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Monday 31 October 2016

Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!: Day 305 - Johnny Marr

Adrenalin Baby Live - Johnny Marr
New Voodoo / Warner Bros.
Produced by Johnny Marr and Doviak
Released 9th October 2015
UK Chart #96

Tracklist
A1 Playland    
A2 The Right Thing Right    
A3 Easy Money    
A4 25 Hours    
B1 New Town Velocity    
B2 The Headmaster Ritual    
B3 The Messenger    
B4 Back In The Box    
C1 Generate! Generate!    
C2 Bigmouth Strikes Again    
C3 Boys Get Straight    
C4 Candidate    
D1 Getting Away With It    
D2 There Is A Light That Never Goes Out    
D3 Dynamo    
D4 I Fought The Law    
D5 How Soon Is Now?

Musicians
    Johnny Marr – vocals, guitars 
   James Doviak – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
    Iwan Gronow – bass, backing vocals
    Jack Mitchell – drums

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Happy Birthday
Johnny Marr
Born on this day in 1963

Adrenalin Baby was recorded on the Playland Tour in 2014 and is drawn from shows at the Manchester Apollo, Glasgow Academy and Brixton Academy. It features songs from both his Solo albums - The Messenger (2013) and Playland (2014) - as well as songs four songs from the catalogue of The Smiths, one from Electronic and a cover of I Fought the Law.

Since The Smiths he has often found himself in demand and has contributed to many records by a wide variety of artists including Kirsty MacColl, Billy Bragg, Petshop Boys, Oasis, Bryan Ferry, Black Grape, Talking Heads, Beck, Crowded House, and Noel Gallagher's Flying Birds to name but a few.  He has also had spells with various bands including The The with Matt Johnson, a short spell with The Pretenders, Modest Mouse, The Cribs, Electronic, 7 Worlds Collide as well as fronting his own band Johnny Marr and The Healers. His gift has also been made use of with regard to contributions to the Soundtrack for Inception and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!

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