George Thorogood and the Destroyers are returning to Capitol/EMI on July 28 for the release of their new album, "The Dirty Dozen." The album includes six newly recorded tracks with six previously released songs, three of which have been out-of-print in the U.S. for some time.
The album will be released as a CD and to all digital outlets, but it's the vinyl version (available exclusively through Thorogood's site) that best reflects the intent of the album. Thorogood explains:
"I'm a big fan of vinyl. It's important to me to make The Dirty Dozen available on LP, and I definitely had vinyl in mind as one of the formats for this release when we were recording the new tracks. When we started sequencing the track list, I thought it would be fun to group the songs like an LP, for all of the formats - vinyl, CD, and digital - just as they would be placed for a classic vinyl album. So the new recordings are Side One and the rare tracks are Side Two."
The new tracks include songs by Willie Dixon, Sleepy John Estes, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Mickey Bones and the Holmes Brothers. The out-of-print tracks on side two are Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf's Howlin' For My Baby, Chuck Berry's Hello Little Girl and the country standard Six Days On The Road.
Thorogood talked about returning to his old label.
"It feels like a homecoming for me, to be back with Capitol/EMI for The Dirty Dozen. This album is also a homecoming of sorts for us - it's a real rocker, full of songs we've always loved playing, including some that our fans have told us they like a lot but haven't been available for a while. We're definitely going to be playing some of these songs on our tour. I'm ready to mix it up and crank it up, and we look forward to seeing everyone at the shows this summer."
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