THE CRAMPS punk LP on ILLEGAL “Songs the Lord Taught Us” orig ’80 PROMO wlp NM

$

39

Artist:  THE CRAMPS

Title:   “Songs the Lord Taught Us”

Label:   ILLEGAL RECORDS ~ # SP-007.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is white with black text.

Personnel:

Lux Interior – Singer

Poison Ivy – Guitar

Bryan Gregory – Guitar

Nick Knox – Drums

Year:  1980

NOTE:  This album came from the massive personal collection of an individual who retired from the retail music business in the early 80’s.  The albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since 1982 in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment.  I will be selling many investment grade LPs including promos, factory sealed LPs, colored vinyl, and other rarities from this collection over the coming months.  If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Stock white labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.

JACKET:   Jacket is EXCELLENT with nice bright artwork.   Seams, spine, and surfaces are excellent.  Corners have been bumped.  “Demonstration – Not For Sale” is embossed in gold on reverse side in the upper left corner.  No writing, stickers, or other issues.  Overall a very fine jacket.  

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• TV Set – 3:12
• Rock on the Moon – 1:43
• Garbage Man – 3:28
• I Was a Teenage Werewolf – 3:05
• Sunglasses After Dark – 3:47
• The Mad Daddy – 3:16

Side Two:

• Mystery Plane – 3:40
• Zombie Dance – 1:53
• What’s Behind the Mask? – 2:06
• Strychnine – 2:25
• I’m Cramped – 2:36
• Tear It Up – 2:31
• Fever – 4:16

Review:

“Continuing the spooked-out and raging snarls of their Gravest Hits EP, the Cramps once again worked with Alex Chilton on the group's full-album debut, Songs the Lord Taught Us.  The jacket reads "file under: sacred music," but only if one's definition includes the holy love of rockabilly sex-stomp, something which the Cramps fulfill in spades.  Having spent Gravest Hits mostly doing revamps of older material, the foursome tackled a slew of originals like "The Mad Daddy" and "TV Set" this time around, creating one of the few neo-rockabilly records worthy of the name.  Years later Songs still drips with threat and desire both, testament to both the band's worth and Chilton's just-right production.  "Garbageman" surfaced as a single in some areas, a wise choice given the at-once catchy roll of the song and downright frightening guitar snarls, especially on the solo.  The covers of the Sonics' "Strychnine" and Billy Burnette's "Tear It Up" -- not to mention the concluding riff on "Fever" -- all challenge the originals.  Interior has the wailing, hiccuping, and more down pat, but transformed into his own breathless howl, while Ivy and Gregory keep up the electric fuzz through more layers of echo than legality should allow.  Knox helms the drums relentlessly; instead of punching through arena rock style, Chilton keeps the rushed rhythm running along in the back, increasing the sheer psychosis of it all.”

(courtesy Ned Raggett, allmusic.com.) 

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