Pleasure Heads Must Burn

Pleasure Heads Must Burn
Starring	Nick Cave Mick Harvey Rowland S. Howard Tracy Pew Phill Calvert
Cinematography	Evan English & Paul Goldman a.k.a. The Rich Kids
Edited by	John Hillcoat
Music by	The Birthday Party
Distributed by	VHS, Betamax IKON, DVD Cherry Red
Release dates	1984 (1984) (VHS and Betamax)
Running time	60 minutes
Language	English

Pleasure Heads Must Burn is video/DVD by The Birthday Party. Originally issued by IKON in 1984 in Betamax and VHS formats; in 2003 a DVD re-issue based on VHS cassette with additional tracks (see listing below).

Betamax/VHS track list

First 6 tracks recorded live at The Haçienda in Manchester on 22 July 1982, tracks 8-14 recorded live at The Haçienda in Manchester on 24 February 1983. "Nick The Stripper" is a promo video shot by Evan English & Paul Goldman (a.k.a. The Rich Kids) (edited by John Hillcoat) in Melbourne-Camberwell on 2 February 1981.

1. "Dead Joe"
2. "A Dead Song"
3. "Junkyard"
4. "Release the Bats"
5. "(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn"
6. "Big Jesus Trash Can"
7. "Nick The Stripper"
8. "Hamlet (Pow!Pow!Pow!)"
9. "Pleasure Avalanche"
10. "Six Inch Gold Blade"
11. "Wild World"
12. "The Six Strings That Drew Blood"
13. "Sonny's Burning"
14. "She's Hit"

DVD track list

Track 1 is a promo video shot by Evan English & Paul Goldman (a.k.a. The Rich Kids) (edited by John Hillcoat) in Melbourne-Camberwell on 2-Feb-81, tracks 2-3 recorded live at The Ace Cinema in Brixton on 25-Nov-82, track 4 recorded live at the Trade Union Club in Sydney on 14-May-83, track 5 recorded at VPRO TV studios for "Götterdämmerung 2000" TV show in Jul-1982, tracks 6-11 recorded live at The Haçienda in Manchester on 22-Jul-82 and tracks 12-18 recorded live at The Haçienda in Manchester on 24-Feb-83.

1. "Nick the Stripper"
2. "Fears Of Gun/"
3. "Hamlet (Pow!Pow!Pow!)"
4. "Deep In The Woods"
5. "Junkyard"
6. "Dead Joe"
7. "A Dead Song"
8. "Junkyard"
9. "Release The Bats"
10. "(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn"
11. "Big Jesus Trash Can"
12. "Hamlet (Pow!Pow!Pow!)"
13. "Pleasure Avalanche"
14. "Six Inch Gold Blade"
15. "Wild World"
16. "The Six Strings That Drew Blood"
17. "Sonny's Burning"
18. "She's Hit"

Personnel

• Nick Cave – vocals, saxophone, drums
• Rowland S. Howard – Guitar, vocals, saxophone
• Mick Harvey – Organ, piano, guitar, vocals, drums
• Tracy Pew – Bass, clarinet, double bass
• Phill Calvert – Drums
• Des Hefner - Drums on DVD track 4, live 1983

External links

• Pleasure Heads Must Burn
• Pleasure Heads Must Burn at AllMovie