The Birthday Party, early singles (12" EP)

This 1983 collection assembles 5 songs from Birthday Party and Boys Next Door singles, all from 1980 and 1981. They're obvious classics, like "Release the Bats" and "The Friend Catcher". Bass sounds good on 45-RPM 12"s, and the London recordings have a bit better fidelity than the Australian Tony Cohen sessions. The sheer impact of the material is obvious enough.