Ruining Your Needle, by The Cat Heads

Ruining Your Needle

by The Cat Heads

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1.	Golden Gate Park 02:44	buy track
2.	New White Wings 03:22	buy track
3.	Victim 02:54	buy track
4.	I Would Kill For Suzy 03:59	buy track
5.	Power, Love and Pizza 02:50	buy track
6.	Book of Love 02:57	buy track
7.	Lullaby 03:29	buy track
8.	Hurdy Gurdy Man 02:36	buy track
9.	Hangin' Around 02:24	buy track
10.	Voyeur in the Balcony 03:53	buy track
11.	Lego Down 02:12	buy track
12.	Customer 02:51	buy track
13.	Final Letter 03:05	buy track

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The Cat Heads are proud to present their previously unreleased 1st LP ‘Ruining Your Needle', recorded live and raw in 1986 at Lowdown Studios by Greg Freeman (Pell Mell, SF Seals, etc.). It’s an early snapshot of the band at their reckless and spontaneous best. Enjoy!

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released July 19, 2023

Recorded at Lowdown Studios, SF in 1986 by Greg Freeman, except . . .

*Golden Gate Park and *Hangin' Around, recorded 1985 on Tascam 8-Track in Eric Beckman's basement somewhere on Divisidero Street near Alamo Square.

The Cat Heads were:

Mark Zanandrea - guitar and vocals
Melanie (Clarin) DeGiovanni - drums and vocals
Sam Babbitt - guitar and background vocals
Alan Korn - bass and vocals

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The Cat Heads San Francisco, California

The San Francisco-based Cat Heads were formed by vocalist/guitarist Mark Zanandrea in 1985 and featured guitarist Sam Babbitt (Ophelias), bassist Alan Korn (X-Tal) and drummer Melanie Clarin (Donner Party)

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