The BIRTHDAY PARTY
05 June 1982
Vera, Groningen, The Netherlands
Recorded and broadcast by VARA Radio.

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This was the start of the "This is the last day of the rest of your life" tour with Lydia Lunch and Roland S. Howard

01 Junkyard
02 The Friend Catcher
03 Big-Jesus-Trash-Can
04 A Dead Song
05 Dead In The Head (A.K.A. Slaughterhouse) (guest vocals by Lydia Lunch)
06 Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)
07 (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn
08 She's Hit

Line up :
Nick Cave (vocals), Mick Harvey (guitar),
Rowland S. Howard (guitar), Tracy Pew (bass), Phillip Calvert (drums)

Note:
An audience recording of the complete gig does exist. If anyone here has this please consider sharing. Complete set list should be:
01. Dead Joe
02. Junkyard
03. The Friend Catcher
04. Big-Jesus-Trash-Can
05. Sad Dark Eyes
06. A Dead Song
07. Dead In The Head (with Lydia Lunch)
08. Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)
09. (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn
10. She's Hit
11. Release The Bats
12. Catman
13. Loose

Also released as the bootleg "The Front Row Is Not For The Fragile" on Tuff Monk Records but is missing last four songs of show:
A1 Dead Joe
A2 Junkyard
A3 Friendcatcher
A4 Big Jesus Trash Can
B1 Sad Dark Eyes
B2 A Dead Song
B3 Slaughterhouse
B4 Hamlet (Pow! Pow! Pow!)
B5 Pleasure Heads (Must Burn)