Come Visit the Big Bigot explained

Come Visit the Big Bigot
Type:	studio
Artist:	Severed Heads
Cover:	ComeVisitTheBigBigot.jpg
Caption:	The Nettwerk vinyl edition cover
Released:	1 September 1986
Recorded:	December 1985
Studio:	Terse Tapes, Australia
Genre:	Industrial, experimental, EDM
Length:	44:47
Label:	Ink Records, Nettwerk
Producer:	Severed Heads, Topsy Keevil
Prev Title:	City Slab Horror
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Bad Mood Guy
Next Year:	1987

Come Visit the Big Bigot (The Big Bigot on the Ink and Volition LP releases) is the sixth full length studio album by Australian experimental group Severed Heads, released in 1986. The tracks "Twenty Deadly Diseases" and "Propellor" were both released as singles to help promote the album. The title is a reference to the Big Merino statue in New South Wales; the 1998 Sevcom CD-R release has a photo of it on the cover.

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Ellard, except "Strange Brew," written by Eric Clapton, Felix Pappalardi and Gail Collins.
Original album

• The Volition LP opens with the sound of an experiment Ellard did, in which he stuck a live microphone deep into a watermelon and dropped it from a second-story balcony. Footage of him doing this appeared on a segment about synthesis on the ABC program Edge of the Wedge.^[1] The words "THE SOUND OF A WATERMELON....!" were etched into the runout groove of Side One.
• The Ink and Volition LP releases had "George the Animal" (4:00) in the place of "Twenty Deadly Diseases," and did not credit "FM Stations Blow Up," but had it as the end of "Propellor," for a total length of 6:33.
• The "SAM" in "SAM Loves You" is the early speech synthesis program S.A.M. (Software Automatic Mouth).
• The Volition LP included the "Propellor" 12" EP, with "Propellor Two (Rotation Mix)," remixed by Topsy Keevil, and "Propellor Three (Kamikazee Mix)," "Twenty Deadly Diseases (Terminal Mix)," and "Harold and Cindy Hospital (Casualty Mix)," which were remixed by Robert Racic.

This release marked the first time the album used the original digital master tapes. This resulted in some songs starting and ending at different points from the original release.This version has "Propellor" and "FM Stations Blow Up" as one track, shifting side 2 to tracks 7-11. 15 is actually the Casualty Mix.Side 3 is 1-4, Side 4 is 5-8. This version has a significantly edited (and uncredited) "FM Stations" coda at the end of "Propellor," total time 5:35.

Personnel

• Tom Ellard - vocals, bass, keyboards, sound guns
• Stephen Jones - video tape, video synthesizers
• Oboreta Kyojin - drums, computers
• Topsy Keevil - choir, production
• Volition Records - cover (Ink and Volition releases)
• Steven R. Gilmore - photography, design, artwork (Nettwerk release)
• Greg Skyes - artwork, assistance (Nettwerk release)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Release Notes
United Kingdom	1986	Ink Records	LP	INK 022	First vinyl pressing
Australia		Volition Records		VOLT 007 VOLT 006	Special edition vinyl press that included the "Propellor" 12-inch single and special gatefold packaging. Art is the same as the Ink Records press
United States		Nettwerk		NTL 30003	Nettwerk vinyl pressing, including completely different artwork from the Ink pressing
Canada			CS	NTLC 30003	First cassette pressing, artwork similar to that of the Nettwerk vinyl press
	1987		CD	NTCD-31	First CD edition of the album, which was titled Come Visit The Big Bigot With Dead Eyes Opened. Included artwork similar to the Nettwerk vinyl/cassette versions and included the entire "Dead Eyes Opened" single attached in it
Australia	1998	Sevcom	CD-R	N/A	CD-R reissue, including different art and extra tracks attached to the end of the album
	2012		DL		Remastered digital reissue released through the official Sevcom bandcamp page, which included art similar to the original 1986 Ink Records release and extra tracks attached to the end of the album
United States	2017	Dark Entries	2LP	DE180	Double disc remastered LP reissue, featuring bonus tracks

External links

• • Severed Heads Bandcamp page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ellard . Tom . Edge of the Wedge 1986 . Youtube . 12 July 2021.