Smoking Popes "It's Been A Long Day" 2025-07-25 Jerry Dammers continued as The

Jerry Dammers continued as The Special AKA following the departure of band members in late 1981

Utilizing Elizondo’s hip-hop record-making expertise coupled with the permanent addition of keyboardist Akie Bermiss

comprising of deluxe colored vinyl editions of 2010’s First Four EPs (available for the first time ever on LP format

Bruce Lamont (saxophone

Fee Kurten started making music as a child in her hometown of Hamburg and was laying down rap tunes throughout her teenage years

Smoking Popes "It's Been A Long Day" 2025-07-25 Jerry Dammers continued as TheIt's Been A Long Day collects the bands earliest material. A collection of songs recorded between 1991 1998 previously released on compilations and vinyl 7"s with the exception of "Long Day" which was never released. There's really nothing else to say. If you know the band, then you're stoked. If you don't know this band, then you aren't stoked. It's simple. The vinyl has been out of print for over 5 years.