Let's Start a Beat – Live from Cavestomp
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| Let's Start a Beat - Live from Cavestomp | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | October 31, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | November 5, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Protopunk, garage rock | |||
| Label | Cavestomp | |||
| The Monks chronology | ||||
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
Let's Start a Beat – Live from Cavestomp is a live album released by The Monks. It was recorded in 1999, 33 years after their only album Black Monk Time was released, and at their first-ever gig on home turf. Cavestomp was an annual event in New York City that reunited mid-sixties bands for a weekend of live music. Released in 2000 on Cavestomp Records. It was reissued in 2001 by Munster Records.
Track listing
[edit]- All songs written by Burger/Clark/Shaw/Day/Johnston
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Monk Time" | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Oh How to Do Now" | 4:22 |
| 3. | "We Do Wie Du" | 2:55 |
| 4. | "Boys Are Boys**" | 1:42 |
| 5. | "Pretty Suzanne" | 4:57 |
| 6. | "Hushie Pushie" | 2:40 |
| 7. | "Cuckoo*" | 3:23 |
| 8. | "Complication" | 2:59 |
| 9. | "That's My Girl" | 4:06 |
| 10. | "Shut Up" | 3:40 |
| 11. | "I Can't Get Over You*" | 2:34 |
| 12. | "Higgle-Dy Piggle-Dy***" | 3:16 |
| 13. | "Blast Off!" | 3:27 |
| 14. | "I Hate You" | 5:57 |
| 15. | "Monk Jam" | 5:58 |
| 16. | "An Inspirational Message" | 1:44 |
Enhanced CD content
[edit]- Live performance video of "Complication", "Cuckoo" and "Shut Up"
- Trailer for Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback, a documentary on the Monks
Personnel
[edit]- All lead vocals by Gary Burger except *lead vocal by Roger Johnston; **lead vocal by Dave Day & Eddie Shaw; ***lead vocal by Mike Fornatale
- Gary Burger – lead vocals and guitar
- Larry Clark – organ and vocals
- Dave Day – banjo and vocals
- Roger Johnston – drums and vocals
- Eddie Shaw – bass and vocals
Release history
[edit]| Region | Date | Title | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| USA | October 31, 2000 | Let's Start a Beat – Live from Cavestomp | Cavestomp Records/Varèse Sarabande | CD | 302 066 193 2 |
| Spain | 2001 | ...Let's Start a Beat! | Munster Records | LP/CD | MR 207 [LP], MR CD 207 [CD] |
| USA | February 17, 2015 | Monk Jam | Rockbeat Records | CD/Download |