VERSIONS OF HIS 1973 GAG A MAGGOTT LP & IRMA THOMAS’ SWAMP-PRODUCED
SOUL CLASSIC IN BETWEEN TEARS ON MAY 14TH!
ORIGINAL RELEASES IN 1973! (THROUGH ALIVE NATURALSOUND
RECORDS)
& DIGITAL VERSIONS INCLUDE TWO BONUS TRACKS EACH!
captures deep soul at its most poignant and resonant, couching Thomas’ deeply
affecting vocals in earthy arrangements that emphasize the singer’s gospel
roots.” – AMG
Produced by legendary soul singer / songwriter /
producer Jerry Williams Jr., aka Swamp Dogg, and featuring Duane Allman on two
songs, Irma Thomas‘ In Between Tears is finally back on
vinyl with its original cover for the first time since 1973. The CD and digital
versions include the Canyon single (“We Won’t Be In Your Way Anymore” / “I’ll Do
It All Over You”) as bonus tracks. The CD also includes newly penned liner notes
by Swamp Dogg.
on May 14th. Color vinyl exclusive to Bomp-mailorder.
BETWEEN TEARS TRACK LISTING:
1. In Between Tears
2.
She’ll Never Be Your Wife
3. These Four Walls
4. Whats So Wrong With You
Loving Me
5. You’re The Dog (I Do The Barking Myself)
6. Medley: Coming
From Behind (Monologue)
7. Wish Someone Would Care
8. Turn My World
Around
9. We Won’t Be In Your Way Anymore (CD
& digital bonus track)
10. I’ll Do It All Over You (CD
& digital bonus track)
original release in 1973!
“Ivan Olander’s
drums, Little Beaver’s guitar, even the horns of the Swamp Dogg Band maintain a
fierce momentum that’s not conventional at all.” – Robert Christgau (Dean Of
American Rock Critics)
Swamp Dogg‘s Gag A Maggot was
recorded at TK in Miami with an all-star cast. The CD and digital versions
feature two unreleased bonus tracks recorded live at KSAN radio in 1972 (“Mamas
Baby, Daddy’s Maybe” and “Honky Tonk Woman”). The CD booklet also includes new
liner notes and rare photos. The song “Choking To Death (From The Ties That
Bind)” was recorded by Canned Heat in 1974. Gag A Maggott will be
available in all formats on May 14th. Color vinyl exclusive to Bomp-mailorder.
MAGGOTT TRACK LISTING:
1. Wife Sitter
2. Choking To Death
(From The Ties That Bind)
3. I Couldn’t Pay For What I Got Last Night
4.
Mighty Mighty Dollar Bill
5. Midnight Hour
6. Please Let Me Kiss You
Goodbye
7. T T
8. Why Must We Fall (When We Fall In Love)
9.
Plastered To The Wall (Higher Than The Ceiling)
10. Mama’s Baby, Daddy’s
Maybe (Live) (CD & digital bonus track)
11. Honky Tonk Woman (Live) (CD
& digital bonus track)
REMASTERED versions of Swamp Dogg’s Total Destruction To Your Mind &
Rat On! are available digitally today through iTunes (click on the two
album images above to order through
iTunes):
SWAMP DOGG’S RECENTLY RE-ISSUED & REMASTERED VERSIONS OF HIS EARLY ’70S SOUL
CLASSICS TOTAL DESTRUCTION TO YOUR MIND & RAT
ON!:
Bayou-Funk Treasure. – ROLLING STONE
Williams is a cult hero who’s responsible for some of the most unique
rock-influenced R&B (and weirdest album covers) ever made. –
SPIN
Destruction To Your Mind and Rat On! are red hot platters of burning
Southern Soul. – BLURT
FOUR STARS! The first two albums from Jerry
William’s non-conformist country-soul alter ego, finally remastered…. A new soul
superhero for Underground America. – MOJO
Two astonishing albums.
Combining Solomon Burke showmanship with Joe Tex’s choleric testifying, Total
Destruction To Your Mind made it clear – Dogg was a revolutionary creation,
responding to the freedom of black music’s new era. –
UNCUT
auteur. – NASHVILLE SCENE
Hyped-up unearthings of vintage
funk/soul “lost classics” are a dime a dozen nowadays, but it’s not often you
encounter something as truly strange and striking as the first two LPs from
Virginia eccentric Jerry Williams Jr., aka Swamp Dogg. Total Destruction to
Your Mind (1970) and Rat On! (1971) — remastered/reissued on Alive
Naturalsound — make good on their gonzo titles with faintly absurd yet salient
satire on war, consumerism and race politics all backed by roiling, Stax-style
funk. – PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER
AQUARIUM DRUNKARD
positively thrilling, as if we’d just found a couple of prime unreleased Sly
Stone albums hidden in a closet. – SOUND + VISION
MAGAZINE
visionary, – SOUL SAUCE
before punk. – THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN
releases – Total Destruction To Your Mind (1970) and Rat On!
(1971) – have long been overdue for a re-release. Now, crisply remastered and
available on CD and vinyl, they’re ready to shine afresh and attract a new
audience. – BLOGCRITICS
Nothing matches the mind-blowing power of
these R&B/rock/protest/progressive masterpieces that musically kept pretty
loyal to Southern soul but conceptually were like nothing else on the market. –
ROCTOBER
His music is rock, it’s country soul, it’s classic
R&B and it’s funk. Take away the impeccable Stax horn arrangements and it’s
stone cold classic country. – WHEN YOU MOTOR
AWAY
knees and give thanks, for these two magnificent albums are back on store
shelves once again. I cannot recommend these enough. I say get them both at the
same time, because if you dig one, you’re going to want a hit of the other one
right away. Trust me on this one… you need some Swamp Dogg in your life. –
OTHER MUSIC
American music not only of its time, but of all time. – BLINDED BY
SOUND
INFO ON SWAMP DOGG:
INFO ON IRMA THOMAS:
http://www.irmathomas.com
INFO ON ALIVE RECORDS:
http://www.alive-totalenergy.com