Crawfish

new yorkers johnny and patti, exiled in london, recorded this swampy, evocative paean to the louisiana seafood, excelling the elvis version from king creole. long out of print (originally released in 1985), the single was recorded by patti and johnny (originally on a london records budget) at olympic studios, it became a much acclaimed classic, single of the week in nme, still receiving radio play in 2006. the single led johnny and patti to collaborate on the 'copy cats' album of classic 50s and 60s covers in 1987, which is due to follow as a long awaited re-issue. it features heartbreakers jerry nolan and billy rath along with only ones guitarist john perry. limited edition 7" of 500 copies in original picture sleeves.