The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry [2010] (CD, US)

18 May 2010

Shout! Factory / Majordomo Records

826663-11767

01. Skunk 02. Identify 03. Wail 04. Fuck Shit Up 05. 2Kindsa Love 06. Love All of Me 07. Chicken Dog 08. Rocketship 09. Dynamite Lover 10. Hot Shot 11. Can’t Stop 12. Firefly Child 13. Eyeballin 14. R.L. Got Soul 15. Get Over Here 16. Sticky 17. Cool Vee 18. Fish Sauce 19. Yellow Eyes 20. Turn up Greene 21. Buscemi 22. Get With It 23. Let’s Smerf 24. Down Low 25. Chocolate Joe 26. Judah Love Theme 27. Dig My Shit 28. Roosevelt Hotel Blues 29. Radio Ad: Announcer #1 30. Radio Ad: Ernie Eddie 31. Radio Ad: Announcer #2 32. Radio Ad: Street Sez-Me
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Expanded reissue of Now I Got Worry includes an additional 11 rare tracks, 4 Radio Spots and a previously unreleased song titled Roosevelt Hotel Blues (featuring Beck and Money Mark on keyboards). On this release the Ernie & Eddie promo spot is slightly shorter than it appears on the original 7″ single (leaving off the instrumental fade out) and Street Sez-Me was originally titled Seasame Street. Issued in DigiPak similar in design to the original release with an additional pocket and 16 page booklet featuring many photographs and extensive sleeve notes by Mike Edison. This album features appearances by Thermos Malling of Doo Rag (2Kindsa Love / Sticky), Mark Ramos Nishita a.k.a. Money Mark (Chicken Dog / Can’t Stop / Firefly Child / Get With It / Fish Sauce / Yellow Eyes / Turn Up Greene / Buscemi / Roosevelt Hotel Blues), Rufus Thomas (Chicken Dog), Justin Berry (Firefly Child), King Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys (Cool Vee), Jon Wahl of The Pontiac Brothers / Claw Hammer (Turn Up Greene), Cliff Taylor (Judah Love Theme) and Beck (Roosevelt Hotel Blues). The additional tracks previously appeared on the following releases: Cool Vee and Fish Sauce: 2Kindsa Love (UK, CD) Yellow Eyes, Turn Up Greene and Buscemi: Wail (CD, UK) Get With It: Get With It (7″, US) Let’s Smerf: 2Kindsa Love (7″, UK) Down Low: Get With It (7″, US) Chocolate Joe: Rocketship (7″, AUSTRALIA) Judah Love Theme: Wail [#1] (7″, UK) Dig My Shit: What’s Up Matador! (2xLP, US) Roosevelt Hotel Blues: n/a Radio Promo Spots: Radio Promo Spots [Promo] (7″, US) Now I Got Worry was originally released on vinyl, CD and cassette with the Japanese edition including Cool Vee and Get With It as bonus tracks. The Korean edition of the album has fifteen rather than the usual 16 tracks ommitting the Dub Narcotic Sound System cover version Fuck Shit Up. In the UK Wail and 2Kindsa Love were released as singles, in Australia there was a 7″ (on black and red vinyl) and CD of Rocketship and the US only saw promotional editons of Wail and 2Kindsa Love issued. The artwork for the UK and US promo editions of Controversial Negro was originally intended for this album. During an interview with MagnetMagazine.com Jon Spencer was asked about the origins of the song Buscemi: “I assume your song “Buscemi” is about one of my all-time favorite actors, Steve Buscemi. Sure, that’s an instrumental written in this weird, funky little studio in Dallas. We were on tour with the Beastie Boys, supporting them. It was a weird thing, playing these big arenas. We got to be real friendly with their keyboard player, Money Mark. I think we had day off, and he asked if we wanted to go a session at this funky little eight-track studio. That was one of the improvisations that just sort of happened. There was a lot of Money Mark on Now I Got Worry. He had a real influence on that record.”
SONG CREDITS:
Reissue Produced: Jon Spencer A&R: Derek Dressier Business Affairs: Dave Mcintosh Remastered: Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering, Inc. This reissue (p) & © 2010 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Tracking Session Info: Somewhere in Dallas, TX, May 5 1995, engineer: Peter Arsenault Easley Studio, Memphis, Feb 5, 1996, engineers: Doug Easley and Davis McCain G-Son, Los Angeles, Feb 7-8, 1996, engineer: Mario Caldato Jr. Waterworks West, Tuscon, Feb 11-13, 1996, engineers: Jim Waters and Saylor Breckenridge Guitar/Vocals: Judah Bauer Drums: Russell Simins Vocals/Guitar: Jon Spencer 01. Skunk Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 02. Identify Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 03. Wail Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 04. Fuck Shit Up Writers: Dub Narcotic Published: Gravedigger Blues, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 05. 2Kindsa Love Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West Bang: Thermos Malling 06. Love All Of Me Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 07. Chicken Dog Writers: Explosion/Thomas* Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI/Almo Music Corp, ASCAP Recorded at Easley Studio, Memphis; G-Son, Los Angeles; and Waterworks West, Tucson Mixed at Waterworks West Bark/Crow/Vocals: Rufus Thomas Clavinet: Mark Ramos Nishita *on the US promo version this is given as “Spencer/Explosion/Thomas”. 08. Rocketship Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 09. Dynamite Lover Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 10. Hot Shot Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 11. Can’t Stop Writers: Explosion/Nishita Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI/Fido Speaks Music, ASCAP Recorded at Easley Studio, Memphis; G-Son, Los Angeles; and Waterworks West, Tucson Mixed at Waterworks West Piano: Mark Ramos Nishita 12. Firefly Child Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded at G-Son, Los Angeles; and Waterworks West, Tucson Mixed at Waterworks West Organ: Mark Ramos Nishita Sax: Justin Berry 13. Eyeballin’ Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 14. R.L. Got Soul Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 15. Get Over Here Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 16. Sticky Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West Bang: Thermos Malling 17. Cool Vee Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded at G-Son, Los Angeles and at Waterworks West, Tucson Mixed at Waterworks West Scratch: King Ad-Rock 18. Fish Sauce Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded and Mixed at G-Son, Los Angeles Fender Rhodes: Mark Ramos-Nishita 19. Yellow Eyes Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded at G-Son, Los Angeles; and Waterworks West, Tucson Mixed at Waterworks West Organ: Money Mark 20. Turn Up Greene Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded and Mixed at G-Son, Los Angeles Piano: Money Mark Saxophone: Jon Wahl Vocals: Cristina Martinez 21. Buscemi Writers: Explosion/Nishita Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI/Fido Speaks Music, ASCAP Recorded somewhere in Dallas and Waterworks West, Tuscon Organ: Mark Ramos Nishita 22. Get With It Writers: Explosion/Feathers Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI/C. Feathers Publishing BMI Recorded at G-Son, Los Angeles; and Waterworks West, Tucson Mixed at Waterworks West Piano: Mark Ramos Nishita 23. Let’s Smerf Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 24. Down Low Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 25. Chocolate Joe Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI 26. Judah Love Theme Writers: Explosion/Taylor Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI/Cliff Taylor, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West, Tucson Vocals: Cliff Taylor 27. Dig My Shit Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 28. Roosevelt Hotel Blues Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at G-Son, Los Angeles Keyboards: Mark Ramos Nishita Keyboards: Beck 29. Radio Ad: Announcer #1 Writers: Waters/Explosion Published: Wacky Voodoo Music, BMI/Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 30. Radio Ad: Ernie Eddie Writers: Waters/Explosion Published: Wacky Voodoo Music, BMI/Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 31. Radio Ad: Announcer #2 Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West 32. Radio Ad: Street Sez-Me Writers: Waters/Explosion Published: Wacky Voodoo Music, BMI/Dirty Shirt, BMI Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West
SLEEVE NOTES:
[Booklet features extensive liner notes by Mike Edison] “more BLUES EXPLOSION from MAJORDOMO: Dirty Shirt Rock N Roll: The First Ten Years Controversial Negro Year One Extra Width + Mo Width Orange + Experimental Remixes Acme + Xtra Acme USA”
DETAILS:
Photography: Brian Valenchenko / Darren P. Clark / Debra Sugerman / Vivian Oh / Jaqueline Alpers Packaging Design: Jimmy Hole Production: Jeff Palo Artwork/Package Supervision: Karrie Stouffer Liner Notes: Mike Edison Editorial Supervision: Dorothy Stefanski Project Assistance: Robert Kim Now I Got Worry was originally released on October 15, 1996 BARCODE: 8 26663 11767 7 ISBN: 978-1-60399-368-5 MATRIX: “DIDX-254168 1 IFPI L329 A01”