Sultans’ Ghost Ship LP was originally released on Sympathy For The Record Industry in 2000. While RFTC looked for a new drummer, Speedo (armed with an 8 track tape machine and 3 microphones) devised yet another alias as “Slasher” and concocted this primordial ooze of moped scuzz, punk rock and roll. Ghost Ship was met with enthusiasm by those seeking blistering relief from the weak, whiny, wretched and wimpy wannabes du jour. The sound is full on, straight ahead with only starting gates and finish lines between songs. The band played some shows around California and would slightly evolve on their second LP Shipwrecked. Ghost Ship is Sultans at their most thuggish and hairiest. Taking inspiration from Australia’s Chosen Few, Ramones bootlegs, Misfits bootlegs and then challenging themselves to be as thrifty and impatient as possible, the songs are intentionally brief, similar and burly. After this was recorded these tapes lay dormant in a shed for over 20 years. When the tapes were recently unearthed it revealed unreleased songs recorded after Ghost Ship yet before the band’s follow up LP Shipwrecked. Some of these songs would later be absorbed by RFTC and re-recorded. These songs are included here as bonus tracks and offer no relief to the record’s unrelenting pace.
01. JUST A FOOL (THAT’S DOWN) 02. HOLD YOU DOWN 03. HEARTBREAKER 04. SHAKEDOWN 05. PUT UP A FIGHT 06. TRUST NO ONE 07. DEATH OF AN ANGEL 08. MY SIGHTS ARE LOW 09. CHANCES ARE 10. (THIS AIN’T NO) SOLID STATE 11. YOUR MOUTH IS OPEN AND YOUR EYES ARE SHUT 12. THE YEAR OF REGRET 13. ALL CITY WARNING 14. RUNNING FAR FROM HOME 15. DON’T HURRY (TO COME BACK TO ME) 16. DESPISE 17. NO WAY AT ALL 18. COME ON EVERYBODY 19. ON THE PROWL 20. OUT OF CONTROL 21. PICTURES OF LENNY
