Ruins (Dread Zeppelin album)

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1996 compilation album by Dread Zeppelin

Ruins

Compilation album by

Dread Zeppelin

Released| 1996
Label| Birdcage
Producer| Jah Paul Jo (Joe Ramsey),
Rasta Li-Mon (Lee Manning)
Dread Zeppelin chronology
| Front Yard Bar*B*Que
(1996)  | Ruins
(1996)  | The Song Remains Insane
(1998)

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Ruins is a Dread Zeppelin album featuring B-sides, 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.[1]

## Track listing

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1. "Jailhouse Rock"
2. "Hey Hey What Can I Do"
3. "Woodstock" (live)
4. "Communication Breakdown"
5. "Rock & Roll"
6. "Stir It Up" (single version)
7. "Tour-Telvis: A Bad Trip"
8. "Stairway to Heaven" (single version)
9. "Jungle Boogie" — featuring Screamin' Jay Hawkins as "Dr. Paradox"
10. "Brick House Of The Holy" (Disco version) — mashup of Brick House and Houses of the Holy
11. "Takin' Care of Business" — featuring Randy Bachman
12. "Disco Inferno"
13. "Do The Claw (Again!)"
14. "The Last Resort" (soundtrack version) — from National Lampoon's Last Resort
15. "Earshot!" (The Reggae Blades)

## Personnel

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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.[2][3]

## References

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1. ^ "Dread Zeppelin - Ruins".
2. ^ Jo, Jah Paul (1996). Ruins (Media notes). Dread Zeppelin.
3. ^ Schulte, Tom. "Ruins: Overview". allmusic. Retrieved January 11, 2011.

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Dread Zeppelin

* Tortelvis
* Butt-Boy
* Spice
* Bob Knarley
* Ziggy Knarley
* Charlie Haj

* Carl Jah
* Jah Paul Jo
* Cheese
* Ed Zeppelin
* Fresh Cheese 'n Cheese
* Rasta Li-Mon
* Jah-Jah Gabor

Studio albums|

* Un-Led-Ed
* 5,000,000* *Tortelvis Fans Can't Be Wrong
* It's Not Unusual
* Hot & Spicy Beanburger
* No Quarter Pounder
* The Fun Sessions
* Spam Bake
* De-Jah Voodoo
* Presents
* Chicken and Ribs
* Bar Coda

Live albums|

* Front Yard Bar*B*Que
* The Song Remains Insane
* Haunted Houses O' The Holy
* Live At Larry's
* Live - Hots On For Fresno

Compilations|

* Best of the IRS Years
* Ruins

Extended plays|

* Rock'n Roll
* The First No-Elvis

Related articles|

* Led Zeppelin
* Elvis Presley
* National Lampoon's Last Resort

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