Like Flies on Sherbert
1979 studio album by Alex Chilton / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Like Flies on Sherbert is the first solo album released by American pop rock musician Alex Chilton. He had previously recorded a collection of songs in 1969 and 1970, ultimately titled 1970, but this was not released until 1996. Released in 1979, Like Flies on Sherbert was recorded at two Memphis studios, Phillips Recording and Ardent Studios, in 1978 and 1979. Chilton had previously been a member of the Box Tops and Big Star.
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Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | 1978–79 | |||
Genre | Experimental rock, lo-fi | |||
Length | 35:28 (Peabody) 29:11 (Aura) | |||
Label | Peabody Records (1979), Aura Records (1980) | |||
Producer | Alex Chilton, Jim Dickinson | |||
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The album was originally released in fall 1979 in a batch of 500 copies by Peabody Records, a label run by Memphis singer and guitarist Sid Selvidge. Aura Records, a British label, put out a version that differed slightly from the original issue. A number of CD releases followed in the 1990s and 2000s, some with added bonus tracks. Selvidge's 1998 Peabody CD reissue collects all the tracks from the previous Peabody edition and the Aura reissue and adds three tracks: "Baby Doll," "She's the One That's Got It" and "Stranded on a Dateless Night."
The photograph used for the cover of the album was taken by noted American photographer William Eggleston, who had previously provided the cover for Big Star's second album Radio City.