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From '' Music To Kill By ''
Label: Iron Cross Records – 4001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: Sep 1977
Tracklist
A1 Jailbait Janet
Written-By – Kenne Highland
A2 Fox Lane
Written-By – Jay Gruberger, Sharon McGuire
A3 Too Cool To Fool
Written-By – Kenne Highland, Solomon Gruberger
A4 Everyday
Written-By – Jay Gruberger, Solomon Gruberger
A5 Buzz Stomp
Written-By – Kim Kane
A6 Make Her Know
Written-By – Solomon Gruberger
A7 Juvenile Delinquent
Written-By – Kenne Highland, Scott Duhamel
A8 Wild Mouse
Written-By – Ken Kaiser
A9 Refrigerator Rappin'
Written-By – Kenne Highland
A10 Till The End Of The Day
Written-By – Ray Davies
A11 Breaking Out
Written-By – Howard Wuelfing, Solomon Gruberger
B1 N.Y. Punk
Written-By – Jay Gruberger, Solomon Gruberger
B2 You're A Tease Baby
Written-By – Solomon Gruberger
B3 Creep Skin
Written-By – Kim Kane
B4 Happy Person
Written-By – Jay Gruberger, Solomon Gruberger
B5 Heartful Of Soul
Written-By – Graham Gouldman
B6 Iggy
Written-By – Howard Wuelfing, Solomon Gruberger
B7 Ellen No
Written-By – Solomon Gruberger
B8 I Laffed Out Loud
Written-By – Kenne Highland
B9 Crazy Jill
Written-By – Solomon Gruberger
B10 Lorraine
Written-By – Eddie Flowers, Ken Kaiser, Kenne Highland, Solomon Gruberger
B11 Death To Disko!
Vocals – Barbara Q. Ribbs, Charles Eichert, Karen Hoch, Martha Hull, Patricia Ragan
Vocals, Cover [Design And Graphics] – Laurie Hoch
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Marshall Keith
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Blues Harp, Bass, Vocals – Kenne Highland
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Producer – Solomon Spector
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Max Bialistock
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Artwork – Kim Kane
Drums, Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Piano, Producer, Photography By, Artwork – Ken Kaiser
Drums – Chris Thompson, Tommy Bonham
Bass, Lead Guitar, Vocals – Jay Gruberger
Bass, Vocals – Howard Wuelfing
Bass – Thomas Kane
Backing Vocals – The Kaiser's Kittens
© 2001 Gulcher Records
℗ 2001 Copyright control
💿 [SONG INFO]
"Till the End of the Day" is a song by the Kinks, written by Ray Davies and released as a single in 1965 and later on their album The Kink Kontroversy.
It centers on a power chord, like many of the group's early hits, and was similarly successful, reaching number eight in the United Kingdom and number 50 in the United States, spending eight weeks or more in each chart.
Background
Davies recalled of the process of writing the song,
I remember how 'Till the End of the Day' came about. I had a bit of writer’s block, and my managers were getting worried because I hadn't produced anything in almost a month. [Laughs] They sent Mort Shuman 'round to my house, one of my hit-writing heroes. He wrote "Save the Last Dance For Me" with Doc Pomus. This mad, druggy New Yorker came 'round to my little semi-detached house in London. He said, 'I'm here to find out what you're thinking about. I'm not interested in what you have written; I'm interested in what you're gonna write.' He was completely pee'd off by my managers to say it. I thought it was ridiculous that there was so much importance put on it. If I don't want to write for a month, I won't. To say the least, I was pressured into doing it. Then I went off to stay with my sister and bought a new toy, a little upright piano, and wrote 'Till The End Of The Day.'
Of the song's meaning, Davies said, "That song was about freedom, in the sense that someone's been a slave or locked up in prison. It's a song about escaping something. I didn't know it was about my state of mind."
Billboard described the song as a "rockin' dance beat wailer with up-beat lyric."
Cash Box described the single as a "rollicking, fast-moving, bluesy romancer about a fella who is especially hung-up on his gal."
Cover versions
A cover version by Big Star appeared on the CD release of Third/Sister Lovers.
Alex Chilton, the singer for Big Star, would eventually record the song with Davies 30 years later for Davies' album See My Friends.
The song was covered by Japanese band Shonen Knife and is one of four songs on the CD single "Brown Mushrooms And Other Delights" from their Rock Animals album released in 1993.
Ty Segall's band, Fuzz, covered the song on their 2013 debut album.
Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley recorded a cover of the song on his solo covers album: Origins, Vol. 1, released in April 2016.
🔗 [LINKS]
gulcher.bigcartel.com
Available on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/1M5laqMRfsryV4bnXSyK6S
Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/music-to-kill-by/213984945
and Deezer:
deezer.com/us/album/6249743
and Amazon Music:
amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0013FRQ8U
#protopunk
From '' Music To Kill By ''
Label: Iron Cross Records – 4001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: Sep 1977
Tracklist
A1 Jailbait Janet
Written-By – Kenne Highland
A2 Fox Lane
Written-By – Jay Gruberger, Sharon McGuire
A3 Too Cool To Fool
Written-By – Kenne Highland, Solomon Gruberger
A4 Everyday
Written-By – Jay Gruberger, Solomon Gruberger
A5 Buzz Stomp
Written-By – Kim Kane
A6 Make Her Know
Written-By – Solomon Gruberger
A7 Juvenile Delinquent
Written-By – Kenne Highland, Scott Duhamel
A8 Wild Mouse
Written-By – Ken Kaiser
A9 Refrigerator Rappin'
Written-By – Kenne Highland
A10 Till The End Of The Day
Written-By – Ray Davies
A11 Breaking Out
Written-By – Howard Wuelfing, Solomon Gruberger
B1 N.Y. Punk
Written-By – Jay Gruberger, Solomon Gruberger
B2 You're A Tease Baby
Written-By – Solomon Gruberger
B3 Creep Skin
Written-By – Kim Kane
B4 Happy Person
Written-By – Jay Gruberger, Solomon Gruberger
B5 Heartful Of Soul
Written-By – Graham Gouldman
B6 Iggy
Written-By – Howard Wuelfing, Solomon Gruberger
B7 Ellen No
Written-By – Solomon Gruberger
B8 I Laffed Out Loud
Written-By – Kenne Highland
B9 Crazy Jill
Written-By – Solomon Gruberger
B10 Lorraine
Written-By – Eddie Flowers, Ken Kaiser, Kenne Highland, Solomon Gruberger
B11 Death To Disko!
Vocals – Barbara Q. Ribbs, Charles Eichert, Karen Hoch, Martha Hull, Patricia Ragan
Vocals, Cover [Design And Graphics] – Laurie Hoch
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Marshall Keith
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Blues Harp, Bass, Vocals – Kenne Highland
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Producer – Solomon Spector
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Max Bialistock
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Artwork – Kim Kane
Drums, Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Piano, Producer, Photography By, Artwork – Ken Kaiser
Drums – Chris Thompson, Tommy Bonham
Bass, Lead Guitar, Vocals – Jay Gruberger
Bass, Vocals – Howard Wuelfing
Bass – Thomas Kane
Backing Vocals – The Kaiser's Kittens
© 2001 Gulcher Records
℗ 2001 Copyright control
💿 [SONG INFO]
"Till the End of the Day" is a song by the Kinks, written by Ray Davies and released as a single in 1965 and later on their album The Kink Kontroversy.
It centers on a power chord, like many of the group's early hits, and was similarly successful, reaching number eight in the United Kingdom and number 50 in the United States, spending eight weeks or more in each chart.
Background
Davies recalled of the process of writing the song,
I remember how 'Till the End of the Day' came about. I had a bit of writer’s block, and my managers were getting worried because I hadn't produced anything in almost a month. [Laughs] They sent Mort Shuman 'round to my house, one of my hit-writing heroes. He wrote "Save the Last Dance For Me" with Doc Pomus. This mad, druggy New Yorker came 'round to my little semi-detached house in London. He said, 'I'm here to find out what you're thinking about. I'm not interested in what you have written; I'm interested in what you're gonna write.' He was completely pee'd off by my managers to say it. I thought it was ridiculous that there was so much importance put on it. If I don't want to write for a month, I won't. To say the least, I was pressured into doing it. Then I went off to stay with my sister and bought a new toy, a little upright piano, and wrote 'Till The End Of The Day.'
Of the song's meaning, Davies said, "That song was about freedom, in the sense that someone's been a slave or locked up in prison. It's a song about escaping something. I didn't know it was about my state of mind."
Billboard described the song as a "rockin' dance beat wailer with up-beat lyric."
Cash Box described the single as a "rollicking, fast-moving, bluesy romancer about a fella who is especially hung-up on his gal."
Cover versions
A cover version by Big Star appeared on the CD release of Third/Sister Lovers.
Alex Chilton, the singer for Big Star, would eventually record the song with Davies 30 years later for Davies' album See My Friends.
The song was covered by Japanese band Shonen Knife and is one of four songs on the CD single "Brown Mushrooms And Other Delights" from their Rock Animals album released in 1993.
Ty Segall's band, Fuzz, covered the song on their 2013 debut album.
Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley recorded a cover of the song on his solo covers album: Origins, Vol. 1, released in April 2016.
🔗 [LINKS]
gulcher.bigcartel.com
Available on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/1M5laqMRfsryV4bnXSyK6S
Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/music-to-kill-by/213984945
and Deezer:
deezer.com/us/album/6249743
and Amazon Music:
amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0013FRQ8U
#protopunk
