*5 December 2008*



*David Tibet: 'Some Gnostic Cartoons' catalogue London art exhibition NOW ALSO AVAILABLE FROM DURTRO*



As a result of a large number of requests we have decided to make this title available from Durtro and add it to the Durtro online shop. Please note that as this item is sent out by Greedbag on behalf of Durtro, David is unable to dedicate books personally, although all copies have been signed by him.



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David Tibet and Isis Gallery are very delighted to announce the Isis Editions publication of _Some Gnostic Cartoons_, the catalogue for David's London art exhibition. We are also exceptionally honoured that Michel Faber, author of _The Crimson Petal and the White_ amongst many other books, and Tod Wodicka, author of _All Shall be Well, and All Shall be Well, and All Manner of Things Shall be Well_ have respectively written a Foreword and Afterword to the volume.



This volume marks the beginning of the exhibition. It can be purchased from Durtro's online shop, Isis' online shop www.isisgallery.org/editions or at the gallery in person. The standard edition is published in an edition of 500 copies and costs £40 plus postage and packaging.



There will be a very limited special edition which will mark the end of the exhibition and which will be published on 10 January, 2009. More details of that special edition will follow later.



93 paintings were made by David for the INVOCATION OF HALLUCINATORY MOUNTAlN (Some Gnostic Cartoons), of which 39 will be exhibited. This book features 32 of the 93 paintings created, of which 22 in the book are exhibited at Isis Gallery.



All paintings, both those illustrated in the book and those not illustrated in the book, are available for purchase from Isis, to whom any requests should be directed at john@isisgallery.org



Full details of the book are as follows:



  • Bound in claret cloth with copper blocking to front cover and spine


  • Printed endpapers with black/white painting by David Tibet


  • Each copy signed by David Tibet


  • Introduction by David Tibet


  • Foreword by Michel Faber


  • Afterword by Tod Wodicka


  • Coloured head- and tail-bands


  • Page-signatures sewn into spine


  • 84 pages long


  • Page size 6 & ¾" x 8 & ¾" (170mm x 226mm)


  • 32 colour plates printed on gloss art paper


  • Limited to 500 copies




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    *Errors on C93 CD reissues: ‘Live at Bar Maldoror’ and ‘In Menstrual Night’*



    Somewhere along the production line an error crept in to last month's 2CD reissues of IN MENSTRUAL NIGHT and LIVE AT BAR MALDOROR. CD1 of each title was *meant* to consist of remastered versions of the original two track vinyl version of the album. However, in both cases, CD1 ended up being identical to the previous Durtro CD editions of each title.



    In the case of IN MENSTRUAL NIGHT, CD1 ending up consisting of the two tracks from that album as well as ‘KillyKillKilly (A Fire Sermon)’ from the NIGHTMARE CULTURE mini-album, which made up the tracks for the earlier Durtro jewel case version of IN MENSTRUAL NIGHT.



    In the case of LIVE AT BAR MALDOROR, CD1 ending up consisting of the earlier four track version of LIVE AT BAR MALDOROR previously available as a digipak CD on Durtro, with the two extra tracks being the two C93 tracks ('Christ's First Howling' and ‘Fields of Rape’) which appeared on the compilation album _From Torture to Conscience_.



    Rather than send back both titles' mis-pressed CD1s for destruction—which would both delay your order and be incredibly wasteful of 2000 CDs!—we have instead kept them in the LIVE AT BAR MALDOROR and IN MENSTRUAL NIGHT 2CD packages.



    So the title that you will receive, until further notice, is this incorrect edition. We are presently pressing the CORRECT remastered two track version of CD1 of both these titles. As soon as these correct pressings are ready, they will be sent out to every mail order customer who has ordered either of these two titles from Durtro or Jnana. Thus everyone who has ordered IN MENSTRUAL NIGHT or LIVE AT BAR MALDOROR by mail order will end up receiving 3 CDs—the 2CD with incorrect CD1, and then a couple of weeks later the correct CD1 for each titles.



    CD2, the Andrew Liles remix CD, on both LIVE AT BAR MALDOROR and IN MENSTRUAL NIGHT is absolutely correct. And there are NO problems with the 2CD DAWN reissue.



    We hope you are happy with these instant rarities, which will not be available in the shops!



    Thanks as always for your patience,



    love David+++ and Durtro