Industrial Overture

"Strength Of Metal in Motion" Recorded live 1-5: Albany Empire (Deptford) 25-08-82 6: Arch 69 (Waterloo) 14-05-83 7-8 + 12-13: Temperance Hall (Newbury) 24-04-82 9-11: Acklam Hall (Notting Hill) 23-07-82 Previously released on cassette as [r=1862633] omitting two tracks. "Ecstasy Under Duress" Recored at: 1: Britannia Row Studios (London) 2+7: Heaven (London) 11-12-83 3+5: Porterhouse (Retford) 10-12-83 4: Henry Wood Hall (Glasgow) 23-12-83 6: The Batcave (London) 01-08-82 8-9: Arch 69 (Waterloo) 14-05-83 Previously released on cassette, first as [r=167083] omitting one track. "John Peel Sessions & Studio Recordings" 1-3: Goldsmiths Demos 18-03-82 - recorded at Goldsmiths College Refectory, New Cross. 4: Touch Meridians 1 Version 1983 - recorded at Cold Storage Studios, Brixton. Originally appeared on "Touch [r=168600]". 5-7: John Peel Session 15-08-83 - recorded at BBC's Maida Vale Studio 4. Previously released on cassette as [r=1304751]. 8+9: John Peel Session 04-02-85 - recorded at unknown studio; producer & engineer unknown. 10: Trident Studios Version - recorded at Trident Studio. Originally appeared on "[m=472404]". 11+12: Red Herrings Version 1984 - recorded at Ealing Studios, West London, for Red Herrings; producer & engineer unknown. "Atonal & Hamburg" 1-4: Recorded at Atonal Festival (Berlin) 17-02-85. 5-8: Recorded at Markthalle (Hamburg) 27-10-85. Previously released on CD as [r=349912]. Track 8 is previously unreleased. Compiled 2025. Restoration and mastering at Kontrast Mastering. Housed in a 10-panel ecopak with 24 page booklet featuring a specially commissioned essay by Test Dept expert Alexei Monroe, as well as period photographs. Copies ordered at Lexer Music are signed by Gray Cunnington and Paul Jamrozy, exclusive to Lexer Music.