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 Ratios 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.