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The Cramps Songs The Lord Taught Us - White Label UK Promo vinyl LP album (LP record)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
Songs The Lord Taught Us is the debut album by the simultaneously minimalist and over-the-top retro-shlockabilly kings The Cramps. It was sympathetically produced by their fellow devotee of Southern culture on the skids Alex Chilton. Poison Ivy's guitar work here is her usual mix of trashcan chording and distorted surf riffs, and singer Lux Interior is in particularly good faux-Elvis form on such instant classics of self-aggrandisement as 'The Mad Daddy' and 'I'm Cramped'. The band also throws in some interesting covers here including the Rock and Roll Trio's 'Tear It Up' and a version of '60s grunge pioneers the Sonics' 'Strychnine' that's so primitive it makes theoriginal sound like Yes by comparison!
The above is a pretty accurate desciption of the classic debut album, however before the album was issued it was intended to be distributed with a different tracklisting, a tracklisting that included the single 'Drug Train' as the album's opener. Why this song was left off of the final mix and replaced with 'TV Set' is a mystery, however the only way to hear the album as it was originally intended is to play this white label.
The tracklisting for the white label is as follows
Side One
1. Drug Train
2. Garbageman
3. Rock On The Moon
4. I Was A Teenage Werewolf
5. Sunglasses After Dark
6. Strychnine
7. Mad Daddy
Side Two
1. Mystery Plane
2. Zombie Dance
3. I'm Cramped
4. What's Behind The Mask
5. Tear It Up
6. Fever
The Tracklist of the regular issue is as follows
Side One
1. TV Set
2. Rock On The Moon
3. Garbageman
4. I Was A Teenage Werewolf
5. Sunglasses After Dark
6. The Mad Daddy
Side Two
1. Mystery Plane
2. Zombie Dance
3. What's Behind The Mask
4. Strychnine
5. I'm Cramped
6. Tear It Up
7. Fever
The matrix numbers are also different between the regular and white label.
The regular issue has the matrix numbers ILP005A2/ILP005B2, while the white label has the numbers ILP005A1/ILP005B1 etched into the run-out groove.
The white label is issued in a full colour picture sleeve similar to the regular issue, however there is one minor difference in that the tracklisting on the rear of the sleeve of regular issue is printed in purple, whereas the sleeve housing the white label has the tracklisting printed in white. More puzzling though is the fact that both sleeves have identical tracklistings featuring the regular 'TV Set' tracklisting!
For comparison we will include a copy of the regular UK issue LP as part of the sale.
Both the regular issue and the white label have come from the same collection and both vinyls and sleeves are in perfect mint condition with no imperfections of any kind.
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| Condition : |
This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
Sold Out - 'Request Next' to get an email if it comes back into stock.
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| Year of Release: |
1980 - 45 years old |
| Artist: |
The Cramps (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Songs The Lord Taught Us (click here for more of the same title) |
| Postage/Shipping: |
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Illegal |
| Catalogue No: |
ILP005 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Additional info: |
Promo
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
CRALPSO440757 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Genres: |
Punk, Rockabilly
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| Related Artists: |
Beast, Nervus Rex, The A-Bones |
| Complete Stock List: |
The Cramps |
| email: |
sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
CRAMPS |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number CRALPSO440757 |
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