Gemma Ray - It's a Shame About Gemma Ray - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Recorded at NY He'd Studios (New York) with Matt Verta-Ray of Jon Spencer's Heavy Trash, InchIt's a Shame About Gemma RayInch offers a collection of cover versions dragged from Gemma's memory. Gemma Ray is the best thing to come out of Essex since Billy Bragg! The album features Gemma's versions of songs from Gun Club, the Cookies, Ella Fitzgerald, Obits, Mudhoney, Etta James, Gallon Drunk, Buddy Holly, Gershwin, Alex Harvey, Lee Hazelwood and more. It also includes the lyrics of Sonic Youth's InchDrunken Butterfly? performed to the music of Rosemary's Baby and a version of InchBei Mir Bist DuShein? (a Yiddish classic whose German interpretation was Nazi-endorsed until they realized where it came from!). Album Tracks 1. Put the Bolt in the Door 2. I'd Rather Be Your Enemy 3. I'd Rather Go Blind 4. Looking the World Over 5. Big Spender 6. Ghost on the Highway 7. Just Because 8. Everyday 9. Touch Me, I'm Sick 10. 10. Sud 11. 11. Swampsnake 12. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen 13. Only to Other People 14. Rosemary's Baby Vs Drunken Butterfly 15. Lock My Heart 16. I've Got a Crush on You