The MummiesYou Must Fight To Live On The Planet Of The Apes

Label:

Sympathy For The Record Industry – SFTRI 196

Format:

Vinyl , 7", 45 RPM

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Surf

Tracklist

A1 (You Must Fight To Live) On The Planet Of The Apes
Written-ByT. Ruane*
A2 White Caps Part I
Written ByJaguars/Larry
Written-By [Uncredited]Wes Johnson
B1 White Caps Part II
Written ByJaguars/Larry
Written-By [Uncredited]Wes Johnson
B2 I'm Down
Written-By [Uncredited]Lennon-McCartney

Credits

  • Photography ByShiTner*

Notes

Small hole 7" issued in a foldover picture sleeve.

Title of track A1 on back cover is 'Immigrant Song'.
Title of track A2 is not printed on label side A.
Track A2/B1 are cover versions of the song Larry' on the A-side label.
Track B2, written by The Beatles on the A-side label.

There are variations to the color of the stars on the back of the sleeve, probably indicating multiple pressings. 4 known variations:
1. green star bottom-left, dark purple star bottom-right
2. orange star bottom-left, light purple star bottom-right
3. pink star bottom-left, light blue star bottom-right
4. orange star bottom-left, red star bottom-right

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): SFTRI-196-A CAN'T STAND THE MUMMIES
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): SFTRI-196-B TO EUGENE + FAYE FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE

Other Versions (3)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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(You Must Fight To Live) On The Planet Of The Apes (7", 45 RPM, White) Sympathy For The Record Industry SFTRI196 US 1993
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(You Must Fight To Live) On The Planet Of The Apes (7", 45 RPM, Transparent Maroon) Sympathy For The Record Industry SFTRI196 US 1993
New Submission
You Must Fight To Live On The Planet Of The Apes (7", 45 RPM) Sympathy For The Record Industry SFTRI 196 US 1993

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Reviews

  • rjpaxon's avatar
    rjpaxon
    I don't believe White Caps is a cover of Jaguar. It probably was originally by a group called the Jaguars. The song "Jaguar" that you reference is pretty dissimilar.


    • Brantly's avatar
      Brantly
      Edited 8 years ago
      Garage rock that comes from the punk rock camp is an amusing beast: it personifies the decadent spirit of rock n' roll in its purest form; No frills, no solos, no production, no encores, no bullshit...just rock and roll, alcohol and "fuck you," but simultaneously, unlike its 1960's forbearer's, garage punk is fiercely independent, scene-driven, and frustratingly antagonistic. This early 90's San Francisco band was a shameless mess of deliberately sabotaged shows, 34th rate production, B&W Xeroxed 7" single artwork and what I can only call, punk rock n' roll in its least dolled-up form...no make-up, no bright-lights-big-stage, in fact, it was just pawn-shop instruments and dollar-store toilet paper to wrap themselves up in as "mummies." All of this would be childish horse-shit though if the band didn't back up this wanton disregard for accessibility with THE best garage rock songs of the last 50 years. Their LP's are pure garage-punk genius, and the band knew this, which only reinforces the unabridged wonder of this 7" single. It's a shambles of shitty guitars and crappy amps that is a bull-in-a-china-shop backdrop to a tongue-in-cheek (kinda?) garage rock stomper that is equal parts Billy Childish, sci-fi trash and their own brand of deranged Nuggets era punk rock. Note: this is the only 7" single I included on this list, as all physical versions of this song are out of print. The CD-loathing, The Mummies did release a very small pressing of CD's called, "Death By Unga Bunga" on Estrus Records several years ago with this song on it, but, it's easier to find it on the original (or repress) 7" single on Ebay / Discogs than that rare CD pressing from several years ago. Besides, vinyl is king anyway.
      • philbeard's avatar
        philbeard
        Absolutely sterling noisy lo-fi garage rock anthem & by far the best thing ever to come out of the Planet of the Apes saga. A raw-as-hell performance, imbued with a real sense of terror!

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