THE CRAMPS MEGAPOST - Part 1 of 4

Lux Interior & Poison Ivy 1982

The Cramps were an American rock band formed in 1976 and active until 2006. Their lineup rotated frequently during their existence, with the husband-and-wife duo of singer Lux Interior and guitarist Poison Ivy the only ever-present members. The band are credited as progenitors of the psychobilly subgenre, uniting elements of punk rock with rockabilly.

The addition of guitarist Bryan Gregory and drummer Pam Balam resulted in the first complete lineup in April 1976. They released their debut album Songs the Lord Taught Us in 1980. The band split after the death of lead singer Interior in 2009.

01 - [1980] Songs The Lord Taught Us (1998 CD Reissue)

Songs the Lord Taught Us is the debut album by the American rock band the Cramps. It was released in 1980 on I.R.S. Records in America and Illegal Records in England. In 2020, Rolling Stone included Songs the Lord Taught Us in their "80 Greatest albums of 1980" list, praising the band for its "psychobilly sound that went way beyond the kitschiest moments of the Ramones or Blondie and into a whole new realm of garage-trash novelty".

The track, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, was featured in the 2022 American slasher film, Halloween Ends.

01 - TV Set
02 - Rock On The Moon
03 - Garbageman
04 - I Was A Teenage Werewolf
05 - Sunglasses After Dark
06 - The Mad Daddy
07 - Mystery Plane
08 - Zombie Dance
09 - What's Behind The Mask
10 - Strychnine
11 - I'm Cramped
12 - Tear It Up
13 - Fever
14 - I Was A Teenage Werewolf (With False Start)
15 - Mystery Plane
16 - Twist And Shout
17 - I'm Cramped
18 - The Mad Daddy

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02 - [1981] Psychedelic Jungle (1998 CD Reissue)

Psychedelic Jungle is the second album by the American rock band the Cramps. It was released in May 1981 on I.R.S. Records. It was engineered by Paul McKenna and recorded in January 1981 at A&M Studios. It was self-produced by the Cramps. The photo on the back cover of the album was taken by the noted photographer and director Anton Corbijn.

Only half of the album's 14 tracks are original compositions, written by guitarist Poison Ivy Rorschach and singer Lux Interior. The rest are cover versions of rock and roll, rockabilly, and garage rock singles from the 1950s and 1960s; these include "Green Door" by Jim Lowe (1956), "Jungle Hop" by Kip Tyler and the Flips (1958), "Rockin' Bones" by Ronnie Dawson (1959), "Goo Goo Muck" by Ronnie Cook and the Gaylads (1962), "The Crusher" by the Novas (1964), "Primitive" by the Groupies (1966), and "Green Fuz" by Green Fuz (1969).

The single "Goo Goo Muck" later appeared on the soundtracks to both the 1986 film Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and the 2022 Netflix series Wednesday.

01 - Green Fuz
02 - Goo Goo Muck
03 - Rockin' Bones
04 - Voodoo Idol
05 - Primitive
06 - Caveman
07 - The Crusher
08 - Don't Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk
09 - Can't Find My Mind
10 - Jungle Hop
11 - Natives Are Restless
12 - Under The Wires
13 - Beautiful Gardens
14 - Green Door

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03 - [1982] New Kind Of Kick

Unofficial Release, recorded Live at Larry's Hideaway, Toronto, Canada - June 14, 1982.

IN MEMORY OF BRYAN GREGORY R.I.P.

It may not be credited but this cover was drawn by Coop.

Has also been released as the following unofficial releases:

SPANK 'N' ROLL (Live at Larry's Hideaway) Toronto June 14 - 1982
Fetischism
Live At Harry's

01. Drug Train
02. Goo Goo Muck
03. Green Fuzz
04. 5 Years Ahead Of My Time
05. Blue Moon Baby
06. New Kind Of Kick
07. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
08. Thee Most Exalted Potentate Of Love
09. Garbage Man
10. The Green Door
11. The Crusher
12. Psychotic Reaction
13. Sunglasses After Dark
14. Tear It Up

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04 - [1983] Smell Of Female (1990 Reissue)

Smell of Female is the first official live album by the American rock band the Cramps. The mini-album was recorded at The Peppermint Lounge in New York City on February 25–26, 1983, and issued the same year on Big Beat Records in the UK, Enigma Records in the US and New Rose Records in France. It was later expanded to album length with three bonus tracks.

01 - Thee Most Exaulted Potentate Of Love
02 - You Got Good Taste
03 - Call Of The Wighat
04 - Faster Pussycat
05 - I Ain't Nuthin' But A Gorehound
06 - Psychotic Reaction
07 - Beautiful Gardens
08 - She Said
09 - Surfin' Dead

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05 - [1983] Transylvanan Tapes (2019 Reissue)

Cassette Album, Unofficial Release.

Side A: "Recorded and produced by Chris Spedding in Dracula's House Dec. 78."
Side B: "Recorded live in the deep Carpathian Mountains during a cold winter night. The wolves were screaming, the moon did not shine".

Further mentioned on sleeve: "The last record never more."

Side A: Demo recording
Side B: Live recording at Max's Kansas City, New York, 1978 + 2 Studio Demos: 1983.

Has also been released as the following unofficial releases:

Tränsylvåñan Täpes MCMLXXVIII
The Last Record (Tränsylvåñan Täpes MCMLXXVIII)

01 - Side A
02 - Side B

Side A: Week-End On Mars / Rocking Bones / I Can't Hardly Stand It / Lonesome Town / Love Me / Uranium Rock / Twist & Shout
Side B: Jungle Hop / Everybody Moving / Problem Child / Voodoo Doll / TV Set / Mystery Plane / Sinner / Wighat

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06 - [1983] ...Off The Bone (1987 CD Reissue)

...Off the Bone is the first compilation album of previously released material by the American rock band the Cramps. It was released in 1983 in the United Kingdom on Illegal Records. The original release had an anaglyph on the cover and a pair of paper red and blue "3D glasses" inside the sleeve for viewing it.

The British weekly Sounds gave the album a 5-star review, calling it "...a hell-fire cocktail of gutter riffing and chattering Rockabilly voodoo strum into which is dropped an electric sugar cube of psychedelic power".

01 - Human Fly
02 - The Way I Walk
03 - Domino
04 - Surfin' Bird
05 - Lonesome Town
06 - Garbageman
07 - Fever
08 - Drug Train
09 - Love Me
10 - I Can't Hardly Stand It
11 - Goo Goo Muck
12 - She Said
13 - The Crusher
14 - Save It
15 - New Kind Of Kick
16 - Uranium Rock
17 - Good Taste (Live)

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07 - [1984] Voodoo Rythm

Vinyl LP, Unofficial Release.

Source: 01 thru 04 are studio demos, 05 thru 08 are rehearsals, 09 thru 12 are live. All recorded in 1983.

01. Potentate
02. 5 Years
03. Sinner
04. Wighead
05. Wighead
06. Sinner
07. W.E. On Mars
08. Mad Daddy
09. Natives
10. 5 Years
11. Lowdown
12. Zombies

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08 - [1984] Surfin' The Dark

Vinyl LP Picture Disc, Unofficial Release.

Surfin' The Dark (in memory of Ian ZKK), recorded at Hammersmith Palais, May 29, 1984.

No sleeve and no track listing on the vinyl, but the reported tracklist should be correct.

01. Rumble
02. Goo Goo Muck
03. What's Inside A Girl
04. Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
05. Psychotic Reaction
06. TV Set
07. Mad Daddy
08. Human Fly
09. She Said
10. Zombie Dance

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Huge shout out to Nekro for all the albums he sent for this post, without which this post would not be possible.