20 Jazz Funk Greats
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20 Jazz Funk Greats is the third full-length album by industrial music
pioneers Throbbing Gristle
. The track "Still Walking" also appears on the live album Heathen Earth
, although with a radically different structure. The album was the first and only fully studio album the band released during their first era, as both The Second Annual Report
, and D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle contained both live and studio recordings.
The album's cover photograph was taken at Beachy Head
, a chalk headland on the south coast of England, close to the town of Eastbourne
in the county of East Sussex, and one of the world's most notorious suicide
spots. On the 1991 Mute Records CD issue of the Industrial Records release an apparently dead and naked male body lay in front of the band.
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
pioneers Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle were an English industrial, avant-garde music and visual arts group that evolved from the performance art group COUM Transmissions...
. The track "Still Walking" also appears on the live album Heathen Earth
Heathen Earth
Heathen Earth is a live album by Throbbing Gristle. Tracks 1- 8 document their performance in 1980 on "Saturday the 16th of February between 8:10pm and 9:00pm". Track 9 is from a performance on July 06 1978 . Track 10 is from a performance on May 18 1978....
, although with a radically different structure. The album was the first and only fully studio album the band released during their first era, as both The Second Annual Report
The Second Annual Report
The Second Annual Report is an album by the industrial music group Throbbing Gristle. A combination of live and studio songs, the album was originally released on 12" vinyl in 1977, and later pressed to CD, with additional tracks, in 1991....
, and D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle contained both live and studio recordings.
The album's cover photograph was taken at Beachy Head
Beachy Head
Beachy Head is a chalk headland on the south coast of England, close to the town of Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex, immediately east of the Seven Sisters. The cliff there is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162 m above sea level. The peak allows views of the south...
, a chalk headland on the south coast of England, close to the town of Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
in the county of East Sussex, and one of the world's most notorious suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
spots. On the 1991 Mute Records CD issue of the Industrial Records release an apparently dead and naked male body lay in front of the band.
Track listing
Personnel
- Cosey Fanni Tutti: Vocals, Guitars, KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, Synthesizers, CornetCornetThe cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. It is not related to the renaissance and early baroque cornett or cornetto.-History:The cornet was... - Genesis P-Orridge: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Bass, ViolinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, ClarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
, "Vibe Master" - Peter Christopherson: Vocals, Cornet, Special Effects, Tapes
- Chris Carter: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drum & Rhythm Programming, Sequencing