[2018-05-25] The Smithereens "Covers" (Sunset Blvd.)

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Mar 10, 2018 4:24 am

Description
For me, the sound of The Smithereens was born the moment Jimmy and I first hit a downbeat together in the early 70s. There is something in the way he voiced a chord combined with my attack on the drums, an essence that was forged as we bashed away our teenage summers in his parents' garage on Coolidge Ave in Carteret, NJ. I still hear it at sound checks when it's just the two of us tweaking our monitors. It's the distillation of the records that always turned us on. When Mike joined forces with us, our collective spirit was sparked by The Kinks, The Who, The Beatles and a slew of other musical heroes. We copped licks, feels, attitudes and melodic ideas that inform our playing to this day. Pat often spoke about getting ideas for his songwriting from his most beloved records (not forgetting Buddy Holly's) and dug throwing non-Smithereens tunes into our sets. Heck, he and I even played together in a cover band in 1979! The Smithereens will always play covers for inspiration and the sheer fun of it. And it keeps us in touch with our roots and the feelings that made us want to pick up our instruments when we were kids. Dennis Diken, 2018

Tracklist
1. The Game Of Love (Originally Performed By Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders)
2. The Slider (Originally Performed By T. Rex)
3. Ruler Of My Heart (Originally Performed By Irma Thomas)
4. Wooly Bully (Originally Performed By Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs)
5. Let’s Talk About Us (Originally Performed By Otis Blackwell)
6. Girl Don’t Tell Me (Originally Performed By Beach Boys)
7. Up In Heaven (Originally Performed By The Clash)
8. Time Won’t Let Me (Originally Performed By The Outsiders)
9. Gloomy Sunday (Originally Performed By Billie Holiday)
10. Yer Blues (Originally Performed By The Beatles)
11. One After 909 (Originally Performed By The Beatles)
12. I Want To Tell You (Originally Performed By George Harrison/The Beatles)
13. It Don’t Come Easy (Originally Performed By Ringo Starr)
14. Well....Alright (Live) (Originally Performed By Buddy Holly)
15. Rosie Won’t You Please Come Home (Originally Performed By The Kinks)
16. World Keeps Going ‘Round (Originally Performed By The Kinks)
17. Downbound Train (Originally Performed By Bruce Springsteen)
18. The Seeker (Originally Performed By The Who)
19. Something Stupid (Originally Performed By Frank & Nancy Sinatra)
20. Lust For Life (Originally Performed By Iggy Pop)
21. The Stroll (Originally Performed By The Diamonds)
22. Shakin’ All Over (Originally Performed By Johnny Kidd And The Pirates/The Who)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B14J43R/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:23 am

The pre-order price has dropped by $3, down to $13.99:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B14J43R/?tag=imwan-20

The contents of this CD are still a mystery, though!

Charles · 19 Dec 2007

Linda wrote:

The contents of this CD are still a mystery, though!

Could be this.................
https://officialsmithereens.com/3936/ne ... nes-store/

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:53 pm

Thanks, Charles. I've added what they said will be the iTunes tracklist to the first post, although 23 songs might be pushing the limits of what can be contained on one CD.

ARK · **Joined:** 23 Mar 2013 **Posts:** 1320

Linda wrote:

Thanks, Charles. I've added what they said will be the iTunes tracklist to the first post, although 23 songs might be pushing the limits of what can be contained on one CD.

The Smithereens are TIGHT

Hank · 01 Dec 2004

Looks like half of these are on Attack of The Smithereens, but still looks interesting.

Linda · **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2018 1:34 am

Linda wrote:

The pre-order price has dropped by $3, down to $13.99:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B14J43R/?tag=imwan-20

Further reduced to $13.19.

We now have the description in the first post (written by 'Reens drummer Dennis Diken) along with the finalised tracklist. It omits the live version of The Kinks' "You Really Got Me" from the download version, but the other 22 tracks will all be on this CD.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2018 3:58 am

Another bump because we have an updated cover image in the first post, now with a fun vintage photo of the group rather than the plain text-only cover design it was originally going to be.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2018 4:24 pm

Hmm, Amazon's cover image has reverted to the original text-only version:

I hope this is a mistake and not the label backing away from using that neat "baseball caps" photo cover in the first post.

djshermanus · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2015 **Posts:** 121

The cover is as it appears in the top post.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2018 5:18 pm

WANderful! Thank you, Darryl.

Linda · **Posted:** Sat May 26, 2018 3:53 am

A couple of samples:

[2018-05-25] The Smithereens "Covers" (Sunset Blvd.)

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