HANOI ROCKS: Don’t you ever leave me 12″ UK. Oil And Gasoline, Malibu Beach (Calypso version). Check VIDEOS

Description

Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish glam rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after their drummer Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley died in a car accident a year earlier.

Label: CBS TX 4885
Format: Vinyl, 12″”, Maxi-Single
Country: UK
Released: 1984
B-side tracks are : Oil And Gasoline, Malibu Beach (Calypso version!!!!)

“”Don’t You Ever Leave Me”” is a single by the Finnish rock and glam punk band Hanoi Rocks taken from their 1984 hit album Two Steps From The Move. The single was released by CBS.
“”Don’t You Ever Leave Me”” made its first appearance on Hanoi Rocks’ first album Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks, but it had more punky atmosphere and faster tempo. They remade the version, which the band loved much more. It is usually considered one of the best songs by Hanoi Rocks. The band guitarist Andy McCoy commented on the song in Finnish Soundi magazine in 1984: “”Well, yeah, we screwed up that song so bad back then, that we had to remake it now. As a song, I think it fucking great and this version is what the original should have been”.
The version of “”Don’t You Ever Leave Me”” that on the 12″” single differs from the album and 7″” single versions, as the 12″” single version features the narration (originally spoken by McCoy and Razzle) spoken by McCoy in Spanish.
The song “”Oil And Gasoline”” (which was the song B-side) was a new song that originally made its appearance on the “”Underwater World”” single the same year in 1984.
“”Malibu Nightmare”” (which is on the 12″” single) was originally featured on the EP for the song “”Love An Injection”” in 1982. The song was originally made just as a joke, which had Nasty Suicide on bass, because Sam Yaffa was late from the recording. It was re-recorded on the band 1983 album Back to Mystery City.
Swedish sleaze rock act Hardcore Superstar covered the song “”Don’t You Ever Leave Me”” on their second album.

Track listing:
1. “”Don’t You Ever Leave Me”” Andy McCoy 4:05
2. “”Oil And Gasoline”” Andy McCoy 4:42
3. “”Malibu Nightmare”” (Calypso version!!!!) Andy McCoy 2:03

Personnel:
Michael Monroe – Lead vocals, saxophone
Andy McCoy – Lead guitar, backing vocals
Nasty Suicide – Rhythm guitar, bass on “”Malibu Nightmare””
Sam Yaffa – Bass
Razzle – Drums
Gyp Casino – Drums on “”Malibu Beach (Calypso version)””
Gregg Brown – Bass on “”Oil And Gasoline”