The Original Recordings


The Original Recordings is a compilation album put together by founding members of The Detroit Cobras, and their fifth release. The album includes the first three 45s released by the original band as well as outtakes from their first LP and other unreleased tracks.
This album was going to be released by Sympathy for the Record Industry as Lost and Found in 2004, but complications arose with the current and former members of the band, so the project was temporarily scrapped. Munster Records in Spain was successful in reaching an agreement with all parties involved and released the LP in three different formats, 12" LP, CD and 7" 45 boxset, each including a detailed history of the early years of the group.

Track listing

  1. Village of Love
  2. *Original by Nathaniel Mayer
  3. Maria Christina
  4. *Original by Tony Valla And The Alamos
  5. Over To My House
  6. *Original by Geeshie Wiley & Elvie Thomas
  7. Sad Affair
  8. *Original by Lee Rodgers
  9. Down in Louisiana
  10. *Original by Polka Dot Slim
  11. Ain't It a Shame
  12. *Original by Question Mark and the Mysterians
  13. Slum Lord
  14. *Original by The Deviants
  15. It's Raining
  16. *Original by Irma Thomas
  17. Cha Cha Twist
  18. Funnel of Love
  19. *Original by Wanda Jackson
  20. I've Got A Feeling
  21. *Original by Baby Washington
  22. Time Changes Everything
  23. Brainwashed
  24. *Original by The Kinks
  25. With Body and Soul
  26. *Original by Bill Monroe

    Personnel