From: tsdavies@rodan.syr.EDU (Real life?  Ha!)
Subject: Test Dept. Discography
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Sam Hill Cabal, DS
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 01:04:00 EDT

This is the lastest version, with a few items added by various
correspondents.  Please keep sending me new/more detailed information.

Here's a start at a Test Dept. discography, based on what I have in my
collection, and what I've heard/read about.  Please send any additions
to me via e-mail, and I'll post updates from time to time.

Test Department Discography

Pieced together from what I have and what I've heard of.  Additional
information provided by Sebastian Welton <SWELTON@ESOC.BITNET>, Peter
Dubiel <peter@zone4.ocunix.on.ca>, Dan Kletter <dkletter@adobe.com>,
Mason Jones <dante!mason@hop.toad.com>, Brian May <brian@mel.dit.csiro.au>, 
Chistopher M. Teixeira <nivekogr@athena.mit.edu>, Laurent Perraudeau
<Laurent.Perraudeau@irisa.fr>, Dirk-Jan Agterkamp <agterkam@fwi.uva.nl>,
and Johan Anderson <Johan.Anderson@eua.ericsson.se>.

Further details welcomed.


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HISTORY  (C60 cassette)
?				?		1982

	Side One:
		Last Rites
		Shockwork/Workshock
		Prokofiev's Dream
		Drum & Body
		Death Of God
		Gdansk
	Side Two:
		Dawn Of Humanity
		Blood & Sweat (Stakhanovite)
		WWBC
		Kindergarden
		Disneyland
		Feeling It All
		On Pain
		Chain Gang

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ECSTASY UNDER DURESS (live)
Pleasantly Surprised		29-XI-84		1982 - 1983
  Limited edition C60 cassette (1000 copies), packaged in burlap bag
  with photographs.
Total F.L.			1 TFL 2 (CD)		1982 - 1983

	Hunger
	Compulsion
	In Uniform
	Slow Hunger
	Spring Into Action
	Gdansk
	Shockwork
	Efficiency
	On Pain
	Beating the Retreat

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Pulsations 12"
Phonogram			TEST 112	July 1983
Some Bizarre/EMI/CBS/Polygram	?		Dec  1983

	Compulsion (Machine Run)
	Pulsations (Human Run)
		(two cuts)

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BEATING THE RETREAT
Some Bizarre/EMI/CBS/Polygram	?		July 1984
 Album reissue, cassette	?		Nov  1984
Phonogram/Mercury		TEST 33		Sept 1987

	The Fall From Light
	Kick To Kill
	Sweet Sensation
	Spring Into Action
	Total State Machine
	Plastic
	Inheritance
	Cold Witness

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Convention of Hysteria Bootleg
Diamanda Galas/Test Dept.
?				?		1984

Forced Exposure:	The Test Department thing was just a one shot?
Diamanda Galas:		Well, the Convention of Hysteria was me solo one
   night.  Me with Test Department the next, Evan Parker -- who I had
   played with once in San Diego -- and ... I don't really know who else
   was on it.  Probably one or two other Some Bizarre artists.  The
   performance with Test Department was alright.  I can't criticize them
   if the electronics broke down.
FE:			Was that a written piece?
Diamanda:		No.  I structured a piece for all of us.  So
   we did something and in certain ways it was pretty interesting.  It
   received a very horrified response because the vocal levels were
   already incinerating the place, then Test Department came out with
   these gigantic, I mean GIGANTIC, steel things, with no shirts,
   sweating and playing these things that were put through processing by
   my engineer.  So it was even more monstrous.  Then I was on the top,
   so it was some sort of weird S&M ritual.  It was fun.  I liked it and
   they're good guys.
	"Diamanda Galas: Tura Satana Without Cleavage".  Interview in
	_Forced Exposure_, 15 (Summer 1989): 10-33.

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SECOND EDITION BOXED SET
Some Bizarre/Rough Trade/Cartel	?		Dec  1984

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SHOULDER TO SHOULDER (w/South Wales Striking Miners' Choir)
Ministry Of Power/Some Bizarre	MOP I		Feb  1985
  dist. by Red Rhino/Cartel.

	Comrades In Arms
	Myfanwy
	Fuel To Fight
	On Barriers And Bridges
	Take Me Home
	Shockwork
	Stouthearted Men
	Comrades
	Roman War Song
	Gdansk

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PROGRAM FOR PROGRESS  82-84
Sony				?		1985
  VHS Videocassette.  Includes selections from BEATING THE RETREAT.

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"Total Nervous Phenomenon"
  Track on the second Some Bizarre sampler:
  IF YOU CAN'T PLEASE YOURSELF, YOU CAN'T PLEASE YOUR SOUL
  Some Bizarre/Capitol-EMI	ST-12439	1985
  Some Bizarre			SBZCD1		1985?

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ATONAL & HAMBURG LIVE
  Recorded live at Berlin Atonal Festival and in performance in Hamburg.
Dossier Records (Ger.)		D-CD 9038	1985, 1992

~30'00"
	ATONAL:
		Fall From Light
		Total State Machine
		Shockwork
		Gdansk

	HAMBURG:
		Kick to Kill
		Fist
		51st State of America

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EUROPEAN NETWORK 1985
V2 Organization					11 January 1985
  C-53 cassette.  Packaged in box with insert information.

	No track listing provided.

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T.D.A  Faces Of Freedom 1,2,3 12"
Ministry of Power/Some Bizarre	?		14 February 1986

4'20"	Face 1
5'28"	Face 2  (a.k.a. "More Of Everything")
6'40"	Face 3

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THE UNACCEPTABLE FACE OF FREEDOM
Ministry of Power/Some Bizarre	MOP 2		14 March 1986	
Ministry of Power/Some Bizarre	CDMOP2		1987		*

50'29" total running time (on CD).
5'37"	Fuckhead
4'04"	51st State Of America
5'00"	Comrade Enver Hoxha
3'34"	Fist
4'24"	Statement (Alan Sutcliffe)
4'04"	The Crusher
4'08"	Victory
7'58"	Corridor of Cells
4'20"	Face 1							**
5'28"	Face 2  (a.k.a. "More Of Everything")			**
6'40"	Face 3							**

*  Includes all tracks from THE UNACCEPTABLE FACE OF FREEDOM and the
   T.D.A  FACES OF FREEDOM 1,2,3 12".
** On CD only.

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"?" on the QED complilation
						1987

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Victory 7"
Ministry of Power/Some Bizarre	7 MOP 13	1987

	Victory
	Cha Till Sinn Tuille (We Shall Return No More)

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Victory	12"
Ministry of Power/Some Bizarre	12 MOP 13	1987

	Victory
	Cha Till Sinn Tuille (We Shall Return No More)
	Demonomania Remix

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A GOOD NIGHT OUT
Ministry of Power/Some Bizarre	MOP3		21 Nov 1987
  Some Bizarre/Charisma, dist. by EMI, CBS, Polygram
Ministry of Power/Some Bizarre	MOP-3CD		21 Nov 1987

	ACT ONE
		A Good Night Out
		Long Live...
		Generous Terms

	ACT TWO
		Victory
		Cha Till Sinn Tuille (We Shall Return No More)
		Demonomania
		Voice of Reason

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"Demonomania"  (6'45")
Track on the Q.E.D. N.L. CENTRUM compilation.
Play It Again Sam		NLC 001		1988?

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TERRA FIRMA
Sub Rosa/Play It Again Sam	BIUS 1010	1988
Sub Rosa/PIAS			SUBCD-00212	1988
SPV (Germany)			SPV 7306-2	1988

	Nadka
	Siege
	Current Affairs
	Dark Eyes
	Terra Firma
		I. Terra Motus - The Earth Moves
		II. Surgit Ventus - The Wind Rises
		III. Natura Victus - Nature Victorious

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Gododdin 12"
  Purchased at Cardiff, Wales, performance in December, 1988.  
  Red cover with "record city" (?) in white.  Includes four-page
  insert with portions of _Goddodin_ (the poem) in both Welsh and
  English.

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MATERIA PRIMA
Jungle/Caroline			DEPT CD 1	1989?

40'44" total running time.
10'16"	Landrites
 8'06"	Firedance
 2'06"	Pipe And Didgeridoo
 6'56"	More Of Everything (version of "T.D.A. Face 2")
 7'15"	Apocalypse
 5'57"	Funeral

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GODODDIN (w/Brith Gof)
Ministry of Power		MOP4		1989
Ministry of Power		MOP4CD		1989

38'32" total running time.
 4'29"	Sarff - entry of the warriors
 5'52"	Gwyr A Aeth Gatraeth - prologue
 5'34"	Arddyledog Ganu - heroic society
 6'02"	Glasfedd Eu Hancwyn - beserking
 5'09"	Trichant Eurdorchog - journey
 5'30"	Yn Nydd Cadiawr - battle
 5'42"	Truan Yw Gennyf Fi - lament

(Vinyl version includes a 24-page booklet with details on the various
European performances.)

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Pax Americana 12"
Ministry of Power/Jungle	MOP 5T		1990

	Jihad
	Desert Mix
	Oil Mix

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PROVEN IN ACTION (Recorded live at New Music America, Montreal
	Musiques Actuelles, November 1990.)
Ministry of Power/Jungle		DEPT 2		1991
Ministry of Power/Jungle/Caroline	DEPT CD 2	1991

Running time: 38'47"

	Jerusalem
	Siege (of Quebec)
	Agincourt
	Empire
	Territory
	Wojna (War)
	The Emigrant
	Vastness

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PAX BRITANNICA (An Oratorio In Five Movements)
Ministry of Power/Jungle	MOP 6		1991
Ministry of Power/Jungle	MOP 6 CD	1991

40'57" total running time.
	Movement I
	 0'28"	Pledge
	 2'45"	Jerusalem
	 0'57"	Heaven's Command
	 1'05"	Characters of Light
	 3'03"	Agincourt
	 1'51"	Accusation
	Movement II
	 6'29"	Territory (The Epic of The Rage)
	Movement III
	 5'41"	From The Land (As An Fhearann)
	Movement IV
	 5'40"	God, King And Law
	 5'35"	The Cracked Facade
	 3'00"	Farewell The Trumpets
	Movement V
	 4'11"	The Legacy (A Lasting Presence)

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LIVE AT THE RITZ, NEW YORK, JULY 1984
Audiofile Tapes	(C-60 cassette)	AT-1		19 July 1984, ? 1992

	Side A: Complete Performance
		Kick To Kill
		Total State Machine (Efficiency)
		Compulsion Instrumental
		The Fall From Light
		Inheritance
		Spring Into Action
		others ?

	Side B: Performance concludes, excerpts from soundcheck.

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New World Order
12" Ministry of Power/Jungle	MOP7T		1991
CD5 Ministry of Power/Jungle	CD MOP7T?	1991

	New World Order
	NWO (Crusader Mix)
	NWO (Chemical Re-Mix)


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Unconfirmed, additional information needed:

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BEATING THE RETREAT Box
?				?		?

Two 12" records, box, and poster.

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"Forward"
on a compilation cassette entitled THE LAST SUPPER.

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Spinoffs:

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International Breakdown Corporation
FUCKING BASTARDS
Rebel Rec			RE012			1985

Members of Test Dept. and Psychic TV.

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--
	Sam Hill Cabal, DS		   tsdavies@mailbox.syr.edu
"It don't matter, Sail, ... Could be worse.  The fam'ly might be donatin' the
proceeds to the Cath'lic Church, or the Mormons or somethin'.  One cult's the
	same as another." -- Lula Pace Ripley, in "Consuelo's Kiss".