''Do It'' is the first EP after the first full-length album '' Life Time'' from

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, fronted by ex- Black Flag singer

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. ''Do It'' was originally released in 1987 and included three studio recordings (1–3) and 6 live tracks recorded in

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, Netherlands October 22, 1987 (5–10). The three studio tracks are

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and

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covers, produced by

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, well known in the genre of

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for his work with

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and as co-owner of the Dischord record label. The record was subsequently re-mastered and re-released in 2007 with additional live tracks from the Fall 1987 Tour. These include the addition of the introductory track titled "Joe Is Everything, Everything Is Joe" (which refers to Rollins' roommate Joe Cole, who was murdered in 1991 when they were victims of an armed robbery), two live tracks from

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, Belgium (11–12), two live tracks from

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, England (13–14) and the final track from

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, Germany (15). Six more tracks from the same tour can be found on the rare Split Live LP with the Dutch noise band

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from a show recorded at El Mocambo in

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, Canada on May 17, 1987. The three studio tracks were also included in the re-mastered package of the ''Life Time'' album.

Track listing

#"Do It" (

cover) – 2:43 #"Move Right in" (

cover) – 7:27 #"Next Time" (

cover) – 3:20 #"Joe Is Everything, Everything Is Joe" (live) – 1:17 #"Black and White" (live) – 3:46 #"Lost and Found" (live) – 2:48 #"Followed Around" (live) – 3:53 #"Wreck Age" (live) – 4:18 #"Lonely" (live) – 3:52 #"Hot Animal Machine I" (live) – 2:39 #"You Look at You" (live) – 3:22 #"Gun in Mouth Blues" (live) – 11:14 #"Turned Out" (live) – 5:40 #"Thousand Times Blind" (live) – 3:03 #"No One" (live) – 10:22

Personnel

;Rollins Band *

– vocals *

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– guitar * Andrew Weiss – bass * Sim Cain – drums ;Technical * Studio tracks produced by

* Live sound by Theo Van Eenbergen * Engineered and mixed by Geoff Clout at Off Beat Studios, Leeds, UK, November 1987

References

External links

Comeinandburn.com album page
Rollins Band albums 1987 EPs 1987 live albums Live EPs 2.13.61 EPs 2.13.61 live albums {{1980s-metal-album-stub