Disc 1
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Georgia Women - R.L. Burnside ~ Various Artists |  |
| 2. Length Of Pipe - Billy Childish/Dan Melchior ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Hot Dog - South Filthy ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. Dark Haired Girl - Chris Wilson ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Shakey Puddin' - Soledad Brothers ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Rock 'N' Roll Nurse - The Compulsive Gamblers/Jack Yarber ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Sun Sinking Low - Mr. Airplane Man ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. Lightning Bar Blues - Junkyard Dogs ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. You Ain't Never Gonna Live - T. Tex Edwards ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. Hoopin' And Hollerin' - Elmore Williams ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. Blackish Man - Speedball Baby ~ Various Artists | |
| 12. Three Shiny Nails - Mark Spitz Freestyle ~ Various Artists | |
| 13. As Long - Reigning Sound ~ Various Artists | |
| 14. Needless - Kirby Grips ~ Various Artists | |
| 15. Kitchen Girl - Earl Lee Grace ~ Various Artists | |
| 16. Man And A Woman - The Cool Jerks ~ Various Artists | |
| 17. Preaching The Blues - Gun Club ~ Various Artists | |
| 18. Love Undone - Deadly Snakes ~ Various Artists | |
| 19. I'm Too Old For You - Jack Oblivian ~ Various Artists | |
| 20. Anyway You Like It - Holly Golightly ~ Various Artists | |
| 21. Black Girl - The Blackhands ~ Various Artists | |
| 22. You're Gonna Find Your Mistake - Junior Kimbrough ~ Various Artists | |
| 23. Otto Wood - Monsieur Jeffrey Evans ~ Various Artists | |
| 24. Keep On Snatchin' It Back - CeDell Davis ~ Various Artists | |
| 25. Watching My Baby Get Ready - Greg Oblivian/The Tip Tops ~ Various Artists | | Disc 2
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Intrl/Kiss And Kill - Je & Ill ~ Various Artists | |
| 2. Hangdog Blues - Oddball's Band ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Best Liquor Store - Interstate Leisure Kings ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. Harpoon Man - Big Foot Chester ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Morning Gown - T-Model Ford ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Daddy Log's - Bob Log III ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Bank, Gun, Jail - Tearjerkers ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. Take Me Dancin' - The Darlins ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. Harry's Flat - Wreckless Eric ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. Two Thieves - Compulsive Gamblers/Greg Cartwright ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. I'll Follow Her Down - Holly Golightly/Dan Melchior ~ Various Artists | |
| 12. Goodbye Johnny - Jeffrey Lee Pierce ~ Various Artists | |
| 13. Memphis Chicken - Gibson Bros ~ Various Artists | |
| 14. Old Slew Foot - Revelators/Walter Daniels ~ Various Artists | |
| 15. Fun Mob - Panther Burns ~ Various Artists | |
| 16. She's A Dog - Geraldine Fibbers ~ Various Artists | |
| 17. Shooting Stars - Lisa Marr Experiment ~ Various Artists | |
| 18. Liza Jane - Robert Cage ~ Various Artists | |
| 19. '68 - '68 Comeback ~ Various Artists | |
| 20. Our Good Man - Workdogs ~ Various Artists | |
| 21. Alabama - Frank Roach ~ Various Artists | |
| 22. Laughing To Keep From Crying - Dan Melchior's Broke Review ~ Various Artists | |
| 23. Burying Ground - Pearlene ~ Various Artists | |
| 24. Leave Me On The Moon - Beck ~ Various Artists | |
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Performers include: The Geraldine Fibbers, The Junkyard Dogs(aka The Supersuckers), Panther Burns, Billy Childish, 68 Comeback, Bigfoot Chester, Oblivians, Compulsive Gamblers, Southern Culture On The Skids, Workdogs, Gibson Brothers, The Tearjerkers, Holly Golightly, The Royal Pendletons, T-Model Ford, Junior Kimbrough, Reining Sound, The Gun Club, Mr. Airplane Man. | | Includes cover art by the Clayton Brothers. | | Root Damage is a two-disc, 49-track look at Sympathy for the Record Industry's blues output between 1989 and 2003. The label has long been a proud bastion of loud, raucous sounds from the garage and anywhere else music is played with abandon. Their approach to the blues over the years has been similar, and the fruits of their efforts make for a filthy listening experience. The artists they have recorded range from the authentic Southern sounds of R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and CeDell Davis to the classic punk-blues of the Gun Club, '68 Comeback, and Panther Burns to the Childish British blues of Holly Golightly, Dan Melchior, and the man himself, Billy Childish, to the country blues of the Reigning Sound, Mark Spitz Freestyle, and Monsieur Jeffrey Evans to the modern supercharged punk-blues of the Soledad Brothers, Mr. Airplane Man, and Pearlene. The highlights of the set are quite plentiful, but the best of them are former Flamin' Groovie Chris Wilson's drunken acoustic "Dark Haired Girl," the Kirby Grips' country blues at the junior prom-sounding "Needless," the Deadly Snakes' yowling "Love Undone," Wreckless Eric's boozy "Harry's Flat," the Gibson Brothers' manic "Memphis Chicken," and an early lo-fi track from Beck, "Leave Me on the Moon." The disc flows as easily as the cheap beer in the kind of rundown dive you can picture most of these bands playing in. Add to the great music some illuminating liner notes by label boss Long Gone John and you end up with a package well worth the effort of tracking down by anyone with even a faint interest in indie punk-blues, as well as anyone who digs the winners of the punk-blues sweepstakes, the White Stripes. ~ Tim Sendra |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 05/12/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 713 | | Label : Sympathy For The Record Industry | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00790276071322 |
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