The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – First Album Tracks / Running Order

Big Headed Baby (Reverse Mix) Kramer 1:08 7 9 10 A7 – A9
Biological Albini 2:11 26 25 – – 19 –
Changed (Second Mix)
nb. ‘You Gonna Change’ on A Reverse…
Kramer 1:05 12 – – – 8 –
Chicken Walk (Second Mix) Kramer 2:53 6 5 6 – 5 A5
Chicken Walk (Reverse Mix) Kramer 2:53 – – – A6 – –
Colty Albini 1:45 35 23 – – – –
Comeback (Second Mix) Kramer 3:11 10 14 17 – 13 B5
Comeback (Reverse Mix) Kramer 3:11 – – – B2 – –
Eliza Jane Albini 2:03 21 21 – – 11 –
Exploder Albini 2:01 18 – – – 3 –
Eye To Eye Albini  1:42 20 20 12 – 10 –
The Feeling of Love Albini 1:50 23 10 13 – – B1
The Feeling of Love (Alt. Take)
nb. Different take to Crypt Style
Albini 1:47 – – – – 16 –
40lb Block of Cheese (Reverse Mix) Kramer 2:05 15 17 – B7 – B8
History of Sex (Second Mix) Kramer 1:46 4 13 16 – 12 B4
History of Sex (Reverse Mix)
nb. inc. 10s of studio ambience on intro
Kramer 1:51 – – – A4 – –
History of Sex Albini 1:57 32 – – – – –
History of Sex (Clawfist) – 1:46 38 – – – – –
I.E.V. Albini    1:43 17 19 – – 2 –
Intro A Albini 0:53 25 24 – – 18 –
Kill-A-Man Albini 1:52 30 11 14 – – B2
Latch On – 1:22 34 – – – – –
Like A Hawk Albini 2:25 29 8 9 – – A8
Lovin’ Up A Storm (Second Mix) Kramer 1:45 9 1 1 – – A1
Lovin’ Up A Storm (Reverse Mix) Kramer 1:45 – – – B1 – –
Maynard Ave. Albini 1:55 22 22 4 – 15 –
Mo’ Chicken/Let’s Get Funky Albini 2:42 28 6 7 – – A6
Rachel (Second Mix) Kramer 2:25 5 12 15 – 4 B3
Rachel (Reverse Mix) Kramer 2:25 – – – A5 – –
’78 Style (Reverse Mix) Kramer 1:26 11 4 5 – 7 A4
’78 Style (Reverse Mix)
nb. inc. 14s of studio ambience on intro
Kramer 1:35 – – – B3 – –
Shirt Jac – 1:26 33 – – – – –
Smoke Cigarettes – 1:34 37 – – – – –
Support-A-Man (Second Mix) Kramer 2:01 8 2 2 – 14 A2
Support-A-Man (Reverse Mix) Kramer 2:01 – – – A8 – –
Twentynine Albini    2:16 31 15 – – – B6
Twenty9 (Reverse Mix) Kramer 1:55 1 – – A1 – –
Type Cast (Reverse Mix)
nb. inc. false start
Kramer 1:51 2 – – A2 – –
Vacuum of Loneliness Albini 3:02 24 – 18 – 17 –
Water Main (Reverse Mix) Kramer 1:15 3 7 8 A3 – A7
Water Main Albini  1:52 27 – – – 20 –
What To Do (Second Mix) Kramer 1:31 14 16 – – – B7
What To Do Albini 2:12 19 – – – 9 –
What To Do (Reverse Mix)
nb. inc. 7s studio ambience on intro
Kramer 1:34 – – – B6 – –
White Tail (Reverse Mix) Kramer 2:29 13 3 3 – 6 A3
White Tail (Reverse Mix)
nb. inc. false start
Kramer 2:35 – – – B5 – –
Write A Song Albini 1:53 16 18 11 – 1 –
Write A Song (Clawfist) – 2:05 36 – – – – –
You Gonna Change (Reverse Mix)
nb. titled ‘Changed’on s/t album
Kramer 1:08 12 – – B4 – –
nb. Run times are approximate as they tend to vary between the different releases and may be 2 seconds longer or shorter than those given above.
REGARDING THE FIRST ALBUM:
“Fiz: What’s the deal with the three different versions of the album?

Jon: The first one – A Reverse Willie Horton – is a bootleg.

Fiz: That’s the one with the black girl on the cover?

Jon: Yeah. When I was travelling around with the Gibson Bros. last year I had a tape of that with me because we had just done it. I let a few people dub it so maybe something came from that. Then the Caroline record – there was a record in the US, and then there’s a version out in England, too. Then Crypt Style is for Germany and the rest of Europe.

Fiz: And there are a few oddball tracks from album to album, right?

Jon: Yeah, there’s a big difference… I think the Crypt one has about eight of ten songs that aren’t on the Caroline one. It’s a little shorter and I think it works better. I think the Caroline one is maybe a little too long.

Fiz: Well, to be perfectly honest I haven’t been able to find it anywhere.

Jon: That’s bad to hear. But basically that bootleg is just the first recording session in it’s entirety from start to finish.

Fiz: Do you like the cover for that?

Jon: Yeah, it was alright.

Fiz: I liked it.

Jon: I mean, we got some copies of it, so it wasn’t the worst thing in the world to have happened.

Fiz: That’s nice when people at least supply you with a copy of the record they’re bootlegging your band with.

Jon: That session was done with Kramer [Shimmy Disk/Bongwater] over a three hour deal.

Fiz: You recorded the whole thing in three hours?

Jon: Yeah. Then we did a session with Steve Albini over about a day and a half. So the Caroline and the Crypt records take material from both of those sessions.

Fiz: SO, you’ve say that it was definitely worth it to search out the various version of the record?

Jon: I mean, if you have to buy one, buy the Crypt record – it’s our record. I’ll tell you, the Caroline record has the horn section, and it’s the one that has the Theremin.” – Excerpt from the ‘All Roads Lead to Spencer‘ 3400 word article from Fiz, March 1993 (CLICK HERE to read the whole thing).


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