CHRISTIAN DEATH - ONLY THEATRE OF PAIN - 40th Anniversary Box Set

FRONTIER

£103.50

Format: Box Set
Catalogue No.: FRONTIER310071
Barcode: 8435008875930
Release Date: 18 Nov 2022
Genre: Independent

2xLP + hard cover book + poster. Box set in hard slip case.
Weight 3kg

CHRISTIAN DEATH was formed by Rozz Williams in Los Angeles, California in 1979.

Williams was eventually joined by guitarist/songwriter Rikk Agnew of ADOLESCENTS, James McGearty on bass and George Belanger on drums. This CHRISTIAN DEATH line-up was responsible for recording the band's iconic 1982 debut, ONLY THEATRE OF PAIN, widely regarded as the #1 American goth album of all-time.

This exclusive double-LP version of OTOP commemorates its 40th anniversary- the first disc is the digitally remastered, original version of the album while the second disc is comprised of "Dogs" from HELL COMES TO YOUR HOUSE, four pre-Frontier demos, two studio demos made for a second Frontier Records' LP that never happened and two alternate studio mixes from OTOP. The gatefold LP jacket is printed in its original its black and metallic gold, includes a Colver collage poster and a hardcover copy of the photo book, ONLY THEATRE OF PAIN and all come in a hard slipcase.

The oversized 12" x 12" book features rare and never-before-seen photos of CHRISTIAN DEATH as well as new interviews with photographer Edward C. Colver, the surviving band members, Frontier's Lisa Fancher and others. Colver befriended the band and followed them around in late 1981 and early 1982 at more than a dozen concerts as well as photo shoots in Rozz Williams' family home (used on the back cover and insert of ONLY THEATRE OF PAIN) and a session of now famous images at a Pomona CA cemetery.

This is one-time only, strictly-limited edition box set, never to be sold as a set once these are gone.

SIDE ONE
1. Cavity - First Communion 2. Figurative Theatre 3. Burnt Offerings 4. Mysterium Iniquitatis 5. Dream For Mother

SIDE TWO
1. Stairs - Uncertain Journey 2. Spiritual Cramp 3. Romeo's Distress 4. Resurrection - Sixth Communion 5. Prayer

SIDE THREE
1. Dogs 2. Romeo's Distress (Demo) 3. Deathwish (Demo) 4. Desperate Hell (Demo)
5. Spiritual Cramp (Demo) 6. Cavity - First Communion (Demo)

SIDE FOUR
1. Sleepwalk (1982 Frontier Demo) 2. Invocation (1982 Frontier Demo) 3. Cavity - First Communion (Alternate Version) 4. Lord's Prayer (Alternate Version)