Throbbing Gristle / Various ?– Mission Is Terminated / Nice Tracks

Label: Nice Label ?– EX 39 LY2 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Partially Unofficial
Country: Italy Released: 1983 Genre: Electronic, Rock, Non-Music Style: Interview, New Wave, Industrial, Punk, Experimental

TracklistHide Credits

Nice Tracks A1 –Confusional Quartet Inno D' Italia Arranged By – Confusional QuartetWritten-By – Mameli* 1:04 A2 –Jessica (14) J.T.J (Interview About Ice-cream – Summer 1982) 0:07 A3 –XX Century Zorro Tape-cuttings From The Cassette "La Côte D' Azur" Written-By – Phabio Zig-Ant-E* 2:40 A4 –Elvis Presley Las Vegas – August 22, 1969 0:03 A5 –Sandra Soster Phone Call – July 7, 1982 0:05 A6 –Marco Bertoni / Gianni Gitti Calì Written-By – Marco Bertoni 4:18 A7 –Mark Perry A&M Meeting In Police Tent – Reading – August 28, 1979 0:35 A8 –Skizo Fade Sooner Written-By – Davide Viterbo 4:15 A9 –Gillo Pontecorvo La Battaglia Di Algeri (Excerpt) 0:15 A10 –Federico Fellini Toby Dammit (Excerpt) 0:07 A11 –Enrico Serotti 1.707.000 Written-By – Enrico Serotti 1:24 A12 –No Artist Chinese Woman 0:02 A13 –Sergio Leone Giù La Testa (Excerpt) 0:08 A14a –Monofonic Orchestra La Storia Del West Written-By – Ennio Morricone 2:35 A14b –Marco Guidi Conversations In Bologna At The Tinello Restaurant On September 9, 1981 A15 –Radetzky E Gli Isotopi Il Funerale Di Fruit Flavoured Drops Written By – Igor 1:40 A16 –Salvatore Sechi Conversations In Bologna At The Tinello Restaurant On September 9, 1981 0:03 A17 –Luca Miti Cervello Written-By – Luca Miti 3:47 A18 –Duran Duran From An Interview With Red Ronnie – London, Lindsay Hotel – June 2, 1981 1:02 B1 –Carmelo Bene From William Shakespeare's "Giulietta E Romeo" B2 –Rats Tattoo Written-By – Rats 4:08 B3 –Pope Giovanni Paolo I Discourse On September 1978 0:03 B4 –Ari* From A Video-Interview In Modena On September 2, 1981 0:08 B5 –XX Century Zorro Lacoste Azure Written-By – Phabio Zig-Ant-E* 1:35 B6 –Gianni Gitti Message On The Answering Service 0:08 B7a –Marco Bertoni / Gianni Gitti Saionara Written-By – Marco Bertoni 2:00 B7b –No Artist Russian Radio - Yuri Gagarin Is In The Space - From The Announcement B8 –Alfred Hitchcock From A BBC Interview 0:04 B9 –No Artist Radio Prague - Last Appeals During The German Invasion Of September 1939 0:14 B10 –Neon (10) Stelle E Strisce Producer – Fabrizio FederighiWritten-By – Marcello Michelotti 3:17 B11 –Stevo (5) Taken From The Presentation Of Psychic TV – London, Ritzy Theatre – October 2, 1982 0:05 B12a –Psychic TV Tape Cuttings From Their First Public Exhibition During The Final Academy – London, Ritzy Theatre – October 2, 1982 1:37 B12b –Oderso* Cut One B12c –Majakovskji Words B13 –O-Zone (4) Hommage A Duke Ellington 3:15 B14 –Antonin Artaud Excerpt From "Pour En Finir Avec Le Jugement De Dieu" 0:06 B15 –No Artist Red Indians - Indian Song 0:08 B16 –Cigaro* Frisbee Written-By – Cigaro* 1:40 B17 –Genesis P-Orridge Conversations In Rome At The Florentina Restaurant On March 20, 1981 0:03 B18 –Lord Peter Christopherson* Conversations In Rome At The Florentina Restaurant On March 20, 1981 0:02 B19 –No Artist French Girl - Heavy Breathings In The Porno Film "Les Petites Filles" 0:19 B20 –Confusional Quartet Senza Titolo Written-By – Enrico Serotti 2:44 B21 –Ronnie Peterson (2) From An Interview In Austria At The F1 Grand Prix On August 1978, Two Weeks Before His Fatal Accident 0:02 B22 –Federico Fellini Toby Dammit (Excerpt) 0:28 B23 –Claudia Lloyd Femme Fatale Written-By – Lou Reed 1:52 B24 –Enrico Maria Salerno Untitled Mission Is Terminated C1 –Throbbing Gristle You Dont No Producer – TG*Written-By – Throbbing Gristle 5:18 C2 –Throbbing Gristle Damaru Sunrise Producer – TG*Written-By – Throbbing Gristle 5:09 D1 –Throbbing Gristle Medicine For Catholic Sex (Love Song For Paula) Producer – Sinclair/BrooksWritten-By – Throbbing Gristle 5:10 D2 –Throbbing Gristle Exotic Violence Della Morte Producer – Sinclair/BrooksWritten-By – Throbbing Gristle 4:52

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – Expanded Music
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Expanded Music
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nice Label
• Copyright (c) – Expanded Music

Credits

• Cover – Red Ronnie
• Edited By [Tape Cuttings], Producer – Oderso Rubini (tracks: A1 to B24), Red Ronnie (tracks: A1 to B24)
• Graphics [Graphic] – Anna Persiani
• Interviewer – Red Ronnie (tracks: A1 to B24)
• Painting [Pope Painting] – Monica Franceschi
• Photography By [Car Polaroid] – Red Ronnie
• Photography By [J. T. J. Polaroid] – Momo (39)

Notes

This release features a 12" "Mission is Terminated" by Throbbing Gristle, and "Nice Tracks" a LP containing songs and cut-up spoken word excerpts from various artists. Packaged in gatefold sleeve.

Includes a 12"x12" 16-page fanzine "Red Ronnie's Bazar 3" which mainly contains a long interview with Genesis P-Orridge (in both English and Italian) and photos.

Notes about the confusing tracklist and order of discs:
- The inside gatefold reads that Throbbing Gristle is on sides 2 & 3 and the compilation on sides 1 & 4, which is incorrect. Actually, and also printed on labels, disc 1 plays the LP (sides 1 & 2) and disc 2 plays the 12" (sides 3 & 4) which is reflected on the above tracklist.
- However, etchings on vinyl have a different logic in their suffix (see below matrix/runout etchings).
- Durations printed on sleeve and on labels are slightly different for the 12".
- The front sleeve can be viewed by choice from the TG panel or from the Nice Tracks panel, each matching on the inside-left gatefold with related texts, credits, etc. The 'TG' panel with the illustration of the Pope is generally known as the front sleeve.
- At last, sleeve's spine reads 'EX 39 LY2 Throbbing Gristle "Mission Is Terminated" "Nice Tracks..." Nice Label' which also imply that Throbbing Gristle is the prime artist here.

Track B24 is not listed, however the inside gatefold has an English translation of the dialogue spoken by Enrico Maria Salerno.
Tracks C1 and C2 were recorded live in Sheffield.
Tracks D1 and D2 were previously released on Journey Through A Body.

On the inside gatefold cover (Throbbing Gristle panel): c p 1983 Expanded Music
On labels: ? 1983 Nice Label - Made in Italy

Notes from release: "Recorded when TG was suffering from a terminal illness of an incurable nature. Yera 1981. Definitely a Sinclair/Brooks Production. Higly Rêcoumended. Dedicated to Tremble, Tanith, Caresse and Harry (both). Inspired by love, coumposed by random chence. Celebrating thee Vatican Gun Club and 9mm enthusiasts everywhere. A spell to destroy Charles and Diana. Wherein thee old god's die, tactics change, psychic television chenges its transmission frequency and heads roll.
Cari Saluti to Nero and Caligula...".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: S.I.A.E.
• Matrix / Runout (LP - Side A, hand-etched runout): NEX . 39 LY2 . 3
• Matrix / Runout (LP - Side B, hand-etched runout): NEX . 39 LY2 – 4
• Matrix / Runout (12" - Side C, hand-etched runout): NEX 39.LY2 – 1
• Matrix / Runout (12" - Side D, hand-etched runout): NEX 39 LY2 . 2