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notes that "While their earlier tunes tended to emphasize a sound very reminiscent of the New Orleans funk essentialists The Meters, their latest batch of original numbers (only one cover, an odd, obscure

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Track listing

:''All compositions by The Crown Royals except as indicated'' # "Shake It" – 3:43 # "All Night Burner" – 3:49 # "Look, New Shoes" – 6:34 # "Six Pack" – 2:55 # "South Sea" – 4:16 # "Dogget's Bone" – 3:00 # "Boss Nova" – 3:37 # "In The Middle" (B. Hobgood, A. Ellis) – 5:41 # "Boomerang" – 3:21 # "Hangin' Thang" – 4:30

Personnel

*Jeff BBQ –

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References

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