MINISTRY - TWITCH - 1986 - SIRE RECORDS 9 25309-1 - SRC

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Purchased Brand New in a record store, UNPLAYED and still in Original Shrink Wrap with one end open to access album. Edges, faces and corners show no blemishes. A couple of small marks along the album access edge and a small indent in spine on the "Y" in Ministry (see pictures). Lettering is so close to centered on spine (see pictures).
Has the Original Paper Sleeve with song titles and credits. Small split on one side and a bigger split on the other side edge (see pictures). No other rips, tears , creasing or wrinkling.
Vinyl is PRISTEEN with no visible defects in critical sun light. THIS IS UNPLAYED! Labels are in Excellent shape.
Side One: Just Like You - We Believe - All Day Remix - The Angel Side Two: Over the Shoulder - My Possession - Where You at Now? - Crash and Burn - Twitch
Catalog number on inner label: 1-25309
Catalog number on spine: 9 25309-1

Includes printed inner sleeve.
The Sire logo on the label has "TM" unlike others that have "®".

The total duration of track B3 is listed on the release as 12:13; the durations of tracks B3.1 to B3.3 are not printed on the release.
Ministry Affairs BMI.
℗ 1986 Sire Records Company
© 1986 Sire Records Company
Made and printed in U.S.A.

All songs recorded and mixed at Southern Studios / London except "Just Like You" mixed at Hansa Ton Studios / Berlin.
Luc Van Acker appears courtesy EMI / Europe + Wax Trax / U.S.A.

Thanks go to: Jim Nash, Dannie Flesher, John Loder, Kishi, Wobble, Bonjo, Sue, Late Nite Leo, Mickey Caution, Allison Dominatura and the Revolting Cocks gang in Brussels.

Album credit "Produced by Adrian Sherwood" on back cover; inner sleeve lists individual track producer credits.

• Rights Society: BMI
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• Matrix / Runout (Sides A & B, stamped, Specialty logo): SRC

• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched): 1 25309 A RE1 SR2 1 - 2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched): 1 25309 B RE2 SR2 1 - 2

Ministry's first release with Sire/Warner Bros. was the single "Over the Shoulder" in 1985, preceding the release of the band's second studio album, Twitch, in March 1986. Twitch was recorded and mixed largely at Southern Studios in London and Hansa Tonstudios in West Berlin during 1985, with the On-U-Sound Records owner Adrian Sherwood and Jourgensen sharing co-production duties. Despite the contribution of several others (namely Belgian singer Luc van Acker and Sherwood's Tackhead bandmate Keith LeBlanc), the album material was mainly performed by Jourgensen, listed as the band's sole member. Some material, recorded during the Twitch sessions, was later used for LeBlanc's and Sherwood's other projects, most prominently LeBlanc's solo album Major Malfunction.

On release, Twitch hit No. 194 in Billboard 200, and was supported by a US and Canadian tour. Jourgensen assembled a new touring line-up, featuring Roland Barker on keyboards, Paul Barker on bass and Bill Rieflin on drums. Twitch received mixed reviews, with a music critic Robert Christgau stating, "Chicago's Anglodisco clones meet Anglodisco renegade Adrian Sherwood and promptly improve themselves by trading in wimpy on arty"; nevertheless, the album came to be viewed as a pivotal point in the band's discography, as it signaled ongoing changes in Ministry's sound. In later publications, Jourgensen credited Sherwood with giving his music an aggressive edge and providing production advice, but considered the record "so Adrian Sherwood-influenced."