MINISTRY
Rarities Compilation
This is a compilation of Ministry rarities that have been made available for download
as Songs Of The Week from the unofficial Ministry site - prongs.org/ministry. These are
the highlights from live performances, unreleased songs, and demo versions from the past
20+ years. All are the original, uncompressed versions taken from the best sources I
have been able to locate. Some have been reedited from the versions originally available
for download, and all are superior due to being non-lossy. Due to numerous requests,
these are being made available here. As always, I'm looking for any Ministry or related
shows not on my list at http://www.darkstatic.com/~bisquitodoom/Bootlegs/Main.html.
Please contact me if you have any.
1) Same Old Madness - Unreleased single from 1982
2) Never Asked For Nothing - Recorded live at the 5/2/82 Philadelphia show
3) Primental - Recorded live at the 5/18/82 Chicago show
4) Overkill - Recorded live at the 5/18/82 Chicago show
5) Revenge - Demo version
6) Love Change - Recorded live at the 7/10/82 Detroit show
7) America - Recorded live at the 7/10/82 Detroit show
8) Chipped Beef (Blackouts) - Recorded live at the 7/14/83 Philadelphia show
9) So So Life - Recorded live at the 7/14/83 Philadelphia show
10) Hizbollah - Recorded live at the 12/14/84 LaGrange show
11) Do You Even Like It - Recorded live at the ?/?/84 Minneapolis show
12) I See Red - Recorded at a practice session for the 1986 tour
13) Attack Ships On Fire (Revolting Cocks) - Recorded at a practice session for the 1986 tour
14) Thrill Kill Kult - Recorded live at the 6/6/86 Chicago show
15) The Eyes of Christ - Recorded live at the 6/6/86 Chicago show
16) Ricky's Hand - Recorded live at the 6/6/86 Chicago show
17) Hatred (Lead Into Gold) - Recorded live at the 5/1/87 Houston show
18) All Day - Recorded live at the 5/1/87 Houston show
19) Abortive - Recorded live at the 5/1/87 Houston show
20) Cattle Grind (Revolting Cocks) - Demo version
21) Tonight We Murder - Demo version
22) Hellfudge (Lard) - Recorded live at the 10/31/88 San Francisco show
23) You Know What You Are - Recorded live at the 12/15/88 Boston show
24) No Bunny (Pailhead) - Recorded live at the 12/15/88 Boston show
25) Golden Dawn - Recorded live at the 12/16/88 New York show
26) No Devotion (Revolting Cocks) - Recorded live at the 12/16/88 New York show
27) Test - Recorded live at the 1/11/90 New York show
28) Get Down (Revolting Cocks) - Recorded live at the 8/9/90 show
29) Supernaut (1000 Homo DJs) - Recorded live at the 8/9/90 show
30) Chickenshit (Revolting Cocks) - Recorded live at the 1/17/91 Bremen show
31) Jesus Built My Hotrod - Recorded live at the 7/6/99 Tilburg show
32) We Believe - Recorded live at the 3/30/03 Las Vegas show
33) Light Pours out of Me - Recorded live at the 5/6/03 show
34) Supernaut (1000 Homo DJs) - Recorded live at the 5/6/03 Philadelphia show
35) Wrong - Recorded live at the 10/7/04 Minneapolis show
36) No W - Recorded live at the 10/20/04 New York show
Notes on these tracks:
1 was originally intended to be a single in the spring of 82. A video was shot, but
probably scrapped due to the move to Arista. This is the studio version, as this song
never saw an official release.
2 was never released, but was intended to be a b-side for the Same Old Madness 12". A
studio version probably exists, but has yet to surface.
3 is from the Cold Life 12", and was later reworked into "I Wanted To Tell Her". This
version features a mad keyboard solo by Al.
4 was a song from the Special Affect days, and only recently saw release on the Early
Trax compilation.
5 is a demo version. I hope to have more infoon which sessions it is from soon.
6 and 7 never saw release, and were probably also scrapped due to the move to Arista.
8 is from the legendary unreleased Blackouts EP. The studio version recently saw release
on the History In Reverse compilation.
9 is a song from the With Sympathy sessions that never saw release
10 is an early live version of the song that was significantly reworked and ended up on
Land Of Rape And Honey
11 is an unreleased song from the post-Arista Wax Trax period
12 was originally intended to be released as an EP before Twitch. It never saw the light
of day, and much of the track ended up as the PTP track "My Favorite Things".
13 is taken from the same practice sessions and is the only known recording of Al doing
vocals on this track.
14 was written by Groovie Mann from My Life With The Thrill Kult. This song predates the
band by several years. The music for this track ended up being reused forthe Lead Into
Gold track "Hatred"
15 is another unreleased song from the Twitch sessions. Parts of the track were later
reused as the 1000 Homo DJs track "Apathy".
16 is a Fad Gadget cover.
17 is the only recorded live version of a Lead Into Gold song. Paul Barker does the
vocals on this.
18 is a completely reworked version done for the 1987 mintour. Al and Paul blew the
advance Sire had given them for Land Of Rape And Honey before they finished the album.
This tour was done to raise some funds.
19 is similar to the album version, but has vocals by Luc Van Acker.
20 is a demo version. This is not the same version as the studio version that was
recently released on the remastered version of Beers Steer and Queers.
21 is a demo version taken from the Groovie 13 bootleg. Groovie Mann does vocals.
22 marks a rare performance off a Lard song. Jello Biafra does vocals.
23-26 are all from the Land Of Rape And Honey tour. All feature Ogre from Skinny Puppy
on guitar. Ogre does vocals on 26.
27 was only done live twice - this show and the following night. K. Lite does vocals.
28 features Chris Connelly on vocals.
29 is a Black Sabbath cover and features Trent Reznor on vocals.
30 is a John Cale cover and features Chris Connelly on vocals.
32 is the reworked version of the Twitch track done for the 2003 tour.
33 and 34 feature Ogre from Skinny Puppy on vocals. 33 is a Magazine cover and 34 is a
Black Sabbath cover.
I have gone to a lot of effort to ensure that all of these tracks meet the torrent guidelines. Some tracks did not meet these standards, and were not included.
The following songs were past songs of the week, but were not included due to only being available in lossy format:
*Step 12" Version
*Whip Or Chain - Recorded at the 7/17/99 Grand Rapids show.
*So What - Recorded live at the 4/22/03 Chicago show
The following were past songs of the week, but were not included due to appearing on official releases:
*We Shall Cleanse The World (Razorm@id Mix) - Released on a compilation by a popular remix service
*Work For Love (Short) - Released on the Work For Love 7"
*I Wanted To Tell Her (Extended) - Released on the I Wanted To Tell Her 12"
*Show Me Your Spine (PTP) - Released on the Side Trax compilation cd
*A Walk In The Park - Released as a B-side on the I Wanted To Tell Her 12"
*Nature of Outtakes - Released on the Halloween 12" and more recently the Early Trax compilation
*NWO Bonus Beats Mix - Promo mix. Not on a retail release, but on the promotional Mix It Yourself 12"
*What About Us - released on the AI Soundtrack
*Young Man (Blackouts) - Realeased on the Seattle Syndrome compilation and more recently on the History In Reverse compilation
The following were past songs of the week but were not included due to appearing in shows that have been recently torrented:
*Every Day Is Halloween - Recorded live at the 4/10/86 Toronto show, already seeded in complete form
*Just Like You - Recorded live at the 4/10/86 Toronto show, already seeded in complete form
*Over The Shoulder - Recorded live at the 4/10/86 Toronto show, already seeded in complete form
*Isle Of Man/Where You At Now - Recorded live at the 4/10/86 Toronto show, already seeded in complete form
*Land of Rape and Honey - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Pledge Of Allegiance - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Hellfudge - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Power Of Lard - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Message from our Sponsor - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Public Image - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Stainless Steel Providers - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Stigmata - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Thieves - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Country Interlude - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Burning Inside - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*So What - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Smothered Hope - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*No Bunny - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Man Should Surrender - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Diety - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Missing - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
*Breathe - Recorded live at the 2/22/90 Merriville show, already seeded in complete form
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