Brian Setzer - Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy (Red Vinyl)

Surfdog / Mascot Label Group

£15.11
~~£21.40~~

Format: 180gm red transparent vinyl
Catalogue No.: SD440221
UPC: 0810020503418
Release Date: 25th June 2021
Genre: Rock

Track Listing
Side A 1. Sixty Years / 2. Don't Trust A Woman (In A Black Cadillac) / 3. When The Bells Don't Chime / 4. That Someone Just Ain't You / 5. Rat Pack Boogie / 6. Drink Whiskey And Shut Up

Side B 1. Ring, Ring, Ring / 2. Smokin' 'N Burnin' / 3. Wild Wind / 4. St. Jude / 5. To Be Loved / 6. When The Bells Don't Chime (Banjo Mix) / 7. Luck Be A Lady (Single Version)

Surfdog Records and Brian Setzer have announced that for the first time, Setzer’s classic 2003 album Nitro Burnin’ Funny Daddy will be issued on vinyl. It will be released on limited edition 180 gram, red transparent vinyl on 25th June 2021.

Only Brian Setzer could cut an album with more lyrical honesty and musical diversity than anything he's ever done and then title it Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy. Not that the name is misleading; Nitro is in fact packed with explosive performances. There's more than enough volatile picking and singing to mark this as a highlight of a catalog already crowded with great albums he's delivered as leader of the history-making Stray Cats and on his own too.

But there's more: street-corner doo-wop, heartbreak balladry, a foot-stomp hoedown, several lyrics that will shock and stun longtime fans, and always, somewhere in the mix, the blues. Every track is distinctive, none sounds like any of the others, yet all of them are pure Setzer. And it's all compressed into a tight trio format -- Setzer and his big band colleagues, standup slap-bass powerhouse Johnny Hatton and rhythm dynamo Bernie Dresel on snare and cymbals -- whose sound evokes Les Paul, Junior Parker, and even Earl Scruggs as much as Louis Prima or Eddie Cochran.

Originally released in 2003, Nitro Burnin’ Funny Daddy was Brian Setzer’s eleventh solo album and when it was released he said it was the most personal record he had ever done. The album followed his big-band release Boogie Woogie Christmas from the previous year and saw him back to his rockabilly best, taking in doo-wop (“To Be Loved”), bluegrass (“When The Bells Don’t Chime”), rootsy-rock (“Don’t Trust A Woman (In A Black Cadillac)”) and going on a cinematic Wild-West romp (“Wild Wind”).

First-ever Vinyl Release of Nitro Burnin’ Funny Daddy
One of the most personal and hardest-rocking albums Setzer has ever done
Setzer’s guitar licks are as stinging as ever, recalling everything from his band Stray Cats to ZZ Top, Gene Pitney, George Thorogood, and Link Wray
Brian Setzer has a very loyal and engaged fan base with 302k+ FB / 28k+ Twitter / 71k+ IG followers