Perennial Divide


Members

John Corrigan
Paul Freeguard
Jonny Stephens

Formed in 1986

Discography By: Christopher Miller
A l b u m s
Title  (formats)  
Origin
 
Label
 
Call#
 
Year
 
Notes
P U R G E
lp
 
UK
 
Sweatbox
 
Sox 016
 
1986
 
Green Sleeve
* The first pressing of the UK lp for "Purge" (in glossy slate green picture sleeve) is limited to 2000 copies.
P U R G E + B U R N D O W N
lp
+ 12"
 
UK
UK
 
Sweatbox
Sweatbox
 
Sax 016
Sax 018
 
1986
1987
 
Brown Sleeve
* The second pressing of the UK lp for "Purge" comes in a totally different picture sleeve (in brown sleeve) and record jacket picture sleeve, but with the same exact record and record labels as that of its original pressing. Initial copies of this reissuance also came with the UK 12" for "Burn Down" (SOX 018) shrinkwrapped to it (and a circular black [print] on white sleeve sticker affixed).

* On the UK releases for "Purge", there are no discernable separating breaks in between tracks #A2 and #A3 (combined time: 6:21), and/or tracks #B3 and #B4 (combined time: 5:43).

* Both UK lp releases for "Purge" have the following messages etched into their run-out grooves, on Side A [that side]: "YOU TO TUGGY TOO TOO", and on Side B [that side]: "AW VS CARPETS".

* The UK 12" for "Burn Down" has the following messages etched into its run-out grooves, on Side A: "THE HAMMERMAN POET", and on Side B: "EAT SHIT AND DIE".
S I N G L E S / E. P. s
Title  (formats)  
Origin
 
Label
 
Call#
 
Year
 
Notes
B E E H E A D
promo 7"
12"
 
UK
UK
 
Sweatbox
Sweatbox
 
Sox 020
Sox 020
 
1987
1987
 
One-sided
* The UK single-sided promotional-only 7" for "Bee Head" is limited to 500 copies, and comes only in a generic die-cut (one side only) white paper record jacket. Side A's record label states: "From the forthcoming 4 track e.p. 'Bee Head'".

* The UK single-sided promotional-only 7" for "Bee Head" incorrectly identifies track #1 as simply "Bee Head". The correction is as appears above.

* One second after the very end of the song "Bee Head (7" version)", a very faint voice can be heard if the volume is turned up to a very high level. It is that of John Corrigan yelling during the actual time of this record's pressing/mastering - somehow the machine which pressed the original acetate was able to pick up his voice (the three words which he shouts are indecipherable, however).

* Although the record's label for "Bee Head" states that it is `Made In France', this 12" ep. is actually a UK release (as it reads on the spine of its picture sleeve: `Made In England').

* The UK 12" ep. for "Bee Head" has the following messages etched into its run-out grooves, on Side A: "TORTURED MOST SEVERELY", and on Side B: "IT'S LIKE PRAYER".
B U R N D O W N
12"
 
UK
 
Sweatbox
 
Sox 018
 
1986
   
* The UK 12" for "Burn Down" has the following messages etched into its run-out groove, on Side A: "THE HAMMERMAN POET", and on Side B: "EAT SHIT AND DIE".
L E A T H E R N E C K S
test 12"
test 12"
 
UK
US
 
Sweatbox
Wax Trax
 
Sox 036
Wax 067
 
1988
1988
 
 
*There was never a commercial release for the "Leathernecks" ep., but it did manage to get pressed as a white label test-pressing only 12" ep. in both the UK and US (regardless of the fact that it was listed as an upcoming release in an April/May 1989 WAX TRAX! `new release' advertisement which appeared in several magazines at the time).

* The UK white-label test pressing-only 12" ep. for "Leathernecks" is limited to 200 copies.

* The US test pressing-only 12" ep. for "Leathernecks" comes in a white generic die-cut sleeve. The record's label is a HUB-SERVALL RECORD MFG. CORP. label, and has a rectangular black [computer print] on white sticker affixed which features the track listing. The record's run-out groove has the call numbers, "WAX 067" and "SOX 036", etched into each side of it.

* The US test pressing-only 12" ep. for "Leathernecks" incorrectly identifies track #A1 as "Leathernecks", track #B1 as "Monster", and omits [the untitled] track #B2, "--------------- [leathernecks - track #B2]", from its tracklisting altogether. The corrections are as appear above.
C o m p i l a t i o n   A p p e a r a n c e s
Title  (formats)  
Origin
 
Label
 
Call#
 
Year
 
Notes
B A R K
lp
 
UK
 
Sweatbox
 
Sax 025
 
1988
 
"bee head
(original12" version)"
* "Bark" is a new-release label sampler issued by SWEATBOX RECORDS showcasing six of their artists, including one song by PERENNIAL DIVIDE (as well as one by MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO). This release comes with a 29.7cm/29.7cm illustrated black & white [print] SWEATBOX RECORDS catalogue which features group photos and band histories for all of the artists involved (including ones for both PERENNIAL DIVIDE and MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO), plus a complete (up until the time of its printing in 1988) label discography for all current and future SWEATBOX RECORDS releases. Additionally, the catalogue itself has its own call-number: "SBX 025".
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