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throbbing gristle - heathen earth - mute - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Wave / Pop / Rock - Experimental / Avant garde

1. Cornet
2. The Old Man Smiled
3. Improvisation
4. The World Is A War Film
5. Something Came Over Me
6. Still Talking
7. Bass
8. Don't Do As You're Told, Do As You Think

Heathen earth, originally released in 1980 (Industrial Records), is a live document of a performance by Throbbing Gristle to a small and invited audience on 16 February 1980.

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The album is a testament to a band at the height of their creative powers, recorded just over a year before Throbbing Gristle disbanded and terminated the mission. Contains an eight-page 12” booklet entitled ‘Industrial News’ dedicated to the Heathen Earth and includes an unseen photographic print from the
performance.