Back from the Grave, Volume 8 (LP)
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| Released | August 23, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1960s | |||
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| Label | Crypt | |||
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Back from the Grave, Volume 8 (LP), is the eighth installment in the Back from the Grave series of garage rock compilations assembled by Tim Warren of Crypt Records. It was originally released as a double LP on August 26, 1996.
There is also a CD version of the album, released at the same time, which has a similar running order of tracks to the original LP, but with several bonus cuts added. However, in 2011 the LP edition, already double-length, was re-released and expanded to contain 36 tracks, now including all of the bonus tracks available on the CD version, as well as three newly added tracks which have not appeared on any CD version.
In keeping with all of the entries in the series, and as indicated in the subheading which reads "36 Cuts of Utter Snarling Mid-60's Garage Punk," this collection consists of many songs which display the rawer and more aggressive side of the genre and are often characterized by the use of fuzztone-distorted guitars and rough vocals. Accordingly, the set generally excludes psychedelic, folk rock, and pop-influenced material in favor of basic primitive rock and roll. The packaging features well-researched liner notes written by Tim Warren which convey basic information about each song and group, such as origin, recording date, and biographical sketches, usually written in a conversational style that includes occasional slang, anecdotes, humorous asides. The liner notes are noticeably opinionated, sometimes engaging in tongue-in-cheek insults directed at other genres of music. The packaging also includes photographs of the bands, and the front cover features a highly satirical cartoon by Mort Todd depicting revivified "rock and roll" zombies who, on this occasion, target none of their customary victims (aside from an occasional prong from their devils' pitchforks), but instead have turned up at the "mosh pit" at a 1990s "Lolabigloozzaz" festival, delightfully holding up "mosh pit cookbooks" (i.e. suggesting that the sixties garage bands were the precursors of all this), while hordes of Prozac-dependent "rejects" slam dance in the mud-drenched melee below.
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