From Discogs.com : "Released through Rough Trade/The Cartel in an edition of 1000, this is an official compilation with some otherwise rare or unreleased tracks. Tracks taken from the Ralph albums are pretty much the same mixes as the originals but with a few minor tweaks. She Wears Black is from the cassette compilation AG4. Critical/Dance is an early/preview mix of the Elbow track. Then at Iona Anthem is from the Italian Compilation LP "Anthems.
The sides of this recording are referred to as Dorsal for side A and Ventral for side B."
Dorsal Side :
1. Critical/Dance
2. Like Some Kous-Kous Western
3. Brittle People
4. The Elbow Is Taboo
5. Bearded Cats
6. She Wears Black
Ventral Side :
1. Gone To Gondwana
2. A Medical Man
3. Fluorescent Showboat To Tangiers
4. Is Guava A Donut?
5. Leery Looks (from Father's Books)
6. Then At Iona Lanthem
"Olleh Olleh Rotcod" was released by Rotcod Productions in 1985.
A compilation dedicated to anthems, each participant being asked to perform an alternative version of its own real or imaginary national anthem.
Side A :
01. Naif Orchestra - Fratelli d’Italia (Italy)
02. DDAA - La Marseillaise (France)
03. P16. D4 - Aktion: Leer. Korn; Bier (Germany)
04. Van Kaye & Ignit - Wilhelmus, part 1 & 2 (Netherlands)
05. Renaldo And The Loaf - Then At Iona Lanthem (United Kingdom)
06. Bene Gesserit - La Brabançonne (Belgium)
07. La Otra Cara De Un Jardin - The last minutes of everyday (Spain)
08. Laibach - Hej Sloveni (Yugoslavia)
09. Henryk Gajewski - Jeszcze Polska nie zginela (Poland)
Side B :
01. No Night Sweats - The Gundalai Coolabah (Australia)
02. Merzbow - Kimigayo (Japan)
03. Olho Seco - Botas, fuzis, capacetes (Brazil)
04. Spirocheta Pergoli - Munrovia Sunrise (Liberia)
05. 001011011100... Cancer - Hodors Walley (Naon)
06. Prhemm - UrsSA (USA/USSR)
07. The Gerlovins & Charlie Morrow - The Russian American Anthem (USSR/USA)
08. Olho Seco - Castidade [b] (Brazil)
09. Monty Cantsin - Catastronics (Akademgorod)
10. Oxomaxoma - Si es que asì se la puede llamar (Mexico)
11. Culturcide - The Star-Spangled Banner (USA)
12. The Haters - No Canada (Canada)
Like on the "Paris-Tokyo" compilation, Merzbow's contribution is absolutely not noise.
From Discogs.com : "Renaldo Malpractice (Brian Poole) and Ted the Loaf (David Janssen) are a bizarre, insanely creative duo of Brits hailing from Portsmouth. Their music is wacky and fun, schizophrenic and unexpected. "Discovered" by the Residents after they released a cassette version of their first recording, they were signed to Ralph Records and produced three albums between 1981 and 1987."
"Songs For Swinging Larvae" was released by Ralph Records in 1981 and re-released by TEC Tones in 1990. All transformations were realized without the use of synthesizers or juvenile hormone.
