Description
Crowley, Aleister
Dressed To Kill, UK, 2001. 6 CD Box Set. 240 minutes. Brand New/Sealed.
According to legend, the production of Aleister Crowley’s 1875-1947: Satanic Verses was wrought with spooky occurrences and questionable coincidences — the random bar code assigned to the Dressed to Kill record begins with the numbers 666. Boasting six (that’s right) discs of cloven-hoofed empowerment and featuring titles like “Sodomy,” “Beastiality,” and “Phallus Erectus,” the collection incorporates Crowley reciting incantations and philosophy behind generic moaning, sex acts, and atonal keyboards that all sound like “In the Beginning” from Mtley Cre’s Shout at the Devil. While only intended for ritual use, the producers missed out on a chance to do something truly horrifying. Their insistence on filling space with useless blips and retro-techno-beats disguise the unsettling crackle of Crowley’s voice. 2001’s 1910-1914: Wax Cylinder Recordings on the Transparency label offers a far more disturbing depiction of evil and from a uniquely historical perspective. – James Christopher Monger
DISC 1:
1. Gnostic Mass: Every Man and Every Woman Is a Star
2. Gnostic Mass: Love Is the Law – Love Under Will
3. Gnostic Mass: Sigil of the Master Therion
4. Gnostic Mass: 666 – 418 – 93
5. The Dagger and the Chain Gnostic Mass: The Scourge
6. Gnostic Mass: Aning Ning Ning
7. Gnostic Mass: Osiris Risen
DISC 2:
1. Sigil of Master Therion: The Call of the First Aethyr
2. Sigil of Master Therion: The Call of the First Aethyr
3. Sigil of Master Therion: The Call of the Second Aethyr
4. Sigil of Master Therion: The Call of the Second Aethyr
5. Sigil of Master Therion: La Gitana
6. Sigil of Master Therion: The Pentagram
7. Sigil of Master Therion: One Sovereign for the Woman
8. Sigil of Master Therion: The Poet
9. Sigil of Master Therion: At Sea
10. Sigil of Master Therion: The Fingernails
11. Sigil of Master Therion: The Titanic
12. Sigil of Master Therion: Hymn to the American People
13. Sigil of Master Therion: Excerts from the Gnostic Mass
14. Sigil of Master Therion: Vive la French Republic
15. [Untitled Track]
DISC 3:
1. Phallus: Words of Aeon
2. Pt. 2 Phallus: Words of Aeon
3. Phallus: Phallus Erectus
4. Phallus: Phallus Risen
5. Phallus: Penetration and Pain
6. Phallus: Excerpt from the Pentagram Hymn
7. Phallus: Six of Cups
DISC 4:
1. Sodom: Incubus
2. Sodom: Succubus
3. Pt.1 Sodom: Pornographic Hymn
4. Pt. 2 Sodom: Pornographic Hymn
5. Sodom: Sodomy
6. Sodom: Beastiality
7. Sodom: Gnostic Mass and Obscene
8. Sodom: Obscene
9. Sodom: The Dagger and Penis
10. Penis and Vagina Sodom: The Dagger
DISC 5:
1. Osiris Risen: Tarot
2. Osiris Risen: Hanged Man
3. Osiris Risen: Emperor
4. Osiris Risen: Emperess
5. Osiris Risen: Death
DISC 6:
1. The Sabbat: Reporting the Beast
2. The Sabbat: Reporting the Sabbat
3. The Sabbat: Unholy Communion
4. The Sabbat: One Sovereign for the Beast
5. The Sabbat: The Sabbat
