HOLE My Body, The Hand Grenade - Original Euro LP - Courtney Love Grunge Nirvana

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My Body, The Hand Grenade

Original Euro LP (made in Germany) released on City Slang Records in 1997.
Gatefold sleeve.
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04 995  A2   DMM   H.P.   /   04 99 5   B2   DMM   H. P.

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My Body, the Hand Grenade is the first and only compilation album by American alternative rock band Hole, released on October 28, 1997 through the band's European label, City Slang Records. It was also imported for sale in the United States, where it was released on December 10, 1997. The album was compiled with the intent of tracking the band's progression from their noise rock beginnings to the more melodic songwriting that appeared on their second album, Live Through This (1994).

Made up of various unreleased tracks, b-sides, and singles, the album contains tracks from the band's first recording session in March 1990, as well as recordings sourced from several live performances. As a result, the tracks feature various bassists and drummers from past lineups, including drummers Caroline Rue and Patty Schemel, and bassists Jill Emery and Kristen Pfaff. Frontwoman Courtney Love is also featured playing bass guitar in one of the tracks. The album is dedicated to Pfaff's (and Kurt Cobain's) memory.

The first tracks on the album originate from the band's first studio sessions in a "Los Angeles basement" at Rudy's Rising Star studio, where they recorded "Retard Girl," along with the tracks "Phonebill Song" and "Turpentine." These tracks were consolidated and released as an extended play in August 1997, titled The First Session. Additionally, numerous singles, including "Dicknail" and "Beautiful Son", and their respective b-sides appear on the album. Love, who was typically a guitarist, is featured playing bass on "20 Years In The Dakota," a b-side to "Beautiful Son" that Love wrote about Yoko Ono. "Old Age," an outtake from Live Through This, also appears on the record. A formerly unreleased demo version of "Miss World", recorded in Brazil by Love, drummer Patty Schemel, and Love's husband, Kurt Cobain, was also included. Cobain, though uncredited, plays bass on the track, which features Love on guitar and Schemel on drums.

Several live tracks appear on the album: "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" (a cover of The Crystals), and "Season of the Witch" (a Donovan Leitch cover) were recorded from Hole's performance on MTV Unplugged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Valentine's Day 1995. "Drown Soda" and "Asking for It", were recorded at London's Brixton Academy and the Reading Festival on May 4, 1995 and August 25, 1995, respectively

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Turpentine (previously unreleased - first recording ever)
Phonebill Song
Retard Girl
Burn Black
Dicknail
Beautiful Son
20 Years In The Dakota
Miss World (previously unreleased - demo version)

Side Two

Old Age (Live Through This outtake)
Softer, Softest
He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss) (from MTV's Unplugged)
Season Of The Witch (previously unreleased - from MTV's Unplugged)
Drown Soda (previously unreleased - live version)
Asking For It (previously unreleased - live version)

Released on 'City Slang Records' in 1997

Catalogue No. EFA 04995-1

Disc is in EX condition (some light surface marks)

Sleeve is in VG condition (some shelfwear / ringwear)

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