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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelVegc, Vengeance
UPC0655035167015
eBay Product ID (ePID)28046048974
Product Key Features
FormatRecord
Release Year2014
GenreRock
ArtistThe Cramps
Release TitleSmell of Female
Dimensions
Item Height0.15 in
Item Weight0.50 lb
Item Length12.30 in
Item Width12.19 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks6
TracksThee Most Exalted Potentate of Love, You Got Good Taste, Call of the Wighat, Faster Pussycat, I Ain't Nuthin' But a Gorehound, Psychotic Reaction, Beautiful Gardens, She Said, Surfin' Dead
Number of Discs1
NotesReissue of this album from the mutant primal Rock 'n' Roll dynamos. Released in 1983 after a lengthy court battle with IRS Records, SMELL OF FEMALE originally contained just the first six songs. These, plus out-of-control ad-lib freakouts 'Beautiful Gardens' and 'She Said' (previously omitted due to legal restrictions) were recorded live at New York's famous Peppermint Lounge. There is nothing like the sound of The Cramps, and this set distills that cross of swamp water, moonshine and nitro down to a dangerous and unstable musical substance, captured live like a crazed animal. They rocked like few others could. Additional bonus track 'Surfin' Dead' was recorded at A&M Studios in Hollywood and originally appeared on the 1984 soundtrack for Return of the Living Dead - when asked to write a pop song for the movie, The Cramps (by then a three-piece) threw into their cauldron a mix of Link Wray, Jan & Dean, Davie Allen, the Righteous Brothers, bongos, Phil Spector and eye of newt. Limited colored vinyl LP pressing from 2014 is no more.