisted.

Track 1 recorded at Timbertop Studios, Ringwood, August 1986.
Tracks 2 and 3 recorded at the same place as track 1, April 1986.
Track 4 recorded in Glen Waverley, January 1985.
Tracks 5 through 8 recorded in Richmond, 7 September 1986.
Track 9 recorded at Platinum Studios, South Yarra, May 1987.
Tracks 10 through 13 recorded at the same place as track 8, January 1988.
Additional recording on track 13 done at Sing Sing Studios, Richmond, May 1989.
Track 14 recorded live at the Old Greek Theatre, Richmond, 17 May 1991.

Songwriting dates and locations:
1) February 1982, St Kilda
2) November 1985, St Kilda
3) August 1985, St Kilda
4) January 1985, Glen Waverley
5) September 1985, Glen Waverley
6) unknown, possibly 1982-3
7) August 1986, Richmond
8) 7 September 1986, Richmond
9) September 1983, Springvale
10) April 1987, Prahran
11) January 1986, South Yarra
12) October 1986, Richmond
13) August 1985, Middle Park
14) August 1985, St Kilda

Tracks 1 to 3, plus 5 to 8 are from the mini-album 'Form And Meaning Reach Ultimate Communion', which was released by Elvis Records in November 1986 (ER 1202).

Track 4 is an earlier version of 'Take Your Love' that's previously unreleased. It's an outtake which was recorded in January 1985. This earlier version of 'Take Your Love' is a different recording from the one released on the 1986 mini-album 'Form And Meaning Reach Ultimate Communion'.

Track 9 is from the '40 Years (Then Death)' 12-inch single, which was released by Elvis Records in September 1987 (6864 5).
Track 10 is from 'The Ballad Of John Bonham's Coke Roadie' 12-inch single, which was released by Elvis Records in May 1988 (ER1204).
Track 11 is from the 'I'm Interested In Apathy' 7-inch and 12-inch singles, which were released by Elvis Records in November 1988 (MUS SP 2002 / MUS 12" 2002).
Track 12 is a remix from the 'Saturday Night Palsy' 7-inch single, which was released by Elvis Records on March 13th 1989 (MUS SP2005).
Track 13 is from the 'Martin Scorsese Is Really Quite A Jovial Fellow' 7-inch single, which was released by Elvis Records on July 24th 1989 (ER 0077 / MUS SP 2009).
Track 14 was recorded live at the Old Greek Theatre in Richmond, VIC, Australia during May 1991 (never previously released). In July 1986 the 'Defecate On My Face' 7-inch single included a studio recording of the song 'Death Death Death' that was 3:05 in length (ER0072).

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