Extermination Night 1974 by Rocket From The Tombs

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Tracklist:

1. Raw Power
2. So Cold
3. Never Gonna Kill Myself Again
4. What Love Is
5. Rich Bitch
6. Ain't It Fun
7. Gasoline
8. New York Stars
9. 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
10. Satisfaction
11. Down In Flames
12. Search & Destroy

Liner Notes from Release:

Recorded December 22 1974 at The Viking Saloon, Cleveland. Mastered & edited by Paul Hamann at Suma in 2011.

Rocket From The Tombs is:
David Thomas - vocals
Peter Laughner - guitar, vocals, harp on “Gasoline”
Cheetah Chrome - guitar, organ on "So Cold"
John Madansky - drums
Bob Bensick plays alto sax on “Rich Bitch.”

This was the debut of what’s come to be known as the “original” Rocket From The Tombs (actually version 3.1). The event, Special Extermination Music Night, was the first and last time all three of the legendary bands of the mid-70s Cleveland Underground appeared together: The Electric Eels, RFTT, and Mirrors. The cover art is one of three original poster designs by John Morton (The Eelctric Eels) reworked by him for this release.

Craig Bell had been with the band for at least a month but this night he did not appear onstage with them. A member of Mirrors, he was forbidden to play with RFTT by Mirrors’ band leader Jaime Klimek. Soon afterwards he was thrown out of Mirrors for “consorting with the enemy.” That’s the way things were in the Cle Underground back then.

Three of the songs, “Rich Bitch,” Laughner’s “Gasoline” and “New York Stars,” are unique to this release.“Gasoline” features two girls, The Tombers, on backing vocals. They may have been Debbie Smith and Sue Schmidt but this is speculation. Someone is singing backing on “Satisfaction” but no one remembers who.

Kid Leo, a prominent dj on hippie FM station WMMS, was host for the night, lending it a certain “credibility.”

The show was recorded on somebody’s reel-to reel tape deck. Whoever was in charge fiddled with the input controls throughout. At one point in “So Cold” there is a momentary drop-out. All of these flaws have been fixed.

In those years The Viking Saloon on Chester Avenue was the best place to see interesting Cle bands, though not often of the underground variety. David was the bouncer / doorman for awhile.

Credits:

Original art design by John D Morton, artist & musician.

Raw Power, Rich Bitch & Search & Destroy written by Pop - Williamson. Published by Bug Music.

So Cold written by Laughner - Thomas. Published by Hearpen, administered by Bug Music Ltd.

Never Gonna Kill Myself Again written by Clark - Laughner - O'Connor. Published by Hearpen Music / Copyright Control / Old Loud and Snotty Music.

What Love Is & Down In Flames written by O'Connor - Thomas. Published by Hearpen / Old Loud and Snotty.

Ain't It Fun written by Laughner - O'Connor. Published by Larry Spier Music.

Gasoline written by Laughner, Copyright Control. New York Stars written by Reed.

30 Seconds Over Tokyo written by Laughner - O'Connor - Thomas. Published by Ubu Projex, administered by Bug Music Ltd.

Satisfaction written by Jagger - Richards. Published by ABKCO Music.

This recording was available as a download on Hearpen Record's website catalog number hr165, but is now currently unavailable for download. If it ever becomes available for download again, I will remove this video.