Screamin' Jay Hawkins - At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins -180g Vinyl LP

2022 reissue

Screamin' Jay Hawkins' most famous “I Put A Spell On You” was supposed to be a blues ballad. But when he and his musicians got drunk in the studio, they churned out one of the most gut-wrenching, utterly visceral songs in the history of pop. He groaned, moaned, spluttered and spat his way through the recording, giving it a haunting feel and ensuring a ban on many radio stations.

But it became a hit, which gave him license to record more of his slightly oddball operatic music, resulting in his first album At Home With Screamin' Jay Hawkins in 1958. Featuring dancefloor sure shots such as “Hong Kong”, the stomper “Yellow Coat”, “Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle” and of course “I Put A Spell On You”, it goes without saying that this record is a killer.

180 gram audiophile vinyl
The 1958 debut album from the pioneer of shock rock
Including his rock 'n roll cult classic “I Put A Spell On You”, which was in later years covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Nina Simone, Bryan Ferry, Joe Cocker, Nick Cave, Marilyn Manson, Joss Stone, Annie Lennox a.o.
First time on coloured vinyl
Limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on solid red coloured vinyl