Dixie-Narco (EP) explained

Dixie-Narco EP
Type:EP
Artist:Primal Scream
Cover:DixieNarcoEP.jpg
Recorded:November 1991
Studio:Ardent (Memphis, Tennessee, US)
Length:22:50
Label:Creation
Producer:
Next Title:Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne
Next Year:2009

Dixie-Narco is an extended play (EP) by Scottish rock band Primal Scream, released on 27 January 1992 through Creation Records. Its lead track is "Movin' On Up", originally released on the Screamadelica album. This was the only official Primal Scream release to contain the song "Screamadelica" (which was recorded during sessions for the Screamadelica album[1]) until the song appeared on the 20th anniversary edition of the Screamadelica album.

The remaining two tracks were recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis during November 1991.[1] 'Carry Me Home' was originally written by Dennis Wilson for The Beach Boys' 1973 album Holland, although it was not included on that album.[2]

Track listing

The 7-inch and cassette formats omit "Stone My Soul".
"Movin' On Up" previously appeared on Screamadelica.

Personnel

Charts

Dixie-Narco EP

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 91
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[4] 40

"Movin' On Up"

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)
United Kingdom27 January 1992Creation[5]
Japan21 March 1992CD[6]
Japan (re-release)23 June 1994[7]

Notes and References

  1. Tom Pinnock (2019), 'The Making Of... Dixie-Narco EP by Primal Scream', Uncut, issue 265, June 2019, p. 88.
  2. Web site: Dennis Wilson Discography.
  3. 224.
  4. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 9. 8. 19. 22 February 1992.
  5. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 23. 25 January 1992.
  6. Web site: ムーブ・オン・アップ プライマル・スクリーム. Move On Up Primal Scream. Oricon. ja. 14 February 2024.
  7. Web site: プライマル・スクリーム. Primal Scream. Sony Music Entertainment Japan. https://web.archive.org/web/20060716083207/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/SR/PrimalScream/index.html. 16 July 2006. 26 August 2023.