Scatology
Coil

	Format: LP Year: 1984 Label: Force & Form/K.422/Some Bizzare - UK Catalog #: FFK 1 Status: out of print side a: Ubu Noir - [MP3] Panic At the Heart of it All - [MP3] Tenderness of Wolves The Spoiler Clap side b: Solar Lodge - [MP3] The Sewage Worker's Birthday Party Godhead=Deathead Cathedral in Flames - [MP3] Personnel: John Balance Peter Christopherson with... Clint Ruin [Jim Thirlwell] - additional sampling on "Panic," overdubs on "At the Heart of It All" Stephen E. Thrower - clarinet on "At the Heart of It All," "Solar Lodge" Alex Ferguson - guitar on "Tenderness of Wolves" Gavin Friday - vocals on "Tenderness of Wolves" Raoul Revere [Marc Almond] - guitar on "Restless Day" Details: First pressing of 3000 copies had an "Anal Staircase" postcard pasted over the Black Sun design on the cover. The same image was later used for the sleeve of the Anal Staircase 12". Second pressing of 2000 had a "Sexual Architechture" postcard pasted on the cover of random copies. Some copies included an A4 insert with a advert for the album and the Panic / Tainted Love 12" on one side, and a listing of other Some Bizzare releases on the other. Two more editions were planned but never released: a "skidmarked" coloured vinyl edition an edition with a bonus 7" on the German label Record Vox The working title for this album was Poisons, and John Balance originally intended to release it on his own Hearsay And Heresy label. The track "The Sewage Worker's Birthday Party" was originally intended for release as a single-sided flexidisk to be included with an issue an Italian magazine called "Free". This release never took place. Vinyl etching: Side A - I AM PERPLEXED Side B - THE HILLS ARE ALIVE Images: front cover - with "Anal Staircase" postcard close-up of "Anal Staircase" postcard front cover - with "Sexual Architechture" postcard close-up of "Sexual Architechture" postcard front cover - with Black Sun design labels: side A, side B insert lyrics: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 reviews: Melody Maker, NME, Sounds, The Beat, Time Out, Unsound

	Format:CD Year:1988 Label:Force & Form/K.422/Some Bizzare - UK Catalog #: FFK CD1 Status: available (but cursed by Coil) Tracks: Ubu Noir - [MP3] Panic At the Heart of it All - [MP3] Tenderness of Wolves The Spoiler (unreleased alternative version) Clap Restless Day Aqua Regis Solar Lodge - [MP3] The S.W.B.P. Godhead=Deathead Cathedral in Flames - [MP3] Tainted Love - [MP3] Personnel: as above Details: This CD has been re-pressed many times since the initial release, but all later editions are unauthorized by Coil. Initial pressings had the CD printed with black lettering and graphics on a white background. This was switched to white-on-black on later pressings. All pressings have the tracks "Restless Day" and "Aqua Regis" listed in the wrong order on the cover. The tracks appear on the disc in the order listed above. "Restless Day" is taken from the compilation album Devastate to Liberate. "Aqua Regis" and "Tainted Love" are taken from the Panic / Tainted Love single. "The S.W.B.P." is the same track as "The Sewage Worker's Birthday Party" from the LP release. A reissue of this CD via Wax Trax! Records was planned in 1992, but was cancelled when Coil severed their contract with the label following its buy out by TVT Records. A reissue was also planned via nothing records, but legal problems with Stevo/Some Bizzare put it in limbo. Images: front cover back cover disc booklet image 1 booklet image 2 booklet image 3 booklet image 4 booklet back cover

	Format:bootleg CS Year: unknown Label: Stable Records - Russia Catalog #: none Status: unknown Tracks: Ubu Noir - [MP3] Panic At the Heart of it All - [MP3] Tenderness of Wolves The Spoiler (unreleased alternative version) Clap Restless Day Aqua Regis Solar Lodge - [MP3] The S.W.B.P. Godhead=Deathead Cathedral in Flames - [MP3] Tainted Love - [MP3] Personnel: as above Details: A bootleg of the Some Bizzare CD edition recorded on a generic Sony cassette with a colour photocopied insert. The insert includes the text from the CD booklet printed in a plain font on the inside. The tracks "Restless Day" and "Aqua Regis" listed in the wrong order on the cassette insert. The tracks appear on the cassette in the order listed above. This edition is not condoned or endorsed by Coil or Brainwashed, and is included here for informational purposes only. Images: cassette insert

	Format: bootleg CD Year:1999? Label: ArsNova - Russia Catalog #: ARSN 228019 Status: out of print Tracks: Ubu Noir - [MP3] Panic At the Heart of it All - [MP3] Tenderness of Wolves The Spoiler (unreleased alternative version) Clap Restless Day Aqua Regis Solar Lodge - [MP3] The S.W.B.P. Godhead=Deathead Cathedral in Flames - [MP3] Tainted Love - [MP3] Personnel: as above Details: A pirated version of the 1988 CD edition with a slightly altered cover. It has the same problem with several tracks being listed out of order. A logo printed on the cover claims that it is limited to 500 copies, but this is unlikely. This edition is not condoned or endorsed by Coil or Brainwashed, and is included here for informational purposes only. Images: front cover

	Format: CD Year:2001 Label: Threshold House - UK Catalog #: LOCI CD 15 Status:available Tracks: Ubu Noir - [MP3] Panic At the Heart of it All - [MP3] Tenderness of Wolves The Spoiler (unreleased alternative version) Clap Restless Day Aqua Regis Solar Lodge - [MP3] The S.W.B.P. Godhead=Deathead Cathedral in Flames - [MP3] Tainted Love - [MP3] Personnel: as above Details: Remastered by Thighpaulsandra, and fully authorized by Coil. It features a different cover from the Some Bizzare edition, with the text "Stevo, Pay Us What You Owe Us!" printed on the cover and spine, in reference to the fact that Stevo at Some Bizzare has not paid them for the many CD reissues he has released. The cover also states that this is Volume 1 in a series of remastered reissues, with Volume 2 being Horse Rotorvator and Volume 3 being Love's Secret Domain. The spine mistakenly has it printed as Volume 2. Images: front cover back cover tray card disc

Discussion: In his "Coil Album Guide", Dave Piniella writes: Coil's first full-length album, Scatology is part of the backbone of Coil's great albums (along with Horse Rotorvator and Love's Secret Domain). This is Coil at their early, industrial stage. The album is about making good music from shitty sounds, hence the title. Most of the songs are harsher and less polished than more recent releases. "Restless Day" and it's description of a mundane life filled with ennui is accented by strange tickings and a throbbing bass. "The Tenderness of Wolves" features vocals by Gavin Friday and the album ends with a somber rendition of "Tainted Love", which was originally released as a single with two album cuts ("Aqua Regis" and "Panic") was later added to the CD reissue. Coil's cover and subsequent video of "Tainted Love" was their reaction to the AIDS epidemic of the era (mid-to-late 1980's). Originally released on Force & Form/Some Bizzare, (along with Horse Rotorvator), the illegitimate repressing of these albums has been the cause of much anger and frustration on Coil's part. The short version: Stevo (from their old label) kept on releasing the album(s) and screwing Coil out of their share of the profits.