Download-only release!
If you want to hear really hard-to-find and excellent recordings by Jimmy Carl Black, you've come to the right place. Two very rare tracks by Black Olive (Jimmy Carl Black and Sandro Oliva)join other prime rarities like the 1976 Lo Boys single "Play Your Music"/ "Funny Money" to create a fascinating glimpse of Jimmy's career after The Mothers Of Invention.
Here's the track listing:
1. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (4:03)
Recorded: 04/93 by Sandro Oliva at Cucurbitacea Sapiens Recording Studios, Rome, Italy. Remixed in 2005 by Sandro Oliva.
Personnel: BLACK OLIVE – Jimmy Carl Black (lead vocal, drums, whistling); Sandro Oliva (guitars, keyboards, bass, background vocals, arrangement)
Producer: Sandro Oliva
Writer: Frank Zappa
Publisher: Frank Zappa Music
2. Mayonnaise Mountain (remix) (3:48)
Recorded: 07/71 at Devonshire Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Personnel: GERONIMO BLACK – Ray Collins (lead vocal); Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Denny Walley (guitar, background vocals), Andy “Panda” Cahan (piano, organ, background vocals), Tom Leavey (bass, background vocals), Bunk Gardner (saxophone), Tjay Contrelli (saxophone, background vocals)
Producer: Geronimo Black
Writer: Raymond Eugene Collins
Publisher: Ray Collins Music
3. She's Bad (live) (4:43)
Recorded: 06/17/88 at O’Riley’s, San Antonio, TX
Personnel: CHRIS HOLZHAUS, JIMMY CARL BLACK, LOUIS TERRAZAS – Chris Holzhaus (guitar, lead vocal); Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Louis Terrazas (bass)
Producer: Chris Holzhaus, Jimmy Carl Black and Louis Terrazas
Writer: Chris Holzhaus
Publisher: Inkanish Music
4. Other Man (2:49)
Recorded: 07/71 at Devonshire Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Personnel: GERONIMO BLACK – Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Denny Walley (guitar, background vocals), Andy “Panda” Cahan (piano, organ, background vocals), Tom Leavey (bass, lead vocal), Bunk Gardner (saxophone), Tjay Contrelli (saxophone, background vocals)
Producer: Geronimo Black
Writer: Tom Leavey
Publisher: Inkanish Music
5. (Hey Baby) Que Paso? (2:52)
Recorded: spring 1993 in Greensboro, NC
Personnel: THE JACK AND JIM SHOW – Jimmy Carl Black (drums, background vocals); Eugene Chadbourne (guitar, lead vocal)
Producer: The Jack And Jim Show
Writer: Augie Meyers – Bill Sheffield
Publisher: Brujo Music
6. I Don't Want No Woman (live) (4:28)
Recorded: 06/17/88 at O’Riley’s, San Antonio, TX
Personnel: CHRIS HOLZHAUS, JIMMY CARL BLACK, LOUIS TERRAZAS – Chris Holzhaus (guitar, lead vocal); Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Louis Terrazas (bass)
Producer: Chris Holzhaus, Jimmy Carl Black and Louis Terrazas
Writer: Don D. Robey
Publisher: Universal Duchess Music Corp.
7. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (live) (2:28)
Recorded: 1987 at KUT Studio, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Personnel: JIMMY CARL BLACK & THE MANNISH BOYS – Jimmy Carl Black (lead vocal, drums); Gary Primich (guitar); Gil Hartman (guitar); Frank Meyers (bass)
Producer: Jimmy Carl Black & The Mannish Boys
Writer: Earl King – John Vincent
Publisher: Music Collection International
8. I Feel Good (I Got You) (live) (3:18)
Recorded: 06/17/88 at O’Riley’s, San Antonio, TX
Personnel: CHRIS HOLZHAUS, JIMMY CARL BLACK, LOUIS TERRAZAS – Chris Holzhaus (guitar, lead vocal); Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Louis Terrazas (bass)
Producer: Chris Holzhaus, Jimmy Carl Black and Louis Terrazas
Writer: James Brown
Publisher: Fort Knox Music Inc.
9. Lonesome Cowboy Burt (3:57)
Recorded: summer 1992 at Twisted Studio, Austin, TX
Personnel: THE GRANDMOTHERS – Jimmy Carl Black (lead vocal, drums); Linda Valdmets (percussion, background vocals); Gerald “Eli” Smith (woodwinds; background vocals); Ener Bladezipper (bass, background vocals); Roland St. Germain (guitar, keyboards, background vocals)
Producer: The Grandmothers
Writer: Frank Zappa
Publisher: Munchkin Music
10. Let Us Live (live) (4:52)
Recorded: late 1973 in San Miguel, NM
Personnel: GERONIMO BLACK – Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Denny Walley (guitar, background vocals), Andy “Panda” Cahan (piano, organ, background vocals), Tom Leavey (bass, lead vocal), Bunk Gardner (saxophone), Tjay Contrelli (saxophone, background vocals)
Producer: Geronimo Black
Writer: Tom Leavey
Publisher: Inkanish Music
11. Play Your Music (2:30)
Recorded: 1976 in Mesilla Valley, NM
Personnel: THE LO BOYS – Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Tom Leavey (lead vocal, backing vocals, bass, harmonica); Jeff Littlejohn (guitar); William Randolph Russ III (guitar)
Producer: The Lo Boys
Writer: Tom Leavey
Publisher: Inkanish Music
12. Funny Money (3:31)
Recorded: 1976 in Mesilla Valley, NM
Personnel: THE LO BOYS – Jimmy Carl Black (drums, percussion); Tom Leavey (bass, background vocals); Jeff Littlejohn (lead vocal, background vocals, guitar); William Randolph Russ III (talk box guitar, background vocals)
Producer: The Lo Boys
Writer: Jeff Littlejohn
Publisher: Inkanish Music
13. Hoochie Coochie Man (live) (5:04)
Recorded: late 1973 in San Miguel, NM
Personnel: GERONIMO BLACK – Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Denny Walley (guitar, background vocals), Andy “Panda” Cahan (piano, organ, background vocals), Tom Leavey (bass, lead vocal), Bunk Gardner (saxophone), Tjay Contrelli (saxophone, background vocals)
Producer: Geronimo Black
Writer: Willie Dixon
Publisher: Hoochie Coochie Music
14. B.Y.O.B. Klub (5:38)
Recorded: spring 1993 for Danish National Radio, Copenhagen, Denmark
Personnel: THE JACK AND JIM SHOW – Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Eugene Chadbourne (lead vocal, guitar)
Producer: The Jack And Jim Show
Writer: Eugene Alexander Chadbourne – Mark S. Kramer
Publisher: Nukem Music – Tess Music
15. Big Boss Man (live) (5:15)
Recorded: late 1973 in San Miguel, NM
Personnel: GERONIMO BLACK – Jimmy Carl Black (lead vocal, drums); Denny Walley (guitar), Andy “Panda” Cahan (piano, organ), Tom Leavey (bass), Bunk Gardner (saxophone), Tjay Contrelli (saxophone
Producer: Geronimo Black
Writer: Luther Dixon – Al Smith
Publisher: Conrad Music/ Sony ATV Songs LLC
16. Thunderbuns Vs. The Knumb Nut (4:50)
Recorded: 07/71 at Devonshire Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Personnel: GERONIMO BLACK – Jimmy Carl Black (drums, background vocals); Denny Walley (guitar, background vocals), Andy “Panda” Cahan (piano, organ, background vocals), Tom Leavey (bass, background vocal), Bunk Gardner (saxophone), Tjay Contrelli (saxophone, lead vocal, background vocals)
Producer: Geronimo Black
Writer: Tjay Contrelli
Publisher: Inkanish Music
17. Gone (remix) (3:10)
Recorded: 01/72 at Sound City Studios, Van Ness, CA
Personnel: GERONIMO BLACK – Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Bunk Gardner (flute); Denny Walley (guitars, background vocals); Tom Leavey (bass, lead vocal, background vocals); Andy “Panda” Cahan (keyboards, background vocals); Tjay Contrelli (flute, background vocals)
Producer: Keith Olsen and Geronimo Black
Writer: Tom Leavey
Publisher: Inkanish Music
18. Waiting (edit) (3:49)
Recorded: 08/05/92 – 03/09/93 at Twisted Studio, Austin, TX
Personnel: THE GRANDMOTHERS – Jimmy Carl Black (lead vocal, drums); Linda Valdmets (percussion, background vocals); Gerald “Eli” Smith (woodwinds; background vocals); Ener Bladezipper (bass, background vocals); Roland St. Germain (guitar, keyboards, background vocals)
Producer: Roland St. Germain
Writer: Jimmy Carl Black – Mike Harris – Gerald Smith – Jeff Hogan
Publisher: Inkanish Music
19. Willie The Pimp (5:02)
Recorded: 04/93 by Sandro Oliva at Cucurbitacea Sapiens Recording Studios, Rome, Italy. Remixed in 2005 by Sandro Oliva.
Personnel: BLACK OLIVE – Jimmy Carl Black (lead vocal, drums); Sandro Oliva (guitars, keyboards, bass, percussion, arrangement); Don Preston (synthesizer solo); Bunk Gardner (tenor saxophone)
Producer: Sandro Oliva
Writer: Frank Zappa
Publisher: Frank Zappa Music
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