Chemical Playschool Volumes 1 & 2

Tracklist

1	Defeated	2:32
2	Voices	4:30
3	Ideal Home	4:02
4	Black Highway	5:00
5	Soma Bath	3:38
6	Dolls House + Louder After Six (First Version)	11:43
7	Stand Firm, Damien	0:48
8	Phallus Dei	3:13
9	Playschool	1:46
10	Dying For The Emperor	7:02
11	Peace Krime 1	4:21
12	Brighter Now	5:10
13	Peace Krime 2	2:41
14	Primer Strana	2:38
15	Apocalypse Then (First Version)	4:05
16	Professional	3:29
17	Donna's Blitzed Again	2:56
18	Brill	5:50
19	War Krime	0:43
20	Break Day + Shit...It's Raining	12:48
21	City Ghosts (First Version)	4:15
22	Onward	3:28
23	Legacy (First Version)	3:58
24	One For The Pearl Moon (First Version)	5:39
25	Sensory Deprivation	4:05
26	Temper Temper	3:54
27	Amphitheatre Stomp	1:43
28	Misfortunes	2:34
29	Red Castles (First Version)	4:51
30	Hanging Gardens (First Version)	4:31
31	Redeemed	2:03
32	Before The End	3:45
33	Waiting For The Call/You'n'me	5:01
34	Amphitheatre (First Version)	5:04
35	Frosty	4:39
36	That's My Boy	6:02
37	The Wedding (First Version)	3:39
38	Stars On Sunday	11:23
39	Caligula	3:37
40	Moaners-Passover	6:10

Credits

• Performer [Those Who Played A Part] – April White , Edward Ka-Spel, Mick Marshall*, Pat White*, Pete Ware, Roland Callaway, The Silverman, Tony Johnson

Notes

Notes taken verbatim from Bandcamp site:

1981

Chemical Playschool 1 & 2 dates back to the very beginning of the Legendary Pink Dots.
When LPDs decided to make their first tentative wave from the great ocean of artists just wanting to be noticed, they produced 2 cassettes. "Only Dreaming" had the songs plus a few mangled interludes; "Chemical Playschool " was one long
disturbing trip clocking in at an hour. Parts of that trip are reproduced on CP 1 & 2
("Stars on Sunday", "Redeemed" and others).Also in the pot was a large part of the promotional cassette which EK left in record stores around Europe ("Primer"-written in cyrillic script).
In fact CP 1 & 2 is a compilation of the first year of LPDs.
Beware, much of it appears elsewhere (Legendary Pink Box, Kleine Krieg,Dots on the Eyes,Premonition). It is also not for hi-fi enthusiasts (primitive equipment, the occasional tape "drop-out").
The original run with handmade covers was just 25 copies ,all sent to Eurock in the US .The master tapes were then accidentally erased but cassette copies were found.
This remaster comes from second generation cassettes found stuffed in a box.The music has been painstakingly enhanced and clarified but sound quality is inevitably flawed.The sonic overhaul is respectful- there was no desire to turn the work into something that it isn't.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
02/03	The Legendary Pink Dots	Chemical Playschool 1 & 2 ‎(2xCass, Ltd, 1st)	Mirrordot	02/03	UK	1981
none	Legendary Pink Dots*	Chemical Playschool Volumes 1 & 2 ‎(40xFile, ALAC, Comp, RE, RM)	Not On Label (The Legendary Pink Dots Self-Released)	none	Netherlands	2013
STLPD 001	Legendary Pink Dots*	Chemical Playschool #1 #2 ‎(2xCass, RE, C90)	Staaltape	STLPD 001	Netherlands	1990
none	The Legendary Pink Dots	Chemical Playschool 1 & 2 ‎(2xCass, Album, Ltd, RP)	Mirrordot	none	Netherlands	1990
none	The Legendary Pink Dots	Chemical Playschool 1 & 2 ‎(2xCass, Album, Ltd, Num, RE)	Jarmusic, Mirrordot	none	Germany	1988

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