Albums / Compilations / Members on Other Albums
An asterisk (*) denotes rare or non-LP track.
This part of the Bitch Discography lists the compilation albums that Bitch has appeared on. Metal Blade Records was quite proud of Bitch and featured them over and over in Metal Blade compilations, even after Bitch ceased to be on the label's roster. For this reason, a full twelve of the compilation titles listed here (out of fifteen) are on Metal Blade.
Most of these compilations are available for sale on Amazon.com, and when they are, we have linked the title to a place on Amazon where you can buy the item. You can also use the Amazon widget to the left under the menu bar to browse the items in this section of the Bitch Discography that are available through Amazon.
Metal Massacre (aka Metal Massacre I)
Enigma/Metal Blade MBR/RC-1001
12” vinyl (R)
Released 6-1-1982
Reissued with altered track listing 2-1-1984 (on 12” vinyl and cassette)
Reissued on CD (2) and cassette (4)
3984 14041-2/4
4-26-1994
Live
for the Whip (demo version)
Bitch’s
contribution appears on all versions. For
full information on exact serial numbers of the various pressings of this album,
go to http://www.metallipromo.com/metallica.ticket.html.
Enigma/Metal Blade MBR/RC-1008; E/EC-1017
12” vinyl (R/E) and Cassette (RC/EC)
Released 7-1-1983
Reissued on CD (2) and cassette (4) 3984 14043-2/4
4-26-1994
Riding
in Thunder
Released the same day as Be My Slave. More detailed information on the album at http://www.thecorroseum.com/comps/metalmassacre3.html.
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Front Cover |
Back Cover |
The
Sound of Hollywood Girls
Mystic Records, MLP 33110
Released c. February 1983
12” vinyl
I’m
In Love*
Full Track List:
L. A.
Girls "Sure"
Solomon Kane "Twilight Zone"
The Skirts
"S&M Blvd. Boy"
Screamin' Sirens "Ugly & Slouchy"
Butch [different band; not to be confused with Bitch] "Tractor
Trailer Tragedy"
De De Troit "He Hit Me"
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Hellion
"Nightmares"
BITCH "I'm In Love"
Sin 34
"Runaway/Not No Fun"
I.U.D. "Baby Junky"
Hot Food To Go
"On The Prowl"
Toxic Fumes "Easy Money"
This LP was the first installment in the
underground label Mystic Records’ “The Sound of Hollywood” series, which
documented underground bands in LA. This
edition focused on female-fronted groups. Bitch and Hellion are the only heavy metal groups on an LP otherwise dominated by punk
acts, and the label saw fit to release the two bands’ contributions separately
on a split 7” single (see the Albums section of the Bitch Discography for more information on the
single).
Metal
Massacre II & III
Enigma/Metal Blade EC-1066
Released 4-1-1984
Cassette
Riding
in Thunder
Reissue of Metal Massacre II and III on one cassette; features completely different artwork.
Metal Massacre Limited Edition
Picture Disc Box Set
Metal
Blade MBB1
Released c. May 1984
5-LP picture disc box set, limited to 1000 numbered copies
Live
for the Whip (demo version)
Riding in Thunder
Contains picture discs of the first five Metal Massacre LP’s.
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Vinyl |
Cassette |
Total
Destruction
Enigma/Metal Blade MBR-1022; E/EC
Released 6-1-1984
12” vinyl (R/E) and
cassette (EC)
Be My Slave (remix)*
Live for the Whip (studio version)
Includes a remixed version of “Be My
Slave” unavailable anywhere else. This
was a midline-priced sampler of the at-that-time current Metal Blade roster.
A sticker placed directly on the album priced the album at $6.98 US
(albums and cassettes were generally priced at $8.98 or $9.98 at the time).
From the back cover of the LP and inside of
the cassette tray card: “Total Destruction highlights the stable of
artists on Metal Blade Records, one of the finest [of] all Metal labels. This
album is a great introduction to the Metal Blade label for those of you who are
not familiar with us. For those of
you who are, we’ve included a couple of special recordings of two of our
biggest acts, Bitch and Slayer. These special tracks are only
available on this album.” The
previously unreleased Bitch track is a remix of “Be My Slave” and the previously
unreleased Slayer track is a remix of “Die By the Sword”; both are marked “Specially
re-mixed for this album”. The
“Be My Slave” remix has never appeared on any other release and has never
been released on CD. I am unsure
about the Slayer track, but that’s another story for another website.
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Autographed CD |
Cassette |
The Best
of Metal Blade, Vol. 1
Restless/Metal Blade MBR/RC-1061 and 72117-1/2/4
Released 4-1-1986
12” vinyl (R, 1),
cassette (RC, 4), and CD (2)
Be My
Slave
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CD |
Cassette |
The Best
of Metal Blade, Vol. 3
Enigma/Metal Blade D1/2/4-73319
Released 4-1-1988
12” double-LP (1),
cassette (4), and CD (2)
Hot
and Heavy
Released
on the same day as the Betsy album. Also features Lizzy Borden’s cover
of The Tubes’ “Don’t Touch Me There”, which features Betsy as guest
vocalist.
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CD |
Cassette |
Metal Blade/Restless 7 72411-2/4
Released 4-1-1989
Cassette (4) and CD (2)
Live
for the Whip (demo version)
The cassette features 18 tracks and the CD features 16 tracks; both include the track from Bitch. There is an 11-track vinyl version (72411-1), however, it does not include the track from Bitch. Also, there is a later Japanese CD released by Metal Blade Japan entitled The Best of Metal Massacre, but with different artwork and a different track lineup; this Japanese release does not include any songs by Bitch.
Metal
Blade 15th Anniversary Double CD
Metal Blade 3984-14135-2
Released 7-15-1997
2-CD set
Live
for the Whip (demo version)
Grim
Harvest: The Complete Metal Massacre Volumes I-XII
Metal Blade/BMG Direct D207373
Released 1998 (exact date unknown)
Limited edition, numbered 11-CD box set
Live
for the Whip (demo version)
Riding in Thunder
Features all
twelve of the Metal Massacre albums in a limited, numbered box set. The box set was an exclusive item only available to members of the BMG Record Club.
Metal
Blade 20th Anniversary Box Set
Metal Blade 3984-14404-2
Released 10-22-2002
9 CD + 1 DVD box set limited to 5000
copies
Live
for the Whip (studio version)
Be My Slave
Infatuation*
(Lyrics and Music:
Carruth/Farr/McCrary/Settles/Weiss)
Live for the Whip (live 1983) (on
DVD)
Bass Player on “Infatuation”: Robert Farr
Second guitar player on “Infatuation”: Ed McCrary (currently with Killen)
“Infatuation” is a newer track
recorded in 1999 with a five-piece line-up, which to my knowledge was a first
for the band. It
is featured as a previously unreleased track on Disc Nine of this box set and
has never seen a release anywhere else.
A very obscure
ghost
site claims, “June 1999 --- We just heard that Bitch has recorded a demo for
Metal Blade Records and that they are negoriation [sic] with Metal Blade for a
new LP deal!” “Infatuation” is from this demo (the song was copyrighted in 1999) and the
album negotiations didn’t work out.
“Infatuation” itself is not the strongest song in the world
musically, but Betsy’s lyrics make it a very entertaining listen.
The song is about a creepy married stalker that follows Betsy and won’t
leave her alone no matter how many times she tells him, so she ends up teasing
him and turning his slobbery lust around on him.
It’s classic Betsy and just loaded with trademark Betsy personality.
The DVD appearance of “Live For the Whip” is a one-camera recording of a 1983 concert. The show comes from Bitch's collection of past live shows, and was recorded at the Roxy. I am unsure what day it was recorded. It is the oldest video footage on the DVD.
The Metal Blade 20th Anniversary Box Set
is a massive set that takes some work to go through, and can be a little intimidating for the uninitiated. For that reason I built an online
browsing companion for the box set, which contains some commentary from yours truly, a full track listing, track-by-track commentary from Metal
Blade CEO Brian Slagel, MP3 samples of many of the songs, and about two thirds of the clips on the DVD, including the video of
“Live For the Whip”! You can visit this guide to the box set at www.squidoo.com/metal_blade_20th_anniversary_box_set.
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Compact Edition |
Hollywood Rocks: The Audio Companion
Dead Line
Records CLP 1388-2
Released 6-21-2005
4-CD box set
Reissued as Compact Edition with different artwork (Deadline Records
CLP-CD-2851) on 8-19-2008
Be My Slave
This four-CD box set was released by Dead Line Records (Cleopatra Records’ metal imprint) as a companion piece to the book Hollywood Rocks, which documents the Sunset Strip metal scene of the 1980’s and early 1990’s. The initial release of the box set was housed in a large rectangular box with four CD’s, a 72-page booklet containing information on each of the bands (Bitch’s entry is on page 18), a button, and a plastic-covered “backstage pass”. Bitch appears on Disc One, which documents the years 1980-1985.
The set was
reissued in 2008 as a limited “Compact Edition,” which is approximately the
size of a double-jewel box and houses the four CD’s in paperboard slip
sleeves. Each of the individual CD's has the same cover art work as the corresponding CD in the
long box version of the box set. Dead Line also
released a 3-LP set under the Hollywood Rocks title with the same album
artwork as the compact edition; however, it features a completely different
track listing and does not feature any Bitch material.
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Laser Disc |
VHS |
Various Artists: Video Meltdown
Metal Blade/Enigma 7 75914-3, VHS; Metal Blade/Enigma distributed by Image Entertainment
ID7926EN, LaserDisc
Released 2-1-1990
VHS (NTSC), LaserDisc (one-sided, also NTSC)
Turn
You Inside Out (music video)
Total runtime of this behind-the-scenes “Metal Blade Home Video” interspersed with music videos is 56 minutes. The “Turn You Inside Out” music video rounds out the programme.
“Turn You Inside Out” is one of two music videos shot on a Hollywood soundstage for the Betsy album on May 21-22, 1988 (the other is “You'll Never Get Out (Of This Love Alive)”, which has never been officially released on home video). Although the band went under the name “Betsy” at the time the video was recorded and the “Bet-Z” logo is featured prominently in the music video, the credits attribute the music video to “Bitch.”
Various Artists: Best of Bang Your Head Festival
Locomotive Records (Spain)/e-m-s (Germany) (LM321
NTSC/PAL)
Released 5-1-2006
2-DVD set (Region 0; available in NTSC and PAL versions)
Live
for the Whip (Live 2003)
Bass Player: Johnny
Zell