Discography: Poison Girls
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This document is a discography of:
Poison Girls (AKA Poisongirls)
Copyright © 1993-2010 by John Relph.
The latest revision of this discography can be found at:
http://idiot-dog.com/music/poisongirls/
Visit the official Poison Girls website:
http://www.poisongirls.co.uk/
Special thanks to: (in alphabetical order)
Matt Bruxelles, Graham Burnett, Andy Ferries, Gage Flux,
George Gimarc, Russell Kirkwood, Paul Kray, Joel Metz, Des de Moor,
Charlene Morrow, Rien Post, Frances Taylor, Matthias Weigand.
Plain-text discography available upon request.
James A. Benn writes to say that “Poison Girls played a re-union gig in May [or] June [of 1995], at the London Astoria II. I can't remember now and I was there. Old punks and their memories... It was quite good really in a nostalgic sort of a way.” The reunion gigs were to celebrate the 60th birthday of Vi Subversa.
Vi Subversa was in Spain at least until the end of the 1997, just chilling out. Des de Moor has been trying to get her to play his club in London and Vi has provisionally promised to celebrate her 65th birthday there if they're both still around.
Richard Famous works as a painter and decorator these days. Vi Subversa and Richard Famous have performed as That Famous Subversa, a cabaret act they used to do together before the Poison Girls.
Richard Famous and Vi Subversa were involved with the production of AIDS — The Musical, produced by The Lenya Hobnoobs Theatre Company, premiering on 1 March 1989 at the Melkweg Theater in Amsterdam. Richard Famous and Vi Subversa co-wrote all but one of the songs and performed the song “The Heat”; Vi's daughter Gemma Sansom performed Pete Shelley's song “Body Positive” under the nom de disque Samantha Dog. Poison Girls were also involved in the production of another show called Mother Russia was a Lesbian in 1992.
Pete Fender (son of Vi Subversa) released an EP entitled Four Formulas (7" 1981 UK Xntrix 2002).
Seven Minutes of Nausea cover “State Control” on the Rotten Fake compilation (CD 1998 DE Ecocentric ER #143 mCD).
num. numbered ltd. limited ed. edition
p/s picture sleeve std. standard s/s stock sleeve
s/l slimline j/b jewel box promo promotional
c/n catalog number g/f gatefold p/d picture disc
b/i back insert p/b paperboard w/s widescreen
Album: full album release, in one or more of the formats below:
LP 12" vinyl long-player (33 1/3 RPM)
CD Compact (digital) disc (std. j/b unless otherwise indicated)
CT (Mini-) Cassette tape
8T 8-track tape (obsolete)
RT Reel-to-reel tape
DC Digital Compact Cassette tape
MD MiniDisc (digital magneto-optical)
CR CD-R (CD Recordable or Read-Write)
SA Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD)
DA DVD Audio
DR DVD-R (DVD Recordable or Read-Write)
DD Digital Download (see Other Formats below)
Single: single or EP release, in one or more of the formats below:
7" 45 RPM vinyl
10" 45 RPM vinyl
12" 45 RPM vinyl
C3 CD-3, 3" (8 cm) CD single
C5 5" (12 cm) CD single (s/l j/b unless otherwise indicated)
CS (Mini-) Cassette single (p/b p/s unless otherwise indicated)
EP Extended play single or mini-album (vinyl, usually 33 1/3 RPM)
F7 7" flexi-disc, flexible vinyl single (usually one-sided)
Video: video release, in one or more of the formats below:
VHS VHS-format video tape
Beta Beta-format video tape
BRD Blu-ray Disc
UMD Universal Media Disc (Sony PlayStation Portable)
HVD High-Definition Versatile Disc (HD DVD)
DVD Digital Versatile (Video) Disc (including DVD-ROM)
VCD Video CD, popular in Asia (MPEG1)
CLV Video disc in Constant Linear Velocity format (8" or 12")
CAV Video disc in Constant Angular Velocity format (8" or 12")
LDS Laser Disc single (Japan)
VHD Video High Density, obsolete laser disc format (Japan)
NTSC Video format for U.S.A. and Japan
PAL Video format for the E.C. (except France), Scandinavia, Australia
SECAM Video format for France
Other Formats:
ROM CD-ROM, computer-readable disc
MP3 Layer 3 MPEG encoded audio
WMA Windows Media Audio
Pub A publication: a book, songbook, pamphlet, magazine, etc.
Definitions:
Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4 Calendar quarters: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall.
Radio Show A release specially recorded for radio airplay.
Interview An interview transcription disc.
Collection A collection of tracks by this artist, usually previously
released on various albums and singles.
Compilation A compilation of tracks by various artists.
Soundtrack Soundtrack to a film or play released in Album format.
Box Set Box set of previously released and/or unreleased material.
Songbook Book of words and music.
Bootleg Unauthorized release of previously unreleased material
consisting of concert recordings, studio outtakes, and
radio or television broadcasts.
Pirate Unauthorized release of previously released material
without attempting to make the album look like an original.
Counterfeit Unauthorized copy of an officially released album.
Country codes are InterNIC domain names, except for the following:
AA Australasia AS Asia BX BeNeLux
EU Europe (EC/EEC) SC Scandinavia SO South America
WG West Germany (prior to August 1990) WW Worldwide
Please do not ask me where to find rare recordings, bootlegs, videos, or other releases listed in this discography. Please do not ask me where you can get scans of artwork for these releases. This discography is a list of releases that have been made available over time, not a list of my personal collection. Just because any given release is listed in this discography does not mean that I own that release, nor does it indicate that I am willing to trade, sell, or make tape copies of that or any other release. If you are looking for such recordings, try attending record shows, reading collector magazines, and hunting in used record shoppes.
While the existence of unauthorized recordings may be documented herein, I cannot advise on the legality of such recordings, nor can I advise where such recordings can be obtained.
All singles and EPs have a picture sleeve (p/s) unless otherwise noted. Unless otherwise noted, CDs come in a standard jewel-box and CD-singles come in a slim-line jewel-box. An “obi” is the paper strip (literally, the “sash”) that comes wrapped around most Japanese LPs and CDs.
Song authorship is denoted by names enclosed in braces, e.g., “{Blegvad/Moore}”. Where possible, the name of the lyricist appears first.
Information flagged with a question mark has not been verified (a guess, a rumour). If you have further information about these or other related releases or if you can supply missing artwork, please write me.
Many CD track times were found using my compact disc player and the time indicated on your CD player may vary slightly (± 1-3 seconds), due to the way different machines calculate track times.
Address all correspondence to:
John Relph <John.Relph
at alumni dot usc dot edu>
This list was compiled and formatted by John Relph.
While information about particular releases is not copyright and may be used without permission, the compilation of this information in this discography in this format is copyright and may not be published in any form whatsoever without the permission of the author. Just ask.
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