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, featuring their original 1980 EP and live recordings from 1979. Originally released in 1991 by

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, it was reissued in 2005 by

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Track listing

All songs written by Wall of Voodoo except where noted. #"Longarm" – 3:45 #"The Passenger" – 4:06 #"Can't Make Love" – 3:46 #"Struggle" – 2:14 #"

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) – 5:02 #"Granma's House" – 1:21 #"End of an Era" (live) – 4:00 #"Tomorrow" (live) – 2:44 #"Animal Day" (live) (

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) – 2:45 #"Longarm" (live) – 3:17 #"Invisible Man" (live) – 2:11 #"Red Light" (live) – 3:26 #"

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) – 2:56 #"Back in Flesh" (live) – 3:39 #"Call Box" (live) – 2:59 #"The Passenger" (live) – 4:02 Notes: * Tracks 1–6 recorded at Wilder Brothers Recording Services, West Los Angeles. * Tracks 7–16 recorded November 22, 1979 at the Barn,

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. All previously unreleased, except for track 13, issued as the B-side of "Ring of Fire" in 1982 under the title "The Morricone Themes". * Tracks 7 and 11 do not appear on any other Wall of Voodoo release.

Personnel

* Stanard Ridgway – vocals, organ *

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– guitar *Chas Gray – synthesizer *

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– bass, piano *

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– percussion Technical *Phillip Culp – co-producer, art direction and design *Wall of Voodoo – co-producers, cover concept *Jim Hill – engineer, digital remastering *Scott Lindgren – photography *Steve Hill – digital remastering

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Index Masters, The 1991 compilation albums Wall of Voodoo albums