Excitable Boy (Don Mills Pressing)

~ Release by Warren Zevon (see all versions of this release, 13 available)

Annotation

Issued with a double-sided lyrics and credits inner sleeve.

Runouts are etched apart from Customatrix's symbol, which is stamped.

Annotation last modified on 2025-11-16 08:16 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Johnny Strikes Up the Band
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass:
Leland Sklar (bassist, session musician)
drums (drum set):
Russel Kunkel (session drummer)
guitar family and background vocals [harmony]:
Waddy Wachtel
percussion:
Danny Kortchmar (Danny Kootch)
piano:
Warren Zevon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1978) and Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Johnny Strikes Up the Band
lyricist and composer:
Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
32:49
A2Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
organ and piano:
Warren Zevon
background vocals [harmonies]:
The Gentlemen Boys
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1978) and Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
writer:
Lindell and Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
43:47
A3Excitable Boy
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Russel Kunkel (session drummer)
guitar family:
Waddy Wachtel
piano:
Warren Zevon
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist)
background vocals [harmonies]:
Linda Ronstadt, Waddy Wachtel and Jennifer Warnes
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1978) and Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Excitable Boy
writer:
Marinell and Zevon
publisher:
Polite Music and Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
4.352:40
A4Werewolves of London
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass:
John McVie
drums (drum set):
Mick Fleetwood
guitar [guitars]:
Waddy Wachtel
piano:
Warren Zevon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1978), Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978), Elektra/Asylum Records (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1978) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (from 2007 to present)
recorded at:
The Sound Factory in Tucson, Arizona, United States (in 2007)
recording of:
Werewolves of London
writer:
LeRoy P. Marinell, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon
publisher:
Leadsheet Land Music, Polite Music, Tiny Tunes and Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
4.93:27
A5Accidentally Like a Martyr
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass and bass guitar:
Leland Sklar (bassist, session musician)
drums (drum set):
Russel Kunkel (session drummer)
guitar:
Waddy Wachtel
piano:
Warren Zevon
background vocals and background vocals [harmonies]:
Karla Bonoff (singer-songwriter) and The Gentlemen Boys
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment (company, DO NOT USE as release label, for releases use “Elektra”) (in 1978) and Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Accidentally Like a Martyr
lyricist and composer:
Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
33:37
B1Nighttime in the Switching Yard
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass guitar:
Bob Glaub
cowbell:
Greg Ladanyi
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Jeff Porcaro
guitar:
Danny Kortchmar (Danny Kootch)
guitar family and synthesizer:
Waddy Wachtel
synthesizer:
Warren Zevon
background vocals:
The Gentlemen Boys
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Nighttime in the Switching Yard
writer:
Jorge Calderón, David Lindell, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon
34:15
B2Veracruz
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass guitar:
Kenny Edwards (Bryndle/Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt)
classical guitar [Spanish guitar]:
Luis Damian and Manuel Vasquez
drums (drum set):
Rick Marotta (US drummer/percussionist)
guitar:
Waddy Wachtel
harp:
Arthur Gerst
piano:
Warren Zevon
recorder:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist)
background vocals and other vocals:
Jorge Calderón
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Veracruz
writer:
Jorge Calderón and Warren Zevon
33:30
B3Tenderness on the Block
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass guitar:
Kenny Edwards (Bryndle/Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt)
drums (drum set):
Rick Marotta (US drummer/percussionist)
guitar family:
Waddy Wachtel
piano:
Warren Zevon
background vocals:
The Gentlemen Boys
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Tenderness on the Block
writer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Warren Zevon
33:55
B4Lawyers, Guns and Money
engineer:
Dennis Kirk and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Waddy Wachtel
bass and bass guitar:
Kenny Edwards (Bryndle/Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt)
drums (drum set):
Rick Marotta (US drummer/percussionist)
guitar and guitar family:
Waddy Wachtel
piano:
Warren Zevon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint “Elektra” instead) (in 1978)
recording of:
Lawyers, Guns and Money
writer:
Zevon
publisher:
Zevon Music Inc. (BMI)
4.53:29