Rips the Covers Off
Rips the Covers Off is a compilation from L.A. Guns, released on 27 April 2004 through Irond. Some copies carry the title Rips Off the Covers. It is credited to the Phil Lewis version of the band and is the first L.A. Guns record to feature guitarist Stacey Blades.
The first eleven tracks are studio covers recorded with Blades, and Andy Johns produced them. The last two are live versions of "Revolution" and "Don't Look at Me That Way", played with guitarists Keri Kelli and Brent Muscat and mixed by the band's live sound engineer, Jay Frederic, during one of their tours. Covers were not new territory for the band, since a different line-up had already tackled Led Zeppelin's "Custard Pie" on Hollywood Rehearsal. For glam metal fans, this is a look at how the group handled other people's songs in the years before Tales From the Strip arrived in 2005.
Rips the Covers Off: tracklist and credits
13 tracks · 50:14Tracklist
- 1Rock and Roll OutlawAnderson, Cocks, Leach, Royall, Wells3:24
- 2Nobody's FaultSteven Tyler and Brad Whitford4:22
- 3Custard PieJimmy Page and Robert Plant3:09
- 4Until I Get YouAndy McCoy4:51
- 5Wheels of SteelByford, Dawson, Gill, Oliver, Quinn4:50
- 6I Just Wanna Make Love to YouWillie Dixon2:48
- 7Moonage DaydreamDavid Bowie3:53
- 8Marseilles4:47
- 9Tie Your Mother DownBrian May3:45
- 10Hurdy Gurdy ManDonovan3:22
- 11Search and DestroyIggy Pop and James Williamson3:18
- 12Revolution (live)3:39
- 13Don't Look at Me That Way (live)4:06
- Produced by
- Andy Johns
- Label
- Irond
- Length
- 50:14
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 27 April 2004 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 27 April 2004 | |
| Wikidata | 27 April 2004 | |
| US release | 27 April 2004 | earliest US date |
2 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | RU | Irond | other | |
| 27 April 2004 | US | — | original |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · cropped: cropped from 1877x1880 to 1877x1877
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1877×1880 | cropped: cropped from 1877x1880 to 1877x1877 |