I decided that I've been goofing off too long around here. I think it was the summer heat frying my few remaining brain-cells. Well, summer's over. I hit the Beach hard in Dubtember, then off on a weird tangent in October, now it's back to busy-ness.
I needed to get back to MuSick that Needed Work. I'm finally up to letter S. What a Surprise when I opened that Smelly can of wormS. So much Stuff that needed work that it'S going to take all month. I don't even know where to begin.
Flipped my Special 30-Sided coin & came up with that Jalacy J Hawkins, known to you catS & kittieS aS Screamin' Jay. HawkinS is often overlooked (except for "I Put a Spell on You" which is a world-wide claSSic) but the lineage of Shock rock & artiStS who combine extreme muSic with gothic Stage theatricS runs Straight back from Gwar to Alice Cooper to Screamin’ Jay. HiS kind of Spectacle waS part of rock 'n' roll'S DNA from the very firSt time he Stepped out of hiS coffin & caSt a Spell on you & me.
It's not all ghoulish madness, however. Back in his Okeh days they tried to rein him in a bit by doing covers of songs like "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" or "I Love Paris" or "Boots & Saddles".
All songs previously released except tracks 2, 7, 10, 11 & 14 - 19. These are all mono recordings except tracks 18 - 19 which were remixed in stereo. Tracks 16 - 19 are alternate takes.
Little Demon
You Ain't Foolin' Me
I Put a Spell on You
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)
Yellow Coat
Hong Kong
There's Something Wrong with You
I Love Paris
Orange Colored Sky
Alligator Wine
Darling, Please Forgive Me
Take Me Back to My Boots & Saddle
Temptation
Frenzy
Person to Person
Little Demon
I Put Spell on You
There's Something Wrong with You
Alligator Wine
Enjoy,
NØ
