Blend
Gravest Gravy Coffee
Stay sick, stay wired.
Spice and berry hit first, bright and full of twang, with milk chocolate underneath keeping time. The name promises sludge. What lands in the cup is a prickly rose, heavy and smooth as a slow song played too loud.
October 1977, Memphis. Alex Chilton producing, the Cramps tearing through a pile of songs. The tapes got shelved for reasons nobody wrote down and sat in Poison Ivy's garage for decades, until the recently revived Vengeance Records put them out. Henry Rollins calls it “one of those impossible stories.” Twelve tracks, out October 23 on Vengeance.
We built the cup to match: 60% Honduras, 40% Guatemala, roasted medium so the spice stays sharp and the berry stays loud. Records that waited that long in a garage deserve better than whatever is scorching in the office pot.
Officially licensed Cramps coffee, roasted in Detroit, twelve ounces. Built for slow mornings, loud afternoons, and anyone who still gets up to flip the record over. Corky sez: don't be a drip, pour something hot over that tired ritual of yours. Strictly limited. When it's gone, it's gone.
Tasting Notes: Spices, Berries, and Milk Chocolate
Size
Quantity
- 1. TV Set (1977 Version)
- 2. Weekend On Mars (1977 Version)
- 3. Twist & Shout (1977 Version)
- 4. Jungle Hop (1977 Version)
- 5. I Can't Hardly Stand It (1977 Version)
- 6. Hungry (1977 Version)
- 7. The Natives Are Restless (1977 Version)
- 8. Domino (1977 Version)
- 9. Can't Find My Mind (1977 Version)
- 10. Rockin' Bones (1977 Version)
- 11. Problem Child (1977 Version)
- 12. Rocket In My Pocket (1977 Version)
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Rock
- Tracks
- 12
In October 1977 the Cramps walked into Ardent Studios in Memphis with Alex Chilton producing. They went in to cut a single. They came out with a vault.
Those sessions gave the world the "Surfin' Bird" that snaps the song clean in half, Jack Scott's "The Way I Walk" dragged back to the Stone Age, and one of the greatest A sides ever pressed: "Human Fly," backed with a "Domino" that swaggers with infinite confidence. Five of those tracks surfaced on the Gravest Hits 12-inch in 1979. The rest of the reels went into the dark for nearly fifty years.
In 2026 Larry Hardy of In The Red Records went down into the Cramps tape vault and came back up with six quarter-inch reels mixed by Lux Interior and Poison Ivy. Gravest Gravy is what was on them: twelve tracks from those October 1977 sessions, unrestrained, wild, and plugged straight into rock 'n' roll's mainline.
"Gravest Gravy is one of the purest collections of unrestrained, wild music you'll ever hear. Like Jerry Lee Lewis unchained, like Elvis meets Tarzan, like it should be. The Cramps were one of the greatest bands in the history of recorded music, and anyone who heard or saw them knows and abides by this groovin' truth. The Cramps made this music for the love of Rock 'n' Roll. Lux and Ivy made this record for you."
Henry Rollins
Vinyl LP on Vengeance Records. Ships on or around October 23, 2026.
Gravest Gravy Coffee
The Liner Notes
Origin: Blend
Country: Honduras & Guatemala
Process: Washed
Tasting Notes: Spices, Berries, and Milk Chocolate
Brew Suggestions
Espresso
French Press
