| May 2011 | Amphetamine Reptile | SCALE121 |
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A. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Black Betty B. Melvins – Black Betty |
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| Splatter vinyl of a Melvins and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion split single featuring their covers of Black Betty on the Amphetamine Reptile Records (first mentioned on 19 February 2011).
Limited to 800 copies on Splatter vinyl and sold on tour (very limited number were on sale at amphetaminereptile.com). nb. a few hundred copies were lost by the French postal service whilst The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion were on tour. There were also a total of 200 tri-colour 7″ singles; there were 33 Melvins tour copies, 66 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion copies and 100 had individually printed art show sleeves (all ten variations are listed below). The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion version was recorded whilst they were on tour in Australia at Linear Recording, Sydney. A thirty second edit The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion version of the track was used in a Volkswagen advert broadcast during Super Bowl XLV on 6 February 2011 and a ‘making of’ video was posted on youtube.com. Although the earliest known recording is by James Iron Head Baker and Group (1933) The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion version has more in common with the Leadbelly adaptation (LYRICS / RELEASE) and the most well-known rock arrangement of the song is by Ram Jam (RELEASE / LYRICS). These recordings can be heard on youtube.com at the folllowing addresses: James Iron Head Baker and Group: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4XFXJSQQOI Different editions of the Amphetamine Reptile release are as follows: Melvins / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Black Betty (Plate 01) [Tri-Color] (7″, US) |
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A. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Black Betty Writer: H. Ledbetter* Writer: H. Ledbetter* Published: Kensington Music Limited / Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.* Recorded by Chris Vallejo at Linear Recording, Sydney (Jan 10, 2011) Mixed with the Elegant Too at Man Made, NYC B. Melvins – Black Betty *Unconfirmed: writing/publishing credits differ between releases |
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