GUN CLUB The Las Vegas Story LP ANIMAL 1984 UKorig JEFFREY LEE PIERCE-DAVE ALVIN
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THE GUN CLUB
KID CONGO POWERS, JEFFREY LEE PIERCE, PATRICIA MORRISON, TERRY GRAHAM, plus "MUSTANG" DAVE ALVIN
Los Angeles alternative rockers whose uncompromising style drew from Delta blues, Southern gothic, and psychobilly. Tribal psychobilly blues is the best way to describe the Gun Club's energetic death rock, but the band's career seemed doomed from the get-go due to leader Jeffrey Lee Pierce's reputation as an unreliable wildman, and well-publicized bouts of drunkenness dogged him throughout his career. Formed in Los Angeles in the early '80s, the band was vaguely aligned with similarly roots-inspired groups like X and the Blasters, but later picked up and relocated to the Lower East Side, resting more comfortably around the New York downtown set and Pierce's mentors, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein.......
"THE LAS VEGAS STORY"
1984 LP ANIMAL RECORDS CHR 1477
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE
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LABEL: ANIMAL - WHITE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) CHR 1477
Catalog on labels: CHR 1477 (CHR 1477-A) / CHR 1477 8CHR 1477-B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): CHR 1477 A // 1 ? 420 P 2 1 5 (Etched): NOEL
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): CHR 1477 B // 1 ? 420 P 1 1 4
On labels: rim text reads "All rights............Made in England"
Produced by Jeff Eyrich
First published in UK by Chrysalis Records Ltd. 1984
? 1984 Chrysalis Records Ltd.
© 1984 Chrysalis Records Ltd.
(on Side A): All tracks composed by J.L.Pierce
On Back Cover: Recorded and Mixed at Ocean Way Studios March and April, 1984
Album dedicated to Debbie Harry (for her love, help, and encouragement)
Animal Records marketed by Chrysalis Records.......
First published by Chrysalis Records Limited 1984.......London, W1N 9AF
tracklisting
Side A: THE LAS VEGAS STORY - WALKIN' WITH THE BEAST
ETERNALLY IS HERE - THE STRANGER IN OUR TOWN - MY DREAMS
Side B: THE MASTER PLAN - MY MAN'S GONE NOW
BAD AMERICA - MOONLIGHT MOTEL - GIVE UP THE SUN
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The Las Vegas Story was produced by Jeff Eyrich who was just coming off T-Bone Burnett's Proof Through the Night project
and was about to enter the studio with both the Plimsouls and Thin White Rope. Its lineup features the return of original
guitarist Kid Congo Powers, as well as drummer Terry Graham and new bassist Patricia Morrison (aka Pat Bag) from L.A. punk
outfit the Bags. Late frontman /guitarist Jeffrey Lee Pierce was writing feverish rock & roll songs that took their inspiration from
Southern blues and West Texas country music all framed by an angular, jagged post-punk energy. After Fire of Love,
The Las Vegas Story is their most satisfying album and is, perhaps, the band's most visionary offering...(AllMusic)
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