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Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers and Big Black (Steve Albini) are among the many groups who took inspiration from this seminal post-punk band from Blackpool. As crucial as Membranes were, though, most of these 99 tracks (their five LPs plus EPs, singles and rare cuts) have never been on CD. A new album by the re-formed Membranes is due out soon; these, though, are their original recordings; a 26-page booklet joins "Get a Head," "The Throat," "Fireface," "Kafka’s Dad," "Everything’s Brilliant," "Bang!," "Sleazeball," "The Elvis I Knew Was No Junkie," "Mr. Charisma Brain" (live), "Dragonfly," "Ice Age," "Almost China," "Muscles," "Punk Out Baby" and more! Cherry Red.