Solex vs Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer – Amsterdam Throwdown King Street Showdown! (LP, EUROPE)

5 April 2010 Bronzerat BR 20 LP
A1. Bon Bon
A2. Fire Fire
A3. Galaxy Man
A4. R is for Ring-a-Ding
A5. The Uppercut
A6. Dog Hit
A7. Don’t Hold Back

B1. Too Much, Too Fast
B2. Aapie
B3. Dirty
B4. Racer X
B5. Action
B6. Eat Here
B7. Stop Now
B8. Er Ez Ex

Solex vs Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer - Amsterdam Throwdown King Street Showdown! (LP, EUROPE) - Cover
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NOTES:
Heavy weight vinyl edition (with die-cut plain white paper inner sleeve) of the Solex vs Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer album , also issued on CD and there was a full promo CD in card sleeve and 3 track promo CD (featuring Bon Bon, Fire Fire and Galaxy Man).

Although this album was originally scheduled to be released in the US in March 2010 by Arena Rock Recording Company but was eventually issued by Bronzerat on 18 May 2010.

Jon Spencer vs Solex previously released Complication on the Monks tribute album Silver Monk Time and the Blues Explosion have issued a Solex remix of Crunchy.

The title on the Promo CD was written with the words ‘Showdown’ and ‘Throwdown’ the other way round (ie. “Amsterdam Showdown Kingstreet Throwdown!“).

“Not long after that Jon contacted me during his Cold Cut tour where he was one of their guests. He had 4 days off and decided to fly in from London to Amsterdam. Cristina flew in from New York to join in for those 4 days. Mike Ladd was also a guest on this Cold Cut tour so he also had 4 days off. Together with his friend Vijay Iyer he dropped by during one of those evenings for some recordings.” – Solex

SONG CREDITS:
Vocals/Samples/Wurlitzer/Moog Synthesizer/Percussion/Melodica/Organ/Electric Guitar: Elisabeth Esselink
Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Electric Guitar/Bass Guitar/Percussion: Cristina Martinez
Vocals/Electric Guitar/Acoustic Guitar/Wurlitzer/Hammond Organ/Roland Synthesizer/Theremin/Vibes/Percussion: Jon Spencer
Drums: Leon Klasse

Produced: Esselink
Recorded: Esselink at Studio Aftrap, King Street, Amsterdam & by Ivan Julian at NY Hed Studio, Ludlow Street, New York Street.
Mixed/Mastered: Van Der Weij & Esselink at Frank Van Der Weij Studio

Hammond, Horn and String samples recorded Bart Van Poppel at Hank’s Amsterdam.
Drums recorded by Van Der Weij at the Bethanien Monastery

A1. Bon Bon
Writers: Esselink / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Strings: Bart Van Poppel
Run Time: 2:26

A2. Fire Fire
Writers: Esselink / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Bass Guitar/Wurlitzer: Bart Van Poppel
Run Time: 2:39

A3. Galaxy Man
Writers: Esselink / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Run Time: 2:40

A4. R is for Ring-a-Ding
Writers: Esselink / Ladd / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Like Madd Music / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Vocals: Mike Ladd
Bass Guitar: Bart Van Poppel
Run Time: 3:15

A5. The Uppercut
Writers: Esselink / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Moog Synthesizer: Vijay Iyer
Run Time: 3:00

A6. Dog Hit
Writers: Esselink / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Timpani: Robert Lagendijk
Bass Guitar: Bart Van Poppel
Run Time: 2:42

A7. Don’t Hold Back
Writers: Esselink / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Bass Guitar: Bart Van Poppel
Run Time: 3:02

B1. Too Much, Too Fast
Writers: Esselink / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Bass Guitar/Percussion: Bart Van Poppel
Run Time: 2:53

B2. Aapie
Writers: Esselink / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Bass Guitar: Bart Van Poppel
Run Time: 2:42

B3. Dirty
Writers: Esselink / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Run Time: 3:09

B4. Racer X
Writers: Esselink / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Run Time: 2:36

B5. Action
Writers: Esselink / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Moog Synthesizer: Vijay Iyer
Vocals: Mike Ladd
Bass Guitar: Bart Van Poppel
Run Time: 2:24

B6. Eat Here
Writers: Esselink / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Run Time: 3:27

B7. Stop Now
Writers: Esselink / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Run Time: 2:58

B8. Er Ez Ex
Writers: Esselink / Martinez / Spencer
Published: Harley, Buma-Stemra / Madam Organ Music, BMI / Patrica Ann Music, BMI
Run Time: 0:32

SLEEVE NOTES:
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DETAILS:
ARTWORK:
Design: Jeffrey Kurtz & Cristina Martinez

BARCODE: 5 060130 500486

RUN-OUT GROOVE ENGRAVING:
A: “85127E1/A”
B: “85127E2/A”