Dip Into The Cramps Record Collection With Upcoming “Leather Jackets & Diesel Smoke” Compilation

Leather Jackets & Diesel Smoke: Chili Dippin’ In Red Tiger Shoes, Gems and Oddities from Lux and Ivy’s Vault is set to be released on the 12th April via Cherry Red Records. The compilation contains fifty tracks from the eclectic vault of Lux Interior And Poison Ivy of The Cramps, the album features dishevelled acid folk, super sweet bubble gum pop, atmospheric oddball sounds, dark and brooding rhythms and a veritable hoard of rough, rare and ready rockabilly and rock ’n roll that are accompanied by garage blow outs, early R&B grooves and an overhead cam of hot rod tales alongside esoteric exotica and straight ahead novelty pop with madcap performances from the likes of Donnie James With The Mighty Joe Houston Orchestra, Tall Tonio And The Mello-Dees, Chris Christian And The Chordaires, Elisabeth Waldo, Fred Katz, John Reedy & His Stone Mountain Trio and many more.

Leather Jackets & Diesel Smoke: Chili Dippin’ In Red Tiger Shoes, Gems and Oddities from Lux and Ivy’s Vault is a cavalcade of no hit wonders, every last one of them a gem. A host of mind altering conversation pieces that cover the waterfront of Women In Cadillacs and Hocus Pocus with the romantic love letter Wet Back, the super sweet Candy Kisses & Bubbly Gum, the lonesome croon of Mack Self’s Everyday and the poignant Trail Of Tears by the mysterious Willows. The album is a veritable head rush of what pop music should be, timeless nuggets as weird and wonderful as it gets. Remastered from the original sound sources with sleevenotes by MOJO magazine’s Dave Henderson, Leather Jackets & Diesel Smoke will be released on the 12th April on double CD and can be pre-ordered via Cherry Red Records.