Ministry – Cold Life
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Wax Trax! Records – WAX 003 |
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Vinyl
, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
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Country: |
US |
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Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Synth-pop |
Tracklist
| A1 | Cold Life | |
| A2 | I'm Falling | |
| B1 | Primental | |
| B2 | Cold Life Dub |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
- Manufactured By – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
- Marketed By – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Notes
Jacket made in Canada.
Included was a 12" sized 2-sided printed insert with Wax Trax Records + Play It Again Sam U.S. backcatalogue.
Included was a 12" sized 2-sided printed insert with Wax Trax Records + Play It Again Sam U.S. backcatalogue.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 017837000318
Other Versions (5)
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Cold Life (12", Single, 45 RPM) | Situation Two | SIT17T, SIT 17T | UK | 1982 | ||
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Cold Life (7") | Situation Two | SIT 17 | UK | 1982 | ||
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New Submission
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Cold Life (12", 45 RPM, Single, Test Pressing) | Situation Two | SIT17T, SIT 17T | UK | 1982 | ||
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New Submission
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Cold Life (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Test Pressing) | Wax Trax! Records | WAX 003 | US | 1985 | ||
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New Submission
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Cold Life (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single) | Wax Trax! Records | WAX 003 | US | 1985 |
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Reviews
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This is the Wax Trax rerelease of the Cold Life 12". The original had a red sleeve and a different catalog number. The rerelased it in the much more common blue sleeve with Cold Life Dub added and the catalog number changed to WAX 003 to fit the Wax Trax numbering scheme. Cold Life Dub is available on the 12" Singles compilation and its many rereleases. I'm Falling and Primental (an early instrumental version of I Wanted To Tell Her) were both released on CD and digitally on the Trax Box RSD release from 2015. This version of Cold Life (the song) is an extended one, and is the same as the other 12" versions, and has strangely never been pressed on CD or released digitally.
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I attended most of the ministry shows around chicago, including their first show.
Al was totally into the synth pop scene,and all the promotional hype surrounding them.At the time they were totally fun live, nothing to be ashamed of.
Plus Dan and Jim did not force him to come up with the sound, that's is ridiculous and insulting to them... -
Edited 15 years agoThe songs on this vinyl originally came out before the "With Sympathy" LP whose new-wave sound Al claims he was forced into by his record label. "I'm Falling" is edgey, but "Cold Life" wouldn't be out of place on "With Sympathy" and "Primental" is an instrumental version of "I Wanted To Tell Her" from his first LP. Plus these songs were released on Wax Trax! where I understand the artists apparently had complete control over what was released. All of which in my opinion deflates Al's claim that "With Sympathy"'s floppy new-waveyness was not his idea. I think he's just embarrassed by his new wave beginnings given what Ministry has become and is trying to excuse the band's perhaps less than impressive first album.
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