Alas the Madonna Does Not Function
Details
1988 12 UK United Dairies UD027
5000 Black vinyl copies in regular sleeve
Track Listing
Side A
  1. Nil by Mouth [dpromdcd140] [ud036]
Side B
  1. Swansong [cmedd1161] [ud042]
Vinyl Etchings
Side A: HOMOTOPY TO MARIE PART 2
Side B: YOU BASTARDS WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL EVERYTHING IS DEAD !
Personnel
Diana Rogerson
Dik
Tathata Wallis
Sleeve Notes
Side A : Nil by Mouth (45rpm)
Diana Rogerson _ guitar, voice
David Tibet _ guitar
Dik _ guitar, engineer
Steven Stapleton _ voice, all other instruments

Recorded at the Shadow Factory 1987
Mixed by Steven Stapleton

Side B : Swansong (33rpm)
Tathata Wallis _ voice
Babs Santini _ voice
Steven Stapleton _ voice, flute

Recorded at I.P.S. studio 1987
Treated and mixed by Steven Stapleton

Cover by Babs Santini
Alas the Madonna Does Not Function - Mispress
Details
2022 July 12 UK United Dirter DPROMPD161
7 Test pressing picture disc
Handmade sleeve
signed and numbered by Steven Stapleton
Notes
A mistake occurred during the compiling of the Alas The Madonna reissue.
'A Piece Of The Sky Is Missing' incorrectly submitted on side A instead of 'I Am The Poison'.
Alas the Madonna Does Not Function
Details
2022 November 12 UK Dirter Promotions DPROMPD161
picture disc copies in die-cut sleeve
Track Listing
Side A
  1. Nil by Mouth [dpromdcd140] [ud036]
  2. I Am The Poison [dpromdcd140] [ud031] [ud036] [ud098]
Side B
  1. Swan Song [cmedd1161] [ud042]
Sleeve Notes
Cover - Santini
Photography/Graphics - Sarah Stapleton
Alas the Madonna Does Not Function
Details
2023 March 12 UK Dirter Promotions DPROMPD161
1 hand-made sleeve by Steven Stapleton
Track Listing
Side A
  1. Nil by Mouth [dpromdcd140] [ud036]
  2. I Am The Poison [dpromdcd140] [ud031] [ud036] [ud098]
Side B
  1. Swan Song [cmedd1161] [ud042]
Sleeve Notes
Notes
Planned for sale on 18-MAR-2023 but was never listed.
Assumed to be picture disc test pressing of earlier release.