Mind at the End of the Tether explained

Mind at the End of the Tether
Cover:	Tackhead - Mind at the End of the Tether.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Tackhead
B-Side:	King of the Beat
Genre:	Funk, industrial
Length:	6:40
Label:	On-U Sound
Producer:	Adrian Sherwood
Prev Title:	What's My Mission Now?
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	The Game (You'll Never Walk Alone)
Next Year:	1987

"Mind at the End of the Tether" is a single by the industrial hip-hop group Tackhead, released in 1986 on On-U Sound Records.^[1] Although the record states otherwise, the B-side is actually the Fats Comet song "King of the Beat".^[2]

Formats and track listing

All songs written by Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood and Doug Wimbish

UK 12" single (ON-U DP 15)

1. "Mind at the End of the Tether" – 6:40
2. "King of the Beat" – 7:46

Personnel

Tackhead

• Keith LeBlanc – drums, percussion
• Skip McDonald – guitar
• Adrian Sherwood – sampler, programming, producer
• Doug Wimbish – bass guitar

Additional musicians

• DJ Cheese – scratches (B-side)

Notes and References

1. Web site: David . Parker . 12" single: Tackhead - 'Mind at the End of the Tether' . skysaw.org . 2001 . September 30, 2014.
2. Web site: Discography: Mind at the End of the Tether . tackhead.com . 2004 . September 30, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040720025049/http://www.tackhead.com/info/discography/7_12/#c23 . July 20, 2004 . dead .
3. Book: Lazell, Barry . Indie Hits 1980-1989 . Cherry Red Books . 1997 . September 30, 2014 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20100105113919/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/s.htm . January 5, 2010 .