Tuesday, September 13, 2011

57 Varietease



Get Hip just hipped me to this, though apparently it's been available for a couple of months, at least in Europe.


CRAMPS Live At Club 57 in 1979 (Moonlight Records - 197779) Double-lp set of 21 songs, including an incredible 13-song live set recorded in 1979 with professional mixes for WPIX-FM NYC with full sonic assault! Probably the best Cramps live performance and recording ever, with Bryan & Ivy's guitars complimenting each other most brilliantly, Nick Knox's drumming is superb, and Lux providing great vocals and between-song banter.  The version of "Human Fly" is like an a-bomb exploding in your living room! The top-quality sound on the 8 demos have previously appeared on 1 or 2 reissues with inferior sound quality so get ready to hear them properly.
Very de-LUX foldout gatefold sleeve filled with over 20 unknown photos from 1977-1979 plus 3000+ text interviews from obscure magazines from 1977-1979.
Club 57, NYC - 1979

Track Listing:
LIVE:
1. MYSTERY PLANE 
2. DOMINO 
3. TWIST AND SHOUT
4. WEEKEND ON MARS 
5. VOODOO IDOL 
6. ZOMBIE DANCE 
7. ROCKIN’ BONES 
8. HUMAN FLY 
9. GARBAGEMAN 
10. I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF  
11. SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK  
12. T.V. SET 
13. THE WAY I WALK
STUDIO DEMOS - JUNE 1977:
14. LOVE ME  
15. I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF 
16. SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK  
17. T.V. SET 
18. WHAT’S BEHIND THE MASK

STUDIO DEMOS - FEBRUARY 1979:
19. TWIST and SHOUT  
20. ROCKIN’ BONES  
21. MAD DADDY

CRAMPS Live At Club 57 in 1979 (Moonlight Records)
DE-LUXE Double LP with gatefold sleeve
CD-version of above, with 16-page booklet.

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