Patron edition 4XLP box set on brown vinyl limited to 100 numbered copies (ANALBOX PE) - SOLD OUT!
Artist edition 4XLP box set on brown vinyl limited to 30 numbered copies (ANALBOX AE) - SOLD OUT!
Test pressing edition 4XLP box set on black vinyl limited to 20 numbered copies (ANALBOX TP) - SOLD OUT!
Scum punks Anal Babes were a seminal band of the Oslo underground rock scene of the 1990s, the snotty and slutty step-siblings of the more famous but less infamous Turbonegro. Now the (almost) complete recorded works by Anal Babes and their offshoot Titmen are finally made available again by Hærverk Industrier. All 53 tracks have been expertly remastered by Lasse Marhaug
THE DIGNITY OF THE ANAL BABES IS UNIMPEACHABLE
1st album originally released in 1992 plus one bonus track.
DELIRIUM OR DIARRHEA
2nd album originally released in 1995 plus one bonus track.
I'D RATHER FUCK MYSELF
7” EPs and split singles, compilation contributions plus three live bonus tracks.
I AM WAR, I AM DEATH, I AM DESTRUCTION
Anal Babes 10” and Titmen 10” plus two bonus tracks.
Standard edition of 200 copies in box screen printed by Kjetil Brandsdal at Drid Machine. Contains four LPs pressed on black 180 gram vinyl by T-Time Vinyl Plant and housed in individual printed sleeves and polylined inner sleeves, plus an 8-page booklet with liner notes, artworks, photos and credits, all with design and layout by Are Kleivan.
“They came (too early), they saw, they won: bow down to the SS gynecologists of Scandinavian Rock, the mighty Anal Babes. For those about to shart: we salute you!”
– Thomas “Happy Tom” Seltzer
“Of course I loved them. Still do. Fucking scumbags, wankers, ne’er-do-wells. HELLcome back. Now go away.”
– Harald “Harry” Fossberg
“Three seconds of everythingness or nothingness, of invincibility or self-destruction. It’s all there. Life, death, pain, sorrow.”
– Ando Woltmann
credits
released November 25, 2022
HÆRVERK INDUSTRIER · ANALBOX
THE DIGNITY OF THE ANAL BABES IS UNIMPEACHABLE (HÆ017)
Tracks 1-13 were originally released in 1992 on LP by Big Ball Records (BIG BALL 006).
Track 14 is a bonus track taken from the compilation LP Shit! – Too Early... : A Compilation Of Contemporary Oslo Guitarfuzz, released in 1991 by Big Ball Records (BIG BALL 001).
DELIRIUM OR DIARRHEA (HÆ018)
Tracks 15-27 were originally released in 1995 on LP by Accident Records (DEATH 1) and on CD by Big Ball Records (BIG BALL 012).
Track 28 is a previously unreleased bonus track recorded during the same session as many of the other tracks on that side of the album.
I'D RATHER FUCK MYSELF (HÆ019)
Tracks 29-31 were originally released in 1990 on the Fear And Loathing With The Anal Babes 7" EP by Straitjacket Records (SRS 006) in Norway and by Sympathy For The Record Industry (STRI 98) in the USA.
Tracks 32-34 were originally released in 1991 on the Old Whores Don't Giggle Much EP 7" EP by Big Ball Records (BIG BALL 002).
Track 35 was originally released in 1994 on the 7" split single with Brainbombs by Demolition Derby / Pit'sbull Records (015).
Track 36 was originally released in 1994 on the Last Train 10th anniversary compilation CD Peek-A-Böö! by Peek-A-Böö Productions (LT 001). This is actually the same song as "Technicolor Yodel" from the 1st album, but this version was recorded in July 1992 and released with a different title.
Track 37 was originally released in 1995 on the 7" split single with Turbonegro by Big Ball Records (BIG BALL 013).
Track 38 was originally released in 1992 on the Penguins And Bondage: That's Entertainment Sampler Vol. 2 LP by That's Entertainment Records / DogJob Records (THEN 018).
Tracks 39-41 are previously unreleased live recordings from Rockall, Oslo, May 1993.
I AM WAR, I AM DEATH, I AM DESTRUCTION (HÆ020)
Tracks 42-47 were originally released in 1998 on the Anal Babes 10" EP by Bourgeois Broadcasts (SR 500-6) and Incognito Records (INC. 098).
Track 48 was originally released in 2004 on the Last Train 20th anniversary compilation CD No Music Requests by Peek-A-Böö Productions (LT002). The studio version released in 1996 on the Seventeen And A Half Is Still Jailbait compilation LP/CD by Nitro! (NITR007) is the same track as track 42, but with a different title.
Tracks 49-52 were performed by Titmen and originally released in 1997 on the Titmen 10" EP by Petty Bourgeois Broadcasts (SR 500-4).
Track 53 was performed by Titmen and originally released in 1999 on the 10" compilation Ten Inches And Still Rising... A Collection Of Totenkopf Rock'N'Roll by Petty Bourgeois Broadcasts (SR 500-5). Recorded on 4-track in Punk's bedroom in 1997/1998, with a plastic bucket and a tambourine acting as the drumkit.
* Anal Babes cover version of Macabre's "Be Forwarned", released on the compilation LP Shit! – Too Early... : A Compilation Of Contemporary Oslo Guitarfuzz, released in 1991 by Big Ball Records (BIG BALL 001), and the track "No Limit" from the Izzat movie soundtrack CD, released in 2005 by Columbia (82876736222), have been omitted from this box set because they were considered to be of inferior musical value, and have been replaced by outtakes thought to better represent the band's legacy.
Abdullah The Thief (Carlos Carrasco) – drums on tracks 29-31, guitar on the rest, lead vocals on track 20, backing vocals
Blind Babe (Vidar Aase) – guitar at early gigs, no recordings
Dez (Andreas Grøtterud) – drums at early gigs, no recordings
Durex Babe (Alex Møklebust) – bass on tracks 1-13, 36
Eros Babe (Anders Møller) – drums on tracks 1-28, 32-53
Mongo Babe (Leif Frimann Koren) – bass on tracks 22-23, 25-28, 49 and some others
Pio Pethon – drums on tracks 46-47
Popper Babe (Tor Kristian Jensen) – bass on tracks 15-21, 24, 35, 39-41, 48, 52 and some others
Porn Babe (Thomas Seltzer) – guitar on tracks 29-31
Punk Babe (David Gurrik) – guitar on all tracks, lead vocals on tracks 36, 45, 52, synth, backing vocals
Sugar Babe (Mikkel Bay Vold) – bass on tracks 29-31, 38
Turd Babe (Terje Island) – vocals on tracks 1-19, 21-35, 37-44, 46-51, 53
Remastered by Lasse Marhaug.
Design and layout by Are Kleivan.
Executive producers: Petter Flaten Eilertsen & Vegard Heskestad.
LPs manufactured by T-Time Vinyl Plant. Thanks to Oddrun and Sigve.
Boxes and tote bags screen printed by Kjetil Brandsdal at Drid Machine.
Scum punks Anal Babes were a seminal band of the Oslo underground rock scene of the 1990s, the snotty and slutty step-
siblings of the more famous but less infamous Turbonegro.
Now the (almost) complete recorded works by Anal Babes and their offshoot Titmen are finally made available again by Hærverk Industrier....more
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