At The Trucks!

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Recorded in New York in 1974, by Mainman, the management company that Wayne Country shared with David Bowie. The tapes were shelved, an accompanying film was forgotten, and, when a fire swept through the warehouse where the recordings had been buried, that was the end of the tale. Or was it? Fast forward 30 years; somebody passing by a recently closed down studio found an old acetate disc in a box on the corner. Of course they listed it on ebay, from whence one of County's UK-based fans purchased it for $600, passed it onto Wayne County, who in turn passed it on to the Spanish label Munster and it finally saw the light of day in 2006. According to the peerless Dave Thompson, if you love (a) Wayne County, (b) rock history and (c) finding out where Bowie got some of his best period idea, then this is for you. More crucial info from Dave.. Only seven songs are from the Trucks concert itself, including a deliciously primal "Man Made Woman," early versions of later County favorites "Wonder Woman" and "Stuck on You," and, fascinatingly, "Queenage Baby," a song that County has always insisted was a profound influence on Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" and it probably wa. The remainder of the disc is equally intriguing. "You Gotta Get Layed to Stay Healthy" is the sole survivor from a projected 1974 single, produced in New York by Mick Ronson; "Putty" is a demo from around the same time, and "Man Enough to Be a Woman" was recorded live in 1978, by County's best known band, the Electric Chair, and is included here, presumably, to prove that what the rest of the world called "punk" in the late '70s was exactly the same as what Wayne had been doing all along. .

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