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Could not find much info on the bands of this excellent Sterile sampler except for Nocturnal Emissions and Konstruktivists who are well known. Nigel of Sterile about the compilation: “Eversione were an Italian band, fronted by a woman vocalist with a hard and heavy beat that made the studio speaker fall off its stand when I  first played it. D-Box is Walford Buchanan who produced proto-drum and bass ten years before anyone else did. Where is he today? – I’d like to hear what he’s doing. Whores of Babylon were an excellent mostly-black, mostly-female punk band. Pornosect was Andrew Burton and his partner. Unknown to me, Burton worked as Michael Heseltine’s secretary at the Department of Trade. R & D 28 was Rock Wilson and Mick Gaffney’s band. Rock (whose real name really was Rock) edited the controversial Apocalypso a Go Go fanzine which was regularly impounded by UK Customs. Fear of Thought is one of our Danny’s (Nigel’s brother) projects, and the rest of the album is assorted riff raff and hangers-on. Earthly Delights – A Sterile Sample was released on vinyl by Sterile Records (SR 13) in 1986.

Tracks:

1. Eversione – Frontiera
2. Nocturnal Emissions – Never Give Up
3. D-Box – D-Box
4. Konstruktivists – New York
5. Whores Of Babylon – Sure Knocked Me Out With His Natural Wit And Charm
6. Reg Sailyne – Thunder
7. Sebastian Hellfire – Midi Evil
8. Pornosect – For Your Entertainment
9. Y.T. Looter – Special Brew
10. Despair Chorus – The Fine Art Of Dying
11. Moonchildren – Love Decibel 666
12. R & D 28 – Impromtu Surgery
13. Fear Of Thought – Fade Out

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