Permanent Damage (The GTOs album)

Permanent Damage
Studio album by the GTOs
Released	1969
Recorded	1969
Genre	Experimental rock psychedelic rock spoken word
Length	31:39
Label	Straight Reprise
Producer	Frank Zappa Russ Titelman Lowell George

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Permanent Damage is the only studio album by the GTOs. The album was released in 1969 on Straight Records.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Davy Jones (not the DJ from The Monkees) ^[2] and Miss Sparky; lyrics by GTOs (Girls Together Outrageously); except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Eureka Springs Garbage Lady"	Craig Doerge, Cynthia Sue Wells, Nick St. Nicholas	3:47
2.	"Miss Pamela and Miss Sparky discuss stuffed bras and some of their early gym class experiences"		2:10
3.	"Who's Jim Sox?"		0:18
4.	"Kansas and the BTO's"		1:12
5.	"The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes"	Christine Frka, Cynthia Sue Wells, Pamela Ann Miller, Sandra Lynn Rowe, Davy Jones, Sparkie Parker	1:56
6.	"Wouldn't It Be Sad if There Were No Cones?"		1:11
7.	"Do Me in Once and I'll Be Sad, Do Me in Twice and I'll Know Better (Circular Circulation)"		2:19
8.	"The Moche Monster Review"		1:46
9.	"TV Lives"	Christine Frka, Don Preston	1:03
10.	"Rodney"		3:42
11.	"I Have a Paintbrush in My Hand to Color a Triangle (Mercy's Tune)"	Judith Edra Peters, Lowell George	2:11
12.	"Miss Christine's First Conversation With the Plaster Casters of Chicago"		0:57
13.	"The Original GTOs"		1:05
14.	"The Ghost Chained to the Past, Present, and Future (Shock Treatment)"	Cynthia Sue Wells, Judith Edra Peters	1:45
15.	"Love on an Eleven Year Old Level"		1:18
16.	"Miss Pamela's First Conversation With the Plaster Casters of Chicago"		1:31
17.	"I'm in Love with the Ooo-Ooo Man"	Davy Jones, Pamela Ann Miller	3:27

Personnel

The GTOs

• Miss Christine - vocals
• Miss Mercy - vocals
• Miss Cinderella - vocals
• Miss Pamela - vocals
• Miss Sandra - vocals
• Miss Sparky - vocals (she left before the album was released and, according to Miss Pamela, "... Frank had to delete her from the album cover." ^[3]

Musicians

• Jeff Beck, Lowell George, Ry Cooder - guitar
• Roy Estrada - bass guitar
• Craig Doerge, Ian Underwood, Nicky Hopkins - keyboards
• Don Preston - synthesizer
• Jimmy Carl Black - drums
• Frank Zappa - tambourine
• Rod Stewart - vocals on "The Ghost Chained to the Past, Present, and Future (Shock Treatment)"
• Cynthia Albritton - voice on telephone connection on "Miss Christine's First Conversation With the Plaster Casters of Chicago"

References

1. Lindsay Planer. "Permanent Damage Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 21 May 2017.
2. "Miss Sparkie Parker / Interviews | Zappa News". www.zappanews.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
3. Pamela Des Barres. I'm With The Band. p. 177.