Download-only release!
"I'm Not Living Very Extravagantly, I'll Tell You For Sure..." features more recent and vintage rarities from Jimmy Carl Black, spanning from 1979 to 2007. Some real unusual cover versions here, namely "I Am The Walrus" and "Got My Mojo Working" - the latter with Arthur Brown.
Here's the track info:
1. Taco Soup In 7/4 (live) (1:17)
Recorded: 1988 at KUT Studio, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Personnel: THE GRANDMOTHERS – Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Gerald “Eli” Smith (woodwinds); Mike Harris (guitar); Ener Bladezipper (bass)
Producer: The Grandmothers
Writer: Gerald Smith – Mike Harris
Publisher: Inkanish Music
2. You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover (live) (6:03)
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: Willie Dixon
Publisher: Hoochie Coochie Music
3. C.C. Rider (3:33)
Recorded: 1979 at El Adobe Recording Studios, El Paso, TX
Personnel: BIG SONNY AND THE LO BOYS – Jimmy Carl Black (drums, background vocals); Byron “Big Sonny” Farlow (lead vocal, lead guitar, rhythm guitar); Richard J. Farlow (bass, background vocals); “Chava” Salvador Davila Villegas (congas); William Randolph Russ III (lead guitar, rhythm guitar, background vocals)
Producer: The Lo Boys
Writer: Chuck Willis
Publisher: Chuck Willis Music Co. – Tideland Music Pub. Corp. – Unichappell Music Inc.
4. Blue Monday (2:33)
Recorded: 01/81 at Creative Music, Albuquerque, NM
Personnel: JIMMY CARL BLACK with THE JOLLY ROGERS – Jimmy Carl Black (lead vocal); John Isaminger (guitar); Matt Mahboub (piano); Diana Martel (background vocals); Mike Padilla (drums); Wally Stahl (bass)
Producer: Jimmy Carl Black and Phil Appelbaum
Writer: Dave Bartholomew
Publisher: EMI Unart Catalog, Inc.
5. I Am The Walrus (4:35)
Recorded: summer 1992 at Twisted Studio, Austin, TX
Personnel: THE GRANDMOTHERS – Jimmy Carl Black (background vocals, drums); Gerald “Eli” Smith (woodwinds; background vocals); Ener Bladezipper (bass, background vocals); Roland St. Germain (guitar, keyboards, lead vocal, background vocals)
Producer: Roland St. Germain
Writer: John Winston Lennon – James Paul McCartney
Publisher: Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
6. Got My Mojo Working (5:12)
Recorded: 1987 at Europa Sound Centre, Austin, TX
Personnel: ARTHUR BROWN WITH JIMMY CARL BLACK – Arthur Brown (lead vocal); Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Mike Francis (saxophone); Bob Corbett (saxophone); Gary Primich (harmonica, guitar); Gil Hartman (guitar); Frank Meyer (bass); Nick Conway (keyboards); Phil Fajardo (percussion), Ester Puger (background vocals); Chevelle Hunter (background vocals); Demethea McVay (background vocals)
Producer: Arthur Brown and John Vieweg
Writer: Preston Foster
Publisher: Dare Music Inc.
7. Manila Gorilla (original version) (6:53)
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); Tomas Ramirez (saxophone)
Producer: Roland St. Germain
Writer: Rene Mesritz – Roland St. Germain
Publisher: RR Wonder Music
8. I'm In Love Again (2:59)
Recorded: 01/81 at Creative Music, Albuquerque, NM
Personnel: JIMMY CARL BLACK with THE JOLLY ROGERS – Jimmy Carl Black (lead vocal); John Isaminger (guitar); Matt Mahboub (piano); Diana Martel (background vocals); Mike Padilla (drums); Wally Stahl (bass)
Producer: Jimmy Carl Black and Phil Appelbaum
Writer: Antoine Domino – Dave Bartholomew
Publisher: EMI Unart Catalog, Inc.
9. The Indian Of The Group (4:17)
Recorded: 1999 at Leon Record Studio, Esslingen, Germany
Personnel: THE FARRELL & BLACK BAND – Jimmy Carl Black (lead vocal, drums); Richard Ray Farrell (background vocals, guitar, harmonica); Uwe Jesdinsky (bass); Steve “Big Man” Clayton (piano); Klaus Brosowski (organ); Tommy Schneller (saxophone); Bodo Schopf (percussion); Katrin Hang (background vocals)
Producer: The Farrell & Black Band
Writer: Richard Ray Farrell – Jimmy Carl Black
Publisher: Inkanish Music
10. Teenage Credit (live) (2:30)
Recorded: 1987 at KUT Radio, 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: Tom Leavey
Publisher: Inkanish Music
11. Smokestack Lightnin' (4:11)
Recorded: 1987 at Europa Sound Centre, Austin, TX
Personnel: ARTHUR BROWN WITH JIMMY CARL BLACK – Arthur Brown (lead vocal); Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Mike Francis (saxophone); Bob Corbett (saxophone); Gary Primich (harmonica, guitar); Gil Hartman (guitar); Frank Meyer (bass); Nick Conway (keyboards); Phil Fajardo (percussion), Ester Puger (background vocals); Chevelle Hunter (background vocals); Demethea McVay (background vocals)
Producer: Arthur Brown and John Vieweg
Writer: Chester Burnett
Publisher: Arc Music Corp.
12. Chief Old Fox (demo) (3:53)
Recorded: 2001 and 2006 in California and Germany
Personnel: Jimmy Carl Black (lead vocal); Dawayne Bailey (lead vocal, backing vocals, guitars, co-arrangement); Lauren Scheff (bass, keyboards, drum programming, co-arrangement, engineering)
Producer: Jimmy Carl Black, Dawayne Bailey and Lauren Scheff
Writer: Jimmy Carl Black – Dawayne Max Bailey
Publisher: Inkanish Music – Dawayne Bailey Music
13. She's About A Mover (live) (4:04)
Recorded: 06/12/08 in Nagoya, Japan
Personnel: THE JACK AND JIM SHOW – Jimmy Carl Black (drums, background vocals); Eugene Chadbourne (lead vocal, guitar)
Producer: The Jack And Jim Show
Writer: Doug Sahm
Publisher: Crazy Cajun Music
14. Big Boss Man (4:56)
Recorded: spring 1993 for Danish National Radio, Copenhagen, Denmark
Personnel: THE JACK AND JIM SHOW – Jimmy Carl Black (lead vocal, drums); Eugene Chadbourne (guitar)
Producer: The Jack And Jim Show
Writer: Luther Dixon – Al Smith
Publisher: Conrad Music/ Sony ATV Songs LLC
15. I Can't Breathe (live) (4:25)
Recorded: 1981 in Ribe, Denmark
Personnel: THE GRANDMOTHERS – Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Don Preston (lead vocal, keyboards); Tom Fowler (bass); Walt Fowler (keyboards); Bunk Gardner (tenor saxophone); Tony Duran (guitar)
Producer: The Grandmothers
Writer: Donald Ward Preston
Publisher: Vile Foamy Music
16. Avenue 54 (live) (6:16)
Recorded: 01/13/01 at Zehntscheuer, Ravensburg, Germany
Personnel: THE ROUTE 66 ALL-STARS – Jimmy Carl Black (drums); Mick Pini (lead guitar); Roy Herrington (guitar); Al Jones (guitars); Peter Paul Brüder (guitar); Ralf Manthei (bass)
Producer: The Route 66 All-Stars
Writer: Michael Pini
Publisher: Inkanish Music
17. Like A Virgin Queen (7:01)
Recorded: 05/07/07 and 05/08/07 at T-Studios, Verona, Italy
Personnel: JIMMY CARL BLACK – Jimmy Carl Black (drums, background vocals); Valentina Black (vocals, organ, piano); Cristina Mazza (alto saxophone); Daniele D’Agaro (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Bruno Marini (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute); Ella Devil (percussion); DJ T “The Thief” (electronics)
Producer: DJ T
Writer: Jimmy Carl Black – Valentina Black – Cristina Mazza – Daniele D’Agaro – Bruno Marini – Ella Devil
Publisher: Inkanish Music
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