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Various – The Portable Altamont

Label: Shock – SX012 CD, Shock – SX012CD

Format: CD, Compilation

Country: UK

Released: 1991

Genre: Electronic, Rock

Style: Industrial, Punk, Noise, Experimental

1 Skullflower– I Live In The Bottomless Pit 4:15

2 Skullflower– Bo Diddley's Shitpump 5:38

3 Skullflower– A Guide To Canine Foreskin Retraction 5:06

4 Coil– Wrong Eye 5:59

5 Coil– Scope 6:36

6 Coil– Meaning What Exactly? 3:45

7 Current 93– She Is Dead And All Fall Down 5:11

8 Current 93– God Has Three Faces And Wood Has No Name 2:56

9 Current 93– The Blue Gates Of Death (Before And Beyond Them) 8:31

10 Nurse With Wound– Human Human Human 5:49

11 Nurse With Wound– Psychedelic Underground (In Memory Of Lüüd Noma) 8:39

12 Nurse With Wound– Scapegoat 3:10

13 Drunks With Guns– Drunks Theme 1:34

14 Drunks With Guns– Punched In The Head 1:57

15 Drunks With Guns– Cowboy (Instrumental) 3:19

16 Drunks With Guns– Fuck Off And Die You Worthless Little Faggot 2:01

Distributed By – World Serpent

Mastered At – Porky's Mastering

Made By – PDO, UK – 10147691

Artwork – Savage Pencil

Cover [Drunks With Guns Cover] – Alex Binnie

Cover [Nurse With Wound 'Before' Cover] – Steven Stapleton

Drums [Additional] – Charles Hayward (tracks: 4 to 6)

Guitar – Douglas P* (tracks: 7 to 9)

Guitar, Bass – Tony Wakeford (tracks: 7 to 9)

Performer – John Balance (tracks: 4 to 6), Otto Avery (tracks: 4 to 6), Peter Christopherson (tracks: 4 to 6), Stephen Thrower (tracks: 4 to 6)

Performer [Unpleasant Smiles] – Boyd Rice (tracks: 7 to 9)

Photography By [Back Cover Photograph Of Simon Birnstingl] – Bob Seago

Producer – Mike DeLeon (tracks: 13 to 16), Stan Seitrich (tracks: 13 to 16)

Recorded By – Danny Hyde (tracks: 4 to 6)

Remastered By [Digitally] – Denis Blackham

Typography [Typesetting], Layout [Back Cover] – SJ*

Vocals – 'Chi Med Sangs Rgyas (tracks: 7 to 9)

Vocals, Guitar – Rose McDowall (tracks: 7 to 9)

Compilation of the first five Shock 7" releases with an extra track by each artist. Includes a 12-page booklet.

Tracks 1-2: Skullflower - I Live In The Bottomless Pit / Bo Diddley's Shitpump 7" (1989).

Tracks 4-5: Coil - Wrong Eye / Scope 7" (1990).

Tracks 7-8: Current 93 - She Is Dead And All Fall Down / God Has Three Faces And Wood Has No Name 7" (1989) All tracks recorded in Tokyo, July 1989. This trinity is for Thorn.

Tracks 10-11: Nurse With Wound - Sinister Senile E.P. 7" (1989).

Tracks 13-15: Drunks With Guns - Drunks With Guns 7" (1990).

Tracks 3, 6, 9, 12 and 16 are previously unreleased material by each group.

Back cover photograph: Thanks to Erica and Stuart for providing it.

Special thanks to John Balance, Savage Pencil, Stan Seitrich, Steven Stapleton and David Tibet, who conceived of this project and gave it its title.