Diamanda Galas*Saint Of The Pit

Label:

Mute – Stumm 33

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

UK

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Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Avantgarde

Tracklist

A1 La Trezième Revient = The Thirteenth Return
Recorded By [Synthesizer Overdubs]Paul Kendall
A2 E Ξeaóy Me = Deliver Me
Performer [Chains]F.M. Einheit
A3 L'Heautontimoroumenos (1857) = Self-Tormentor
Written-ByCharles Baudelaire
B1 Artémis (1854)
Written-ByGérard Nerval*
B2 Cris D'Aveugle (1873) = Blind Man's Cry
DrumsF.M. Einheit
Written-ByTristan Corbière

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Mute Records
  • Copyright ©Mute Records
  • Published ByDying Art Ltd.
  • Recorded AtHansa Tonstudios
  • Recorded AtTritonus Tonstudio
  • Overdubbed AtWorldwide Studios
  • Lacquer Cut AtThe Sound Clinic

Credits

  • Composed By, Performer, Soprano Vocals, Bass Vocals, Organ [Hammond Organs], Synthesizer [Digital & Analogue Synthesizers]Diamanda Galas*
  • Design, Art DirectionP.D. White*
  • Lacquer Cut ByJonz*
  • Photography ByM. Curtin*
  • Plated By [Metalworks]PAG
  • ProducerGareth Jones

Notes

"Saint of The Pit" is the second part of the plague mass "Masque of The Red Death".

A2, A3 and B1 were recorded at Hansa Tonstudios, Berlin.
A1 was recorded at Hansa, with synthesizer overdubs recorded at Worldwide Studios, London.
B2 was recorded at Tritonus Studios, Berlin.

℗ & © 1986 Mute Records
Published by Dying Art

Issued with printed inner sleeve (lyrics in French and English, credits, acknowledgements).
Tracks A2, B1 and B2 are dedicated to Philip-Dimitri Galas (1954-1986).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - Etched (Variant 1)): STUMM-33 A₁ PAG SOUND CLINIC
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - Etched (Variant 1)): STUMM-33 B₁ PAG JoNZ L
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - Etched (Variant 2)): B STUMM-33 A₁ PAG SOUND CLINIC
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - Etched (Variant 2)): B STUMM-33 B₁ PAG JoNZ
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - Etched (Variant 3)): E STUMM-33 A₁ PAG SOUND CLINIC
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - Etched (Variant 3)): F STUMM-33 B₁ PAG JoNZ

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Saint Of The Pit (LP, Album) Mute STUMM 33 Italy 1986
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Saint Of The Pit (LP, Album) Mute INT 146.827, Stumm 33 1986
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Saint Of The Pit (LP, Album) Restless Records 7 71418-1 US 1986
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Saint Of The Pit (LP, Album, Stereo) Virgin VG 50425 Greece 1986
Saint Of The Pit (LP, Album) Mute stumm 33 Australia 1986

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Reviews

  • Ekman71's avatar
    Ekman71
    Same label and cover. Don't have original inner sleeve, so I don't know about that. But different runout. Anyone knows if it is the same.
    • Matrix / Runout (Side A - Etched (Variant 3)): R STUMM-33 A₁ PAG SOUND CLINIC
    Matrix / Runout (Side B - Etched (Variant 3)): S STUMM-33 B₁ PAG
    • edgeless22's avatar
      edgeless22
      Edited 3 years ago
      I often forget how great Diamanda Galas actually is! Just wow!!

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