First Blood... Last Cuts
First Blood... Last Cuts is W.A.S.P.'s first compilation, released on 25 October 1993 through Capitol Records. It gathers material from the band's years with the label, and it arrived as a contractual obligation after Blackie Lawless and the band left Capitol/EMI. Lawless said the label had reached the point where it would no longer support this kind of music.
The reasons to seek it out are the extras. "Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)", which had only appeared as a 1984 single, finally landed on an album here. There are also two new songs: "Rock and Roll to Death", which was later reissued on 1995's Still Not Black Enough, and "Sunset and Babylon", which has never appeared anywhere but this CD. Some of the other tracks were remixed for the release. It closes the band's Capitol chapter, following The Crimson Idol of 1992.
First Blood... Last Cuts: tracklist, credits and charts
16 tracks · 1:14:48Tracklist
- 1Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)Blackie Lawless3:06
- 2L.O.V.E. Machine (remix)Blackie Lawless3:53
- 3I Wanna Be Somebody (remix)Blackie Lawless and Steven Duren3:36
- 4On Your KneesBlackie Lawless3:48
- 5Blind in Texas (remix)Blackie Lawless4:22
- 6Wild Child (remix)Chris Holmes and Blackie Lawless5:09
- 7I Don't Need No Doctor (remix)Armstead, Ashford, Simpson3:28
- 8The Real MePete Townshend3:20
- 9The Headless ChildrenBlackie Lawless5:48
- 10Mean ManBlackie Lawless4:52
- 11Forever FreeBlackie Lawless5:10
- 12Chainsaw CharlieBlackie Lawless7:50
- 13The IdolBlackie Lawless8:41
- 14Sunset and BabylonBlackie Lawless3:34
- 15Hold on to My HeartBlackie Lawless4:24
- 16Rock and Roll to DeathBlackie Lawless3:46
- Produced by
- Mike Varney, Blackie Lawless
- Mixed by
- Duane Baron, Mikey Davis
- Engineered by
- Duane Baron, Alex Woltman, Mikey Davis
- Recorded
- 1983–1993
- Labels
- Capitol Records, Capitol
- Length
- 1:14:48
Line-up
- Chris Holmes · guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar · guest
- Blackie Lawless · bass guitar, lead vocals · guest
- Randy Piper · guitar, background vocals · guest
- Tony Richards · drums (drum set), background vocals · guest
- Frankie Banali · drums (drum set) · guest
- Johnny Rod · bass guitar · guest
Singles
- “Sunset and Babylon” · October 1993
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1993 | 69 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date musicbrainz only
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 25 October 1993 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | October 1993 | |
| Wikidata | 1993 | |
| US release | 1993 | earliest US date |
3 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | US | Capitol Records | 077778051725 | other |
| 25 October 1993 | JP | EMI | 4988006691353 | original |
| 5 July 2019 | XE | Madfish | 636551815727 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 953×953 | upscaled |