The Courtauld Talks is a live album by English post-punk band Killing Joke, released in 1989 by Invisible Records. It is different from the group's other releases in that it is essentially a spoken-word album.[1]
| The Courtauld Talks | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 19 September 1987 | |||
| Venue | The Courtauld Institute, London | |||
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| Label | Invisible | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Content edit
On 19 September 1987, frontman Jaz Coleman delivered a lecture at London's Courtauld Institute, outlining the thinking behind the band's then-unreleased Outside the Gate album, expounding on its origins in gematria and the occult. Fellow Killing Joke member Geordie Walker (on acoustic guitar) and Outside the Gate session musician Jeff Scantlebury (on percussion) provided a minimal, repetitive musical backing.[1] The venue itself was an apt place for the lecture as it specialised in arts and conservation.[2]
Release edit
A recording of the lecture was released as The Courtauld Talks, a double vinyl LP on Killing Joke drummer Martin Atkins' Invisible Records in 1989. A CD version was released in July 1997.[1]
Track listing edit
- "The Courtauld Talks" – 66:22
Personnel edit
- Killing Joke
- Jaz Coleman – voice
- Kevin "Geordie" Walker – acoustic guitar
- Additional personnel
- Jeff Scantlebury – percussion
- Technical
- Martin Rex - live sound & recording engineer
- Phil Le Gonidec - crew
References edit
- ^ a b c d Schulte, Tom. "The Courtald Talks – Killing Joke | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (2020). Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?, p. 124. Milton Keynes: New Haven Publishing. ISBN 978-1912587407.
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