STIV BATORS LA CONFIDENTIAL VINYL LP NEW 33RPM
1. It's Cold Outside
2. Not That Way Anymore
3. The Last Year
4. Circumstantial Evidence
5. I'll Be Alright
6. LA, LA
7. Have Love Will Travel
8. Crack Boom Bam
9. Misery Loves Company
10. Story in Your Eyes
11. Morrison Rant
12. The Last Year
13. It's Cold Outside
14. Not That Way Anymore
15. Circumstantial Evidence
16. I'll Be Alright
17. I'll Stand Accused
18. Neat, Neat, Neat
L.A. Confidential contains a treasure trove of unreleased outtakes from the sessions that were initially recorded in 1979 and 1980 by Bomp mastermind Greg Shaw. After the initial break up of the Dead Boys, nihilistic frontman extraordinaire Stiv Bators recorded material for Disconnected and several singles for Bomp. The music took a decidedly different approach, bypassing punk chutzpuh like "Caught With the Meat in Your Mouth" for '60s-derived garage pop abandon. Upon release, Dead Boys fans were less than enthused. Even so, this material stands on its own and continues to be rediscovered by a new audience much like Iggy's post-Stooges discs The Idiot and Lust for Life. The 18 tracks are all remastered from the original tapes, including alternate mixes of "The Last Year," "It's Cold Outside," "Not That Way Anymore," "Circumstantial Evidence," "I'll Be Alright," a demo version of "I'll Stand Accused," a rehearsal of the Damned's "Neat, Neat, Neat," and "Morrison Rant" (recorded live at the Ritz in 1980), which is pure throwaway fun.