Astral Disaster is an album by Coil

Coil (band)

Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...

, which has been released in two distinct versions.

The original pressing of the album was released in an edition of 99 copies on 12" vinyl via the record label Acme/Prescription with catalogue number Drug 8. It was available only to those who had subscribed to the entire Drug series, and was packaged in a plain black sleeve with a title sticker signed and numbered by Balance and Christopherson. It included an insert with the track listing and release notes, and a piece of handmade artwork in a plastic zip-lock bag.

The later pressing of this album, released on CD and 12" via the Threshold House

Threshold House

Threshold House is one of several record labels created by Coil to release their own work and that of affiliated projects. Associated labels include Eskaton and Chalice. It is also the name for the ....

 label, is completely rebuilt and remade with much more texture than the first release. This version also includes a remake of "The Mothership & The Fatherland" titled "MÜ-ÜR". The 12" inch release was limited to 1,000 copies on gray vinyl and a special edition of 100 copies on red vinyl. The special edition includes a sheet of lyrics that is signed by Jhon Balance, Peter Christopherson

Peter Christopherson

Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....

 and Thighpaulsandra

Thighpaulsandra

Thighpaulsandra is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. As Tim Lewis, he began his career working with Julian Cope. A collaboration with Cope in 1993 followed, as the experimental duo Queen Elizabeth...

. It also includes an original numbered drawing, which is signed by Jhon Balance and Peter Christopherson

Peter Christopherson

Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....

.

Some of the more notable differences between the releases, other than the later release being more built up, is the disappearance of the sitar as well as the disappearance of the sound effect on John's voice on the original version of "The Sea Priestess".

Acme/Prescription 12" version

Side A:

1. "The Sea Priestess" – 14:11
2. "Second Son Syndrome" – 2:47
3. "I Don't Want To Be The One" – 2:45
4. "The Avatars" – 3:21

Side B:

1. "The Mothership And The Fatherland" – 23:03

Threshold House CD version

1. "The Avatars" – 3:02
2. "The Mothership & The Fatherland" – 22:24
3. "2nd Sun Syndrome" – 4:16
4. "The Sea Priestess" – 14:10
5. "I Don't Want To Be The One" – 4:47
6. "MÜ-ÜR" – 22:40

Threshold House 12" version

Side A:

1. "The Avatars"
2. "I Don't Wan't To Be The One"
3. "2nd Sun Syndrome"
4. "The Sea Priestess"

Side B:

1. "MÜ-ÜR"

Personnel

• John Balance
  John Balance
  John Balance , born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with his partner Peter Christopherson...
  
   - lyrics, vocals, Obsidian
  Obsidian
  Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed as an extrusive igneous rock.It is produced when felsic lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimum crystal growth...
  
   Mirrors, Scrim Generators
  
• Peter Christopherson
  Peter Christopherson
  Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis....
  
   - Macintosh
  Macintosh
  The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
  
  , finger symbols
  
• Drew McDowall
  Drew McDowall
  Drew McDowall is a Scottish musician, most notably as a member, collaborator and remixer for influential music groups...
  
   - Moog & Thoughtforms
  
• Thighpaulsandra
  Thighpaulsandra
  Thighpaulsandra is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. As Tim Lewis, he began his career working with Julian Cope. A collaboration with Cope in 1993 followed, as the experimental duo Queen Elizabeth...
  
   - Mellotron
  Mellotron
  The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
  
  , Hammond
  Hammond organ
  The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
  
   & synths
  

with

• Gary Ramon - guitar on "I Don't Want to be the One"