Copy Cats (album)
Copy Cats is a 1988 album by Johnny Thunders and Patti Palladin. It is a set of rock and roll oldies, originally recorded from 1954 to 1969. It was named after being a set of cover versions and as the title of a Gary U.S. Bonds song, "Copycat", which was recorded for the album but not released.
| Copy Cats | ||||
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| Studio album by Johnny Thunders and Patti Palladin | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | May–December 1987, Falconer Studios, London; track 6 1984, Olympic Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, garage rock | |||
| Label | Jungle Records | |||
| Producer | Patti Palladin | |||
| Johnny Thunders and Patti Palladin chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
The tracks were called "scenes"
Side one – "Act one"
- "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" (Sky Saxon) original version by The Seeds, 1965
- "Baby It's You" (Mack David, Barney Williams, Burt Bacharach) original version by The Shirelles, 1961
- "She Wants To Mambo" (Maxwell Davis, Gene Ford) original version by The Chanters, 1954
- "Treat Her Right" (Roy Head) original version by Roy Head and the Traits, 1965
- "Uptown To Harlem" (Betty Mabry) original version by The Chambers Brothers, 1967
- "Crawfish" (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) original version by Kitty White and Elvis Presley from the film King Creole, 1958
Side two – "Act two"
- "Alligator Wine" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) original version by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 1958
- "Two Time Loser" (Alden Bunn, Anna Sandford) original version by Tarheel Slim and Little Ann, 1963
- "Love Is Strange" (Ethel Cookie Smith, Mac Houston Baker) original version by Mickey & Sylvia, 1956
- "I Was Born To Cry" (Dion DiMucci) original version by Dion, 1962
- "He Cried" (Greg Richards, Ted Daryll) original version as "She Cried" by Jay and the Americans, 1962
- "Let Me Entertain You (Parts 1 and 2)" (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim) original version from the musical Gypsy, 1959
Personnel
- Johnny Thunders – guitar, vocals
- Patti Palladin – vocals
- John Perry – guitar, synth strings
- Robbie A. Gordon – guitar
- Jimi Haynes – guitar
- Henri Padovani – guitar
- Billy Rath – bass
- Jerry Nolan – drums
- Steve Washington – drums
- Chris Taylor – bass, drums
- Barry Andrews – organ, piano
- Pedro Ortiz – tambourines, maracas, percussion
- Jim Dvorak – trumpet
- Nick Evans – tambourine
- John "Irish" Earle – saxophones
- Alex Bǎlǎnescu – violins
- Maribel La Manchega – castanets
- Chrissie Hynde – backing vocals
- Jayne County – backing vocals
- Blair Booth – backing vocals
- Simon Humphries – backing vocals
- Paul Long – backing vocals
- Judd Lander – harmonica
- Anthony Thistlethwaite – harmonica
- Technical
- Keith Hancock, Ken Thomas (on scene 6) – engineer
- Leee Black Childers – cover photography
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