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| Title | Year (approx.) | Artist | Format | Ended up as | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| complete catalogue collected | 2007 | Coil | blu-ray | ||
| Moon's Milk in Four Phases (deluxe reissue, separate bonus disc) | 2007 | Coil | CD | ||
| Moon's Milk in Four Phases (deluxe reissue) | 2007 | Coil | 3xCD | ||
 | Telesmatic Tree in the King Scale | 2004 | Coil | CDR | |
| From a news update dated April 26th, 2004: "Never ones to let the grass grow under our feet we are taking the opportunity to enjoy the Space and Time that this circumstance [cancellation of Re~TG, ed.] has opened up for us we intend to rehearse and record an album length CDR - tentatitively titled Telesmatic Tree in the King Scale. This new work will be for sale at the European shows and from our regular store on this site." | |||||
| Black Antlers (title track) | 2004 | Coil | 12" | ||
| All The Pretty Little Horses | 2004 | Coil | 7" | |
| Was to be released on Beta-Lactam Ring Records, possibly including a limited art edition. (from a news update posted to the Coil list by Sleazy, July 2004) | |||||
| Black Antlers | 2004 | Coil | CD/2LP | |
| Was to be released on Beta-Lactam Ring Records, including a limited art edition. (from a news update posted to the Coil list by Sleazy, July 2004) | |||||
| complete catalogue collected | 2004 | Coil | DVD box | ||
| Lyrics | 2004 | John Balance | book | ||
| track on 'Statement 1961' comp | 2003 | Coil | ||
| Coil agreed to appear on to the Ironflame compilation 'Statement 1961', intending to contribute a different version of 'A Cold Cell'. Later, after having missedthe release its deadline, there was talk of releasing a clear vinyl 7" of the same track, which didn't happen either. | |||||
| unknown | 2003 | Coil & Cyclobe | album | ||
| film on collaborating with Coil | 2003 | Black Sun Productions | film | ||
| Queens of the Circulating Library Vol. 2 | 2003 | Coil | album | ||
| Queens of the Circulating Library (repackaged edition) | 2003 | Coil | album | ||
| I Am Newport | 2002 | Anal | album on Eskaton | ||
| Kiss Me Ringland (live) | 2002 | Anal | album on Eskaton | ||
| The Star Sponge Vision | 2002 | Coil | track title | ||
| The Dreamer Is Still Asleep (lyrics) | 2002 | Coil | book | ||
| Time Machines (original + second disc) | 2000 | Time Machines | 2xCD | ||
| Scatology/Horse Rotorvator/Love's Secret Domain + 12" with remixes of a.o. Panic by Autechre, Surgeon and Lefthandpath | 2002 | Coil | 3xLP+12" box | |
| Autechre, Surgeon and Lefthandpath have been confirmed as remixers for the bonus 12" to be included with the Scatology/Horse Rotorvator/Love's Secret Domain vinyl boxset to be released in early 2002. (from the news page, December 14, 2001) | |||||
| two DVD releases | 2001 | Time Machines | DVD | |
| Mentioned as "still forthcoming" on the news page, December 14, 2001. | |||||
| The World Ended A Long Time Ago (formerly known as Backwards) | 2001 | Coil | album | ||
| When You Listen To COIL Do You Think Of Music? (anthology) | 2001 | Coil | 2xCD | ||
| Blood From The Air (live Moscow) / Amythyst Decievers (live) | 2001 | Coil | 7" | ||
| Studio recordings of Coil live set | 2001 | Coil | DVD | ||
| Live Moscow, Irving Plaza, Amsterdam and Royal Festival Hall | 2001 | Coil | DVD | ||
| Wounded Galaxies Tap At The Window | 2001 | Coil | CD | Cyclobe album title | |
| "Wounded Galaxies" was a never-got-off-the-ground project which was to feature some readings by William Burroughs that Geff and I had made, when we visited him in Lawrence Kansas shortly before his (William's) death, while making a video for Ministry ("Just One Fix") Although there are a few takes of fairly random guitar noise, under this title, that Geff recorded in the late 90s they are barely interesting enough to make the Codex, never mind an individual release. The title is currently featuring on an excellent new recording by Cyclobe (with my permission, though its not mine to give really. It was William's...) I'm afraid if it WAS a "hidden gem" I would have gotten it to Sotherby's (or the cd plant) long ago. (Sleazy, May 2010) | |||||
| Pop Concrete | 2000 | Coil | album | ||
| Anarcadia | 2000 | Coil | 12" | ||
| The Star Shaped Individual In Society compilation | 2000 | various | album | ||
| Santaplasm | 2000 | ELpH | 7" or 7"PD | ||
| Box | 2000 | Time Machines | 5xCD | ||
| First Dark Ride mixes | 1999 | The Eskaton | album | ||
| Coil alias | 1999 | Drum Machines | |||
| Coil alias | 1999 | Trial By Music | |||
| remix or collaboration | 1998 | Coil vs Labradford | track or album | ||
| From the site'snews page, October 1997: "We met up with Labradford at a secret gig they performed in an abandoned synagog in Whitechapel, East London and rekindled the idea of working together as yet another project." | |||||
| Eschatology | 1998 | various | album | |
| From the site'snews page, October 1997: "A compilation album called "Eschatology" is being compiled for next year. I have decided that Eskaton can be spelt Eschaton as well. We thought long and hard about the spelling when we devised the name and have loosened up about it now." | |||||
| 2nd album | 1998 | Black Light District | album | ||
| Blue Rats | 1998 | Coil | 10" | |
| Was to be released in an edition of 333 copies on Twin Tub and Beaver. Mentioned in thejuly 1997 newsletter. And from the site'snews page, October 1997: "Paul at Twin Tub and Beaver lets us know: The only confirmed info on the Coil release on Twin Tub and Beaver is that it will be a 10" limited to 333 copies, 300 on colored vinyl in picture sleeves and 33 on a different color in special packaging. The tracks will be previously unreleased but their titles are not know yet." | |||||
| untitled CORE collaboration | 1997 | Coil vs Chris & Cosey | track(s) | |
| From the site'snews page, October 1997: "We are working with Chris and Cosey towards a track or two on a forthcoming CORE project." | |||||
| Heartworms | 1997 | Coil | single | |
| From thejuly 1997 newsletter: "We are releasing the track "Heartworms" as part of a mini-album/long single with tracks by Current 93, Nurse With Wound and another Pete Bog/ Steven Stapleton track." | |||||
| 2nd album | 1997 | ELpH | album | |
| From thejuly 1997 newsletter: "Well, we are doing a new ELpH album for early Autumn." | |||||
| Doctrine of Signs | 1997 | Alogon | album on Eskaton | |
| From the site'snews page, October 1997: "Eskaton are releasing an album project originated by John Everall of Sentrax Records. Its called "Doctrine of Signs" by ALOGON. The line-up of Alogon is John Everall, Theresa Mills, James Plotkin, Little Annie (Anxiety), Karl Blake and John Balance. The album was mostly recorded in New York around the time of the C93 gigs with additional material added later including my contributions." | |||||
| Haunted Air | 1997 | John Balance, David Tibet & Steven Stapleton | album | Ossian Brown book title | |
| collaboration | 1997 | One (Jhon Balance & Ian Johnstone) | |||
| Intercourse | 1997 | Coil vs Download | |||
| Intercourse | 1997 | Coil vs Autechre | |||
| God Please Fuck My Mind For Good | 1997 | Coil | album | The New Backwards | |
| International Dark Skies | 1997 | Coil | album | The New Backwards |
| Previously known as 'Backwards' (see below). From theoctober 1996 newsletter: "We think we did some really good songs, 14 or 15, in the classic Coil mode, although they remain to be edited and finished off into a Total Work. This is the album we were going to call INTERNATIONAL DARK SKIES, but thanks to a rather cheesy sub-X-Files TV show in the US, is now called something different. This new title will be revealed in due course! We expect to deliver the master tapes, artwork etc to Nothing by Christmas, and therefore will probably be released worldwide by them in the Spring." That spring passed quietly, though. From thejuly 1997 newsletter: "We still have to edit the new Nothing album, which has been held up for countless reasons. We are working out and negotiating with various remixer friends and aquaintances to do stuff for the remix album we hope will spin off from the Nothing album.I've taken in what various people have said and I am thinking of sticking with and using the title "International Dark Skies" for this project.I'm not letting a bad TV program change my vision of the world." | |||||
| unknown | 1997 | Coil vs ELpH | album | ||
| unknown | 1997 | Wormsine | album | ||
| Sex with Sun Ra | 1997 | Coil | single | ||
| A Thousand Lights... (picture disc) | 1996 | Black Light District | album | |
| A picture disc version of the album, mentioned in a1996 newsletter. | |||||
| Eraser (a version with worms) | 1995 | Nine Inch Nails | remix | ||
| The Downward Spiral (a gilded sickness) | 1995 | Nine Inch Nails | remix | ||
| The Downward Spiral (fullblown) | 1995 | Nine Inch Nails | remix | ||
| Backwards | 1994 | Coil | The New Backwards | |
| Fourth studio-album that the band worked on in Trent Reznors studio in New Orleans. Mentioned in many places, like the1995 newsletter. Demos exist and were broadcast on Dutch public radio in 2001. Eventually, this turned intoThe New Backwards. 'Backwards' was the first of a series of five albums the band agreed to record for Reznors label Nothing, according to thisnewsletter from 1996. | |||||
| Coil alias | 1994 | 2012 | ||
| From thesummer 1994 newsletter:"May sees us in the studio, with the intention of completing our first album proper including Black Light District, The Eskaton, Wormsine, 2012, Lifestyle, and others... We will keep you posted, if our work emerges into the public domain in an unfamiliar shape or form." | |||||
| Coil alias | 1994 | Lifestyle | ||
| From thesummer 1994 newsletter:"May sees us in the studio, with the intention of completing our first album proper including Black Light District, The Eskaton, Wormsine, 2012, Lifestyle, and others... We will keep you posted, if our work emerges into the public domain in an unfamiliar shape or form." | |||||
| The Sound Of Music | 1994 | Coil | CD or 2xCD | |
| Compilation of soundtrack work, mentioned and listed on many occasions, such as this1994 flyer,newsletter from summer 1994 andanother one from 1995. | |||||
| Beautiful Catastrophe | 1994 | Coil | 12"/CD | |
| Abandoned single, featuring Rose McDowall. Announced on a1994 flyer, but withdrawn. | |||||
| Black Sun | 1992 | various | magazine or book | |
| Mentioned in anewsletter from 1992: "We are also looking for contributions (text, photos of tattoos etc) for a book we will be publishing on the symbol of the Black Sun." In the1993 newsletter: "Issue one of Black Sun will be available from Threshold House in July. This A5 booklet will function as the in-house Threshold House magazine and its first issue will contain an excellent long and detailed interview with John Balance and Peter Christopherson, as well as previously unseen photos, graphics, short features. stickers and writings by members of Coil and others including John Giorno, Boyd Rice, David Tibet, AOS etc." And again in thisnewsletter from summer 1994. | |||||
| Blue / The Gay Man's to Safer Sex track | 1993 | Coil | 7" | ||
| The Angelic Conversation (collectors art edition) | 1993 | Coil | album | |
| From the1993 newsletter: "Long Lost Soundtrack Release Imminent At long last Threshold House have finally got around to scheduling a release for the complete unedited soundtrack to The Angelic Conversation, the 1985 feature film Derek Jarman made for COIL to accompany. Due out in early August via World Serpent. We are discussing producing a collectors edition (possibly as few as 20 or 30) in a special presentation case with additional artworks signed by COIL and Derek Jarman. Contact us for more details." | |||||
| Soundtrack to the graphic novel 'Underground' | 1992 | Coil | album | |
| From the1992 newsletter. | |||||
| Stolen & Contaminated Songs (1000 numbered copies) | 1992 | Coil | LP | |
| From the1992 newsletter:"We recognise that a few people may be missing out as the current release is CD only, and in so response we will be manufacturing 1000 numbered vinyl LPs in a special package to be sold at the same price as the CD. Obviously there will only be approx 45 mins of music on this format rather than the 62 mins contained herein." | |||||
| collaboration | 1992 | Coil vs Greater Than One | |||
| The Side Effects Of Life | 1990 | Coil | album | Love's Secret Domain |
| One of the working titles of what later became Love's Secret Domain. Used as title on a promo cassette with ca. 30 minutes ofrough mixes, the tracklisting of which lists 'Further Back And Faster' as 'Fidgit', and 'Chaostrophy' as 'Carvers and Gilders'. | |||||
| 120 Dalmations In Sodom | 1990 | Coil | album | Love's Secret Domain | |
| To Eat His Own | 1990 | Coil | album | Love's Secret Domain | |
| The Dark Age Of Love | 1990 | Coil | album | Love's Secret Domain | |
| collaboration | 1990 | Coil vs The Anti Group | |||
| For Us They Will | 1988 | Coil | 10" | |
| Mentioned on the sleeve ofGold Is The Metal. | |||||
| Scatology ('skidmarked' vinyl) | 1987 | Coil | LP | ||
| Scatology (German pressing on Record Vox) | 1987 | Coil | LP+7" | ||
| Live At Bar Maldoror | 1987 | Coil | LP+video | ||
| At War With Words | 1985 | Coil | track title | |
| Unused track title, mentioned in an interview with Dutch magazine Vinyl, March 1985. | |||||
| The Sewage Werkers Birthday Party | 1984 | Coil | 10" | ||
| Force And Form | 1984 | Coil | LP | Scatology | |
| Poisons Form | 1984 | Coil | LP | Scatology | |
| Silence & Secrecy / How to Destroy Angels | 1984 | Coil | 12" | |
| Clear vinyl 12", intended to be released on Temple Records, but presumably aborted when Coil fell out with Genesis P-Orridge and Psychic TV. 'Silence & Secrecy' is also mentioned on the sleeve ofGold Is The Metal. | |||||
| The Broken Wheel | 1983 | Coil | 12" | |
| Mentioned on the sleeve ofGold Is The Metal. | |||||
| Ergot | 1983 | Coil | track title | |
| Unused track title, mentioned on the sleeve ofGold Is The Metal. | |||||
| Thermid'or (sic) | 1983 | Coil | track title | |
| Unused track title, mentioned in aninterview from 1983. | |||||
| Assuming The Posture Of Death | 1983 | Coil | track title | |
| Unused track title, mentioned in aninterview from 1983. | |||||
| The Day And The Night Of The Body | 1983 | Coil | track title | |
| Unused track title, mentioned in aninterview from 1983. | |||||
