''Blood Lust'' is an EP recorded from 1982 to 1983. This red 7" vinyl EP includes a 3-second intro followed by 10 songs with an average length of 58 seconds for a total play time of 10:41.
The
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band
Rosemary's Babies
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. In 1980 when the band formed, the town had an effective population of 24,000 where the local high school produced other musical talents such as Danzig and The Misfits.
In 2004, ''Blood Lust'' was re-mastered and re-released as
Talking to the Dead
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It features nine of the 10 tracks released in 1983 on the ''Blood Lust EP''.
Track listing
# "What I Hate" - 0.14
# "Talking to t ...
under the same band and label names. This second release extended the play time to 38 minutes with the addition twelve new songs plus five tracks recorded live at
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in
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. The only song not included here is 26 second ''Sanctioned Violence'', which was re-recorded with a run time of 2:29 and released on the album ''CAGED'' in 2008 when band front man and vocalist J.R. joined
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.
Track listing
# "unlisted intro" (dialogue from the
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# "Blood Lust" (C.A. Richie/
Eerie Von
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