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Back and Forth was the self-published debut album from Skinny Puppy, released in 1984. It was supposed to be a limited edition of 50 copies but only 35 were actually made. The first 15 copies were dubbed at a normal speed, while the remaining 20 were dubbed at a high speed, making them slightly inferior to the first 15. This album was remastered and rereleased in 1992 as Back and Forth: Series 2, with additional tracks. The inner sleeve includes a detail of George Tooker's 1950 painting Subway.



These tracks appear in a remastered form on BACK AND FORTH SERIES TWO.
The mix of 'Sleeping Beast' included here is a different (and shorter)
mix from those included later on the 'Remission' and 'Back & Forth
Series 2' releases.

Skinny Puppy - Back and Forth (1984):

1	Skinny Puppy	Sleeping Beast (B+F1 Raw)	5:33
2	Skinny Puppy	K-9 (B+F1 Raw)	3:29
3	Skinny Puppy	Quiet Solitude (B+F1 Raw)	4:36
4	Skinny Puppy	The Pit (B+F1 Raw)	3:15
5	Skinny Puppy	Dead Of Winter (B+F1 Raw)	7:02
6	Skinny Puppy	A.M. / Meat Flavour (B+F1 Raw)	1:53
7	Skinny Puppy	Edge Of Insanity (B+F1 Raw)	1:28

(VA) Minimal Electronics: Volume 3

Okey-Dokey...

This is ME: V. 3.


(VA) Minimal Electronics - Volume 3 (Date Unknown):

1	Kid Death And The Nightshades	Venus In Furs (Velvet Underground Cover)	4:37
2	Shut Up	Hey Joe	5:22
3	Neon	Fade To Grey (Visage Cover)	5:21
4	Neal Von Non & The Guinea Pigs	A Hard Day's Night	3:32
5	Two Man Submarine	Mysterious Kitchens Compilation	2:06
6	Art Lepers	Assimilate (Skinny Puppy)	6:58
7	Moebius	Light My Fire	3:29
8	Caroline Williams And Spectre	These Boots Are Made For Walking (Nancy Sinatra)	2:45
9	H.G. Wells	Pleasent Valley Sunday (The Monkees Cover)	4:48
10	Mad M	Leave In Silence (Depeche Mode Cover)	4:39
11	Un-4-Scene	Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed Cover)	3:48
12	Height Dismay	Girl From Ipanema	2:10
13	Soft Cell	Paranoid	2:25

(VA) Minimal Electronics: Volume 2

As promised, this is Volume 2.

Volume 3 to follow, on Wednesday.

(VA) Minimal Electronics - Volume 2 (Date Unknown):

1	Second Glance	You Really Got A Hold On Me	3:06
2	Pseudo Elektronixx	Back in The USSR	2:15
3	Aaron Sutcliffe	Money Honey	3:06
4	Jeanette und das land Z	Pouppee De Cire, Pouppee De So	2:26
5	L´aventure Imaginaire	Cos I Love You (Slade Cover)	4:08
6	Psychobod	I Only Have Eyes	4:50
7	Sista Mannen Pa Jordon	I Want You To Want Me	3:22
8	Distain!	Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana Cover)	5:27
9	Lassigue Bendthaus	Jealous Guy (Poeme Syncope)	4:13
10	OMD	The More I See You	4:12
11	Paul Gardinier	Venus in Furs	3:27
12	Fragments	Nut Bush City Limits	3:43
13	Psyche	Che (Suicide Cover)	4:57
14	Second Decay	You Will Always Find Me in Kitchens at Parties	3:04
15	Modern Jazz	Green Green Grass of Home	4:06
16	Pinker Tone	Louie Louie (Kingsmen Cover)	3:01
17	Joe Crow	Compulsion	4:19
18	Trans X	Safety Dance	5:44
19	Jeff & Jane Hudson	The Girl from Ipanema (Tom Jobin Cover)	2:29

(VA) Minimal Electronics: Volume 1

I love the internet.

You can find so much stuff out there, created by music fans of all stripes.

Case in point, this three-volume set. I know absolutely nothing about it, other than some people have put selections from it onto their podcast/internet radio playlists.

This is the music of dark, German nightclubs in the late 70s/early 80s. This is what you would hear if you were in tune with what was happening in the electronic underground during that time.

However, not all songs are from the original Post-Punk Era. Indeed, you'll even find a cover of Nirvana on a subsequent volume (which I'll be featuring later this week).

This didn't come with album cover art, though I did find the image above somewhere, in relation to this collection. So I've reproduced them for all three volumes.


(VA) Minimal Electronics - Volume 1 (Date Unknown):

1	Ensemble Pittoresque	Maitre Satori	4:04
2	Ensemble Pittoresque	Auratorium	5:28
3	Clock Dva	Four Hours	3:52
4	No More	Hypnotized	1:37
5	Schleimer K	She´s Gone	3:29
6	Schleimer K	On The Odd Again	4:31
7	Schleimer K	Women	3:03
8	Schleimer K	Hang Ups	3:25
9	A Blaze Colour	Cold As Ever	3:32
10	Vo Ese	Rike´s Birthday	3:52
11	Van Kaye & Ignit	Picassos On The Wall	3:36
12	P1	E-49 Second Romance	2:53
13	Weltklang	Heimat	2:25
14	Clock Dva	Brigade	3:28
15	Vice Versa	Genetic Warfare	3:38
16	Vice Versa	Stilyagi	4:18
17	Vice Versa	Eyes Of Christ	3:03
18	Geile Tiere	Geile Tiere	3:34
19	Controlled Bleeding	Rings Of Fire	3:44
20	Twice A Man	Happy Life	4:22