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THE UNDEAD Discography

9 TOES LATER

Stiff Records, Post Mortem

Tracks:

  1. A Life Of Our Own
  2. My Kinda Town
  3. When The Evening Comes
  4. I Want You Dead

Release Info:

  • Format: 7" EP.
  • Pressing: Test: 3 copies owned by Bobby Steele.
  • 1st: Stiff Records: TEES7-14 (June 25, 1982)
  • 1995 copies with light green lettering, white center labels, and glued, paper sleeve.
  • 2nd: Post Mortem Records: PM 1001 (1983)
  • 1000 copies with dark green lettering, orange center labels, and cardboard sleeve. Center labels list playing time for three of the songs
  • Producer: Jimmy Quidd.
  • Session: [08//1981 Mix-O-Lydian]

Notes: Glenn Danzig helped finance the recording of this EP. Glenn also took the photo for the front cover of the album. Nancy Viglietta took the picture for the back cover. The title comes from the fact that one of Bobby's toes was amputated around the time of the recording.

VERBAL ABUSE

Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. Verbal Abuse
  2. Misfit

Release Info:

  • Format: 7" Single.
  • Pressing: Test: 5 copies owned by Bobby Steele.
  • 1st: Post Mortem Records: PM 1002 (1983)
  • 2000 copies.
  • Producer: Bobby Steele.
  • Session: [02//1983 Bobby's NJ Bedroom]

Notes: The sleeve is available with thick paper (cardstock) or with a lighter, glossy paper.

NEVER SAY DIE

Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. Never Say Die
  2. In Eighty Four

Release Info:

  • Format: 7" Single.
  • Pressing: Test: 5 copies owned by Bobby Steele.
  • 1st: Post Mortem Records: PM 1003 (November 1985)
  • 1025 copies.
  • Producer: Bobby Steele.
  • Session: [01//1984 Reel Platinum]

NEVER SAY DIE!

Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. A Life Of Our Own
  2. Misfit
  3. My Kinda Town
  4. Never Say Die
  5. In Eighty Four
  6. When The Evening Comes
  7. Verbal Abuse
  8. I Want You Dead

Release Info:

  • Format: LP.
  • Pressing: Test: 5 copies owned by Bobby Steele.
  • 1st: Rebel Records: LC5433 (April 1986)
  • Back cover lists "Hair and Make-Up by Jill Matthews" and center
  • labels are white with black text. Released in Germany.
  • Sticker: "MINI LP."
  • 2nd: Post Mortem Records: LP001 (1989)
  • Back cover features band photo and center labels are black with white text.
  • Insert: Lyric sheet (2nd pressing only).
  • Producer: Bobby Steele and Jimmy Quidd
  • Session: [08//1981 Mix-O-Lydian] (Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8)
  • [02//1983 Bobby's NJ Bedroom] (tracks 2, 7)
  • [01//1984 Reel Platinum] (tracks 4-5)

NEVER SAY DIE!

Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. A Life Of Our Own
  2. Misfit
  3. My Kinda Town
  4. Never Say Die
  5. In Eighty Four
  6. When The Evening Comes
  7. Verbal Abuse
  8. Lies
  9. I Want You Dead
  10. A Life Of Our Own
  11. Misfit
  12. My Kinda Town
  13. Never Say Die
  14. In Eighty Four
  15. When The Evening Comes
  16. Verbal Abuse
  17. Lies
  18. I Want You Dead

Release Info:

  • Format: Cassette.
  • Pressing: 1st: Post Mortem Records: C-001 (March 1987)
  • Producer: Bobby Steele and Jimmy Quidd.
  • Session: [08//1981 Mix-O-Lydian] (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9)
  • [02//1983 Bobby's NJ Bedroom] (tracks 2, 7-8)
  • [01//1984 Reel Platinum] (tracks 4-5)

Notes: The entire album is included on both sides of the cassette.

ACT YOUR RAGE!

Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. Evening Of Desire
  2. Hollywood Boulevard
  3. Gimme Your Autograph
  4. The Way We Behave
  5. Eve Of Destruction
  6. Undead
  7. I Don't Wanna Go
  8. We Don't Want The Poor In New York City
  9. Social Reason
  10. Put Your Clothes Back On
  11. R.A.T.T. F.I.N.K.

Release Info:

  • Format: LP, Cassette.
  • Pressing: Test: 5 copies owned by Bobby Steele.
  • 1st: Post Mortem Records: LP002/C-002; Forefront Records (May 8, 1989)
  • 2000-5000 black vinyl copies.
  • 1500 white vinyl copies with blue swirls (teal).
  • 1500 white vinyl copies with red swirls (pink).
  • 750 blue vinyl copies.
  • 750 yellow vinyl copies.
  • 750 red vinyl copies.
  • 100 clear vinyl copies.
  • 53 green vinyl copies.
  • 30 orange vinyl copies.
  • Insert: Lyric sheet (LP only).
  • Producer: Bobby Steele.
  • Session: [01//1984 Reel Platinum] (tracks 3-5, 7-9, 11)
  • [09//1984 Centre For Media Arts] (track 2)
  • [06//1986 Centre For Media Arts] (tracks 1, 6, 10)

Notes: Black vinyl LP copies were distributed mostly to radio stations.

DAWN OF THE UNDEAD

Shagpile, Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. Evening Of Desire
  2. A Life Of Our Own
  3. Never Say Die
  4. Gimme Your Autograph
  5. I Don't Wanna Go
  6. In Eighty Four
  7. The Way We Behave
  8. Put Your Clothes Back On
  9. R.A.T.T. F.I.N.K.
  10. I Want You Dead
  11. We Don't Want The Poor In New York City
  12. When The Evening Comes
  13. Verbal Abuse (remix)
  14. My Kinda Town
  15. Hollywood Boulevard
  16. Undead

Release Info:

  • Format: LP.
  • Pressing: Test: 5 copies owned by Bobby Steele.
  • 1st: Shagpile/Post Mortem Records: SHAG 1001 (December 1991)
  • 2000 black vinyl copies.
  • Session: [08//1981 Mix-O-Lydian] (tracks 2, 10, 12, 14)
  • [01//1984 Reel Platinum] (tracks 3-7)
  • [09//1984 Centre For Media Arts] (track 15)
  • [06//1986 Centre For Media Arts] (tracks 1, 8, 16)
  • [09//1986 Centre For Media Arts] (tracks 9, 11)
  • [01//1991 Bobby's NJ Bedroom] (track 13)

Notes: The LP version of this album has a different track listing than the CD and cassette versions. All three versions were originally released at the same time.

DAWN OF THE UNDEAD

Shagpile, Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. Evening Of Desire
  2. A Life Of Our Own
  3. Never Say Die
  4. Gimme Your Autograph
  5. I Don't Wanna Go
  6. In Eighty Four
  7. The Way We Behave
  8. Put Your Clothes Back On
  9. R.A.T.T. F.I.N.K.
  10. I Want You Dead
  11. We Don't Want The Poor In New York City
  12. When The Evening Comes
  13. Verbal Abuse (remix)
  14. My Kinda Town
  15. Hollywood Boulevard
  16. Undead
  17. Social Reason
  18. No Vices
  19. Nightmare
  20. Lies (remix)
  21. Eve Of Destruction
  22. Misfit (remix)

Release Info:

  • Format: CD, Cassette.
  • Pressing: 1st: Shagpile/Post Mortem Records (Australia): SHAG 1001 (December 1991)
  • CD and cassette issued.
  • 2nd: Shock Records: Shock 1001; Post Mortem Records (October 31, 1997)
  • CD reissued with new back cover and corrected lyrics.
  • 3rd: Post Mortem Records: CD-1 (September 2006)
  • CD Reissued - Remastered (previous editions had a mastering defect in 'A Life Of Our Own').
  • 3rd Edition includes 32 Page booklet, w/Lyrics & color photos.
  • Session: [08//1981 Mix-O-Lydian] (tracks 2, 10, 12, 14)
  • [03//1982 171A Rehearsal] (track 19)
  • [01//1984 Reel Platinum] (tracks 3-7, 17, 21)
  • [09//1984 Centre For Media Arts] (track 15)
  • [06//1986 Centre For Media Arts] (tracks 1, 8, 16)
  • [09//1986 Centre For Media Arts] (tracks 9, 11, 18) [01//1991 Bobby's NJ Bedroom] (tracks 13, 20, 22)

Notes: The cassette version is incorrectly labeled as Dawn Of The Dead. The CD and cassette versions of this album were originally released at the same time as the LP.

LIVE SLAYER

Skyclad/Skreamin' Skull, Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. When The Evening Comes
  2. In Eighty Four
  3. Verbal Abuse
  4. Eve Of Destruction
  5. My Kinda Town
  6. I Want You Dead
  7. Evening Of Desire
  8. Bullet
  9. We Don't Want The Poor In New York City
  10. Misfit
  11. Social Reason
  12. Put Your Clothes Back On
  13. A Life Of Our Own
  14. Undead
  15. R.A.T.T. F.I.N.K. [LP only]
  16. All You Need Is Love [LP only]

Release Info

  • Format: LP, CD, Cassette.
  • Pressing: Test: 5 black vinyl copies owned by Bobby Steele.
  • 1st: Skyclad/Skreamin' Skull: Live 119, 119CD (January 1992)
  • 2000 purple vinyl copies.
  • Some copies have a swirled vinyl effect.
  • Sticker: "Featuring ex-MISFITS. Vinyl has 2 tracks not on cassette or CD."
  • Live: [10] (track 15: 02/02/1990 at Ground Zero; Cambridge, MA)
  • [12] (tracks 1-14, 16: 03/24/1991 at The Class; Middletown, NY)

Notes: The cover art includes a picture of Glenn Danzig and the Misfits logo. "Social Reason" features new lyrics that refer to Glenn Danzig's January 1991 appearance in Spin Magazine. The title of the album is a pun on Slayer's Live Undead album.

INVISIBLE MAN

Skyclad/Skreamin' Skull, Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. Invisible Man
  2. Elected

Release Info:

  • Format: 7" Single.
  • Pressing: Test: 5 black vinyl copies owned by Bobby Steele.
  • 1st: Skyclad/Skreamin' Skull: LEVI 129; Post Mortem Records (October 1992)
  • 1500 colored or clear vinyl copies
  • 200 black vinyl copies.
  • Producer: Bobby Steele.
  • Session: [1992 Clearcut Studios]

Notes: The sleeve is cardboard and opens at the top. The 7" has a large center hole. The pressing information listed on the sleeve is incorrect, according to Bobby Steele.

EVENING OF DESIRE

Overground Records

Tracks:

  1. Evening Of Desire
  2. Attitude (live)
  3. Slave To Fashion
  4. My Kinda Town (live)

Release Information

  • Format: 12" Single.
  • Pressing: Test: 30 copies with white paper sleeve and white center labels. Most come with 8"x10" photo of Bobby Steele and 8.5"x11" biography sheet. These were used to promote the band's 1992 tour of the UK.
  • 1st: Overground Records: OVER22 (1992)
  • Released in UK.
  • Producer: Bobby Steele.
  • Session: [06//1986 Centre For Media Arts] (track 1)
  • [02//1990 Clearcut Studios] (track 3)
  • Live: [12] (tracks 2, 4: 03/24/1991 at The Class; Middletown, NY)

THERE'S A RIOT IN TOMPKINS SQUARE

Overground Records: OVER32

Tracks:

  1. There's A Riot In Tompkins Square
  2. Put Your Clothes Back On (live)
  3. I Want You Dead (live)

Release Info:

  • Format: 7" Single.
  • Pressing: Test: 5 copies owned by Bobby Steele.
  • 1st: Overground Records: OVER32 (May 10, 1993)
  • 1000 copies released in UK.
  • Session: [01//1993 Bobby's NY Bedroom] (track 1)
  • Live: [14] (tracks 2-3: 02/11/1993 at Covered Dish; Gainesville, FL)

Notes: The sleeve is cardboard and opens to the right.

THE UNDEAD

Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. I'm So Happy
  2. Strange Creatures
  3. I Don't Wanna Feel The Pain Anymore

Release Info:

  • Format: Cassette.
  • Pressing: 1st: Post Mortem Records (1995)
  • 25 copies.
  • Producer: Bobby Steele.
  • Session: [1995 Bobby's NY Bedroom]

Notes: Notes: These tapes were selectively distributed to record companies and fans.

TIL DEATH!

Underworld Records, Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. The Future Kid
  2. There's A Riot In Tompkins Square
  3. Shadows
  4. Til Death
  5. All You Need Is Love
  6. I Don't Wanna Feel The Pain Anymore
  7. Strange Creatures
  8. Slave To Fashion
  9. I'm So Happy
  10. The Invisible Man
  11. I'd Rather Do My Drinking Alone
  12. They Lied
  13. The Thorn In Your Side

Release Info:

  • Format: LP, CD.
  • Pressing: Promo: Underworld Records: UWR 008; Post Mortem Records (April 24, 1998)
  • 500 promotional CD copies with 10728 Millen Avenue address. These copies come in a plastic slipcase with an Underworld Records business card.
  • 1st: Underworld Records: UWR 008; Post Mortem Records (June 25, 1998)
  • 3000 CD copies with 10738 Millen Avenue address.
  • 500 blue vinyl copies.
  • 500 green vinyl copies.
  • 500 yellow vinyl copies.
  • 500 red vinyl copies.
  • Insert: Underworld Records order form.
  • Session: [1997 Bobby's NY Bedroom]

STILL UNDEAD...AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. Rock'n'Roll Whore
  2. I Don't Wanna Feel The Pain Anymore
  3. Be My Ghoul
  4. Evening Of Desire (feat: Bryce - Vocals)
  5. Third World U.S.A.
  6. Tears On A Pillow
  7. Undead (feat: Bryce - Vocals)
  8. The Invisible Man (Live)
  9. I Want You Dead (Live)
  10. Verbal Abuse (Live)
  11. 'Til Death! (Live)
  12. I'm So Happy (Live)
  13. Be My Ghoul (Live)
  14. Bullet (Live)
  15. A Life Of Our Own (Live)
  16. I Don't Wanna Feel The Pain Anymore (Live)
  17. Evening Of Desire (Live)
  18. Undead (Live)
  19. I Want You (* bonus track: Live 12-17-1981)

Release Info:

  • Format: CD.
  • 1st: Post Mortem Records: CD4 (May 2007)
  • Producer: Bobby Steele
  • Back cover lists "Photo by Megan C. Brooks"

VIDEO RELEASES

A LIFE OF OUR OWN

Tracks:

    A Life Of Our Own

Release Info:

  • Format: Video tape.
  • Pressing: (No label) (1983)
  • Never pressed.
  • Session: [01//1982 Mix-O-Lydian]

Notes: Shot for MAD TV - a cable program for Jersey City State College's Media Arts Dept during one of the most brutal winters in 1982. This unreleased promotional video was recorded in a studio.

WHEN THE EVENING COMES

Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. When The Evening Comes

Release Info

  • Format: Video tape.
  • Pressing: (No label) (1983)
  • Never pressed.
  • Session: [01//1982 Mix-O-Lydian]

Notes: This unreleased promotional video features the band performing live at Great Gildersleeves in New York, NY in 1983. It was later included in the "Time Takes A Cigarette" documentary.

MY KINDA TOWN

Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. My Kinda Town

Release Info

  • Format: Video tape.
  • Pressing: (No label) (1983)
  • Never pressed.
  • Session: [01//1982 Mix-O-Lydian]

Notes: This unreleased promotional video features Bobby Steele in different parts of New York, NY: Bellevue, Times Square, and the World Trade Center, as well as live footage at a U.S. Military pier on the Hudson River.

LIVE AT THE COVERED WAGON

Post Mortem Records

Tracks:

  1. When The Evening Comes
  2. Misfit
  3. Verbal Abuse
  4. The Way We Behave
  5. Eve Of Destruction
  6. I Don't Wanna Go
  7. We Don't Want The Poor In New York City
  8. American Dream
  9. Undead

Release Info

  • Format: Video tape.
  • Pressing: Post Mortem Records (1989)
  • Live: [9] (09/24/1988 at The Covered Wagon; San Francisco, CA)

VARIOUS ARTISTS COMPILATIONS

NEW YORK THRASH

Reachout International Records

Tracks:

  1. Nightmare
  2. Social Reason

Release Info:

  • Format: Cassette, CD, LP.
  • Pressing: 1st: Reachout International Records: ROIR A113 (1982)
  • Cassette copies still in press.
  • 2nd: Danceteria: DANCD084, DANLP084; ROIR: RE113, LP113 (1995)
  • CD and LP copies released in France.
  • 3rd: Reachout International Records: ROIR RUSCD8244 (December 1998)
  • CD released in US with bonus tracks.
  • Session: [03//1982 171A Rehearsal]

FLIPSIDE VINYL FANZINE VOLUME 1

Flipside/Gasatanka

Tracks:

  1. In Eighty Four

Release Info:

  • Format: LP.
  • Insert: Insert features a picture of Bobby Steele
  • Pressing: Flipside/Gasatanka: E-1099 (1984)
  • Session: [01//1984 Reel Platinum]

Notes: This compilation features an alternate mix of "In Eighty Four" without the saxophone solo. It also includes an answering machine message done by Bobby Steele.

FOUNDATION FORUM

Foundation Forum

Tracks:

  1. Evening Of Desire

Release Info:

  • Format: Cassette.
  • Pressing: Foundation Forum (1989)
  • 7000 copies.
  • Session: [06//1986 Centre For Media Arts]

THE BLEU TAPES

Neu Bleu

Tracks:

  1. The Way We Behave

Release Info:

  • Format: Cassette.
  • Pressing: Neu Bleu (1990)
  • Session: [04//1989 Neu Bleu Studios]

Notes: This compilation features tracks of songs by various bands that recorded at Neu Bleu Studios. It was distributed to record labels and never available publicly.

THE WORLD'S IN SHREDS VOL. 4

Shred Six

Tracks:

  1. The Way We Behave

Release Info:

  • Format: 7" EP.
  • Pressing: Shred: Shred Six (January 1990)
  • Session: [04//1989 Neu Bleu Studios]

BRAIN FOOD

Dead Issue Records

Tracks:

  1. The Way We Behave

Release Info:

  • Format: LP. Dead Issue Records: DIR 003-C 1990
  • Session: [04//1989 Neu Bleu Studios]

THE BEST OF FLIPSIDE VINYL FANZINES

Flipside Records

Tracks:

  1. In Eighty Four

Release Info:

  • Format: CD.
  • Pressing: Flipside Records: FLIP 52CD (November 1993)
  • Session: [01//1984 Reel Platinum]

Notes: This includes the same version of "In Eighty Four" as on the previous Flipside compilation.

DESTROY!

Ox

Tracks:

  1. Shadows

Release Info:

  • Format: 7" EP.
  • Pressing: Ox: OXVP 11 (January 1994)
  • 1500 copies released in Germany.
  • Session: [02//1990 Clearcut Studios]

Notes: The sleeve is a thin paper sleeve that opens at the top and the 7" has a large center hole. Ox Fanzine #16 includes a one page interview of Bobby Steele in German.

SEX ON THE STRIP

Umbilical Records

Tracks:

  1. Put Your Clothes Back On

Release Info:

  • Format: Video tape.
  • Pressing: Umbilical Records (1994)
  • Session: [06//1986 Centre For Media Arts]

Notes: This video about Las Vegas strippers features the audio track of "Put Your Clothes Back On" during the closing credits.

WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE

London Records

Tracks:

  1. Evening Of Desire

Release Info:

  • Format: CD, Cassette.
  • Pressing: London Records (May 28, 1996)
  • Session: [06//1986 Centre For Media Arts]

Notes: The motion picture soundtrack DOES exist!

ANARCHY IN THE N.J.

Umbilical Records/Reinforcement Records

Tracks:

  1. I'm So Happy

Release Info:

  • Format: CD.
  • Pressing: Umbilical Records/Reinforcement Records (1996)
  • Session: [1995 Bobby's NY Bedroom]

LETTERS FROM PUNKSVILLE

Umbilical Records/Reinforcement Records

Tracks:

  1. There's A Riot In Tompkins Square

Release Info:

  • Format: CD.
  • Pressing: 1st: Umbilical Records/Reinforcement Records: 4591 (August 25, 1998)
  • 1000 copies.
  • 2nd: Umbilical Records/Reinforcement Records: 4591 (January 1999)
  • 500 copies.
  • 3rd: Umbilical Records/Reinforcement Records: 4591 (March 1999)
  • 500 copies.
  • Session: [1997 Bobby's NY Bedroom]

Notes: This compilation features The Undead as track 8.

L.O.A. - LIVE ON ARRIVAL

Post Mortem Records, Plague Records

Tracks:

  1. A Life Of Our Own
  2. I Don't Wanna Feel The Pain Anymore
  3. Evening Of Desire
  4. See I Ate
  5. Bond

Release Info:

  • Format: 7" EP.
  • Pressing: Test: 6 copies, 3 with a loud pop on side 1, track 2.
  • 1st: Post Mortem Records; Plague Records: PMPR-101898 (May 7, 1999)
  • 800 black vinyl copies.
  • 100 red vinyl copies
  • 100 yellow vinyl copies.
  • Insert: "Toe tag" insert with "UNDEAD / MALIGNMEN LOA"
  • Live: [22] (tracks 1-3: 10/18/1998 at The Neptune; Knoxville, TN)
  • Session: [The Malignmen] (Side 2)

Notes: All copies are hand-numbered, 1-500 by Bobby Steele, and 501- 1000 by The Malignmen. Approximately 600 (in no order) have glued pocket sleeves and the other 400 are cut and folded.

THE UNDEAD / TIMES SQUARE

Transparent Records

Tracks:

  1. Undead
  2. Bullet
  3. Hipocritic Liberal
  4. 42nd Street

Release Info:

  • Format: 7" EP.
  • Acetate: 1 10" acetate at 33rpm made for Paul Holstein.
  • 1 10" acetate at 45rpm made for Bobby Steele.
  • Pressing: Test: 25 black vinyl copies, numbered, with color copy of sleeve artwork. 5 of these copies were distributed as part of the Transparent Records Box Set II: The Second 2 Years (Transparent Records: TR-25.5a) test pressing release.
  • 1st: Transparent Records: TR-22 (Summer 2000)
  • 700 black vinyl copies. 25 of these copies were distributed as part of the Transparent Records Box Set II: The Second 2 Years (Transparent Records: TR-25.5b) regular release.
  • 200 clear vinyl copies. 25 of these copies were distributed as part of the Transparent Records Box Set II: The Second 2 Years (Transparent Records: TR-25.5b) regular release.
  • 100 white vinyl copies. 25 of these copies were distributed as part of the Transparent Records Box Set II: The Second 2 Years (Transparent Records: TR-25.5b) regular release.
  • 5 black vinyl copies, numbered and autographed by all three members of The Undead and sleeve artist Jeff Gaither.
  • Insert: Artwork by Spine.
  • Live: [25] (tracks 1-2)
  • Session: [Times Square] (Side 2)

Notes: The insert by Spine was done in 1994 and originally intended for use on an Undead album cover. Paul Holstein's acetate is now owned by Troy Oliver.

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