Catalog Number: 6E-118

Record Grading: Very Good (VG), Sleeve Grading: Very Good (VG)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles, with patches of heavier crackles on side 1 due to some surface scuffs (play-graded). Inner sleeve is original (lyrics and photo). Initials written on both sides of label and near bottom-right on back-cover. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

• Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
• Excitable Boy (featuring Linda Ronstadt and Jennifer Warnes)
• Werewolves Of London (drums by Mick Fleetwood)
• Accidentally Like A Martyr (featuring Karla Bonoff)
• Nighttime In The Switching Yard
• Veracruz
• Tenderness On The Block
• Lawyers, Guns And Money

About The Record:

Excitable Boy, by Warren Zevon, includes the top 40 success Werewolves of London and brought Warren to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career, peaking at #8 on Billboard Pop Albums and achieving platinum certification. The tracks Excitable Boy and Werewolves of London were considered macabrely humorous by some critics. The historical Veracruz dramatizes the United States occupation of Veracruz, and likewise Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner is a fictionalization of a mercenary in Africa. Lawyers, Guns and Money is a tongue-in-cheek take on Cold War paranoia. In addition, there are two ballads about life and relationships (Accidentally Like a Martyr and Tenderness on the Block), as well as a dance tune (Nighttime in the Switching Yard). In all there were five singles released from this album. Linda Rondstadt and Jennifer Warnes provided harmony vocals for the single Excitable Boy. Jackson Browne, who co-produced this album, also appears as part of The Gentlemen Boys who provide harmony vocals on about half the tracks.