Sunday, July 21, 2024

Record #0745: Stray Cat Strut / Drink That Bottle Down – THE STRAY CATS

Arista SCAT 13 (original Dutch export) Netherlands, 1981
Words & Music by:  Side A – Brian Setzer; Side BThe Stray Cats
Musicians: Brian Setzer (guitars, lead vocals on side A), Lee Rocker (upright bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on side B), Slim Jim Phantom (drums, backing vocals)
Recording sessions:
Produced by Dave Edmunds (Side A), Brian Setzer and Stray Cats (Side B); Side A - either Eden or Jam Studios, London, UK, 1981; Side B – live in Newcastle, UK on 12. March 1981
Highest chart positions: 
US #3, US Rock #41, UK #11, Netherlands #7, Finland #20

The US release (EMI America B-8122), which I already posted here, had “You Don’t Believe Me” on the flip side. The Japanese release had “What’s Goin’ Down (Cross That Bridge)” as the B-side.

The flip is a great blues number sung by Lee Rocker.

List price:  Not listed in the price catalog (Dutch release). I didn’t find these in eBay either (sold nor for sale). If I would wing it, these go for 10-20 euros.


 

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