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. . (arranged mid to late '82)
I found out in mid '82 that Rhino was going to put together
a "Best of Louie Louie" album. We were shopping the
"red demo" (the bulk of this album) at the time, and
I was beginning to realize that a magic record deal was not necessarily
on the horizon, and that we still had not released anything new
since '79, with the sole exception of Bomp's "Fade to Black"
ep.
I was inspired to do to "Louie Louie" what I'd done
to "Be Bop a Lula" - i.e. turn it into a minor key,
gloomy, gothic mess. We recorded it right away, and played it
for Rhino's Harold Bronson, who was delighted. We were in.
To the inevitable question: "Well, why didn't Rhino
do a Last album?" I can only respond with: they knew
better.
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