KILLING JOKE · Extremities, The Albini Demos And Live Beginnings '88 | WHITE LP

Cream white vinyl in standard cover, available exclusively only at independent stores.

Limited edition.

Background information about 'Extremities, The Albini Demos And Live Beginnings '88'

This extraordinary archaeological dig into Killing Joke's vault unearths pure sonic gold from their most transformative period. "Extremities, The Albini Demos And Live Beginnings '88" captures the band at a pivotal moment when frustration morphed into creative fury, documenting both the legendary "Black Cassette" demo sessions mixed by Steve Albini and their explosive first secret show in Birmingham.

Side A transports you directly into Albini's Chicago basement where Geordie Walker and Martin Atkins channeled distance and tension into brutally uncompromising music. The distorted menace of these demos, with their unruly oscillators and Albini frantically running between drum room and control booth, reveals the raw DNA of what would become essential Killing Joke mythology. Side B preserves an even rarer treasure: live excerpts from that historic December 20th, 1988 performance at Burberries, where "Extremities", "The Fanatic", and "The Beautiful Dead" received their baptism by fire in a mirror-lined club crackling with adrenaline and inevitable wall collisions.

For fans of:
Swans, Godflesh, Neurosis, Ministry, Big Black, Shellac

Track listing

A1. Money (Demo)
A2. Unreleased (Demo)
A3. Scrape/North Of The Border
A4. Money (Reflex Mix)
B1. Extremities
B2. The Fanatic
B3. Intravenous
B4. Beautiful Dead

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