''Deaf'' is the debut

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by J. G. Thirlwell's You've Got Foetus on Your Breath, released in 1981 on Thirlwell's own Self Immolation Records label. ''Deaf'', along with its follow-up ''

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'', was recorded with an 8-track recorder. Both releases were limited editions: only 2,000 copies of the LP and 4,000 copies of the CD were produced. The ''Deaf'' LP is Self Immolation #WOMB OYBL 1. The CD re-release is Ectopic Ents #ECT ENTS 012.

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reissued the album as a CD in 1997 in the US.

Track listing

The final track on the CD seems to approximate a

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, with the same few seconds of music repeated for the final 10 minutes.

Personnel

*Harlan Cockburn –

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* J. G. Thirlwell (as You've Got Foetus On Your Breath) –

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References

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* {{Authority control 1981 debut albums Foetus (band) albums Albums produced by JG Thirlwell Thirsty Ear Recordings albums