| January 1997 | Sympathy For The Record Industry | SFTRI 369 |
| Disc 1: 01. Ubangi Stomp 02. What Thing? 03. Uum Boy, You’re My Baby 04. Lookin’ For Money 05. Gimme Some Money 06. Boogie Man Boogie 07. Oh Yeah! 08. Dazed And Confused 09. Crazy Daisy 10. Basket Case 11. Godzilla 12. Back Door Santa 13. Dolly w/a Dick 14. Puddin’ Cups 15. Too Much 16. Hard Life 17. Teenage Head 18. Just Don’t Know 19. The Hawaiian Boogie 20. Reflections On A Plane Trip Home 21. Who’s Drivin’ Your Plane? 22. Subway Rider Blues 23. Livin’ In A Basement 24. She’s Wrong 25. Laugh At Me 26. Devil Doll 27. Boogie Man Boogie Reprise Disc 2: |
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| Two disc compilation of tracks with sleeve notes and images charting the career of the Honeymoon Killers.
The highlighted tracks feature Judah Bauer, Russell Simins and Jon Spencer (see song credits for details of who is on what song). Who’s Drivin’ Your Plane? was previously released on Live (7″, SPAIN), Mad Woman Blues Live (7″, SPAIN) / Hung Far Low, Devil Jump and Quittin’ Time both appeared on Hung Far Low. |
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Sequenced by Jerry Teel and William Weber at FUnhouse Studio All songs mixed at the Funhouse by Jerry Teel, except as noted 1.1. Ubangi Stomp 1.2. What Thing? 1.3. Uum Boy, You’re My Baby 1.4. Lookin’ For Money 1.5. Gimme Some Money 1.6. Boogie Man Boogie 1.7. Oh Yeah! 1.8. Dazed And Confused 1.9. Crazy Daisy 1.10. Basket Case 1.11. Godzilla 1.12. Back Door Santa 1.13. Dolly w/a Dick 1.14. Puddin’ Cups 1.15. Too Much 1.16. Hard Life 1.17. Teenage Head 1.18. Just Don’t Know 1.19. The Hawaiian Boogie 1.20. Reflections On A Plane Trip Home 1.21. Who’s Drivin’ Your Plane? 1.22. Subway Rider Blues 1.23. Livin’ In A Basement 1.24. She’s Wrong 1.25. Laugh At Me 1.26. Devil Doll 1.27. Boogie Man Boogie Reprise 2.1. Love My Life Away 2.2. World Gone Mad 2.3. What You Gonna Do 2.4. Milt’s The Man 2.5. Honey Do You Love Me 2.6. Stoned Again 2.7. Trampled Under Foot 2.8. One Fine Day 2.9. Who’s Drivin’ Your Plane? 2.10. Dead Again 2.11. Sound Of Flowers 2.12. Suppertime Blues 2.13. Trouble Comin’ Every Day 2.14. All The Time 2.15. Bringin’ Me Down 2.16. My Baby’s Alright 2.17. Thinkin’ Man’s Blues 2.18. Trouble Blues 2.19. Honey Doo Jam 2.20. Mad Woman Blues 2.21. Devil Jump 2.22. Jonestown Boogie 2.23. Quittin’ Time 2.24. Joe’s House 2.25. Kaw-Liga 2.26. Chicken Pickin’ 2.27. Love Is All Around 2.28. Come On |
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| “It all started in the summer of ’83 at the Holiday Cocktail Lounge, N.Y.C. it was a happenin’ spot back then. It got pretty packed. We got pretty loaded. I had only been in the city about a year. I came all the way from Alabama with my banjo on my knee and was damn happy to be here (in N.Y. and in the Holiday) and on one of those pretty packed and loaded nights I saw Lisa from across the room. I heard the music. It was scary. Soon we were on our Honeymoon. We moved into the 6th St. butcher shop with some friends. Lots of things were happening in the meat locker. Lots of people. Things were happening. We made moves and played guitars. On Sundays we had entertainment in the backyard. It was the Café Always. We had a plastic swimming pool with goldfish and lots of cool chairs. N.Y.C. streets are the best streets in the world to find chairs, and we found ‘em. We were sittin’ pretty –on top of the world, as it was known in those days. The Café never closed. We were rockin’ around the clock. Time passed.
Our goldfish died. What a sorrowful day. The water was slimy. We had a lovely funeral. Lisa sang the fish dirge. We all sang the blues. We dressed in black and made a beautiful movie. When the neighbours started throwing rocks, we rook the Care on the road. We had the Café Always at the A7 every Sunday and we’d play. Lisa sang and I played guitar and sang sometimes. We always played with different people (our friends). It was still just for fun. I bought a four-track reel-to-reel and we recorded our first record in the basement of the butcher shop, with Claire playing drums and Michael playing guitar. We didn’t really know what we were doing, but it was fun and we did it. Time Passed. The butcher shop got too scary. We had to leave. We tried to do some serious recording at CBGB after the last band loaded out. That means 4.00 a.m. We Started with straight coffee, but before we saw the light of day we were adding more to our cups than sugar and cream. Sally played drums. We all got smashed. Time passed. We still didn’t know what we were doing, but we kept doing it. We tried to do more serious recording in real studios. It wasn’t real enough. We bought a van and did some touring in the U.S. That was too real. We made some more records with Sally on drums. We found a storefront with black walls and dayglo polkadots and started rehearsing there. It became the Funhouse. Just like the good old days at the butcher shop and the Café Always, we were rockin’ and rollin’ ‘rill the break of day. Friends dropped in. The boogie was excellent. We made a record and did a tour with Cristina on guitar. Time passed. The Killers made more power-trio records with Sally still on drums. We did some more touring and Sally quit. We still played with friends and of course still recorded. Lisa played drums. I played the bongos. We got out the pots and pans. The boogie never stopped. Lots of cool jams with cool people and drummers and then we started playin’ with Russell a lot. Sometimes Judah would drop in and out. That was cool. Jon was between projects and started dropping by and doing his sideman guitar thing. We made a record and did some shows with Jon. Peter and Kelly got married and we put together a set of love songs (nothing but love songs) with Jon playing on half of the songs and Marce on the other half. We played at the wedding and recorded the songs. Then we did some touring and recording with Judah on guitar. That was our last tour. It was quittin’ time for Russell, so once more we got out the pots and the pans. Lisa played the drums and I played the bongos. Time passed. What I tried to do with this record was put something together that represents the real thing of what and who we were for 10 years and you can’t do that stuff from a studio. Studio time was only a moment in time and not always a good one. We were looking for a good time. When we were out of the studio mind/head set-that’s when it was good and that’s when it was real. This is as real as it gets. A lot of these songs were recorded in the living room, the kitchen, the bathroom. Some are from rehearsals and some were only played once. All we wanted was to have some fun, and we did. Thanks to all our friends and fans for making it happen. Love Ya, Jerry” “LGJSAYTHANX2KRK” |
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ARTWORK: Booklet Photos: Michael Lavine/Joan Carney/Jens Jurgensen/Dan Kroha/Vince Muel Fron/Back Cover Photos: Sue Brisk Posters: Jerry Teel Comic: John Terhorst Design: Jerry Teel BARCODE: [no barcode on artwork] MATRIX: |
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