Wednesday, September 2, 2009

The Cramps Discography

(INTER)ACTIVE ILLUSTRATED DEE-LUX DISCOGRAPHY Part One
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1979
Gravest Hits

Side one

1 "Human Fly" (Lux Interior, Ivy Rorschach)

2 The Way I Walk (Jack Scott)
http://www.jackscottmusic.com/

Jack Scott charted more times (19) in a shorter period of time
(41 months) than any other recording artist -- except The Beatles.
He was born Giovanni Sacfone Jr., the son of an accomplished
guitarist, on January 24, 1936 in Windsor, Ontario. Fascinated
by the music of Hank Williams, young Jack took up guitar at age eight
and was pretty good by the time his family moved to Hazel Park, Michigan
in 1946. While in his teens he began performing regularly on radio.

At age 18, Jack formed his own band and soon caught the ear of ABC
Paramount A&R man Joe Carleton. Three 1957 singles were cut, but
when they were unsuccessful, Scott was dropped by the label. In early
1958, at his own expense, Jack recorded two new tunes, “Leroy” (about
a frequently-jailed real-life friend he called “Greaseball”) and
“My True Love.” As it happened, Joe Carleton, who had just
started his own record company, elected to buy the masters and
release them on Carleton. “’Leroy’ took off like lightning,” Scott
remembered -- climbing to #25. When DJs flipped the single
over, they found “My True Love,” which did even better -- soaring to #3
and selling a million copies.

Half the songs on Jack’s debut album (one of the first in true stereo)
became chart singles, including “With Your Love,” “My True Love,”
“The Way I Walk” and “Goodbye Baby.” A stint in the Army
from February to May 1959 slowed Scott’s momentum, but only briefly.
"I was with Carlton; they had the right to record me,” Jack recalled.
“Another company, Starfire, had my management and publishing.
Starfire got into hassles with Carlton because Joe Carlton wanted
publishing as well. Next thing I knew, I was pulled off Carlton and onto
Top Rank It was on Top Rank that Jack Scott was best showcased
as a reverberating balladeer. While the same four-chord climbing
sequence was often endlessly repeated, it was all the back-up needed
for Jack to take “What In The World’s Come Over You” to #5 in
1960, followed quickly by “Burning Bridges” (which hit #3). “Oh Little One”
and “It Only Happened Yesterday” also landed on the Hit Parade.

Scott went on to record for Capitol, RCA Victor, Dot and other labels,
but with little success. “I've never had a job outside music,” Jack
reports. “I do club dates around Michigan, staying pretty close to
home most of the time. Sometimes I play the same club five nights a
week. It's usually 40 minutes on stage, then a 20-minute break
and so on for five hours."

In 1993 a five CD box set compiling Jack Scott’s 1957-65 output was
released on the Bear Family label. Jack wrote every one of his own hits --
except “Burning Bridges.”

* 3 "Domino" (Sam Phillips)

Side two

Gravest Hits is the debut 12" EP by the American garage punk band The Cramps. It was released in July 1979 on Illegal Records and I.R.S. Records. It was produced by Alex Chilton and recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis in 1977. It featured liner notes by "Dr. J.H. Sasfy, Professor of Rockology, American Rock'n'Roll Institute, Washington D.C.U.S.A." It is one of first documents of the rockabilly revival genre, and the psychobilly genre. The photograph on the back of the original sleeve of the band in performance was taken at New York's Palladium Theatre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravest_Hits


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1980
Songs the Lord Taught Us

Side one

1 TV SET


Moon acrobat Animation2 Rock On The Moon (Jimmy Stewart)

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* 4


* 5 "Sunglasses After Dark" (Rorschach, Interior, Rosalind Michelle Pullens, Wray Sr.)



Side two

* 1 Mystery Plane

Dancing skeletons Animation* 2 Zombie Dance

3 "What's Behind the Mask?"

4 Strychnine (Gerry Roslie)
The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, originating from the early and mid-1960s. Among The Sonics' contemporaries were The Kingsmen, The Wailers, The Drastics, The Dynamics, The Regents, and Paul Revere & the Raiders. This movement is credited with founding Seattle's well-known music scene which survives to the present. The Sonics' sound is noticeably rougher, cruder, and more brutal than that of their musical peers, and among those in the know the band sometimes regarded as the first punk rock group, though well before the punk movement took off in the late 1970s. Although they had a fairly standard instrumental lineup for the time, The Sonics made their unique sound with wild arrangements, often disturbing lyrics, peppered with screaming and howling, and electric guitars played through amplifiers customized to render the harshest tones possible. Although their period of greatest success was coincident with the release of Gibson's first fuzzbox, The Sonics' fuzzy sound was their own creation.

The classic Sonics lineup, as recorded on Here Are The Sonics and Boom:
Gerry Roslie — organ, piano, lead vocals
Andy Parypa — bass guitar
Larry Parypa — lead guitar, vocals
Rob Lind — saxophone, vocals, harmonica
Bob Bennett — drums


* 5 I'm Cramped



6 "Tear It Up" (Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette, Paul Burlinson)





* 7 "Fever" (John Davenport, Eddie Cooley)





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1981
PSYCHEDELIC JUNGLE

Side One

1 "Green Fuz" (Alrey, Dale)

Green Fuz
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Green Fuz were an American garage rock band in the late 1960s known for their one single, "Green Fuz", which has become a classic of the genre and was covered by The Cramps. On the single, the band was identified as Randy Alvey & Green Fuz. The group was formed in Bridgeport, Texas. The members were Randy Alvey (vocals), Mike Pearce (drums), Jimmy Mercer (rhythm guitar), Les Dale (lead guitar), and R.E. (Buck) Houchins (bass). Alvey and Pearce formed their first group, the Psychedelic Reactions, in 1967, and after some personnel changes they became The Green Fuz - named after Dale's green fuzz box. They played at dances and clubs, and gained enough local popularity to persuade the co-owner of Wash-Tex Records, Shorty Hendrix, to record their self-written theme song. The recording took place in a deserted roadside cafe, chosen for its acoustics, and was issued locally in 1969. It was not a success, largely because the primitive recording techniques led to a muffled sound, which has subsequently contributed to its cult appeal. The record resurfaced on a prominent garage rock compilation album, Pebbles, Volume 2 in the late 1970s and has since appeared on many similar compilation albums. Alvey, Pearce and Houchins were later involved in another group, Natchez.


The roots music festival Ponderosa Stomp, of New Orleans, featured Green Fuz (above) in 2008, after its founder, Dr Ira Padnos found the Green Fuz's lead guitarist Les Dale in Virginia Beach, VA, retired, after two decades in the US Navy.

2 Goo Goo Muck (Ronnie Cook)

* 3 "Rockin' Bones"

The Crusher
by Steve Slagle
* http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/crusher2.html

Reggie "The Crusher" Lisowski
(July 11, 1926 – October 22, 2005) was one of the toughest and most popular personalities in wrestling during the second half of the 20th century, battering and bruising his helpless opponents to the delight of his legions of working-class fans for over twenty years. He first established a reputation as one of the elite brawlers in the sport during the late 1950's and early 1960's, and then went on to Tag Team glory with his drinking buddy and fighting partner, the legendary Dick the Bruiser. It made no difference whether the 260 lb. cigar-chomping Crusher entered the ring as a singles wrestler or teamed with The Bruiser, championships and a deservedly fearsome reputation followed his every step. Reggie Lisowski's nickname was one that he earned in the ring, by doing exactly what the name implies. A nearly unstoppable barrel-chested bulldozer, The Crusher steamrolled over his (primarily villainous) opposition. Wrestling technique and a vast repertoire was not The Crusher's style. Proving himself as one of the toughest brawlers in wrestling history was...




In 1964, the Minneapolis-based garage rock band The Novas wrote a song dedicated to him called "The Crusher", featuring the wrestler-- or not-- on lead vocals (and his trademark yell at the beginning of the record). The tune, which included the lyrics "Do the hammer lock, you turkeynecks!" was popular in the upper Midwest and made it to #88 on the national Billboard chart. The song has received a resurgence of popularity in recent years, as David Letterman has often played it on his late-night talk show. The song was also covered by an obscure "psychobilly" band whose name escapes me right now.


Side Two

1 Don't Eat Stuff off the Sidewalk


2 Can't Find My Mind
Chart Animation

3 Jungle Hop (Kip Tyler)

KIP TYLER
(By Tony Wilkinson, with acknowledgement to Klaus Kettner)
To become a true rock 'n' roll singer back in the fifties meant that almost everyone hated you - parents, the church, the establishment and the old time musicians. But this did not bother a cool cat like Kip Tyler, as long as the kids loved him and his music. He often joined his band on stage dressed in black leather and on a motorbike. Unfortunately he simply refuses to talk about his rock 'n' roll days, perhaps due to the fact that many of his band members subsequently became successful in the music business. But let there be no doubt - he was an important leader, and part, of the fifties Californian rockabilly and rock 'n' roll history.

Click here for the complete article:
http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/kip_tyler.htm

4 The Natives Are Restless


*5 Under the Wires


Flower stars Animation
6

http://www.dewa.com/animated/images/anidoor.gif * 7 "Green Door" (Bob Davie, Marvin Moore)



DISCOGRAPHY Part Two

Shoe spins Animation

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THE CRAMPS contributed an original song-- Surfin' Dead-- to the soundtrack for the 1985 film "Return of the Living Dead," a sort-of-but-not-really sequel to George A. Romero's 1968 classic "Night of the Living Dead."

When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food, brains.

Starring Clu Gulager, Don Calfa, James Karen, Linnea Quigley, and a few hundred rotting cadavers. Directed by Dan O'Bannon.

In an unprecedented move, a fan of the film started an internet campaign to get the movie released on DVD. Going beyond simple fan petitions, Michael Allred created a web page consolidating every bit of news relating to the film, and contacted many of the film's principals including the writer and director Dan O'Bannon. He went on to put O'Bannon in touch with MGM (the studio that owned the film) and work began on getting the film released on DVD. O'Bannon and others who worked on the film credited Allred and his campaign for getting the movie released on DVD.

*"SURFIN' DEAD"



1986
A DATE WITH
"Mah bird can do the dawg, if yore pussy can!"


SIDE ONE

    * 1 "How Far Can Too Far Go?"

    * 2 "The Hot Pearl Snatch"

    3 "People Ain't No Good"



4 "What's Inside a Girl?"



    5 "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?"
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    6 Kizmiaz
Take a magic carpet to the olden days. To a mythical land where everybody lays. Around in the clouds in a happy daze in Kizmiaz...Kizmiaz. Flamingos stand easy on bended knees. Palm trees wave over tropical seas of azure waves and lazy breeze in Kizmiaz...Kizmiaz. Over raspberry skies spires of the Shaz. Point to the heavens that this place has. You would swim all the way from Alcatraz to Kizmiaz...Kizmiaz. It lies on the horizon in a golden haze. No one believes their eyes the legend says. Held hypnotized in a frozen gaze on Kizmiaz...Kizmiaz. The vibrations kiss the ships would pass. Kizmiaz...Kizmiaz.


SIDE TWO:

Cow Animation
    1 Cornfed Dames


    2 Chicken (Traditional; arr. by Interior and Rorschach)
Mike the Headless Chicken (April 1945 – March 1947), also known as Miracle Mike,[1] was a Wyandotte rooster that lived for 18 months after its head had been mostly cut off. Thought by many to be a hoax, the bird was taken by its owner to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City to establish its authenticity.
On September 10, 1945, farmer Lloyd Olsen of Fruita, Colorado, had his mother-in-law around for supper and was sent out to the yard by his wife to bring back a chicken. Olsen failed to completely decapitate the five-and-a-half month old bird named Mike. The axe missed the jugular vein, leaving one ear and most of the brain stem intact.[3][4] Despite Olsen's botched handiwork, Mike was still able to balance on a perch and walk clumsily; he even attempted to preen and crow, although he could do neither. After the bird did not die, a surprised Mr. Olsen decided to continue to care permanently for Mike, feeding him a mixture of milk and water via an eyedropper; he was also fed small grains of corn. Mike occasionally choked on his own mucus, which the Olsen family would clear using a syringe.
http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/index.php

3 (Hot Pool Of) Womanneed
    4 Aloha from Hell

    5 It's Just That Song (Charlie Feathers, Maupin)

A Date with Elvis is the seventh album by the American garage punk band The Cramps. It was released on Big Beat Records. It was recorded in the fall of 1985 and engineered by Steve McMillan and Mark Ettel at Ocean Way Studios Hollywood, CA. The Cramps reissued the album on their own Vengeance Records in 2001 with the bonus tracks "Blue Moon Baby" "Georgia Lee Brown" "Give Me A Woman" and "Get off the Road"
The album was dedicated to Ricky Nelson, who had a hit with the song "Lonesome Town", which was also covered by The Cramps and is available on their first EP Gravest Hits and compilation album ...Off the Bone. (WIKIPEDIA)

http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Magazine/Article.aspx?id=1054212
Jaxon Rice of the Diesel Whores chats to Caro Rayner about awkward times and his first grope
The one that made me go into music:
A DATE WITH ELVIS (The Cramps, 1986)

I always wanted to be a musician, but the album that inspired me most to really want to play music — and especially Rockabilly music — would be A Date With Elvis by The Cramps. It was the greatest live gig I’ve ever seen, that anyone ever played, and when Poison Ivy walked out onstage — she’s the female guitarist in The Cramps — my whole life changed totally and I could never play any other kind of music than the music I play today.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Date_with_Elvis_(The_Cramps_album)
1990
STAY SICK
Side one
Pill Animation* 1 "Bop Pills" (McNatt, Macy Skipper) Pill Animation

2 God Damn Rock & Roll

*3 "Bikini Girls With Machine Guns"



4


Are


Adam and eve, sittin' in the woods, eve said 'man i got somethin' real good - it's in that tree, you'll get smart fast!' adam said 'sure, satan my ass - i don't see no snakes but all women are bad'



[chorus:]
all women are bad, all women are bad, that's what he said, all women are bad, groovy wiggly tails, horns on their head, all women are bad, all women are bad...




Samson and Delilah, talkin' bout groomin', delilah said 'sam, you
don't look human!' took some scissors, went snip-snip, said 'now everybody's gunna think you're hip' sam felt his head and said 'all women are bad'

there's one with you, lookin' so sweet, but she's just a wolf dressed up like sheep, secret gadgets up under their clothes - stuff you hear about but nobody knows, and it ain't no use...all women are bad


save me the label of that perfume on the
table, so i can remember what made a wreck of me
all women are bad, all women are bad, that's what he said, all women are bad, groovy wiggly tails, horns on their head, all women are bad, all women are bad...



*5 The Creature From the Black Leather Lagoon


* 6 "Shortnin' Bread"

Side two

1 Daisys Up Your Butterfly

2 Everything Goes

3 Journey to the Center of a Girl

4 Mama Oo Pow Pow

5 Saddle Up a Buzz Buzz

6 Muleskinner Blues (Jimmie Rodgers)




Stay Sick! is the ninth album by the American garage punk band The Cramps. It was released on Enigma Records. It was engineered by Steve McMillan and recorded at Music Finder, Hollywood California. It was self-produced by Poison Ivy. The Cramps re-released the album on their own Vengeance Records in 2001 containing the bonus tracks "Bikini Girls With Machine Guns" (live), "Beat Out My Love," "Jailhouse Rock" and "Jackyard Backoff."