| Bootleg LP issued in stickered die-cut black card sleeve. Exact release date is unknown but it was either during 2001 or 2002, cover artwork is taken from a poster by Frank Kozik from The Middle East, Cambridge, MA, US (February 26, 1995).
The studio recordings of B1 – B4 were released on the R.L. Burnside album A Ass Pocket of Whiskey but it is believed that these are live versions recorded Live for Dutch TV in 1996.
For all other tracks the original/official releases these were taken from are detailed in ‘Song Credits’.
This is one of a number of Japanese bootleg LP’s which feature rare and unusual tracks:
Lost Blues Power! [Bootleg] (LP, JAPAN)
Rare Tracks [Bootleg] (LP, JAPAN)
This Is Blues Power! [Bootleg] (LP, JAPAN)
Vpro Session, Sept ’94 [Bootleg] [Cock Rock Music] (10″, JAPAN)
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A1. Blues Explosion Attack
Original Release: Selector Dub Narcotic
Recorded: Dub Narcotic Sounds Olympia
Voice/Organ: Jon Spencer
Drums: Russell Simins
Guitar: Judah Bauer
Recorded: 3.23.97
VIEW LYRICS: Blues Explosion Attack
A2. Dig My Shit
Original Release: What’s Up Matador
Writers: Spencer/Explosion
Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI
Recorded/Mixed at Waterworks West
A3. Blues Power
Original Release: Heavy (CD, UK)
Studios: Electrical, RPM, Greene Street, Waterworks, Big House, Moon Age, K, Ghetto
Mastering: Andy VanDette and Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk
Writers: Spencer/Explosion
Recorded: Steve Albini, Scott Harding and Greg Talenfeld
Mixed: Jamey Staub and with Greg Talenfeld
Harmonica: Talenfeld
A4. 2 Kindsa Love (Duck Rock 105.9 FM Remix)
Original Release: Heavy (CD, UK)
Studios: Electrical, RPM, Greene Street, Waterworks, Big House, Moon Age, K, Ghetto
Mastering: Andy VanDette and Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk
Writers: Spencer/Explosion
Recorded: Jim Waters
Remixed: Duck Rock
Manipulated: Q’Hey
A5. Do You Wanna Get Heavy? (Duck Rock Hip ‘n’ Bass Remix)
Original Release: Heavy (CD, UK)
Studios: Electrical, RPM, Greene Street, Waterworks, Big House, Moon Age, K, Ghetto
Mastering: Andy VanDette and Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk
Writers: Spencer/Explosion
Recorded: Suz Dyer
Mixed with Dan the Automator
Remixed: Duck Rock
Manipulated: Shunsuke Kida
Backing Vocals: Dexter Conyers, Lee ‘Scout’ Ford, Jerome ‘Rome’ Cohen and Jason Powell
A6. Attack (Detroit)
Original Release: Heavy (CD, UK)
Studios: Electrical, RPM, Greene Street, Waterworks, Big House, Moon Age, K, Ghetto
Mastering: Andy VanDette and Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk
Writers: Spencer/Explosion
Recorded: Steve Albini
Remixed: Mick Collins and Jim Diamond
B1. Snake Drive
Original Release: [not commercially available]
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with R.L. Burnside
Recorded Live for Dutch TV (1996)
B2. Snake Drive Reprise
Original Release: [not commercially available]
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with R.L. Burnside
Recorded Live for Dutch TV (1996)
B3. Boogie Chillen
Original Release: [not commercially available]
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with R.L. Burnside
Recorded Live for Dutch TV (1996)
B4. The Criminal Inside Me
Original Release: [not commercially available]
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with R.L. Burnside
Recorded Live for Dutch TV (1996)
B5. Bad Thing
Original Release: David Holmes – Bow Down To The Exit Sign
Writers: Holmes/Mossman/Morris/Jonathan K. Spencer
Published: Universal/Island Music/Copyright Control/Dirty Shirt Music/BMG Music Publ. Ltd
Vocals: Jon Spencer
Backing Vocals: Nmarcell D. Lashley/Helga Davis/Carl Hancock Rux
Turntables/Special FX: David Holmes
Moog Organ/Percussion: Darren Morris
Bass/Guitar/Percussion: Phil Mossman
Produced: David Holmes with Phil Mossman/Darren Morris/Tim Goldsworthy
Engineered: Jagz Kooner
Mixed: David Holmes/Craign Silvey at Konk studios
Recorded: Plantain Studios, N.Y.C.
Programming: Tim Goldsworthy
Additional Programming: Jagz Kooner
Additional Recording Engineer: Phil Mossman
Assistant Engineer: Jon Weiner & James Murphy
Remixed at Echoplex Studio, London
B6. Blues Explosion Man (Live)
Original Release: Tibetan Freedom Concert (3xCD, US)
Writers: Spencer/Explosion
Published: Dirty Shirt, BMI
Recorded: New York City, June 7, 1997 |
