WAYNE COUNTY ELECTRIC CHAIRS Things Your Mother Never Told You 1979 Canadian LP

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Canadian scarce vinyl pressing by Wayne County & The Electric Chairs, their 1979 album "Things Your Mother Never Told you" (Attic LAT 1071).


A REVIEW: Jayne/Wayne County's most audacious album is also, though it's not something said every day, among the most important albums of its age. Released in 1979 just as the new wave was teetering on the brink of some kind of bold step forward, Things Your Mother Never Told You was one of the sudden shoves which sent it sprawling into its destiny. Electro-punk starts here. Producer David Cunningham takes only a portion of the credit; in years to come he would lead the Flying Lizards into the realm of heavily stylized electronica and even scored a few hits for his pains. But County's songs match his ambitions all the way, from the harsh, grating soundscapes behind "C3"'s muttered imprecations to the soft-spoken paranoia of "Waiting for the Marines," and onto "Berlin," the song that put into words everything David Bowie (among others) tried to convey about that city via image and insinuation. It's not all electro-art smarts, of course. "Boy With the Stolen Face" and the pouting, punishing "Wonder Woman" are archetypal Electric Chairs -- a reminder of how, at the band's very best, they could run the Rolling Stones close in the swaggering rock & roller stakes -- and the murder mystery "Wall City Girl" could have fallen off a forgotten volume of Nuggets or Pebbles. The title track, meanwhile, doesn't simply seethe with all the promise -- sexual, social, and societal -- which made County the superstar (s)he so very nearly was, it also lets listeners know why no one has ever truly snatched that crown away. The history of rock is lousy with artists who've threatened to fill listeners in on all the things their mothers never told them. But County is the only one who actually came out and did it.

AMG BIO (of the early years):

Making his initial name as a prominent scenester during the heady days of the early-'70s New York punk club scene, Wayne County later gained additional renown as perhaps rock's most prominent transsexual performer, billing herself as Jayne County following her return to the U.S. from Berlin in 1980. Born Wayne Rogers in Dallas, GA (near Atlanta) in approximately 1947, Wayne County assumed his stage name for a production of the Jackie Curtis play Femme Fatale. County acted in several Andy Warhol-associated theater pieces and from there became the regular DJ at the legendary club Max's Kansas City. Starting in 1972, County performed (in drag) at the club as well, eventually writing and recording a celebratory theme song titled "Max's Kansas City" in 1976 with a backing group called the Back Street Boys. However, County found it difficult to find American labels interested in his trashy, campy, New York Dolls-influenced brand of rock & roll, so he relocated to London just as that city's punk movement was beginning to gather momentum. He found a home on the Safari label with a new band, the Electric Chairs, and issued his debut album -- also called The Electric Chairs -- in 1978. Further albums included Storm the Gates of Heaven and Things Your Mother Never Told You, both from 1979; afterwards, County retired to Berlin and emerged as Jayne County, returning to North America in 1980. A 1981 live album, Rock 'n' Roll Resurrection, was the first billed to Jayne County, and found her fronting a mostly new version of the Electric Chairs.

SONGS: 

A1  Wonder Woman  3:17
A2  Wall City Girl  3:32
A3  Boy With The Stolen Face  3:11
A4  Un-con-troll-able  3:13
A5  Things (Your Mother Never Told You)  6:17
B1  Berlin  4:37
B2  C.3.  3:38
B3  Midnight Pal  4:17
B4  Waiting For The Marines 3:53
B5  Think Straight  2:49

BAND:

    Backing Vocals – Patti Palladin
    Bass – Val Haller
    Drums – J.J. Johnson
    Engineer – Dave Hunt
    Guitar – Eliot Michaels, Henry Padovani
    Producer – David Cunningham
    Synthesizer – David Cunningham
    Vocals – Wayne County

CONDITION:  The cover is VG+ with a couple of hairline creases on the cover (no wear otherwise) record has light needle wear in a few spots.

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