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album featuring

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, alternate mixes and previously unreleased tracks. It was originally released exclusively to members of the Dread Zeppelin fan club in 1996, before being made available to the general public later that year.

Track listing

# " Jailhouse Rock" # " Hey Hey What Can I Do" # "

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" # "

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" # " Stir It Up" (single version) # "Tour-Telvis: A Bad Trip" # "

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" (single version) # " Jungle Boogie" — featuring

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as "Dr. Paradox" # "Brick House Of The Holy" (Disco version) — mashup of '' Brick House'' and '' Houses of the Holy'' # " Takin' Care of Business" — featuring

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# " Disco Inferno" # "Do The Claw (Again!)" # "The Last Resort" (soundtrack version) — from '' National Lampoon's Last Resort'' # "Earshot!" (The Reggae Blades)

Personnel

The album features songs recorded both with and without lead singer Tortelvis. Tortelvis performs on tracks 1–3, 5–8, and 14 (and is sampled on track 15). Bassist Gary Putman (aka Butt-Boy and Gary B.I.B.B.) sings lead on tracks 9–13, guitarist Jah Paul Jo sings lead on "Communication Breakdown", and "Earshot!" is an instrumental performed by The Reggae Blades, a band whose members later formed Dread Zeppelin.

References

{{Authority control Dread Zeppelin albums 1996 albums Birdcage Records albums