Heathen Earth: The Live Sound of T.G.

Picked up "Heathen Earth: The Live Sound of T.G." at Sloth Records here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was a random find... I've started to listen to the first wave industrial bands, in particular Throbbing Gristle. I figured I should probably educate myself on the band that started it all, being that I love this genre and can't seem to satiate my appetite for more information about the bands involved in the industrial subculture. So, I made my first purchase of T.G. last month (it was a digital copy of "20 Jazz Funk Greats"), and this month I picked up a physical copy of "Heathen Earth..."! I'm not gonna review this, but I will say it's good to finally hear where industrial music started and what it originally sounded like... veeeeeeeeeeeeery different than modern industrial! Today's industrial is very club driven, most of it is made for the dance floor... nothing wrong with that, as with everything... industrial evolved and branched off into all kinds of different sub-genres... I'm glad things have evolved and changed! Otherwise, the genre would be very stale and boring! Course it's not all dance floor driven... there's industrial metal, there's industrial rock, coldwave, progressive industrial, all kinds of stuff! Anyway, I'm glad I found this, the purchase was totally worth it! The one thing that attracts me to the physical format is the booklets and artwork, after I got this home and opened it up, I took a look at the booklet and to my surprise there's some kind of story that John Savage wrote way back in 1981 (I do believe)! Very interesting, and exciting!! I like it when I get something physical and there's extra stuff in there that totally enhances the experience of purchasing and owning this album! I do feel there is value to owning physical copies in this day and age of digital and streaming. If I can't have a physical copy, I really enjoy it when the band/artist includes a PDF booklet with their digital release! I like looking at that stuff, the artwork, the stories... all that kind of stuff!!

Anyway, exciting purchase! Glad I picked this up!! What music purchases are you excited about. whether it's physical, or digital?