NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS – TENDER PREY LP – Nr MINT- A2/B1 UK 1988 ORIG

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Tender Prey
(Mute Records   1988  STUMM52)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT- condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve has some light foxing spots but no splits

Nicholas Edward Cave AO FRSL (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, writer and actor. Known for his baritone voice and for fronting the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Cave’s music is characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences and lyrical obsessions with death, religion, love, and violence.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band formed in 1983 by vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and guitarist-vocalist Blixa Bargeld. The band has featured international personnel throughout its career and presently consists of Cave, violinist and multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis, bassist Martyn P. Casey (all from Australia), guitarist George Vjestica (United Kingdom), touring keyboardist/percussionist Larry Mullins, also known as Toby Dammit (United States), and drummers Thomas Wydler (Switzerland) and Jim Sclavunos (United States). Described as “one of the most original and celebrated bands of the post-punk and alternative rock eras in the ’80s and onward”,^[1] they have released eighteen studio albums and completed numerous international tours.

Tender Prey is the fifth studio album by Australian post-punk band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 19 September 1988 on Mute Records. Produced by Flood, the album was recorded during several sessions over the course of four months in West Berlin—where the band were based at the time of its release—and London and dedicated to Fernando Ramos da Silva.

Track listing

1. “The Mercy Seat” – 7:17
   • Nick Cave – Vocals, Hammond
   • Blixa Bargeld – Slide Guitar
   • Mick Harvey – Bass Loops, Piano, Guitar, Backing Vocals
   • Roland Wolf – Guitar
   • Thomas Wydler – Drums
   • Strings – Gini Ball, Audrey Riley and Chris Tombling
2. “Up Jumped the Devil” – 5:16
   • Nick Cave – Vocals
   • Blixa Bargeld – Guitar, Backing Vocals
   • Mick Harvey – Bass, Xylophone, Backing Vocals
   • Kid Congo Powers – Guitar
   • Roland Wolf – Piano
   • Thomas Wydler – Drums
3. “Deanna” – 3:45
   • Nick Cave – Vocals, Hammond
   • Blixa Bargeld – Guitar
   • Mick Harvey – Drums, Bass, Acoustic Guitar
   • Kid Congo Powers – Guitar
4. “Watching Alice” – 4:01
   • Nick Cave – Vocals, Piano, Harmonica
   • Mick Harvey – Bass
   • Thomas Wydler – Drums
   • Hugo Race – Guitar
5. “Mercy” – 6:22
   • Nick Cave – Vocals, Vibes, Harmonica
   • Blixa Bargeld – Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals
   • Mick Harvey – Bass, Backing Vocals
   • Kid Congo Powers – Guitar, Backing Vocals
   • Roland Wolf – Piano
   • Thomas Wydler – Drums
   • Hugo Race – Backing Vocals
6. “City of Refuge” – 4:48
   • Nick Cave – Vocals, Hammond, Harmonica
   • Blixa Bargeld – Guitar
   • Mick Harvey – Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion
   • Kid Congo Powers – Guitar
   • Roland Wolf – Organ
   • Thomas Wydler – Drums
   • Backing Vocals – The Bad Seeds & Friends
7. “Slowly Goes the Night” – 5:23
   • Nick Cave – Vocals, Hammond
   • Blixa Bargeld – Guitar
   • Mick Harvey – Bass, Xylophone, Backing Vocals
   • Roland Wolf – Piano, Organ
   • Thomas Wydler – Drums
   • Ian Davis – Backing Vocals
8. “Sunday’s Slave” – 3:40
   • Nick Cave – Vocals, Piano
   • Blixa Bargeld – Guitar
   • Mick Harvey – Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Bass
9. “Sugar Sugar Sugar” – 5:01
   • Nick Cave – Vocals
   • Mick Harvey – Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Percussion
   • Kid Congo Powers – Guitar
   • Roland Wolf – Piano
   • Thomas Wydler – Drums
10. “New Morning” – 3:46
    • Nick Cave – Vocals, Piano, Harmonica, Tambourine
    • Blixa Bargeld – Guitar, Backing Vocals
    • Mick Harvey – Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Bass, Organ, Backing Vocals

Personnel

• Nick Cave – Vocals, Hammond, Harmonica, Piano, Tambourine, Vibes
• Mick Harvey – Bass, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone, Guitar, Bass Loops, Piano, Organ
• Blixa Bargeld – Guitar, Backing Vocals, Slide Guitar
• Roland Wolf – Piano, Organ, Guitar
• Kid Congo Powers – Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Thomas Wydler – Drums

Guests

• Hugo Race – Backing Vocals, Guitar
• Gini Ball – Strings
• Audrey Riley – Strings
• Chris Tombling – Strings
• Ian Davis – Backing vocals