Playin' Possum

Playin' Possum
Studio album by Maureen Tucker
Released	1982
Recorded	Trash Records, Phoenix, Arizona
Genre	Alternative pop, Rock, Post-punk
Length	39:58
Label	Trash Records, Rough Trade
Producer	Maureen Tucker
Maureen Tucker chronology
Playin' Possum (1982) Another View (1985)

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Playin' Possum is the 1982 debut solo album by Maureen Tucker of The Velvet Underground. The album features a number of renditions of classic rock and roll songs, (such as the 1955 standard "Louie Louie", Bo Diddley's title song from his 1958 self-titled album and the Little Richard hit "Slippin' and Slidin'"), as well as renditions of more modern rock songs (including Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and The Velvet Underground's own "Heroin"). Tucker performs every instrument on the album and recorded it in her living room, dubbed "Trash Records".

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Bo Diddley" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:56
2. "Heroin" (Lou Reed) – 8:49
3. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Richard Penniman, Edwin Bocage, Al Collins, James Smith) – 3:18
4. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (Bob Dylan) – 3:18

Side 2

1. "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) – 2:42
2. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Penniman, Bocage, Collins, Smith) – 4:30
3. "Concerto in D Major" (Antonio Vivaldi) – 3:47
4. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 3:42
5. "Ellas" (Maureen Tucker) – 6:01

Personnel

• Maureen Tucker – vocals, drums, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, alto saxophone, synthesizer, tambourine, claves, harmonica, bass, gato drums^[1]

Release history

• Trash TLP 1001 (Original vinyl LP release)
• M.T.-1441 (white jacket German reissue)

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