The Cramps Gravest Gravy Ltd Edition Glow in the Dark Vinyl LP
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Just released in August 2026. recorded in 1977. It's been a long time coming.
The Cramps' legendary October 1977 sessions at Ardent Studios with producer Alex Chilton finally see the light of day on Gravest Gravy. This collection of unreleased studio material captures the raw energy of the classic lineup featuring Lux Interior on vocals, Poison Ivy on guitar, Bryan Gregory on guitar, and Nick Knox on drums, with two tracks showcasing Chilton's organ work. Hand-selected and mixed by Lux and Ivy decades ago before being shelved, these rippin' versions of early Cramps staples have been cut from analog source tapes and expertly mastered in Nashville.
The same sessions that produced the band's first two Vengeance Records releases in 1978 proved remarkably fertile, yielding far more material than initially released. While songs like Human Fly and Lonesome Town eventually found their way onto 1979's Gravest Hits EP and beyond, Gravest Gravy unearths additional tracks from these crucial early recordings, offering fans a deeper window into the band's formative creative period. This glow green Rough Trade exclusive pressing is a rare opportunity to hear the Cramps at their origin point, captured in pristine studio conditions with one of rock's most visionary producers.
"In October 1977, the Cramps, who were at that time, Lux Interior on vocals, Poison Ivy on guitar, Bryan Gregory on guitar, and Nick Knox on drums, ventured into Ardent Studios with the extraordinarily talented musician and producer, Alex Chilton. These sessions were responsible for the first two Vengeance Records releases, both permanently disfiguring the music world in 1978.
Surfin’ Bird / The Way I Walk
Human Fly / Domino
In 1979, young British degenerates were treated to a five track 12” EP by the Cramps called Gravest Hits, which featured all four tracks released in the USA, along with another from the October 1977 sessions, a great channeling of Ricky Nelson’s hit Lonesome Town. From there, the band released their first LP, Songs The Lord Taught Us, again working with Alex Chilton, and went onward, releasing records and touring all over until the sad passing of Lux in 2009.
What Cramps fans might not know, was at Ardent, the band had planned to record their song TV Set to be their first A side, along with another track or tracks. Alex told them that he liked to have a band play every song they knew and the best of the batch would be committed to vinyl. This was fantastic advice, and luckily for us, that’s what the Cramps did. This is how Lonesome Town found its way to Gravest Hits. But, there was much more to the story.
In the late 1980s, Lux and Ivy endeavored to release more recordings from the October 1977 sessions. It was to be titled Gravest Gravy. It was a record for the fans, a journey back to Memphis, back to the first Cramps records, that, try as it might, the world has been unable to heal from. Lux and Ivy mixed several tracks between June 14 and 30, 1989 at Present Time Recorders, in North Hollywood. Alex mixed a few tracks in Memphis. The album had a title, a cover by the great Stephanie Chernikowski, who passed away recently, but for reasons lost to time, Gravest Gravy was shelved.
In 2026, we sought to change that. It was apparent that this record absolutely needed to be with the fans. A team, still severely cramped from initial contact with the band, began to form and got to work" Henry Rollins, 2026
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