Church Of Misery - Early Works Compilation

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Spahn Ranch (Charles Manson)	8:19
A2	Road To Ruin (Charles Whitman)	7:21
B1	Reverend (Jim Jones)	8:34
B2	War Is Our Destiny Written-By [Uncredited] – Dave Chandler, Scott Reagers	4:19
B3	Room 213 (Jeffrey Dahmer)	5:13
C1	Taste The Pain (Graham Young)	6:06
C2	Plainfield (Ed Gein)	9:19
C3	In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Written-By [Uncredited] – Iron Butterfly	5:44
D1	Murder Company (Henry Lee Lucas)	7:52
D2	Son Of A Gun (David Berkowitz)	9:06
E1	Where Evil Dwells (Richard Ramirez)	5:03
E2	Sick Of Living (Zodiac)	6:36
E3	Come Touch The Sky Written-By [Uncredited] – Bruce Franklin, Eric Wagner, Rick Wartell	2:57
F1	Accident Written-By [Uncredited] – Black Widow	4:03
F2	Chains Of Death Written-By [Uncredited] – Paul Chain	5:27
F3	Retal (Howard Unruh)	3:32

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Los Angeles Club
• Recorded At – Studio Penta, Otsuka
• Remastered At – Peace Music
• Manufactured By – Pirates Press
• Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – 85628E

Credits

• Artwork, Layout – The Perverted Old Goatess
• Bass – Tatsu Mikami
• Drums – Hideki Shimizu
• Guitar – Tomohiro Nishimura
• Music By, Lyrics By – Tatsu Mikami (tracks: A1, B1, B3, C2, D1 to E2, F3), Tomohiro Nishimura (tracks: A2, C1)
• Recorded By – Daisuke Takizawa (tracks: E3), O-Mi Kihara (tracks: A1 to C3, D1 to E2, F1 to F3)
• Remastered By – Souichirou Nakamura
• Vocals – Nobukazu Chow

Notes

Emetic Records vinyl re-release of early tracks from EPs, splits and compilations.

500 copies pressed on black vinyl in a gate-fold jacket with the cover as pictured. (this)
166 copies pressed on clear red vinyl in a red box with altered art, called the "Blood Box" edition.

Tracks A1 to B2 previously published on a Split CD with Sheavy called Born Too Late (Game Two Records, GT-09, 1998)
Tracks B3 to C3 previously published on the Taste The Pain Mini-Album (Bad Acid Records, Trip 4, 1998)
Tracks D1 and D2 previously published on the Murder Company / Son Of A Gun 10" EP (Man's Ruin Records, MR 131, 1999).
Track E1 previously published on the compilation Doomsday Recitation CD (Cornucopia Records, 1997) and later as a bonus track on the CD version of "Murder Company" (Man's Ruin Records, MR 131 CD) as well as on the Split CD with Iron Monkey (Man's Ruin Records, MR 132, 1999).
Track E2 previously published on the Stone Deaf Forever compilation CD (Red Sun Records, RSCD 001, 2000).
Track E3 previously published on the Bastards Will Pay - Tribute To Trouble compilation CD (Freedom Records, FRED CD 001, 1999).
Track F1 previously published on the King Of The Witches (Black Widow Tribute) compilation CD (Black Widow Records, BWRCD 039-2, 1999).
Track F2 previously published on the Beyond The Realm Of Death SS compilation CD (Black Widow Records, BWRCD 038-2, 1999).
Track F3 is previously unpublished.

Copyright Murderfreak Musick 2004.

All music recorded at Los Angeles Club Studio, Tokyo, except E3 recorded at Otsuka Penta Studio.
All tracks remastered at Peace Music in 2004.

This release features several cover versions:
Track B2 is from Saint Vitus.
Track C3 is from Iron Butterfly.
Track E3 is from Trouble .
Track F1 is from Black Widow .
Track F2 is from Death SS.

There are several typos in the booklet (corrected in the tracklisting below):
Track A2 is called "Road To Ruin (Charles Whiteman)". The mass murderer is however correctly spelled Charles Whitman.
Track B3 is called "Room 213 (Jeffery Dahmer)". The serial killer is correctly spelled Jeffrey Dahmer.
Track D1 is called "Murder Company (Henly Lee Lucas)". The serial killer is correctly spelled Henry Lee Lucas.
Track F3 is called "Retal (Howord Unruh)". The mass murderer is correctly spelled Howard Unruh.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 64315742750
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped): PIRATES PRESS - EME042 A 85628E1/A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped): PIRATES PRESS - EME042 B 85628E2/A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout C, stamped): PIRATES PRESS - EME042 C 85628E3/A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout D, stamped): PIRATES PRESS - EME042 D 85628E4/A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout E, stamped): PIRATES PRESS - EME042 E 85628E5/A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout F, stamped): PIRATES PRESS - EME042 F 85628E6/A

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LHR-004/5	Church Of Misery	Early Works Compilation ‎(2xCD, Album, Comp)	Leaf Hound Records	LHR-004/5	Japan	2004
EME042	Church Of Misery	Early Works Compilation ‎(2xCD, Album, Comp, RE)	Emetic Records	EME042	US	2010
EME 42.1, EME 42.2	Church Of Misery	Early Works Compilation ‎(2xCD, Album + 3xLP, Album, Tra + Comp, Ltd)	Emetic Records	EME 42.1, EME 42.2	US	2010
EME 42.1	Church Of Misery	Early Works Compilation ‎(2xCD, Album, Comp)	Emetic Records	EME 42.1	US	2010

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