Previously unissued Morells music surfaces on new CD compilation

Sound Asleep's new 22-track Morells CD "You're Gonna Hurt Yourself" includes 16 unreleased songs cut in 1984 along with D. Clinton Thompson's singles sides.

Here's the scoop...

Springfield, Missouri's legendary Morells released their classic debut LP "Shake And Push" in 1982. The same year and in 1984 they recorded new tracks that could´ve been a follow up to that record. For some reason they remained unreleased, and when Lou Whitney passed away in 2014 Eric Shuchmann took over Lou´s studio and found the tapes. Now, they have been transferred and remixed by Eric and made ready for release. As a bonus you get six tracks from D. Clinton Thompson's solo singles for the first time available on CD. 

The Morells' "You're Gonna Hurt Yourself" was released by the Swedish label Sound Asleep Records run by Jerker Emanuelson and current celebrating 30 years in business. Better get a copy quick, it won't be around long. 

Check out the track listing followed by The Morells' video for "Red's" along with some footage from a 1982 show outside the Chicago Tribune, 1983 show at the Blue Note in Columbia, MO and D. Clinton Thompson's single B-side "I Feel Good" which could've easily been an A-side for other artists. 

 

The Morells - You're Gonna Hurt Yourself

1 The Morells – Laid Off

2 The Morells – Got It Made In The Shade

3 The Morells – Treat Her Right

4 The Morells – War Paint

5 The Morells – You´re Gonna Hurt Yourself

6 The Morells – Peanut Butter

7 The Morells – Dear Dad

8 The Morells – Lonesome Joe

9 The Morells – Surfin´ Hotenanny

10 The Morells – Parkview Blues

11 The Morells – Clean It Up

12 The Morells – Thirty Days In The Workhouse

13 The Morells – I´m Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)

14 The Morells – M-M-Motor Vehicle

15 The Morells – Waitin´ For A Slow Dance

16 The Morells – (Hey) It Must Be Love

17 D. Clinton Thompson – I Feel Good

18 D. Clinton Thompson – Talk To Me Baby

19 D. Clinton Thompson – Driving Guitars

20 D. Clinton Thompson – Sleep Walk

21 D. Clinton Thompson – Imagination

22 D. Clinton Thompson – Won´t Be Your Fool No More

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"If you can only have one electric guitar, better make it a Telecaster. Because you can make a Tele sound like a Gibson, but you can't make a Gibson sound like a Tele. And, you can fight your way out of a bar with one." – Lou Whitney





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