01 - Jonny’s Blessing

Format : 12", 33 RPM / CD

Label : Fat Wreck Chords

Catalog ID : FAT674 BUY IT!!!

Release date : 05-10-2004

Take a break in the TIME MACHINE

Misc :
"Recipe for the best live album released in quite some time : Start with a ridiculous setting. In this case, the Bar Mitzvah of a kid with rich parents. Kick the album off with a track to establish the setting, such as the blessing of the Bar Mitzvah. Take fifteen songs never done by the band before. Mix up the styles. Take some country (Delta Dawn), soundtracks (O Sole Mio), classics (Strawberry Fields by “the most over-rated band ever” according to the Gimmes), and even traditional arrangements (Auld Lang Syne and Hava Nagila). If you’re the Gimmes, punk every song in your own delightful manner that actually stands up favorably to the originals. Add in self-deprecating, yet humorous banter. Apologize a few times during the record. Even include a set break. Mix and publish." (www.punkrocks.net)

Gimme quotes :
Chek out a few promo pictures the boys did for this album.

"We had played, maybe, three-quarters of those songs the entire way through without fucking up in practice and that's about it. And, the rest of the songs, we didn’t." (Spike)
This show was the "stupidest yet greatest Gimme’s show of all time." (Mike)

The CD contains a bonus track which includes "Seasons In The Sun" sung by Uncle Roger (from Paris) and "Sloop John B." with Jonny himself on the drums.

The CD also contains a video footage of "O Sole Mio", "Auld Lang Syne" and "Hava Nagila".

There's also an e-card for this album.

Pressing Info :
The black 12" and and CD are still available.
The 12" was pressed on clear red vinyl (337 copies, no longer available) and on black vinyl (unknown number of copies)

Matrix A Side: FAT-674-1-A 12225.1(3)
Matrix B Side: FAT-674-1-B 12299.2(3)