Crypt Style

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Crypt Style
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Compilation album by
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
ReleasedMay 24, 1993
RecordedJuly, Nov./Dec. 1991
Genre Punk blues, alternative rock
Label Crypt Records
Producer Jon Spencer
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion chronology
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
(1992)		Crypt Style
(1993)		 Extra Width
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Crypt Style is the second official album by the group The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and was first released in 1992 on CD in Japan on the "1+2" label. It was later released with an abbreviated track listing on CD in Germany, and as an LP in the US, both in 1993 under the Crypt label. The album tracks were recorded in two different sessions. The first come from a recording session with Kramer in July 1991, and followed by a recording session with Steve Albini in November and December 1991. [2]

Mark Kramer, known professionally as Kramer, is a musician, composer, record producer and founder of the New York City record label Shimmy-Disc. He was a full-time member of the bands New York Gong, Shockabilly, Bongwater and Dogbowl & Kramer, has played on tour with bands such as Butthole Surfers, B.A.L.L., Ween, Half Japanese and The Fugs, and has also performed regularly with John Zorn and other improvising musicians of New York City's so-called "downtown scene" of the 1980s.

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Contents

Many of the tracks that appear on this album are the same ones that appear on both A Reverse Willie Horton Bootleg LP and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion CD that was released in the US in 1992. [2] Because there are three versions of this album with different track listings, many people consider this release to be the same as the self-titled release, because all of the tracks are from the same two recording sessions.

<i>A Reverse Willie Horton</i> 1991 studio album by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

A Reverse Willie Horton is either the debut album, or an early bootleg album, by the New York City-based Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Few (500) copies of the album were produced; however, some songs are featured on the group's next two albums, 1992's The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and 1993's Crypt Style, albeit in a different mix or recording altogether. However, sound of the recording is closer to the Crypt Style LP. All three albums are made up of tracks recorded in 1991 by producer/engineer Kramer and Steve Albini.

Track listings

Japan CD - 1992

  1. Lovin' Up A Storm
  2. Support-A-Man
  3. White Tail
  4. '78 Style
  5. Chicken Walk
  6. Mo' Chicken/Let's Get Funky
  7. Water Main
  8. Like A Hawk
  9. Big Headed Baby
  10. The Feeling Of Love
  11. Kill-A-Man
  12. Rachel
  13. History Of Sex
  14. Comeback
  15. Twentynine
  16. What To Do
  17. 40 lb Block Of Cheese
  18. Write A Song
  19. I.E.V.
  20. Eye To Eye
  21. Eliza Jane
  22. Maynard Ave.
  23. Colty
  24. Intro A
  25. Biological

Germany CD - 1993

  1. Lovin' Up a Storm - 1:45
  2. Support a Man - 2:01
  3. White Tail - 2:28
  4. Maynard Ave. - 1:55
  5. '78 Style - 1:27
  6. Chicken Walk - 2:53
  7. Mo' Chicken Let's Get Funky - 2:42
  8. Watermain - 1:15
  9. Like a Hawk - 2:27
  10. Big Headed Baby - 1:06
  11. Write a Song - 1:58
  12. Eye to Eye - 1:38
  13. The Feeling of Love - 1:52 (Different take than on Self-Titled album)
  14. Kill a Man - 1:52
  15. Rachel - 2:25
  16. History of Sex - 1:47
  17. Comeback - 3:10
  18. The Vacuum of Loneliness - 3:02

US LP - 1993

Side A

  1. Lovin' Up A Storm
  2. Support-A-Man
  3. White Tail
  4. '78 Style
  5. Chicken Walk
  6. Mo' Chicken/Let's Get Funky
  7. Water Main
  8. Like A Hawk
  9. Big Headed Baby

Side B

  1. The Feeling Of Love
  2. Kill-A-Man
  3. Rachel
  4. History Of Sex
  5. Comeback
  6. Twentynine
  7. What To Do
  8. 40 lb Block of Cheese

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References

  1. ↑ "allmusic ((( Crypt Style > Overview )))". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
  2. 1 2 "Pop-Catastrope.co.uk: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - First Album Comparison". Pop-catastrophe.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
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