THE CRAMPS "SONGS THE LORD TAUGHT US" 1980 IRS 1ST PRESS.STILL SEALED NOTCH CUT

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ARTIST- THE CRAMPS

TITLE- “SONGS THE LORD TAUGHT US” ORIGINAL ISSUE

TRACK LISTING- SEE PHOTOS & BELOW

Songs the Lord Taught Us is the first album by the American garage punk band the Cramps. It was released in May 1980 on I.R.S. Records in America and Illegal Records in England.

Credits

• Drums – Nick Knox
• Guitar – Bryan Gregory, Poison Ivy
• Producer – Alex Chilton
• Vocals – Lux Interior

YEAR OF RELEASE- 1980

LABEL- IRS RECORDS

CAT.#- SP-007

RECORD CONDITION- THIS ALBUM IS STILL SEALED IN IT'S ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP

JACKET CONDITION- THERE IS A “NOTCH CUT” DONE BY THE RECORD LABEL.THIS ALBUM IS STILL SEALED IN IT'S ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP

MORE INFO- THIS RECORD IS OUT OF PRINT. ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING. PRODUCED BY ALEX CHILTON.

MORE INFO ON THE ARTIST & RELEASE-

The Cramps were an American rockabilly band, formed in 1976 and active until 2009. The band split after the death of lead singer Lux Interior. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband-and-wife duo of Interior and lead guitarist and occasional bass guitarist Poison Ivy comprising the only permanent members. The addition of guitarist Bryan Gregory and drummer Pam Ballam resulted in the first complete lineup in April 1976.

They were part of the early CBGB punk rock movement that had emerged in New York. The Cramps are noted as influencing a number of musical styles: not only were they one of the first punk bands, they are also widely recognized as one of the prime innovators of psychobilly.

Lux Interior (born Erick Lee Purkhiser) and Poison Ivy (born Kristy Marlana Wallace) met in Sacramento, California  in 1972. In light of their common artistic interests and shared devotion to record collecting, they decided to form The Cramps. Lux took his stage name from a car ad, and Ivy claimed to have received hers in a dream (she was first Poison Ivy Rorschach, taking her last name from that of the inventor of the Rorschach test). In 1973, they moved to Akron, Ohio, and then to New York in 1975, soon entering into CBGB's early punk scene with other emerging acts like the Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, and Mink DeVille. The lineup in 1976 was Poison Ivy Rorschach, Lux Interior, Bryan Gregory (guitar), and his sister Pam "Ballam" Gregory (drums).

In a short period of time, the Cramps changed drummers twice; Miriam Linna (later of Nervus Rex, The Zantees, and The A-Bones and co-owner of Norton Records) replaced Pam Ballam, and Nick Knox (formerly with the Electric Eels) replaced Linna in September 1977. In the late 1970s, the Cramps briefly shared a rehearsal space with The Fleshtones, and performed regularly in New York at clubs such as CBGB and Max's Kansas City, releasing two independent singles produced by Alex Chilton at Ardent Studios in Memphis in 1977 before being signed by Miles Copeland III to the young I.R.S. Records label. Their first tour of Great Britain was as supporting act to The Police on that band's first UK tour promoting Outlandos d'Amour.

In June 1978 they gave a landmark free concert for patients at the California State Mental Hospital in Napa, recorded on a Sony Portapak video camera by the San Francisco collective Target Video and later released as Live at Napa State Mental Hospital. Once back to the east coast, they played the revamped 40's swing club "The Meadowbrook" in New Jersey, which had a huge stage and dance floor. The Cramps were the featured act, with opening set by Nozon and the Smiths. Next they recorded two singles in New York City, which were later re-released on their 1979 Gravest Hits EP, before Chilton brought them back that year to Memphis to record their first full-length album, Songs The Lord Taught Us, at Phillips Recording, operated by former Sun Records label owner Sam Phillips.

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