1986-11-03
Your Funeral... My Trial
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
By Maeve C.
Wim Wenders filmed Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds playing “The Carny” for Wings of Desire, a year after the song appeared here. The album was recorded in July and August 1986 at Hansa Tonstudio in West Berlin and Strongroom in London, with Flood and Tony Cohen producing.
It first came out as a double EP, opening with “Sad Waters”. Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld and Thomas Wydler were joined by Barry Adamson on some bass parts, his last album with the band until 2013. Cave later called it his favourite of their records, and it topped the UK Independent Albums Chart.
Sources
Rights-holder metadata (Mute Records Ltd., a BMG company) lists release date 3 November 1986.Independent: released 3 November 1986 on Mute as a double EP; Hansa Tonstudio and Strongroom, July–August 1986; producers Flood and Tony Cohen; lineup incl. Adamson; Cave’s “favourite” quote; “The Carny” in Wings of Desire; UK Indie No. 1.
Two UK Mute release events dated 1986-11-03; other territories later.
Official release page (year 1986 and tracklist only); identity source.