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First widespread release of The King Khan Experience's Turkey Ride

Posted by Loren on April 14, 2019

First widespread release of The King Khan Experience's Turkey Ride
The King Khan Experience - Turkey Ride

On May 24, The King Khan Experience will release Turkey Ride, a collection of eighteen year-odl recordings that saw very limited release originally. The new/old record comes out on Khannibalism/Ernest Jenning Record Co.

The King Khan Experience was a solo project of namesake King Khan and was recorded when he lived in Bordeaux and Berlin. Sophie Crumb provided the artwork, and the album includes a German-language Jay Reatard cover, and 12 other tracks.

Turkey Ride track list:

1. Turkey Ride 
2. Fa Fa Fa (Love Song)
3. Come Levitate With Me
4. Hey Rudi
5. Le Responsable
6. Dr. Ruin-Yer-Life
7. I Got Love
8. Bob Log Stomp
9. Knock Me Off My Feet
10. No Regrets
11. Are You Serious 
12. Keep It Simple Stupid
13. Hammer Ich Vermisse Dich (Jay Reatard cover)

The King Khan Experience was:

King Khan - vox, guitar, bass 
Dan Ra Guerrezowsky - Fender Rhodes, organ, backup vox 
Spocko la Palma - drums, flute, banjo 
Decheman - guitar, lap Steel, sitar, organ 
Fredovitch - organ, sitar, piano, drums 
Francois - bass 
Chris Fuzz - drums 
Big Fred Roller - baritone 
N.D. Ray, Preslisa, Lilia Nentwig - backup vox 
Kib Husk - drums on "Are You Serious" 
Bella - vox on "Hammer Ich Vermisse Dich"

First widespread release of The King Khan Experience's Turkey Ride
The King Khan Experience - Turkey Ride

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