The Firstborn Is Dead

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CD-1	Tupelo Lyrics By – Cave*Music By – Adamson*, Harvey*	7:18
CD-2	Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Tree Lyrics By – Cave*Music By – Harvey*	5:10
CD-3	Train Long-Suffering Lyrics By, Music By – Cave*	3:49
CD-4	Black Crow King Lyrics By – Cave*Music By – Bargeld*, Cave*	5:05
CD-5	Knockin' On Joe Lyrics By, Music By – Cave*	7:39
CD-6	Wanted Man Lyrics By, Music By – Bob Dylan	5:27
CD-7	Blind Lemon Jefferson Lyrics By – Cave*Music By – Adamson*, Bargeld*, Harvey*, Cave*	6:08
Audio - The Firstborn Is Dead (Dolby Digital Surround Sound / DTS Surround Sound / Stereo):	40:38
DVD-1	Tupelo Lyrics By – Cave*Music By – Adamson*, Harvey*
DVD-2	Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Tree Lyrics By – Cave*Music By – Harvey*
DVD-3	Train Long-Suffering Lyrics By, Music By – Cave*
DVD-4	Black Crow King Lyrics By – Cave*Music By – Bargeld*, Cave*
DVD-5	Knockin' On Joe Lyrics By, Music By – Cave*
DVD-6	Wanted Man Lyrics By, Music By – Bob Dylan
DVD-7	Blind Lemon Jefferson Lyrics By – Cave*Music By – Adamson*, Bargeld*, Harvey*, Cave*
The Six Strings That Drew Blood (Dolby Digital Surround Sound / DTS Surround Sound / Stereo):
DVD-8	The Six Strings That Drew Blood Lyrics By, Music By – Cave*	4:52
Video
DVD-9	Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 2: The Firstborn Is Dead) Film Director [By] – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard	39:45
DVD-10	Tupelo Film Director – Christoph Dreher	4:59
DVD-11	Wanted Man Film Director – Mick Harvey	5:29

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mute Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Mute Records Ltd.
• Published By – Mute Song
• Published By – Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
• Recorded At – Hansa Tonstudios
• Mixed At – DMZ Studio
• Mixed At – The Instrument
• Mixed At – Strongroom
• Mixed At – Sing Sing Studios
• Pressed By – www.takt.eu – 2100001815639
• Pressed By – www.takt.eu – 2100001815646
• Mastered At – Super Audio Mastering
• Engineered At – FX Copyroom

Credits

• Bass, Guitar, Organ, Drums, Backing Vocals – Barry Adamson
• Coordinator – Anne Carruthers, MJ
• Drums, Piano, Guitar, Organ, Bass, Backing Vocals – Mick Harvey
• Engineer – Flood
• Engineer [Assistant] – George
• Executive-Producer – Mick Harvey
• Executive-Producer [Collectors Edition] – David Rowntree, Rachel Willis, Shaun Connon
• Guitar, Slide Guitar, Piano, Backing Vocals – Blixa Bargeld
• Liner Notes – Amy Hanson
• Mastered By [5.1], Remastered By [Cd] – Simon Heyworth
• Mixed By [5.1] – Kevin Paul, Mick Harvey
• Performer [The Bad Seeds] – Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld, Mick Harvey
• Photography By [Front Cover & The Bad Seeds] – Jutta Henglein
• Photography By [Nick Cave] – Bleddyn Butcher
• Producer – Flood, Bad Seeds, The*
• Research [Archive] – Anne Carruthers, Peach Kazen
• Transferred By [Master Tape Resurrection And Transfer] – Kevin Van Bergen*
• Vocals, Harmonica – Nick Cave

Notes

Recorded November-December, 1984, Hansa, Ton-Studios, West Berlin.
Mixed at DMZ Studio, The Instrument & The Strongroom, London & SingSing, Melbourne.
Master tape resurrection and transfer done at FX Copyroom.
5.1 mastering and CD remastering at Super Audio Mastering, Devon.

Kevin Paul appears courtesy of Audio Authority.
Durations not printed on cover.

DVD contains also 128 kbps MP3 versions of DVD-8 track and MPEG-4 versions of tracks DVD-9 to DVD-11 in three different qualities.

℗ 2009 Mute Records Limited © 2009 Mute Records Limited
Printed in the EU

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5099923699625
• Label Code: LC05834
• Rights Society: SDRM Biem
• Matrix / Runout (CD, disc label): 5099923699724
• Matrix / Runout (CD): www.takt.eu 2100001815639 2369972
• Mastering SID Code (CD): IFPI LK97
• Mould SID Code (CD): IFPI 9R96
• Matrix / Runout (DVD, disc label): 5099923699694
• Matrix / Runout (DVD, Layer 0): 2100001815646 L-0
• Matrix / Runout (DVD, Layer 1): 2100001815646 L-1 2369969-0/1 www.takt.eu
• Mastering SID Code (DVD, Layer 0): IFPI LK97
• Mastering SID Code (DVD, Layer 1, Mirrored): IFPI LK97
• Mould SID Code (DVD, Layer 0): IFPI 9R93
• Mould SID Code (DVD, Layer 1, Mirrored): IFPI 9R92

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
STUMM 21	Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds*	The Firstborn Is Dead ‎(LP, Album)	Mute	STUMM 21	UK	1985
ALCB-624	Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds*	The Firstborn Is Dead ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Mute	ALCB-624	Japan	1988
ALR 151	Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds*	The Firstborn Is Dead ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Always Records	ALR 151	Russia	1995
STUMM 21	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	The Firstborn Is Dead ‎(LP, Album)	Mute, Possum Records	STUMM 21	Australia	1985
STRESS0106275	Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds*	The Firstborn Is Dead ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Stress Records	STRESS0106275	Russia	Unknown

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