Free The West Memphis 3-Benefi (2000) ( )

Product Summary Label: Koch Records UPC: 00099923815020 Release Date: 10/10/2000 Buy.com Sku: 60436323 Item#: MVFLP2 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Truth, The - Steve Earle ~ Various Artists 2. Wrong And Important - Rocket From The Crypt ~ Various Artists 3. Boys In Black - L7 ~ Various Artists 4. Heavy Heart - Supersuckers ~ Various Artists 5. Harder They Come, The - Joe Strummer/Long Beach Dub All-Stars ~ Various Artists 6. Rains On Me - Tom Waits ~ Various Artists 7. Poor Girl - Supersuckers/Eddie Vedder ~ Various Artists 8. Indicted - Tony Scalzo ~ Various Artists 9. Wrath Child - Zeke ~ Various Artists 10. Fucking Hostile - Kelley Deal ~ Various Artists 11. Hwy. 5 - The John Doe Thing ~ Various Artists 12. Untitled Lullaby - Mark Lanegan ~ Various Artists 13. She - Murder City Devils ~ Various Artists 14. Highway To Hell - Nashville Pussy ~ Various Artists 15. Our Last Goodbye - Killing Joke ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Jello Biafra (spoken vocals). Audio Mixers: Dave Fisher; Mark Neill; Randall Hage Jamail; Tom Herbers; Twangtrust; Bill Kennedy. Liner Note Author: Burk Sauls. Recording information: Studio Litho, Seattle WA; Third Ear, Minneapolis, MN. Photographer: Grove Pashley. A fine collection of mainly punk rock covers, with some extra variety sprinkled in. The album is a benefit for, as you might expect, the West Memphis Three. These are three guys incarcerated in the late '90s, either with life sentences or on death row. The details of their conviction are quite problematic, as both the liner notes and Jello Biafra spell out at the end of "Wrong and Important." The Killing Joke contribution adds some more information on capital punishment during their song. Tom Waits growls out a tune with his trusty spronky guitar, which is a highlight among the other interesting tracks. Most of the tracks are on the subject of capital punishment, but some of the cover choices (see Zeke's version of "Wrathchild" by Iron Maiden) seem to be positive support for the prisoners coming in a singular form. ~ Jeremy Salmon Producer: Gerald Collier; Kurt Bloch; L7; Randall Hage Jamail; Supersuckers; Twangtrust; Bill Kennedy; Billy Zoom; Brian Haught Engineer: Dave Fisher; Randall Hage Jamail; Tom Herbers   Technical Info Release Date : 10/10/2000 Original Release Date : 2000 Catalog ID : 8150 Label : Koch Records (USA) Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00099923815020    Product Image