Posts Subscribe to Digital Meltd0wnComments


Welcome

W
elcome to the Digital Meltd0wn Music Blog. The aim of this blog is to introduce the readers to music that is out of print, commercially unavailable, released under a creative commons license, or with approval by the featured artist. The majority of the music posted here would be considered underground. Don't let that fool you into thinking that the music featured here might be any less enjoyable than that of the mainstream artists you hear on the radio, as this couldn't be further from the truth. Please keep in mind that the majority of the artists that appear on this blog, along with their respective record labels, are not wealthy and need your support. If you enjoy the material that you find here, please support the artists/labels by purchasing their material afterwards. If you are an artist/label that would prefer to have your material removed from this blog, simply leave me a comment, and I would be more than happy to promptly remove the offending post. In addition to running this blog, I also work on a few other projects during my spare time. You can find links to those, as well as a few other important links associated with Digital Meltd0wn in the menu bar above.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

The Misfits - Black Christmas & The Perfect Crime 7"


Personally, since I was about about 13 years old, no Halloween has been complete without rockin' out to The Misfits. As anyone who is a fan knows, though, most bootleg live shows from the early years are less than perfect. They usually feature the worst sound quality possible and sometimes even worse performances complete with out of tune guitars and sparse lyrics (due to Danzig concentrating on the show rather than the song). That's why I've selected these two "releases" to share for the Great Halloween Countdown here on Digital Meltd0wn.

The first is called "Black Christmas" and was recorded somewhere in New Jersey, probably around the time that "Walk Among Us" was set to come out. Surprisingly, the band is pretty tight here even there there are moments where the guitars get out of tune. Sound quality is decent and the show is fucking amazing! Also, you can't beat the onstage banter including, incidentally, such quotes as "Fucking guitars...they don't make 'em like they used to". The set list of 13 songs includes a few from "Walk Among Us" but is mostly dominated by earlier tunes that somehow keep their melodies amongst the chaos of the show. The version of "Teenagers From Mars" even features a vindictive lyric change in order to diss Bobby Steele, who had recently left the band as the guitarist to be replaced by Doyle. After subjecting myself to years of these live boots, this one stands out as one of the best from that era and I it's suitable for all your Halloween mischief needs.

Tracks:
1. Halloween
2. 20 Eyes
3. I Turned Into A Martian
4. Horror Business
5. Vampira
6. Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight?
7. London Dungeon
8. Attitude
9. Teenagers From Mars
10. Night Of The Living Dead
11. All Hell Breaks Loose
12. Hatebreeders
13. Bullet

Download "Black Christmas"

The second jewel of Misfits bootleg-land here is, quite possibly, the best one I've come across. "The Perfect Crime" is a three song 7-inch recorded live in 1979 and, I believe, features the aforementioned Bobby Steele on guitar. Sound quality is a little less great than "Black Christmas" but the band is much tighter and the songs retain the feel of the official recordings even better.

Tracks:
1. Horror Business
2. Teenagers From Mars
3. Children In Heat

Download "The Perfect Crime"
Posted by Psyche Zenobia

2 comments:

The Hamzinger said...

OUTSTANDING shares - thanks!

8:59 AM
Anonymous said...

Thanks for the Blackristmas album, but it seems like this is only half of the setlist. Any chance of upping the other half?

4:11 PM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)