Thunder Perfect Mind

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1	A Beginning Voice – Shirley Collins	0:44
2	The Descent Of Long Satan And Babylon	3:00
3	A Sadness Song Vocals – Rose McDowall	4:14
4	A Song For Douglas After He's Dead Guitar [Harmonic] – David KennyHarp – James Malindaine-LafayetteVocals – Rose McDowall	4:58
5	In The Heart Of The Wood And What I Found There	2:50
6	Mary Waits In Silence	2:56
7	A Silence Song Cello – Sarah Bradshaw	5:27
8	A Lament For My Suzanne Guitar [Harmonic] – David KennyHarp – James Malindaine-LafayetteVocals – Rose McDowall	4:20
9	Riverdeadbank Lead Vocals – Renate Birulf	3:46
10	All The Stars Are Dead Now Backing Vocals – John Balance, Renate Birulf	9:06
11	Rosy Star Tears From Heaven Vocals – John Balance, Rose McDowall	3:05
12	When The May Rain Comes Bass – David KennyLyrics By – Unknown ArtistVocals – Rose McDowallWritten-By – Sand	3:24
13	Thunder Perfect Mind I Lyrics By [Nag Hammadi Codices] – Unknown Artist	5:05
14	Thunder Perfect Mind II Lyrics By [Nag Hammadi Codices] – Unknown Artist	2:21
15	Hitler As Kalki (SDM) Bass – Karl BlakeGuitar [Feedback] – David KennyGuitar, Dulcimer [Electric] – Nick SalomanHarp – James Malindaine-LafayetteVocals – Rose McDowall	16:28
16	A Sadness Song	4:40
17	An Ending	2:21
18	Suzanne: She And I In Darkness We Lay And Lie	4:26
19	Red House	0:28
20	Our Lady Of Horsies	6:34
21	Anyway, People Die	1:46
22	Silence As Christine	2:24
23	Maldoror Is Ded Ded Ded	12:10
24	They Return To Their Earth	6:18
25	In Sadness Sang Lead Vocals – Rose McDowall	4:19
26	´Khor Ba´i Nyes Dmigs	1:28
27	Lament For Her	3:59
28	A Song For Douglas After He's Dead	6:14
29	They Return To Their Earth (For My Christ Thorn)	6:52
30	A Song For Douglas After He's Dead (Rebirth)	5:43

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – David Tibet
• Copyright (c) – Current 93
• Recorded At – Topic Studios
• Recorded At – La Lune Des Pirates
• Mastered At – Skye Mastering

Credits

• Artwork [Cat Drawings] – Louis Wain
• Artwork [Statues Of Kalki Supplied Through The Kindness Of] – Simon Norris
• Bells – Edward Ka-Spel (tracks: 1 to 17)
• Engineer – David Kenny (tracks: 1 to 17)
• Guitar – Michael Cashmore (tracks: 1 to 17)
• Guitar, Percussion [Hand] – Douglas P.* (tracks: 1 to 17)
• Guitar, Vocals [Corrugations, Vocals, Smokes] – Steven Stapleton (tracks: 1 to 17)
• Liner Notes – David Tibet
• Lyrics By – David Tibet (tracks: 1 to 11, 15 to 30)
• Mastered By – Denis Blackham
• Mixed By – Steven Stapleton (tracks: 1 to 17)
• Music By – Current 93 (tracks: 1 to 11, 13 to 30)
• Painting [Colour Paintings] – David Tibet
• Percussion – James Mannox (tracks: 1 to 17)
• Performer [Line-up] – David Tibet (tracks: 26 to 30), James Malindaine-Lafayette (tracks: 26 to 30), James Mannox (tracks: 26 to 30), Joolie Wood (tracks: 26 to 30), Michael Cashmore (tracks: 26 to 30)
• Photography By [Cover] – Ruth Bayer
• Producer – David Tibet (tracks: 1 to 17), Michael Cashmore (tracks: 1 to 17), Steven Stapleton (tracks: 1 to 17)
• Violin, Tin Whistle, Clarinet, Recorder – Joolie Wood (tracks: 1 to 17)
• Vocals – David Tibet (tracks: 1 to 17)

Notes

Out-takes from the Thunder Perfect Mind sessions, except tracks 26-30 recorded live in Amiens, 15 XII 1990.

This is the sister album to Nurse With Wound's album of the same name.

- Thunder Perfect Mind -
Mixed, engineered and produced at Topic Studios, London between September 1990 and February 1992.

- The Thunder: Perfect Mind -
Tracks 18 to 25 were recorded during the Thunder Perfect Mind sessions but were left off the original album due to lack of time or because they were an alternative mix that we felt did not fit. All these tracks subsequently appeared on the Emblems and Calling For Vanished Faces compilations, with the exception of 'Red House'. The personnel on these songs is as for the studio album.

Tracks 26 to 30 were recorded at a live show at La Lune des Pirates in Amiens, France on 15 December 1990, and were previously released on the album As The World Disappears... This was the first time that songs from Thunder Perfect Mind were played live.

All songs © David Tibet / Current 93 1991/1992/2003. Copyright control.

Love and thanks to all those who helped with this album. This album is dedicated to Shirley Collins. Especial thanks to Michael Cashmore, Steven Stapleton, Andria Tibette, and Paul Jackson. This album was mastered at Skye Mastering.

This is the great wheel of birth and death. Tie it up and make of it the True Love Knot. May all be happy. God is Love. David Tibet, August 21, 2003.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DURTRO 011 CD	Current 93	Thunder Perfect Mind ‎(CD, Album)	Durtro	DURTRO 011 CD	UK	1992
DURTRO 011 CD	Current 93	Thunder Perfect Mind ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Durtro	DURTRO 011 CD	UK	Unknown
DURTRO 011	Current 93	Thunder Perfect Mind ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, TP, W/Lbl)	Durtro	DURTRO 011	UK	1992
DURTRO 011	Current 93	Thunder Perfect Mind ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd)	Durtro	DURTRO 011	UK	1992
THE SPHERES 20	Current 93	Thunder Perfect Mind ‎(2xLP, Album, RE, RM, Pur)	The Spheres	THE SPHERES 20	UK	2017