''Here to Stay'' compiles all five

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7"s from 1976–1981 (plus one previously unreleased song—"Kids"). It was released by the German label Line Records with a catalog number of LLP 5170. It includes

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s of songs originally recorded by Perry Como (by way of the

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(and

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—the Slickees combined the two versions),

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, the Yardbirds, the Hangmen,

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, as well as the theme from the film '' Exodus''. According to the liner notes for ''Mersey, Mersey Me'',

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had dropped the song "Girls Want to Be With the Girls" from their repertoire but re-visited it after hearing the Slickees' version, which beat the Talking Heads version to vinyl by months. Some of these songs were later re-recorded for their 1985 album,

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(including "Kids", re-titled "When We Were Kids").

Track listing

# " Glendora" – 2:42 (Ray Stanley) #* Originally recorded by Perry Como, 1956; also recorded by the

, 1966 # "Golden Love" – 3:47 (Kim Kane) # "Forbidden Alliance" – 2:30 (Mark Noone, Marshall Keith) # "Put a Bullet Thru the Jukebox" – 2:15 (Kane, Jim Testa) # " Let's Live for Today" – 2:45 (Giulio Rapetti, Norman David Shapiro, Ivan Mogull, Michael Julien) #* Originally recorded by the Rokes (as "Piangi Con Me"), 1966; also recorded by

, 1967 # "Girls Want to Be With the Girls" – 2:37 ( David Byrne) #* Originally recorded by

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, 1978 # "Heart On" – 3:23 (Howard Wuelfing) # "Here to Stay" – 4:15 (Noone) # "Porcelain Butter Kitten" – 2:35 (Kane) # "

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" – 2:03 (

) #* Originally recorded by Vince Taylor and His Playboys, 1959 # " Psycho Daisies" – 2:09 ( Jeff Beck,

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, Jimmy Page,

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) #* Originally recorded by the Yardbirds, 1966 # "Manganese Android Puppies" – 2:10 (Kane) # "What a Boy Can't Do" – 2:32 (Tom Guernsey) #* Originally recorded by the Hangmen (as "What a Girl Can't Do"), 1966 # "Theme from Exodus" – 1:53 ( Ernest Gold; arrangement: Keith) #* Originally in the film '' Exodus'', 1960 # "Gotta Tell Me Why" – 4:09 (Noone) # "The Brain That Refused to Die" – 3:15 (Kane, Emery Olexa, Noone, Dan Palenski, Keith) # "(Are You Gonna Be There at The) Love-In" – 6:15 (Ethon McElroy, Donald Bennett) #* Originally recorded by

, 1967 # "Kids" – 3:13 (Kane, Olexa, Noone, Palenski, Keith)

Personnel

The band

*Kim Kane — Rhythm and lead guitar, vocals, Wanktone lead, bracelet, strangled parrot *Emery Olexa — Bass *Mark Noone — Lead vocals, tambourine *Dan Palenski — Drums, maracas, conga, back-up vocals *Marshall Keith — Lead and rhythm guitar, Farfisa organ, back-up vocals except: *Martha Hull — Lead vocals ("Brand New Cadillac", "Psycho Daisies", "Manganese Android Puppies", "What a Boy Can't Do", "Put a Bullet thru the Jukebox", "Let's Live for Today", "Girls Want to Be With the Girls", "Heart On") *Andy von Brand — Bass ("Brand New Cadillac", "Manganese Android Puppies", "What a Boy Can't Do", "Theme from 'Exodus'") *Chris Rounds — Drums ("Brand New Cadillac", "Psycho Daisies", "Manganese Android Puppies", "What a Boy Can't Do", "Theme from 'Exodus'") *Thomas Kane — Bass ("Psycho Daisies") *Howard Wuelfing — Bass, vocals ("Put a Bullet thru the Jukebox", "Let's Live for Today", "Girls Want to Be With the Girls", "Heart On")

Guest musicians

*Andy Charneco — Kalimba *

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— Back-up vocals ("Let's Live for Today")

Production

*Taka Chance — Producer ("(Are You Gonna Be There at The) Love-In") *Peter D'Antonio — Engineer ("Brand New Cadillac", "Psycho Daisies", "Manganese Android Puppies", "What a Boy Can't Do", "Theme from 'Exodus'") *Mark Greenhouse — Engineer ("The Brain That Refused to Die", "Here to Stay", "Porcelain Butter Kitten") *Skip Groff — Producer ("Gotta Tell Me Why", "Forbidden Alliance", "Golden Love", "Glendora") *Steven Lorber — Producer ("Brand New Cadillac", "Psycho Daisies", "Manganese Android Puppies", "What a Boy Can't Do", "Theme from 'Exodus'") *Ted Nicely — Assistant Producer ("Gotta Tell Me Why", "Forbidden Alliance", "Golden Love", "Glendora",Producer "The Brain That Refused to Die", "Here to Stay", "Porcelain Butter Kitten") *Jerry Ressler — Engineer ("Brand New Cadillac", "Psycho Daisies", "Manganese Android Puppies", "What a Boy Can't Do", "Theme from 'Exodus'")

Additional credits

*Recorded at Underground Sound, Largo,

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, June 1976 ("Brand New Cadillac", "Psycho Daisies", "Manganese Android Puppies", "What a Boy Can't Do", "Theme from 'Exodus'") * Recorded at Zientara 'B' Studio, March—April 1978 ("Put a Bullet thru the Jukebox", "Let's Live for Today", "Girls Want to Be With the Girls", "Heart On") *Recorded at Zientara 'B' Studio, June 23, 1979 ("Gotta Tell Me Why", "Forbidden Alliance", "Golden Love", "Glendora") *Recorded live at the Psychedelly, Bethesda,

, February 16, 1980 ("(Are You Gonna Be There at The) Love-In") *Recorded at Track Studios, Silver Spring,

, April 1980 ("The Brain That Refused to Die") *Recorded at Track Studios ("Here to Stay", "Porcelain Butter Kitten") *Kim Kane — cover art *David Bracken — cover art

Errata

*The song "Forbidden Alliance" is incorrectly listed as "Forbidden Love"

Alternate versions

*Line released a white vinyl LP in 1987 (LILP 4.00081) and a CD in 1988 (LICD 9.00081).

Sources

*LP and CD liner notes *''Hot and Cool'' EP liner notes *''Mersey, Mersey Me'' EP liner notes *''3rd EP'' liner notes *"The Brain That Refused to Die" 7" single liner notes *"Here to Stay" 7" single liner notes
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*Library of Congress Catalog Record: {{The Slickee Boys The Slickee Boys albums 1982 compilation albums