Hamster Jam
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Hamster Jam was 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...

 second CD but first live CD only release. It was recorded live with no overdubs.

Track listing

  1. "Only Rock 'n' Roll" – 3:33
  2. "The Gangster Of Love" – 5:49
  3. "Manic Depression
    Manic Depression (song)
    "Manic Depression" is a song written and recorded by Jimi Hendrix and first released in 1967 on the Are You Experienced album.-Overview:The song's name is an old name for bipolar disorder, a mental health disorder...

    " – 3:29
  4. "Cadillac Walk" – 4:47
  5. "Highway Chile
    Highway Chile
    "Highway Chile" is a song by English/American psychedelic rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience, featured as the B-side to their 1967 third United Kingdom single "The Wind Cries Mary"...

    " – 3:48
  6. "Ju Ju Man" – 3:06
  7. "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash" – 5:04
  8. "Crosstown Traffic
    Crosstown Traffic (song)
    "Crosstown Traffic" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix. It was the second single released from the album Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience...

    " – 2:47
  9. "Wild Thing" – 3:32
  10. "The Queen" – 0:48
  11. "Crossroads
    Cross Road Blues
    "Cross Road Blues" is a song by Delta Blues singer Robert Johnson; released on a 78 rpm record in 1936 by Vocalion Records, catalogue 3519. The original version remained out of print after its initial release until the appearance of The Complete Recordings in 1990...

    " – 3:32
  12. "Red House
    Red House (song)
    "Red House" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and originally recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966. The song, a slow twelve-bar blues, "is one of the most traditional in sound and form of all his official recordings". It was developed during his pre-Experience days while Hendrix was...

    " – 6:22
  13. "Can't Stop Rockin'" – 3:42
  14. "Barefoot Rock" – 3:30
  15. "Romeo's Escape" – 3:56

Musicians

  • Snail's-Pace Slim —- guitars
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    , vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    .
  • Rev Otis Elevator —- drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , vocals.
  • Ms Zsa Zsa Poltergeist —- bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , vocals.

Production

  • Recorded and mixed
    Mix engineer
    A mix engineer, also referred to as "mixing engineer", is a person who, once all instruments, voices, and sounds, etc., have been recorded, creates what is called the final version of a song, hence the term "mix engineer"...

     by Richard Willis.
  • Recorded
    Sound recording and reproduction
    Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...

     live at JB's Dudley
    JB's Dudley
    JB's Dudley, usually known simply as JB's, is a nightclub and live music venue located on Castle Hill near the centre of Dudley, West Midlands...

    , West Midlands
    West Midlands (county)
    The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...

    .
  • Cover design by Snail's-Pace Slim.
  • Cadillac design by Des Penny.

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