Meat Beat Manifesto
Armed Audio Warfare

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Meat Beat Manifesto - Armed Audio Warfare

August 1990

UK LP Sweatbox LD9048
US LP WaxTrax! WAX9106

side a

  1. Genocide
  2. Repulsion
  3. Mister President
  4. Reanimator - [SOX037]

side b

  1. I Got the Fear - [SOX023]
  2. Kick That Man - [SOX023]
  3. Kneel and Buzz - [SOX023]
  4. Fear Version - [SOX023]
  5. Give Your Body Its Freedom (edit) - [SOX032]

Jack Dangers
Jonny Stephens

The UK LP has the call number "SAX 045" etched into its run-out grooves.

The US test-pressing LP comes in a generic white die-cut sleeve. The record's HUB-SERVALL RECORDS MFG. CORP label has a rectangular black [computer print] on white sticker affixed which features the tracklisting. The record's run-out groove has the call numbers, "SAX 045", "BIAS 189" and "WAX 7106", etched into each side of it.

The US test-pressing LP for "Armed Audio Warfare" incorrectly lists the songs "Marrs Needs Women" and "Cutman" as being on this release. Also, "I Got The Fear" is listed as being the last track on Side A, when in actuality it is the first track on Side B. The corrections are as appear above.

The LP releases for "Armed Audio Warfare" incorrectly identify track #B2 as "Kneel And Buzz", and track #B3 as "Kick That Man" (switching them around in the tracklisting from how they really appear on the records). On the Dutch LP for this release however, the correct tracklisting does appear on the record's label, but (still) not on its picture sleeve. The corrections are as appear above.

On the LP releases for "Armed Audio Warfare" track #B5 has been slightly edited down from its original form specifically for this album, hence it being tagged with "(armed audio warfare edit)". Compare this "Give Your Body Its Freedom" to its unedited/full- length version which appears on the UK cd single for "Strap Down" (SOX 032 CD). The correction is as appears above.

UK CD Sweatbox LD9048
US CD WaxTrax! WAX7106

  1. Genocide
  2. Repulsion
  3. Mister President
  4. Reanimator - [SOX037]
  5. I Got the Fear - [SOX023]
  6. Kick That Man - [SOX023]
  7. Kneel and Buzz - [SOX023]
  8. Fear Version - [SOX023]
  9. Give Your Body Its Freedom (edit) - [SOX032]
  10. Marrs Needs Women
  11. Cutman

Jack Dangers
Jonny Stephens

The original UK pressing would have been on SWEATBOX RECORDS (SAX 045) in May of 1988, but its master recordings were damaged in a fire. Because this album was never released in its original form, the intended tracklisting is unknown.

All three formats of the initial US pressing of "Armed Audio Warfare" [on WAX TRAX! RECORDS] were misprinted, with their spines' titles instead reading: "Meat Beat Manifesto". The cassette and CD were later re-printed with the corrected title, but the lp was not.

The US CD reissuance for "Armed Audio Warfare" comes with a totally different picture sleeve and disc art than that of any of its previous releases. Also, the disc for this release misspells its title as "Armed Audio Warefare".

The CD releases for "Armed Audio Warfare" incorrectly identify track #6 as "Kneel And Buzz", and track #7 as "Kick That Man" (switching them around in the tracklisting from how they really appear on the discs/cassettes). The corrections are as appear above.

On the CD releases for "Armed Audio Warfare" track #9 has been slightly edited down from its original form specifically for this album, hence it being tagged with "(armed audio warfare edit)". Compare this "Give Your Body Its Freedom" to its unedited/full- length version which appears on the UK CD single for "Strap Down" (SOX 032 CD). The correction is as appears above.

The US CD reissue for "Armed Audio Warfare" incorrectly identifies track #10 as "Mars Needs Women". The correction is as appears above.

On the CD and cassette releases track #10, "Marrs Needs Women" is not the same song that appears (as "Mars Needs Women") on the releases for the "God O.D." single.

Reissued in 1993 on Mute with a completely new cover by Rich Borge. [MUTE9002]
Remastered and re-reissued on July 22, 2003 on :/Run with another completely new cover by Rich Borge. [LKS33758]