THE HAMSTERS

 

Albums recorded by The Hamsters, including release dates and UK & US
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No

TITLE

RELEASED

1

Rodent Rock [cassette only]

--/88

2

Revenge Of The Killer Hamsters [cassette only]

--/89

3

The Night Of The Rocking Rodents [cassette only]

--/89

4

Flasher Hamsters From Hell [cassette only]

--/90

5

Condensed Hamsters

--/90

6

Electric Hamsterland

09/90

7

Hamster Jam [live]

--/91

8

The Hamsters

07/93

9

Route 666

02/95

10

The Jimi Hendrix Memorial Concerts [live]

07/96

11

Pet Sounds: Ten Years Of Rodent Rock

11/98

12

They Live By Night [live]

12/01

13

Open All Hours

04/04

14

The Jimi Hendrix 40th Anniversary Concerts • 2010

--/11


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1) RODENT ROCK

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Arrested For Driving While Blind
Get Out Of Denver
Voodoo Chile
Purple Haze
La Grange
Mercury Blues
Tush/Down At The Doctors


Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Blind Boy
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Drums, Vocals

Bass, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


 

Issued on cassette and sold at gigs only, the second side of the tape was blank. Recorded live at the Kent Custom Bike Show in July 1988.

2) REVENGE OF THE KILLER HAMSTERS

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Sweet Little Lisa
Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
Double Trouble
Fire Down Below
Stone Free
Wanna Make Love To You

Chequebook
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Come On
You'll Come Running Back To Me
Chevrolet
They Called It Rock
Blonde Ambition


Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Drums, Vocals

Bass, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


 

Issued on cassette and sold at gigs only. Recorded live at Sound Check and in concert at The Grand Hotel, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England
on 1 September 1989.

3) THE NIGHT OF THE ROCKING RODENTS

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Switchboard Susan
Georgia Slop
Linda Lu
Ain't Livin' Long Like This
Hard Ridin' Papa
Crazy 'Bout An Automobile
Fire

Guitar Bug
Never Get Me Up (In One Of Those)
Sittin' On The Boat Dock
Cocaine
The Walk
All Along The Watchtower
California Man


Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Blind Boy
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Drums, Vocals

Bass, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


 

Issued on cassette and sold at gigs only. Recorded live at The Grand Hotel, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England March 1989.

4) FLASHER HAMSTERS FROM HELL

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Junk In My Trunk
Blues For The Blues
Statesborough Blues (for Lowell George)
Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter
Wouldn't Treat A Dog
It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)

Brother Doctor, Sister Nurse
It Comes To Me Naturally
Walkin' Blues
Boogie Man
Barefootin'
Get Out Of My Dreams
Feelin' Good


Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Drums, Vocals

Bass, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


 

Issued on cassette and sold at gigs only. Recorded at The Grand Hotel, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England in April 1990.

5) CONDENSED HAMSTERS

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Switchboard Susan
Georgia Slop
Linda Lu
Hard Ridin' Papa
Crazy 'Bout An Automobile
The Walk
Chevrolet
They Called It Rock
Sweet Little Lisa
Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
Double Trouble
Fire Down Below
Chequebook
Brother Doctor, Sister Nurse




Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Drums, Vocals

Bass, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


The Hamsters

 

Compilation of tracks from first 4 cassette only albums
Tracks 1-6 from Night Of The Rocking Rodents.
Tracks 7-13 from Revenge of the Killer Hamsters.
Track 14 from Flasher Hamsters From Hell.

6) ELECTRIC HAMSTERLAND

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Purple Haze
Voodoo Chile
Fire
Little Wing
Spanish Castle Magic

Foxy Lady
Stone Free
The Wind Cries Mary
All Along The Watchtower
Hey Joe
Star Spangled Banner






Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Drums, Vocals

Bass, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


Jerry Stevenson

7) HAMSTER JAM

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Only Rock 'n' Roll
The Gangster Of Love
Manic Depression
Cadillac Walk
Highway Chile
Ju Ju Man
Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash
Crosstown Traffic
Wild Thing
The Queen
Crossroads
Red House
Can't Stop Rockin'
Barefoot Rock
Romeo's Escape






Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Drums, Vocals

Bass, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


The Hamsters

 

Recorded live at JBs, Dudley, West Midlands, England on 14 July 1991.

8) THE HAMSTERS

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(I Wanna) Make Love To You
Georgia Slop
Climbing The Corporate Ladder
In The Heat Of The Night
The Guitar Bug
I Wouldn't Treat A Dog
(a) Slim's Blues (b) Blues For The Blues
Heart Of Darkness
Black Monday (All Over Again)
Little Fine And Healthy Thing
Chevrolet
Sittin' On The Boat Dock
You'll Come Running Back To Me
Check Up From The Neck Up




Ian Gibbons
Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Cate Shanks
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)
Chris Taylor
Richard Willis

Producer:

Keyboards
Drums, Backing Vocals

Bass (Tracks 1,3), Backing Vocals

Backing Vocals
Vocals, Guitar

Keyboards
Keyboards

Snail's-Pace Slim, Richard Willis

9) ROUTE 666

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Route 666
Rocket In My Pocket
The Blues On Their Own
Come To Poppa
Ain't Living Long Like This
Tear It Up
Boogie Man
Only Rock 'n' Roll
It Is What It Is
Over You






Dave Bronze
Roger Cotton
Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Josh Phillips
Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Bass (Tracks 2,4-10)
Keyboards
Drums, Backing Vocals

Keyboards
Bass (Tracks 1,3), Backing Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


Snail's-Pace Slim

10) THE JIMI HENDRIX MEMORIAL CONCERTS

 
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Red Disc
Foxy Lady
Fire
Little Wing
Izabella
Up From The Skies
Power of Soul
Spanish Castle Magic
Rock Me, Baby
Voodoo Chile
Hey, Baby
Burning of the Midnight Lamp
Ezy Rider
Hey, Joe

Purple Disc
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
Room Full Of Mirrors
Third Stone From The Sun
Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)
51st Anniversary
I Don't Live Today
Love Or Confusion
The Wind Cries Mary
Manic Depression
Stone Free
All Along The Watchtower
Star Spangled Banner
Purple Haze
Angel






Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Drums, Vocals

Bass, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


The Hamsters

 

Recorded live at The Robin R'n'B Club, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England on 13 October 1995.

11) PET SOUNDS: TEN YEARS OF RODENT ROCK

 
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Disc One
Fire
La Grange
Mercury Blues
Sweet Little Lisa
Cadillac Walk
Ju Ju Man
Climbing The Corporate Ladder (Early Version)
Guitar Bug
Heat Of The Night
Black Monday
Chevrolet
Route 666
Boogie Man
Only Rock 'n' Roll
Room Full Of Mirrors
Stone Free

Disc Two
Little Wing
Straight Ahead
If 6 Was 9
Midnight
Machine Gun
Voodoo Chile
Hey Baby (Land Of The New Rising Sun)
Moon, Turn The Tides Gently, Gently Away...
Midnight
Pali Gap
Sunshine Of Your Love
She's Just Killing Me
Fool For Your Stockings
Can't Stop Rockin'
My Head's In Mississippi
Pincushion
Got Me Under Pressure
Blues For The Blues
All Along The Watchtower






Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Drums, Vocals

Bass, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


The Hamsters

12) THEY LIVE BY NIGHT

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Show Me
Trigger Man
Lonesome Blues
Breaking Up Somebody's Home
Crossroads
Glad When I Got The Blues
Blonde Ambition
Wanna Make Love To You
Only Slide I Ever Played On
Blues For The Blues
Rocket In My Pocket
Boogie Man
Livin' It Down
Never Get Me Up In One Of Those
The Walk




Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Drums, Backing Vocals

Bass, Backing Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


Jerry Stevenson

 

Recorded live on tour in the UK in summer 2001.

13) OPEN ALL HOURS

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Just Came Back
My Future Ex-Wife
Taxi Driver
A Thing Called Love
Brother Doctor, Sister Nurse
Lucky In Love
Love Don’t Bother Me
Burning The Church House Down
Wouldn’t Lay My Guitar Down
Somebody’s Leaving Somebody
Check Up From The Neck Up
Switchboard Susan
The Unforgiven






Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Phil Hilborne

Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)
Jerry Stevenson
Reg Webb

Producer:

Drums, Backing Vocals

Horns & Synthesiser (Track 1),
Guitar (Track 13)
Bass, Organ, Strings,
Backing Vocals
Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin

Guitar (Track 7)
Piano & Synthesiser (Track 7)

Hamsters, Phil Hilborne,
Jerry Stevenson

14) THE JIMI HENDRIX 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS • 2010

 
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Disc One
Killing Floor
Are You Experienced?
Fire
Highway Chile
The Wind Cries Mary
Izabella
Manic Depression
Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
Room Full Of Mirrors
Ezy Rider
Foxey Lady

Disc Two
Stone Free
Third Stone From The Sun
Come On
Little Wing
If 6 Was 9
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
Star-Spangled Banner
Hey Joe
Wild Thing
Purple Haze
All Along The Watchtower
Angel


Rev Otis Elevator
(aka Alan Parish)
Zsa Zsa Poltergeist
(aka Andy Billups)
Snail's-Pace Slim
(aka Barry Martin)

Producer:

Drums, Vocals

Bass, Vocals

Vocals, Guitar


Jerry Stevenson

 

Recorded in the Autumn of 2010.