Strawberry Switchblade Discography

Strawberry Switchblade Discography v 6.2
July 17, 2003

This discography is compiled and maintained by Riccardo Marmugi

Please e-mail any addition, correction, complaint & compliment


Band line-ups are listed where known.

The discography is split into the following sections (you can jump directly to the section by clicking on the title):

1) OFFICIAL RELEASES

2) COMPILATION APPEARANCES

3) SIDE PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS:    
     a)
Rose McDowall      
     b)
Ornamental      
    
c) Sorrow  
     d)
Spell
     e)
Current 93  
     f)
Death In June    


COUNTRY LEGEND:       
                   
         UK  - United Kingdom
         GE -   Germany
         CA -  Canada
         US -  United States
         JP -  Japan



PART 1: OFFICIAL RELEASES


1983 - TREES AND FLOWERS

        7"     Korova/Ninety-Two Happy Customers     SAM 240/HAPS 001     UK

        Trees And Flowers 
        Go Away
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson


1983 - TREES AND FLOWERS

        12"     Ninety-Two Happy Customers     HAPT 001     UK

        Trees And Flowers 
        Go Away 
        Trees And Flowers (Just Music)
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson


1984 - SINCE YESTERDAY

        7"     Korova/Korova-WEA     Kow 38/249 120-7/P-1959     UK/GE/JP

        Since Yesterday
        By The Sea
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson


1984 - SINCE YESTERDAY

        12"     Korova/Korova-WEA     Kow 38T/24 92480     UK/CA

        Since Yesterday 
        Sunday Morning 
        By The Sea

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson

 


1984 - SINCE YESTERDAY (PICTURE DISC)

        12"     Korova     Kow 38PT     UK

        Since Yesterday 
        Sunday Morning 
        By The Sea

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson

 


1985 - LET HER GO

        7"     Korova/Korova-WEA     Kow 39/P-1990     UK/JP

        Let He Go
        Beautiful End

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson

 


1985 - LET HER GO

        12"     Korova     Kow 39T     UK

        Let Her Go 
        Beautiful End 
        Michael Who Walks By Night

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson

 


1985 - LET HER GO (PICTURE DISC)

        12"     Korova     Kow 39P     UK

        Let Her Go 
        Beautiful End 

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson

 


1985 - WHO KNOWS WHAT LOVE IS?

        7"     Korova     Kow 41     UK

        Who Knows What Love Is?
        Poor Hearts

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson

 


1985 - WHO KNOWS WHAT LOVE IS?

        7"     Korova-WEA     P-2011     JP

        Who Knows What Love Is?
        Poor Hearts

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson

 


1985 - WHO KNOWS WHAT LOVE IS?

        12"     Korova     Kow 41T     UK

        Who Knows What Love Is? 
        Poor Hearts
        Let Her Go (Kitchensynch Mix-Up)
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson


1985 - ECSTACY (APPLE OF MY EYE)

        7"     Korova-WEA     P-2018    JP

        Ecstacy (Apple Of My Eye)
        Being Cold
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson


1985 - JOLENE

        7"     Korova/Korova-WEA     Kow 42/P-2033     UK/JP

        Jolene
        Black Taxi

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson

 


1985 - JOLENE

        12"     Korova     Kow 42T     UK

        Jolene 
        Black Taxi 
        Being Cold

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson

 


1985 - STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE

        LP/CD/MC     Korova/Korowa-WEA     KODE 11/ST 240-525-1/18P2-2856     UK/GE/JP

        Since Yesterday
        Deep Water 
        Another Day
        Little River
        10 James Orr Street
        Let Her Go 
        Who Knows What Love Is?
        Go Away
        Secrets 
        Who Knows What Love Is? (Reprise) 
        Being Cold

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson

 


1985 - THE 12" ALBUM

        LP     Korowa-WEA     P-6219     JP

        Let Her Go (Extended Mix) 
        Trees and Flowers (Extended Mix)
        Since yesterday (Extended Mix)
        Jolene (Extended Mix)
        Michael Who Walsk By Night
        Who Knows What Love Is (Extended Mix)
        Ecstasy (Apple Of My Eye)

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson


1986 - I CAN FEEL

        7"     Korova-WEA     P-2074     JP

        I Can Feel
        Since Yesterday(Extended Mix)

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson

 


1986 - PEEL SESSIONS

        LP     Strange Fruit Records     ??     UK

        Trees and Flowers
        Secrets
        Little River
        10 James Orr Street (truncated)

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson


1995 - THE 12" ALBUM

        CD     Communique Records     CDCOMM-5     CA

        Let Her Go (Extended Mix) 
        Trees and Flowers (Extended Mix)
        Since yesterday (Extended Mix)
        Jolene (Extended Mix)
        Michael Who Walsk By Night
        Who Knows What Love Is (Extended Mix)
        Ecstasy (Apple Of My Eye)

        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Jill Bryson


1997 - STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE

        CD     Korova-WEA     WPCR-1093    JP

        Since Yesterday
        Deep Water
        Another Day 
        Little River
        10 James Orr Street
        Let Her Go
        Who Knows What Love Is?
        Go Away 
        Secrets
        Who Knows What Love Is? (Reprise)
        Being Cold
        Beautiful End
        Poor Hearts
        Ecstacy (Apple Of My Eye)
        Jolene
        Black Taxi
        Trees And Flowers (Extended Mix)
        Michael Who Walks By Night
        Since Yesterday (Extended Mix)
        I Can Feel
      
        Notes:
        Engineered by Motion and Trig.
        Band line-up:
        Jill Bryson
        Rose McDowall
        Garry Hutchins
        Alan Park
        Dave Morris
        David Motion
        Phil Thornalley
        Boris Williams

 


2005 - THE PLATINUM COLLECTION

        CD     WEA     5101117332    UK/GE

        Since Yesterday
        Trees And Flowers
        Who Knows What Love Is? 
        Let Her Go
        Jolene
        Deep Water
        Another Day
        Little River 
        10 James Orr Street
        Go Away
        Secrets
        Being Cold
        Poor Hearts
        Black Taxi
        Michael Who Walks By Night
        I Can Feel
      
        Band line-up:
        Jill Bryson
        Rose McDowall
        Garry Hutchins
        Alan Park
        Dave Morris
        David Motion
        Phil Thornalley
        Boris Williams

 



PART 2: COMPILATION APPEARANCES


1983 - RADIO TWELVE
        LP     Rough Trade     RTL-3     UK

        Weekend - The View From Her Room
        Weekend - Drumbeat For Baby
        The Gist - Fool For A Valentine
        Strawberry Switchblade - Trees And Flowers
        Discobolisk - The Pelican Songs
        Troy Tate - Love Is...
        Troy Tate - I'm Mad
        Aztec Camera - ??
        Band line-up:
        Jill Bryson
        Rose McDowall


1988 - Under The Covers - Other People Sing Other Peoples` Songs
        LP/CD     Warner     4825629-2     US

        Simply Red - Money´s Too Tight (To Mention)
        Pretenders - Watcha Gonna Do About It
        The Associates - Love Hangover
        Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene
        Brilliant - It´s A Man´s Man´s World
        Stan Campell - Don´t Let Me Be Misunderstood
        Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
        The Jesus & Mary Chain - Surfin USA
        We´ve Got A Fuzzbox And We´re Gonna Use It - Spirit In The Sky
        Everything But The Girl - Alfie
        Mathilde Santing - Love Of The Common Man
        Aztec Camera - Jump
        Band line-up:
        Jill Bryson
        Rose McDowall


1991 - GIRLISM

        CD     Ausfahrt     ??     GE         
        Darling Buds - Fall
        Romeo Void - Say No
        Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baila
        Betty Boo - Doin The Do
        Jenny Morris - Bag Lady
        Sade - Nothing Can Come Between Us
        Adele Bertei - Loneliest Girl (Pentimento)
        Alison Moyet - All Cried Out
        Sylvia Juncosa - Unfortunately
        The Breeders - Hellbound
        Malaria! -Your Turn To Run
        Fuzzbox - X X Sex
        Cosmopolitans - How To Keep Your Husband Happy
        Lolitas - Il S'en Fout
        Anna Palm - In Need
        Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walking
        Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
        Anne Clark - Abuse
        Band line-up:
        Jill Bryson
        Rose McDowall

 


1991 - A Kick Up The 80's VOL.5

        CD     Crimson     OG 3522CD     US

        Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
        Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind
        Blancmange - Don't Tell Me
        A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
        The Icicle Works - Love Is A Wonderful Colour
        Carmel - Bad Day
        Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday  
        Heaven 17 - Temptation
        The Jam - The Eton Rifles
        Big Country - In A Big Country
        The Skids - Charade
        The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing        
        Echo & The Bunnymen - A Promise 
        Department S - Is Vic There?
        Blue Zoo - Cry Boy Cry
        Visage - Night Train  
        Band line-up:
        Jill Bryson
        Rose McDowall


1994 - LIVING IN OBLIVION VOL.4

        CD          EMI     B000002TOJ     US

        Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
        The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another
        Spandau Ballet -  True  
        Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen  
        The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene [US Single Version]  
        Thompson Twins - Sister Of Mercy [Single Version]        
        The Church - Under the Milky Way        
        Red Box - Lean On Me [(Ah-Li-Ayo)]        
        Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday        
        Scarlett & Black - You Don't Know        
        Belouis Some - Some People        
        The Motels - Shock [Single Remix]        
        Burning Sensations - Belly Of the Whale        
        General Public - Tenderness        
        Intaferon - Get Out Of London        
        Tones On Tail - Go!        
        Wide Boy Awake - Slang Teacher        
        Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs        
        Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

        Band line-up:
        Jill Bryson
        Rose McDowall


1995 - NEW WAVE HITS OF THE ’80s VOL.15

        CD     Rhino Records     405908     US        
        Gary Myrick - Guitar, Talk, Love & Drums       
        Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday        
        Bronski Beat - Why?       
        Belouis Some - Some People        
        Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine        
        Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels       
        Men At Work - It's A Mistake   
        The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
        Charlie Sexton - Beat's So Lonely        
        Animotion - Obsession
        Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Endicott        
        Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
        Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - So In Love        
        Arcadia - Election Day
        Paul Hardcastle - 19

        Band line-up:
        Jill Bryson
        Rose McDowall



PART 3: SIDE PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS



        a) Rose McDowall


1988 - DON'T FEAR THE REAPER

        12"     Rio Digital     12RDS3     UK

        Don't Fear The Reaper
        Crystal Days
        Don't Fear The Reaper (Instrumental)
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall



        b) Ornamental


1988 - CRYSTAL NIGHTS

        7"     One Little Indian Records     18TP7     UK

        Crystal Nights (7" Version)
        Yonilingaphonics
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson
        Dave Ball


1988 - CRYSTAL NIGHTS

        12"     One Little Indian Records     18TP12     UK

        Crystal Nights (gratuitously extended & really quite silly mix)
        Crystal Nights (7" version)
        Yonilingaphonics
        Crystal Nights (singalongahighchaperal mix)
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson
        Dave Ball


1988 - NO PAIN

        12"     One Little Indian Records     Gramm 28     UK

        No Pain
        No Pain #2 (Short Mix)
        Le Sacre d'Hiver
        No Pain (Get Ready Mix)
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson
        Dave Ball



        c) Sorrow


1993 - UNDER THE YEW POSSESSED

        CD     Piski Disc/World Serpent     PIX-001-CD     UK

        Die
        Forgive Me
        Songbird
        Dew Of The Sea
        Emptyness
        Ice And I
        Ruby Tears
        Darkness
        Loki And Evil
        Under The Yew Possessed
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Robert Lee


1999 - SLEEP NOW FOREVER

        CD     Piski Disc     PIX-002     UK

        Soldier
        Love Dies
        Turn Off The Light
        Haunting
        Fear Becomes You
        October Faul
        Wishing Stone
        Nomadic Man
        Epiphany
        Angel
        Sleep Now Forever
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Robert Lee


2000 - FINAL SOLSTICE

        CD-R     Piski Disc     PIX-003     UK

        Petite Cloche Faict Grand Son (Sorrow)
        The Final Solstice (Sorrow)
        Extracts From The Færy Queene (David Michael Bunting)
        The Snow Man (Rosa Mundi With John Balance And Rose)
        Warm Leatherette (Velocity Star)
        Butterfly Hawk (Resonance)
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Robert Lee


2000 - FINAL SOLSTICE II

        CD     Piski Disc     PIX-004     UK

        Petite Cloche Faict Grand Son (Sorrow)
        The Final Solstice (Sorrow)
        Extracts From The Faery Queen (With David Michael Bunting & Shawn Pinchbeck)
        The Snow Man (Rosa Mundi)
        I Got You Babe (Spell)
        Warm Leatherette (Velocity Star)
        Nierika (Penan Ophis)
        Tibet (From The Sunflower Demos)
        Butterfly Hawk (Resonance)
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Robert Lee


2000 - LET THERE BE THORNS (PICTURE DISC)

        7"     Piski Disc     PIX-005     UK

        Die
        Forgive Me
        Songbird
        Dew Of The Sea
        Emptyness
        Ice And I
        Ruby Tears
        Darkness
        Loki And Evil
        Under The Yew Possessed
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Robert Lee


2000 - LET THERE BE THORNS

        CD     Piski Disc     PIX-006-EP     UK

        Die
        Forgive Me
        Songbird
        Dew Of The Sea
        Emptyness
        Ice And I
        Ruby Tears
        Darkness
        Loki And Evil
        Under The Yew Possessed
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Robert Lee



        d) Spell


1988 - JOHNNY REMEMBER ME

        7"     Sympathy For The Record Industry     ??     US

        Johnny Remember Me
        Down From Dover
        Stone Is Very Very Cold       
        Notes:
        Picture disc edition.
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Boyd Rice


1993 - BIG RED BALLOON

        CDS/12"     Mute Records     ??     GE

        Big Red Balloon
        The Ever Constant Sea
        Stone Is Very Very Cold
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Boyd Rice


1993 - SEASONS IN THE SUN

        CD/LP     Mute Records      Stumm 126     UK

        Johnny Remember Me
        Free Now To Roam
        Stone Is Very Very Cold
        Down From Dover
        No Blood In Bone
        Terry
        Seasons In The Sun
        This Little Bird
        Our Own Way
        Big Red Balloon
        Endless Sleep
        Rosemary's Baby (Lullaby Part 1)
        Band line-up:
        Rose McDowall
        Boyd Rice



        e) Current 93


1986 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

        12"     L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords     LAY 18     UK

        Happy Birthday Pigface Christus
        Black Flowers Please (Do Dead Gods Smell)
        Happy Birthday Beau Maldoror Wolf Donnan
        Band line-up:
        David Tibet
        Steven Stapleton
        Douglas P.
        Rose McDowall
        John Balance
        The Reverend Elation HÖH
        Bee


1987 - DAWN

        LP/CD     Maldoror/Durtro     MAL 093/Durtro 002     UK

        Great Black Time
        Maldoror Est Mort
        A Day In Dogland
        Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus
        Band line-up
        David Tibet
        Steven Stapleton
        Douglas P.
        Rose McDowall
        John Balance
        Nick Rogers


1988 - CHRIST AND THE PALE QUEENS MIGHTY IN SORROW

        DLP/CD     Maldoror     MAL 666     UK

        Dögun
        Forever Changing
        The Ballad Of The Pale Christ
        Christ And The Pale Queens, Mighty In Their Sorrow
        Night
        Astral Paddington [Etching]
        Band line-up:
        David Tibet
        Steven Stapleton
        Douglas P.
        Rose McDowall
        Tony Wakeford
        Dik


1988 - EARTH COVERS EARTH

        LP/CD     United Dairies/Supernatural Organisation     UD 029/Sur LP4     UK

        The Dilly Song 
        Hourglass (For Diana) 
        Earth Covers Earth (For Aki) 
        Rome (For Douglas P.) 
        Time Tryeth Truth 
        Hourglass (For Rosy Abelisk)
        Band line-up:
        David Tibet
        Tony Wakeford
        Douglas P.
        Rose McDowall
        John Balance
        Steven Stapleton
        Lu
        Maria Enzell
        Chris Wallis
        Dik
        Ian Read
        Boyd Rice
        David Kenny
        Steve Ignorant


1990 - LOONEY RUNES

        LP/CD     Durtro     Durtro 004     UK

        Panzer Ruin (In The Hands Of Gillespie)
        That's All, Folks
        Invocation
        The Summer Of Love
        Happy Birthday
        Black Flowers Please
        Oh Coal Black Smith
        Farewell; The Birds Have Stopped Singing
        Band line-up:
        David Tibet
        Douglas P.
        Tony Wakeford
        Rose McDowall
        Steven Stapleton
        Ian Read
        Freya 


1991 - ISLAND

        LP/CD     Durtro     Durtro 006     UK

        Falling
        The Dream Of A Shadow Of Smoke
        Lament For My Suzanne
        Fields Of Rape (Sightless Return)
        Passing Horses
        Anyway, People Die
        To Blackened Earth
        Oh Merry-Go-Round
        Band line-up
        David Tibet
        HOeH
        Bjoerk Gudmundsdóttir
        Akiko Hada
        Thór Eldon
        Godkrist
        Liz Aster
        Bogomil Font
        Asa Hlín Svavarsdóttir
        Birgir Baldursson
        The Venerable 'Chimed Rig'dzin Lama, Rinpoche
        Johnny Triumph
        Rose McDowall
        Joolie Wood
        Einar Oern
        Tómas M. Tómasson



        f) Death In June


1987 - TO DROWN A ROSE

        10"     New European Recordings     NER BAD VC 10     UK

        To Drown A Rose 
        Europa: The Gates Of Heaven
        Zimmerit 
        Band line-up
        Douglas P.
        John Balance
        Rose McDowall
        Gary Carey
        Christ 777
        Jan O'


1987 - BROWN BOOK

        LP     New European Recordings     NER BAD VC 11     UK

        Heilige Tod
        Touch Defiles
        Hail! The White Grain
        Runes And Men
        To Drown A Rose
        Red Dog - Black Dog 
        In the Fog of the World
        We Are the Lust
        Punishment Initiation
        Brown Book
        Burn Again 
        Band line-up:
        Tibet 93
        Douglas P.
        John Balance
        Rose McDowall
        Gary Carey
        Ian Read
        Jan O'

 


1989 - THE CORN YEARS

        LP/CD     New European Recordings     NER BAD VC CD 7     UK

        Heilige!
        Torture By Roses
        Love Murder
        Zimmerit
        We Are The Lust
        To Drown A Rose
        Break The Black Ice
        Behind The Rose (Fields Of Rape)
        Punishment Initiation
        Rocking Horse Night
        Break The Black Ice (Instrumental)
        Runes And Men
        Rule Again
        Hail! The White Grain
        Blood Of Winter
        The Fog Of The World
        Europa: The Gates Of Heaven
        Come Before Christ And Murder Love
        Band line-up:
        David Tibet
        Douglas P.
        John Balance
        Rose McDowall
        Gary Carey
        Andrea James
        Jan O'
        Gary Carey
        Bee
        Jan O'
        David Tiffen
        J.R.P.

 


1990 - THE WALL OF SACRIFICE

        LP/CD     New European Recordings     NER BAD VC 88     UK

        The Wall Of Sacrifice
        Giddy Giddy Carousel
        Heilige Leben 
        Fall Apart
        Bring In The Night
        In Sacrilege
        Hullo Angel
        Death Is A Drummer 

        Band line-up:
        David Tibet
        Douglas P.
        Rose McDowall
        Boyd Rice
        Nikolas Schreck
        Andrea James
        Jan O'


1990 - THE CATHEDRAL OF TEARS

        CD     New European Recordings     NER BAD VC 34     UK

        Brown Book (Re-read)
        Burn Again
        Death Of A Man
        Rule Again (Instrumental)
        Touch Defiles
        Hidden Among The Leaves
        Red Dog - Black Dog
        Blood Victory (Instrumental)
        Brown Book
        Cathedral Of Tears
        Blood Victory 
        Band line-up:
        David Tibet
        Douglas P.
        Rose McDowall
        James Mannox


1994 - SUN DOGS

        CDS/7"     Twilight Command     Nero I     UK

        Rose Clouds Of Holocaust
        13 Years Of Carrion
        Symbols Of The Sun (Live)
        Rose Clouds Of Holocaust (Live)
        Band line-up:
        Douglas P.
        Rose McDowall
        Simon Norris

 


1995 - ROSE CLOUDS OF OLOCAUST

        LP/CD     New European Recordings     NER BAD VC 38     UK

        Lord Winter
        God's Golden Sperm
        Omen-filled Season
        Symbols Of The Sun
        Jerusalem The Black 
        Luther's Army
        13 Years Of Carrion
        The Accidental Protégé
        Rose Clouds Of Holocaust
        Lifebooks

        Band line-up:
        David Tibet
        Douglas P.
        Rose McDowall
        Simon Norris
        Max Wearing
        Campbell Finley