Come Visit the Big Bigot (The Big Bigot on the Ink and Volition LP releases) is the sixth full length studio album by Australianexperimental group Severed Heads, released in 1986. The tracks "Twenty Deadly Diseases" and "Propellor" were both released as singles to help promote the album. The title is a reference to the Big Merino statue in New South Wales; the 1998 Sevcom CD-R release has a photo of it on the cover.
The Volition LP opens with the sound of an experiment Ellard did, in which he stuck a live microphone deep into a watermelon and dropped it from a second-story balcony. Footage of him doing this appeared on a segment about synthesis on the ABC program Edge of the Wedge.[3] The words "THE SOUND OF A WATERMELON....!" were etched into the runout groove of Side One.
The Ink and Volition LP releases had "George the Animal" (4:00) in the place of "Twenty Deadly Diseases," and did not credit "FM Stations Blow Up," but had it as the end of "Propellor," for a total length of 6:33.
The "SAM" in "SAM Loves You" is the early speech synthesis program S.A.M. (Software Automatic Mouth).
The Volition LP included the "Propellor" 12" EP, with "Propellor Two (Rotation Mix)," remixed by Topsy Keevil, and "Propellor Three (Kamikazee Mix)," "Twenty Deadly Diseases (Terminal Mix)," and "Harold and Cindy Hospital (Casualty Mix)," which were remixed by Robert Racic.
1998 Sevcom CD-R bonus tracks
No.
Title
Length
13.
"Son Of"
3:50
14.
"George the Animal"
4:00
15.
"Propellor 12 Inch"
5:10
16.
"Disease 21"
4:05
17.
"Disease 22"
4:54
This release marked the first time the album used the original digital master tapes. This resulted in some songs starting and ending at different points from the original release.
2012 Bandcamp (25 Years) digital release bonus tracks
No.
Title
Length
12.
"Son Of..."
3:55
13.
"...George the Animal"
4:00
14.
"20 Deadly Diseases (UK 12")"
6:32
15.
"Harold and Cindy Hospital (Marathon)"
6:48
16.
"Propellor (NYC 12")"
5:09
This version has "Propellor" and "FM Stations Blow Up" as one track, shifting side 2 to tracks 7-11. 15 is actually the Casualty Mix.
2017 Dark Entries 2LP/Bandcamp second LP tracks
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Harold and Cindy Hospital (Casualty Mix)"
6:49
2.
"Twenty Deadly Diseases (Extended Mix)"
6:30
3.
"Disease 22"
3:56
4.
"Disease 23"
3:48
5.
"Son Of"
3:50
6.
"George the Animal"
4:00
7.
"Nature 10"
3:13
8.
"Propellor Three (Kamikazee Mix)"
8:02
Side 3 is 1-4, Side 4 is 5-8. This version has a significantly edited (and uncredited) "FM Stations" coda at the end of "Propellor," total time 5:35.
First CD edition of the album, which was titled Come Visit The Big Bigot With Dead Eyes Opened. Included artwork similar to the Nettwerk vinyl/cassette versions and included the entire "Dead Eyes Opened" single attached in it
CD-R reissue, including different art and extra tracks attached to the end of the album
2012
DL
Remastered digital reissue released through the official Sevcom bandcamp page, which included art similar to the original 1986 Ink Records release and extra tracks attached to the end of the album
