Posobie dlya konchayushchikh: Volos Zlata
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Пособие для кончающих: Волос Злата was the second of two CD compilations released to mark 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...

's first performance in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. The title loosely translates to "A Guide For Finishers: A Hair Of Gold". It is a collection of their industrial style works.

The Russian title was devised by Ivan Pavlov of CoH
CoH (musician)
CoH is the musical alias of Ivan Pavlov , a Russian-born sound artist and engineer. He has lived in Sweden since 1995. After Pavlov moved to Sweden, he adopted the alias CoH which can be read in Cyrillic as well as in Latin alphabet and means in Russian sleep or dream...

. The Russian word for "finisher" suggests both suicide and orgasm.

The album was released an edition of 1,000 copies.
This compilation, as well as its twin Пособие для начинающих: Глас Сéребра, were later released as the double CD The Golden Hare With A Voice Of Silver
The Golden Hare With A Voice Of Silver
The Golden Hare With A Voice Of Silver, a double CD by Coil, compiles two Russian compilation albums. "Disc One" is Пособие для начинающих: Глас Сéребра and "Disc Two" is Пособие для кончающих: Волос Злата....

.

Song origins

"Panic" and "Solar Lodge" were originally released on Scatology
Scatology (album)
Scatology is the first LP and a second album produced by Coil.Scatology was released in three different formats with two different covers...

. "First Dark Ride" was originally released on the 12" "Nasa Arab
Nasa Arab
Nasa Arab was the only release ever to be credited to "Coil Vs. The Eskaton". "The Eskaton", however, is Coil, so the release is basically, though not officially, just by Coil. The 12" release was limited to 2500 copies....

" as Coil vs. The Eskaton. The song was later released on Unnatural History III
Unnatural History III
Unnatural History III was the third in a series of three compilation albums by Coil. Unlike Stolen & Contaminated Songs and Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders, Unnatural History III collects songs from more than a single era of Coil's work...

. "Further Back And Faster" was originally released on Love's Secret Domain
Love's Secret Domain
Love's Secret Domain is the third album by Coil and was released in 1991. The album marked a departure from the brooding synthesizers and melodies of their first two albums, focusing more on acid house sampling. The singles released from the album were "Windowpane" and "The Snow"...

. "Red Skeletons" and "Blue Rats" were originally released on A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room
A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room
A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room is the only release by the group Black Light District. Although this is not an official Coil release, "Black Light District" was merely an alias for the group...

as Black Light District. "Scope" was originally released on "Wrong Eye/Scope
Wrong Eye/Scope
Wrong Eye/Scope was a 7" vinyl single by Coil released by the record company Shock, with the catalogue number SX 002. This vinyl was pressed in black, with covers of four different colors . 1,000 copies included green covers. 1,000 copies included yellow covers. 974 copies included white covers. 26...

" and later released on Unnatural History III. "A.Y.O.R." was previously available in a slightly longer form on the bootleg Backwards. The song was later remade as "It's In My Blood" and released on The Ape Of Naples
The Ape Of Naples
The Ape of Naples is the final album from Coil. It was released after the death of lead vocalist John Balance, who died on 13 November 2004. The title of this album was originally intended to be "Fire of the Mind"....

. "The First Five Minutes After Death" is incorrectly labeled "The First Five Minutes After Violent Death". "The First Five Minutes After Death" originally appeared on Horse Rotorvator
Horse Rotorvator
Horse Rotorvator is the second LP released by the British industrial group Coil. It was named one of the Top 100 Albums of the 1980s by Pitchfork Media who ranked it 73rd.-Editions:...

- as did "The Anal Staircase" - and has a track timing of 4:45, while "The First Five Minutes After Violent Death" originally appeared on Gold Is The Metal With The Broadest Shoulders
Gold Is The Metal With The Broadest Shoulders
Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders was the third album released by Coil in the year 1987. It is not a proper follow-up to 1986's Horse Rotorvator, but more a collection of outtakes and demos from the Scatology, Horse Rotorvator and Hellraiser soundtrack sessions...

with a track timing of 2:43 due to a sequencing error, although the remastered/revised version is 5:00.

Track listing

  1. "Panic" – 4:18
  2. "First Dark Ride" – 10:50
  3. "Further Back And Faster" – 7:55
  4. "The Anal Staircase" – 3:57
  5. "Red Skeletons" – 7:32
  6. "Scope" – 6:35
  7. "Solar Lodge" – 5:36
  8. "Blue Rats" – 3:08
  9. "A.Y.O.R." – 3:11
  10. "The First Five Minutes After Death" – 4:59
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