SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS - BECAUSE IS IN YOUR MIND VINYL VOCAL coming on like a punk-metal

coming on like a punk-metal Mick Ronson by pealing off large chunks of dense power riffing when other guitarists were still going plink-plonk

rock'n'roll and surf songs compiled by El Vidocq

The Armada was originally released in 1975

1987 Australian LP w/ inner lyric sleeve

SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS - BECAUSE IS IN YOUR MIND VINYL VOCAL coming on like a punk-metalJalacy J. Hawkins, better known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins, was born on July 18, 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio. As a young man, he played piano, boxed in local championships and learned opera at the Ohio Conservatory of Music. Although initially pursuing opera after returning from serving in World War II, Hawkins eventually sharpened his focus on the darker side of R&B and jazz, using macabre stage props, absolute wildman persona and expert voice imitating