AD12
(1980): The Friend Catcher, Waving My Arms, Catman
The Birthday Party are Nick Cave, Rowland Howard, Mick Harvey, Phil Calvert and Tracy Pew. Engineered by Tony Cohen. Recorded at Richmond Recorders.
NONBP2
(1980): A Catholic Skin, The Red Clock, Faint Heart, Death By Drowning, The Hair Shirt
This EP was released by Missing Link. It was originally called �The Boys Next Door�.
NONBP3
(1980): AD12, AD114, The Hair Shirt [NONBP2], The Red Clock [NONBP2], Hats On Wrong [CAD307CD], Guilt Parade [CAD307CD], Riddle House [CAD307CD]
This LP was issued by Missing Link as a US release.
CAD104
(1981): Zoo-Music Girl, Cry, Capers,
Nick The Stripper,
Ho-Ho, Figure Of Fun, King Ink,
A Dead Song, Yard, Dull Day, Just You And Me
The last two tracks on the CD are from the Australian Nick The
Stripper single. Engineered by Tony Cohen. Sleeve by Jenny,
Poly and Evan. �Capers� cowritten by Genevieve McGuckin.
�Ho-Ho� cowritten by Genevieve McGuckin. �A
Dead Song� cowritten by Anita
Lane. 
CAD104CD
(1981): CAD104, Blunder Town, Kathy's Kisses
NONTBP1 (7"), NONTBP1 (12")
(1981)
Single and EP released by Missing Link (MISS 32 & MSD 479). The single was also released by Propeller (K 8424 [REV 12]).
AD111
(1981): Release The Bats, Blast Off
Coproduced by Nick Launey. The run-out grooves read �Dirtness is next to antigodliness� �Mister Pierre forvever�.
AD114
(1981): Mr. Clarinet, Happy Birthday
CAD117
(1981) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Mr. Clarinet [AD114]
NONBP4
(1981): Release The Bats [Re AD111], Rowland Around In That Stuff,
(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn [Re (*Pleasure Heads*)], Loose [Re JAD202]
Produced by Dale Griffin.
JAD202
(1982) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads [L], The Birthday Party: King Ink [L CAD104], The Birthday Party: Zoo-Music Girl [L CAD104], The Birthday Party: Loose [L]
CAD207
(1982): She's Hit, Dead Joe, The Dim Locator, Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow),
Several Sins, Big-Jesus-Trash-Can, Kiss
Me Black, 6" Gold Blade,
Kewpie Doll, Junk Yard
Featuring Barry Adamson,
Anita Lane and Harry Howard.
Produced by Tony Cohen.
Sleeve by Ed �Big Daddy� Roth.
CAD207CD
(1982): CAD207, AD111, Dead Joe [R CAD207]
NONTBP2
(1982)
Free with �Masterbag� magazine #15, August 1982 (BAG 005).
NONPS1
(1982) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: The Hairshirt (demo) [R NONBP2]
BAD301
(1983): Sonnys Burning, Wild World, Fears Of The Gun, Deep In The Woods
Sleeve by Nick Cave and Bleddyn Butcher.
CAD301CD
(1989): BAD301, NONBP1 (ep), Pleasure Avalanche,
Six Strings That Drew Blood (original version)
�Pleasure Avalanche� and �Six Strings That Drew Blood� are unreleased tracks from the �Mutiny� sessions. The masters were lost. The tracks appear here as rough mixes.
BAD307
(1983): AD111, AD114, The Friend Catcher [AD12]
CAD307CD
(1989): AD12, AD114, NONBP2 (ep), Hats On Wrong, Guilt Parade, Riddle House
This is the last Birtday Party release on 4AD. They left to sign to Mute Records and released �Mutiny� before breaking up. Most, if not all of them, stayed on at Mute in various permutations as Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, These Immortal Souls and Crime And The City Solution.
NONBP1
(1983): Jennifer's Veil, Say A Spell, Swampland, Mutiny in Heaven
This EP was released by Mute Records, MUTE29. Featuring Blixa Bargeld (Einst�rzende Neubauten). Sleeve by Anita Lane, Nick Cave and Bleddyn Butcher.
NONPS12
(1985) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: The Hairshirt [R NONBP2]
Lilliput1&2
(1992) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Nick the Stripper [CAD104]
DAD2016, DADC2016, DAD2016CD
(Sep 28 1992): The Friend Catcher [AD12], Happy Birthday [AD114], Mr. Clarinet [AD114], Nick the Stripper [CAD104], Zoo Music Girl [CAD104], King Ink [CAD104], Release the Bats [AD111], Blast Off [AD111], She's Hit [CAD207], 6" Gold Blade [CAD207], Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) [CAD207], Dead Joe [CAD207], Junkyard [CAD207], Big-Jesus-Trash-Can [CAD207], Wild World [BAD301], Sonny's Burning [BAD301], Deep in the Woods [BAD301], Swampland [NONBP1], Jennifer's Veil [NONBP1], Mutiny in Heaven [NONBP1]
The US version will have one track less because Brit CD manufacturers will guarantee the disc for 78min of play time, and WB will only guarantee 74.
NONTBP3
(1992)
Cardboard slipcase box including booklet released in Australia by Missing Link/Shock Records (LINK 30).
21512 (cas), 21512 (cd)
(1992) (excerpt): The Birthday Party: Sonny's Burning [BAD301]
VIDTBP
(stuff): Nick The Stripper [CAD104]
