MUNGO JERRY - Snakebite Revisited (Reissue w/ 7 bonus tracks) - CD [AUG 15]
Label: 7a
Barcode: 5060209950709
Catalogue ID: 7A070
Format: CD
CD - Expanded Remastered Edition with 7 bonus tracks.
• REMASTERED
• EXPANDED WITH 7 BONUS TRACKS
• INCLUDES 24 PAGE CD COLOUR BOOKLET
• EXTENSIVE LINER NOTES & LYRICS
20 years after 1970’s anthemic “In The Summertime” became an international chart-topper and sold an estimated 30 million copies worldwide, Mungo Jerry’s Ray Dorset was enjoying his creative freedom. In 1990, he sensed the time was right for a new recording project. The result was Snakebite, one of the most visceral and exciting albums in the Mungo Jerry discography.
Snakebite first appeared in 1990 in the U.K. On the BBC Prestige Records label. 7A Records have remastered the recordings and expanded it with three bonus tracks. This, the first ever vinyl release of the album, includes a 12” colour insert with lyrics and extensive liner notes.
The album received much critical acclaim upon its release and quickly became a fan favourite. Ray Dorset credits Snakebite’s varied feel for the album’s endurance. “I think snakebite still sounds fresh because it’s not like any one style of music won out all the way through. I always try to integrate a certain level of spontaneity and dynamics in the recording studio. It’s got that live feel, and the lyrics have good stories and are interesting. I think you could go back and listen to it and say, ‘that sounds like it was recorded a couple of weeks ago.’ they’re good songs. I could play them onstage now, And 30-odd years later, they would still sound as fresh as ever.”
Tracklist:
Snakebite
All I Wanna Do
Remember Me
Sugar In The Bowl
Rock ‘N' Roll, Rock ‘N' Roll
Heartbreak Avenue
(Ghost) Riders In The Sky
Red Leather And Chrome
Jesse James
Right On
Bonus Tracks:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Gone to Malaya
With a Girl Like You
All I Wanna Do (live)
So Lonely (previously unissued)
I Hear Music (previously unissued)
Psychotic Reaction (previously unissued)