The First Born Is Dead

~ Release by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (see all versions of this release, 17 available)

Tracklist

▼Cassette 1
#	Title	Rating	Length
A1	Tupelo engineer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and The Bad Seeds bass, drums (drum set) and organ: Barry Adamson and Mick Harvey guitar and background vocals: Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld and Mick Harvey harmonica: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) piano: Mick Harvey slide guitar: Blixa Bargeld vocals: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) recording of: Tupelo lyricist: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) composer: Barry Adamson and Mick Harvey	4	7:18
A2	Little Girl Tree engineer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and The Bad Seeds bass, drums (drum set) and organ: Barry Adamson and Mick Harvey guitar and background vocals: Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld and Mick Harvey harmonica: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) piano: Mick Harvey slide guitar: Blixa Bargeld vocals: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) recording of: Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree lyricist: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) composer: Mick Harvey	3	5:10
A3	Train Long Suffering engineer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and The Bad Seeds bass, drums (drum set) and organ: Barry Adamson and Mick Harvey guitar and background vocals: Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld and Mick Harvey harmonica: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) piano: Mick Harvey slide guitar: Blixa Bargeld vocals: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) recording of: Train Long‐Suffering lyricist and composer: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer)	3	3:49
A4	Black Crow King engineer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and The Bad Seeds bass, drums (drum set) and organ: Barry Adamson and Mick Harvey guitar and background vocals: Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld and Mick Harvey harmonica: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) piano: Mick Harvey slide guitar: Blixa Bargeld vocals: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) recording of: Black Crow King lyricist: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) composer: Blixa Bargeld and Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer)		5:05
B1	Knockin' on Joe engineer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and The Bad Seeds bass, drums (drum set) and organ: Barry Adamson and Mick Harvey guitar and background vocals: Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld and Mick Harvey harmonica: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) piano: Mick Harvey slide guitar: Blixa Bargeld vocals: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) recording of: Knockin’ on Joe lyricist and composer: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) publisher: Dying Art Ltd. (Publishing arm of Mute from 1983-1997)	2	7:39
B2	Wanted Man engineer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and The Bad Seeds bass, drums (drum set) and organ: Barry Adamson and Mick Harvey guitar and background vocals: Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld and Mick Harvey harmonica: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) piano: Mick Harvey slide guitar: Blixa Bargeld vocals: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) recording of: Wanted Man lyricist: Bob Dylan composer: Bob Dylan (in 1967) publisher: Big Sky Music (publisher for Bob Dylan) cover recording of: Wanted Man lyricist: Bob Dylan composer: Bob Dylan (in 1967) publisher: Big Sky Music (publisher for Bob Dylan)	5	5:27
B3	Blind Lemon Jefferson engineer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and The Bad Seeds bass, drums (drum set) and organ: Barry Adamson and Mick Harvey guitar and background vocals: Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld and Mick Harvey harmonica: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) piano: Mick Harvey slide guitar: Blixa Bargeld vocals: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) recording of: Blind Lemon Jefferson lyricist: Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) composer: Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld, Nick Cave (Australian singer-songwriter, musician and score composer) and Mick Harvey		6:08

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Release Group

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/17126 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nick_cave_and_the_bad_seeds/the_firstborn_is_dead_f1/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000623263 [info]
Wikidata:	Q592070 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: [none]
Format:: Cassette
Length:: 40:36

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Cassette Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data Quality:: Normal

Labels

Mute
C STUMM 21
Polstar
C STUMM 21

Release events

Poland

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