Spin That 45 - Part 3: The Gruesomes

This 45 actually plays on 33 but never mind. The Gruesomes were Canada's best Teen-Punk/60's Punk/60's Garage/Neo-Garage/How ever you wanna call it-band in the 80s and now Greek label Fuzz Overdose Records has re-released the band's debut 45 'Jack The Ripper'. The original was released in 1986 by Primitive Records, the same label that published the band's only other 45 'Unchained' a year later. To find copies of these records today is pretty much a mission impossible so hooray to our Greek friends at Fuzz Overdose for making the band's first EP available again, in original artwork! Side A features two songs about Jack the Ripper. It starts with the Link Wray tune 'Jack The Ripper' and ends with the same titled Screaming Lord Sutch song. On the flip the band provides 2 own compositions. The rather slow 'Things She Does To Me' and the  fast Garage stomper 'No More Lies'. This Canadian Garage classic is available now in an edition of 800 hand-numbered copies. On this EP the Gruesomes aren't as outstanding sounding as they would on later recordings but it is a solid debut that should be included in every serious Neo-60s collection.