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The Hamsters

The Hamsters are a band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.They performed their first live show at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, on 1 April 1987. They initially played in local pubs with no ambitions to take themselves seriously or to turn professional...

 album that was originally released only as an audio cassette (Music Cassette) compilation of the four original cassette only albums (recordings from 1988–1990) that were only available from the band's gigs. They never received a national distribution. Eventually the band stopped producing the tape albums, including this compilation, when their CD releases started to become popular.

Then in 2000, after years of requests from fans, it was decided to find the master tapes (no one knew where they were!) and remaster the album for a CD release. Eventually the masters were found in the back of a drawer in Slim's office and they were passed along to the band's regular sound guru, Jerry Stevenson. After a lot of audio repairs and 'sonic enhancement' the masters were deemed ready for CD and they were released to the general public, both at gigs, their website and worldwide via the band's official distributor, Pinnacle Records.

Track listing

1. "Switchboard Susan" – 3:34
2. "Georgia Slop" – 3:36
3. "Linda Lu" – 4:36
4. "Hard Ridin' Papa" – 4:40
5. "Crazy 'Bout An Automobile" – 3:14
6. "The Walk" – 4:10
7. "Chevrolet" – 3:12
8. "They Called It Rock" – 3:41
9. "Sweet Little Lisa" – 4:43
10. "Pouring Water On A Drowning Man" – 3:44
11. "Double Trouble" – 9:19
12. "Fire Down Below" – 4:18
13. "Chequebook" – 3:54
14. "Brother Doctor, Sister Nurse" – 4:33

• Tracks 1-6 from Night of the Rocking Rodents
• Tracks 7 - 13 from Revenge of the Killer Hamsters
• Track 14 from Flasher Hamsters From Hell

Musicians

• Snail's-Pace Slim —- guitars
  Electric guitar
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  , lead vocals.
• Rev Otis Elevator —- drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Ms Zsa Zsa Poltergeist —- bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals.

Production

• Recorded by Johnny Holburn.
• Post-production
  Post-production
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   sonic enhancement, editing and compiling by Jerry Stevenson.
• Produced
  Record producer
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   by The Hamsters
  The Hamsters
  The Hamsters are a band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.They performed their first live show at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, on 1 April 1987. They initially played in local pubs with no ambitions to take themselves seriously or to turn professional...
  
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• Cover design by Phil Smee
  Phil Smee
  Phil Smee is an English music journalist, designer and record collector, most widely known for designing music album covers and his Bam-Caruso music label, best known for the Rubble series of albums. One of his more notable designs is the lettering of the Motörhead logo .-External links:...
  
   of Waldo's Design Emporium.
• Cover concept by The Hamsters
  The Hamsters
  The Hamsters are a band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.They performed their first live show at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, on 1 April 1987. They initially played in local pubs with no ambitions to take themselves seriously or to turn professional...
  
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• 'Breakfast illustration' design by Des Penny.
• Photography by Steve O'Connell (booklet) and Rob Petherbridge (inner tray).