Psychic TV: First Transmission

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David Tibet
David Tibet

Genesis P-Orridge
Genesis P-Orridge

Cosey Fanni Tutti
Cosey Fanni Tutti

Peter Christopherson
Peter Christopherson

Jim Jones
Jim Jones

Self (archive footage)

Brion Gysin
Brion Gysin

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    For over 30 years, the so-called First Transmission video from Psychic TV, has been the stuff of, well, “snuff film” legend. First advertised in the back pages of Thee Grey Book , The First Transmission was an ultra weird touchstone of the underground VHS tape trading scene of the 1980s.

  • Release Date

    1982-01-01

  • Average

    6.8

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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    English
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