Enigma Records was a popular rock & alternative record label in the 1980s, focusing on punk rock, alternative, & heavy metal though it also released techno, jazz & classical music through subsidiary labels. It was initially a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, from which it split off in 1985 to become its own company. The label was initially located in Torrance, California, then El Segundo, California & finally Culver City, California.
Released in 1985, this two disc compilation of Enigma artists was released to showcase Enigma acts to help promote the newly independent label. Quite a mixed bag.
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Various Artists - The Enigma Variations 1, Enigma 72001-1, 1985.
Side One:
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Maniac - Screamin' Sirens
from the Enigma LP
"Fiesta"
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Shadowdrive - The Jet Black Berries
from the cassette versionof the Enigma/Pink Dust LP
"Sundown on Venus"
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Flesh on the Wall - Naked Prey
from the Enigma/Down There EP
"Naked Prey"
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Oh Mother - Tex & the Horseheads
from the Enigma/Bemisbrain LP
"Tex & the Horseheads"
from the Enigma/Bemisbrain LP
"Tex & the Horseheads"
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Straight Ahead - Greg Sage
from the Enigma LP
"Straight Ahead"
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Time Stands Still - Chris D./Divine Horsemen
from the Enigma LP
"Time Stands Still"
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A Blind Man's Penis - JohnTrubee
from the Enigma LP
"Time Stands Still"
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A Blind Man's Penis - JohnTrubee
from the Enigma single
"A Blind Man's Penis"
"A Blind Man's Penis"
Side Two:
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No Easy Way Down - Rain Parade
from the Enigma EP
"Explosions in the Glass Palace"
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Disengaged from the World - Plasticland
from the Enigma/Pink Dust LP
"Plasticland"
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Worm Boy - The Pandoras
from the unreleased Enigma EP
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Just for the Moment - Get Smart!
from the Enigma/Fever LP
"Action Reaction"
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Leaving Trains - Leaving Trains
from the Enigma/Bemisbrain LP
"Well Down Blue Highway"
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Sixteen Ways II - Green on Red
previously unreleased version
of a track from the Enigma LP
"Gas Food Lodging"
previously unreleased version
of a track from the Enigma LP
"Gas Food Lodging"
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24 - Game Theory
from the Enigma/Rational LP
"Real Nighttime"
Side Three:
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Insurance from God - 45 Grave
from the Enigma LP
"Sleep in Safety"
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Blue Funk - The Effigies
from the Enigma/Fever LP
"Fly on a Wire"
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Juvenile Justice - Kraut
from the Enigma/Cabbage LP
"Whetting the Scythe"
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Citadel - Redd Kross
from the Enigma/Gasatanka EP
"Teen Babes from Monsanto"
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Flowers by the Door - TSOL
previously unreleased version of a track
from the Enigma LP
"Change Today"
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True West - Channel 3
from the Enigma EP
"Airborne"
Side Four:
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A Situation Of - Cathedral of Tears
from the Enigma EP
" Cathedral of Tears"
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The Yellow Boat - Passionel
from the Enigma EP
"The Apostle"
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Lebanon - The Untouchables
from the Enigma?Twist EP
"Live & Let Dance"
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Where Did We Go Wrong - The Pool
from the Enigma/Moment LP
"333"
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Cowpunk - Scott Goddard
from the Enigma/818 EP
"Your Fool"
from the Enigma/818 EP
"Your Fool"
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Playback - SSQ
previously unreleased
Enjoy,
NØ
UPDATE
Thanks to a comment from anonymous (ph), I found out that the link to this file was dead. It has be re-uploaded 31 October 2008. If any further problems occur, please let me know. Thanx, NØ
Re-uploaded as per Renfrew requestrew 2rew Mayrew 2013rew. Thanks good sir.