FAT POSSUM RECORDS TO RELEASE REMASTERED X ALBUMS ‘LOS ANGELES’ (2/22) ‘WILD GIFT’ (3/22) ‘UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN’ (4/12) ‘MORE FUN IN THE NEW WORLD’ (4/12)
PRE-ORDER ALL FOUR ALBUMS ON VINYL AND RECEIVE A FREE 7″ OF THE BAND’S DEBUT RELEASE “ADULT BOOKS”/”WE’RE DESPERATE”
Fat Possum Records are happy to announce their continuing collaboration with the legendary X, and are reissuing four classic albums; ‘Los Angeles’ (1980), ‘Wild Gift’ (1981), ‘Under The Big Black Sun’ (1982), and ‘More Fun In The New World’ (1983).. Remastered at Chicago Mastering by Jason Ward, release dates are as follows:
- Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not
- Johnny Hit and Run Paulene
- Soul Kitchen
- Nausea
- Sugarlight
- Los Angeles
- Sex and Dying in High Society
- The Unheard Music
- The World’s a Mess, It’s In My Kiss
Wild Gift (March 22nd)Β – LINK
- The Once Over Twice
- We’re Desperate
- Adult Books
- Universal Corner
- I’m Coming Over
- It’s Who You Know
- In This House That I Call Home
- Some Other Time
- White Girl
- Beyond and Back
- Back 2 the Base
- When Our Love Passed Out On the Couch
- Year 1
Under the Big Black Sun (April 12th) – LINK
- The Hungry Wolf
- Motel Room In My Bed
- Riding With Mary
- Come Back To Me
- Under the Big Black Sun
- Because I Do
- Blue Spark
- Dancing with Tears In My Eyes
- Real Child of Hell
- How I (Learned My Lesson)
- The Have Nots
More Fun in the New World (April 12th) – LINK
- The New World
- We’re Having Much More Fun
- True Love
- Poor Girl
- Make the Music Go Bang
- Breathless
- I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
- Devil Doll
- Painting the Town Blue
- Hot House
- Drunk In My Past
- I See Red
- True Love Pt. #2
Formed in 1977,Β XΒ quickly established themselves as one of the best bands in the first wave of LA’s flourishing punk scene;Β becoming legendary leaders of a punk generation. Featuring vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist/bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom, and drummer DJ Bonebrake, their debut 45 was released on the seminal Dangerhouse label in 1978, followed by seven studio albums released from 1980-1993.Β Xβs first two studio albums,Β Los AngelesΒ andΒ Wild GiftΒ are ranked by Rolling Stone among the top 500 greatest albums of all time. Over the years, the band has released several critically acclaimed albums, topped the musical charts with regularity and performed their iconic hits on top television shows such as Letterman and American Bandstand. In 2017, the band celebrated their 40th anniversary in music with a Grammy Museum exhibit opening, a Proclamation from the City of Los Angeles and being honored at a Los Angeles Dodgers game, where Exene threw out the first pitch and John Doe sang the National Anthem. The band continues to tour with the original line-up.
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Background Photo Credit: Frank Gargani (1979)
