Playin' Possum

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Released 1982 Artist Moe Tucker Producer Moe Tucker		Length 39:58 Release date 1982 Label Rough Trade Records

Recorded Trash Records, Phoenix, Arizona Playin' Possum(1982) Life in Exile After Abdication(1989) Genres Rock music, Post-punk, Alternative rock, Indie pop Similar Moe Tucker albums, Rock music albums

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Playin' Possum is the 1982 debut solo album by Moe Tucker, who was the drummer in the Velvet Underground. The album includes a number of renditions of classic rock and roll songs, (such as the 1955 standard "Louie Louie", Bo Diddley's title song from his 1958 self-titled album and the Little Richard hit "Slippin' and Slidin'"), as well as renditions of more modern rock songs (including Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and The Velvet Underground's own "Heroin"). Tucker performs every instrument on the album and recorded it in her living room, dubbed "Trash Records".

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Track listing

Side 1

"Bo Diddley" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:56
"Heroin" (Lou Reed) – 8:49
"Slippin' and Slidin'" (Richard Penniman, Edwin Bocage, Al Collins, James Smith) – 3:18
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (Bob Dylan) – 3:18

Side 2

"Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) – 2:42
"Slippin' and Slidin'" (Penniman, Bocage, Collins, Smith) – 4:30
"Concerto in D Major" (Antonio Vivaldi) – 3:47
"Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 3:42
"Ellas" (Moe Tucker) – 6:01

Personnel

Moe Tucker – vocals, drums, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, alto saxophone, synthesizer, tambourine, claves, harmonica, bass, gato drums

Release history

Trash TLP 1001 (Original vinyl LP release)

M.T.-1441 (white jacket German reissue)

Songs

Bo Diddley
Heroin
Slippin' and Slidin'

References

Playin' Possum Wikipedia

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