Come Visit the Big Bigot (The Big Bigot on the Ink and Volition LP releases) is the sixth full length studio album by Australian experimental group Severed Heads, released in 1986. The tracks "Twenty Deadly Diseases" and "Propellor" were both released as singles to help promote the album. The title is a reference to the Big Merino statue in New South Wales; the 1998 Sevcom CD-R release has a photo of it on the cover.
Track listing All songs written by Tom Ellard, except "Strange Brew," written by Eric Clapton, Felix Pappalardi and Gail Collins. Original album
The Volition LP opens with the sound of an experiment Ellard did, in which he stuck a live microphone deep into a watermelon and dropped it from a second-story balcony. Footage of him doing this appeared on a segment about synthesis on the ABC program Edge of the Wedge. The words "THE SOUND OF A WATERMELON....!" were etched into the runout groove of Side One. The Ink and Volition LP releases had "George the Animal" (4:00) in the place of "Twenty Deadly Diseases," and did not credit "FM Stations Blow Up," but had it as the end of "Propellor," for a total length of 6:33. The "SAM" in "SAM Loves You" is the early speech synthesis program S.A.M. (Software Automatic Mouth). The Volition LP included the "Propellor" 12" EP, with "Propellor Two (Rotation Mix)," remixed by Topsy Keevil, and "Propellor Three (Kamikazee Mix)," "Twenty Deadly Diseases (Terminal Mix)," and "Harold and Cindy Hospital (Casualty Mix)," which were remixed by Robert Racic.
This release marked the first time the album used the original digital master tapes. This resulted in some songs starting and ending at different points from the original release.
This version has "Propellor" and "FM Stations Blow Up" as one track, shifting side 2 to tracks 7–11. 15 is actually the Casualty Mix.
Side 3 is 1–4, Side 4 is 5–8. This version has a significantly edited (and uncredited) "FM Stations" coda at the end of "Propellor," total time 5:35.
Personnel Tom Ellard - vocals, bass, keyboards, sound guns Stephen Jones - video tape, video synthesizers Oboreta Kyojin - drums, computers Topsy Keevil - choir, production Volition Records - cover (Ink and Volition releases) Steven R. Gilmore - photography, design, artwork (Nettwerk release) Greg Skyes - artwork, assistance (Nettwerk release)
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog Release Notes United Kingdom 1986 Ink Records LP INK 022 First vinyl pressing Australia Volition Records VOLT 007 VOLT 006 Special edition vinyl press that included the "Propellor" 12-inch single and special gatefold packaging. Art is the same as the Ink Records press United States Nettwerk NTL 30003 Nettwerk vinyl pressing, including completely different artwork from the Ink pressing Canada CS NTLC 30003 First cassette pressing, artwork similar to that of the Nettwerk vinyl press 1987 CD NTCD-31 First CD edition of the album, which was titled Come Visit The Big Bigot With Dead Eyes Opened. Included artwork similar to the Nettwerk vinyl/cassette versions and included the entire "Dead Eyes Opened" single attached in it Australia 1998 Sevcom CD-R N/A CD-R reissue, including different art and extra tracks attached to the end of the album 2012 DL Remastered digital reissue released through the official Sevcom bandcamp page, which included art similar to the original 1986 Ink Records release and extra tracks attached to the end of the album United States 2017 Dark Entries 2LP DE180 Double disc remastered LP reissue, featuring bonus tracks
References
External links
Severed Heads Bandcamp page