Description:
Deluxe remastered reissue of 1981 debut solo album with 8 bonus tracks & expanded packaging! Hitchcock`s first solo release, Black Snake Diamond Role was recorded during the final days of his influential post-punk combo the Soft Boys. Players included all three Soft Boys Kimberly Rew, Matthew Seligman and Morris Windsor as well as Vibrators guitarist Knox, Psychedelic Furs drummer Vince Ely and soon-to-be synth-pop star Thomas Dolby. Here Hitchcock finds his solo sound with iconic psychedelia like Acid Bird and Brenda`s Iron Sledge. In this edition of the album the original tracks are rounded-out by eight bonus cuts, most of them outtakes from the original recording sessions. Track Listing:The Man Who Invented Himself/Brenda`s Iron Sledge/Do Policemen Sing?/The Lizard/Meat/Acid Bird/I Watch The Cars/Out Of The Picture/City Of Shame/Love/All I Wanna Do Is Fall In Love/A Skull, A Suitcase & A Long Red Bottle Of Wine/It Was The Night/I Watch The Cars No. 2/Give Me A Spanner Ralph/It`s A Mystic Trip/Grooving On A Inner Plane/Happy The Golden Prince. (Yep Roc)
