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Dick Porter

Journey To The Centre Of The Cramps

    Based upon work and materials compiled for the acclaimed and now much sought after 2007 Cramps biography A Short History of Rock'n'Roll Psychosis, Journey To The Centre Of The Cramps goes far beyond being a revised and updated edition: Completely overhauled, rewritten and vastly expanded, it now represents the definitive work on the group. In addition to unseen interview material from Ivy, Lux and other former band members, Journey To The Centre Of The Cramps also sees the Cramps' story through to its conclusion, recounting Lux's unexpected death in 2009, the subsequent dissolution of the group and their enduring legacy. The Cramps' history, influences and the cast of characters in and around the group are likewise explored in far greater depth. Features unseen first-hand interview material from Lux Interior and Poison Ivy. A wealth of new interview material with former band members and other key players in the band's history and never before seen/rare photographs and ephemera to help illustrate the book

    The Cramps

    Songs The Lord Taught Us - 2024 Reissue

      Classic debut album from The Cramps released in 1980. New pressing on black and purple marbled vinyl.

      Due to the custom dye process, each unit will be slightly different in coloration.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. TV Set
      2. Rock On The Moon
      3. Garbageman 0:03:34
      4. I Was A Teenage Werewolf
      5. Sunglasses After Dark
      6. The Mad Daddy
      7. Mystery Plane
      8. Zombie Dance
      9. What’s Behind The Mask
      10. Strychnine
      11. I’m Cramped
      12. Tear It Up
      13. Fever

      The Cramps

      Smell Of Female

        The first post-IRS Records outing from the Cramps is seriously live from the Legendary Peppermint Lounge and shows the band to be in fine fettle, full flight and fantastic.

        TRACK LISTING

        Thee Most Exalted Potentate Of Love
        You Got Good Taste
        Call Of The Wighat
        Faster Pussycat
        I Ain't Nuthin' But A Gorehound
        Psychotic Reaction

        The Cramps

        Look Mom No Head!

          Wooooooooaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh THE CRAMPS ARE BACK! After a brief stay in the corporate clutches of EMI, they return to the warm, if slightly sticky, embrace of Big Beat, Their concern for the soft white bit of the under-belly of that thing lying over there on the ground, remains as touching and glamourous as it always was. Dames, booze, chains, boots, two heads, sex change, and that's just the first two little numbers. Slip outa something clinging, and let Lux Interior and lggy Pop tell you all about their mini skirt blues.... but who's wearin' it? Later that same evening there was little doubt left about the dress sense- "but Mister Interior what do you mean you wanna get in my pants???" - she panted!!! Hardworkin' woman Poison Ivy wiggles, wobbles and shouts out, screamin' with the sound of female rockin' & rollin' guitar, plastering great swathes of reverberation all over the place. The strangeness in the Cramps. No head???? - hey don't get funny with me punk!!!

          TRACK LISTING

          Dames, Booze, Chains And Boots
          Two Headed Sex Change
          Blow Up Your Mind
          Hard Workin' Man
          Miniskirt Blues
          Alligator Stomp
          I Wanna Get In Your Pants
          Bend Over, I'll Drive
          Don't Get Funny With Me
          Eyeball In My Martini
          Hipsville 29 BC
          The Strangeness In Me (When I Get The Blues)

          The Cramps

          A Date With Elvis

            This 1985 outing from the coolest band in the universe asks the question 'How Far Can Too Far Go?' and snaps back with an answer before you can say 'Aloha From Hell'.

            TRACK LISTING

            Side 1
            01 How Far Can Too Far Go?
            02 The Hot Pearl Snatch
            03 People Ain't No Good
            04 What's Inside A Girl?
            05 Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?

            Side 2
            01 Kizmiaz
            02 Cornfed Dames
            03 Chicken
            04 (Hot Pool Of) Womanneed
            05 Aloha From Hell
            06 It's Just That Song

            The Cramps

            Rockinnreelininaucklandnewzealandxxx

              On August 30, 1986, The Cramps played the final night of their 'Date With Elvis' World Tour. The venue was The Galaxy in Auckland, New Zealand. Sleazing it up live, the band rated this their best gig of the whole tour (and it had been a great tour!). After the gig, the sound engineer gave the band a tape he had run off during the concert. Back at their hotel, The Cramps were amazed to discover that the recording was, unusually for these things, of almost studio quality. For a band that had been heavily bootlegged at live gigs, it gave The Cramps the chance to challenge the shoddy sound of the pirate recordings by putting out a top quality official bootleg album of their own. A deal was sorted out with Big Beat's Roger Armstrong and a one drop pressing arranged. There were no promos and the album was never advertised but the pressing of 40,000 copies sold out immediately. The original vinyl album came out on Vengeance, which, in the early days, had been The Cramps label for their first 2 singles. This version of The Cramps (with Lux Interior, Ivy Rorschach, Candy del Mar and Nick Knox) was one of the best and "Rockinnreelininaucklandnewzealandxxx" once again, offers the opportunity to catch one of rock music's greatest bands in scorching form.

              TRACK LISTING

              Side 1
              01 The Hot Pearl Snatch
              02 People Ain't No Good
              03 What's Inside A Girl
              04 Cornfed Dames
              05 Sunglasses After Dark

              Side 2
              01 Heartbreak Hotel
              02 Chicken
              03 Do The Clam
              04 Aloha From Hell
              05 Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?
              06 Birdfeed


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