A CERTAIN RATIO - The Graveyard And The Ballroom - LP - Limited White Vinyl

LABEL: Mute

CAT NO: WSTUMM406

BARCODE: 5400863035372

Track Listing:
1. Do the Du (Casse) (2.54)
2. Faceless (2.22)
3. Crippled Child (2.54)
4. Choir (3.21)
5. Flight (3.3)
6. I Feel (2.11)
7. Strain (2.28)
8. All Night Party (3.37)
9. Oceans (3.55)
10. The Choir (3.32)
11. The Fox (3.25)
12. Suspect (2.24)
13. Flight (5.32)
14. Genotype – Phenotype (3.33)

A CERTAIN RATIO – The Graveyard And The Ballroom

LP – Limited White Vinyl
(1000 copies only and all of the artwork converted to black and white and packaged in a black foiled white PVC outer)

A reissue of the first ever A Certain Ratio release on Factory (fac16) from Feb 1980, which came out as a cassette and featured 7 vibrant demos and 7 live cuts supporting the Talking Heads. The tracks were produced by Martin Hannett and show A Certain Ratio are the originators of turning post punk all funky.

The Graveyard and the Ballroom’ shows off A Certain Ratio’s legendary mix of angular, bass-heavy postpunk. Originally released in 1980 this album has been a collectors’ item ever since its initial release on cassette. Produced by Martin Hannett, the album contains 14 tracks: 7 demo songs from a session recorded at Graveyard Studios in September 1979 and 7 songs from a gig at the Electric Ballroom in October 1979.