7a RECORDS
Our friends at 7a Records re-released Mungo Jerry’s second LP, Electronically Tested in July 2024 and followed it up in 2025 on both vinyl and CD with Snakebite Revisited, a new take on the 1990 classic with bonus tracks.
SNAKEBITE REVISITED (2025)
(Release date 18th August)
PROMO VIDEO
7A Records are delighted to present the deluxe, expanded reissue of Mungo Jerry’s Snakebite album, released on August 18th.
It has been such a joy to be able to work with Ray Dorset on this release and we have both put a lot of time, energy and effort into making sure that it both sounds and looks the best it ever will do.
Snakebite Revisited has been remastered and expanded with bonus tracks, lyrics and extensive liner notes. You can pre-order the album now from:
AMAZON UK CD
AMAZON UK VINYL
CD SIGNED BY RAY DORSET
VINYL SIGNED BY RAY DORSET
U.S.A CD – U.S.A VINYL
GERMANY CD – GERMANY VINYL
DENMARK CD – DENMARK VINYL
AUSTRALIA VINYL
More territories to follow soon. Note that there will only be 30 copies of each of the signed CDs and LPs available for now.
THE ALBUM: 20 years after 1970’s anthemic In the Summertime became an international chart-topper and sold an estimated 30 million copies worldwide, Mungo Jerry’s Ray Dorset was enjoying his creative freedom. In 1990, he sensed the time was right for a new recording project. The result was Snakebite, one of the most visceral and exciting albums in the Mungo Jerry discography.
Snakebite first appeared in 1990 in the U.K. on the BBC Prestige Records label. 7A Records have remastered the recordings and expanded it with seven bonus tracks.
Released On August 18th, the CD version includes a 24 page colour booklet with rare photos, lyrics and extensive liner notes. The vinyl version is pressed on 180g Blue Vinyl and is limited to 300 copies. It includes a 12” colour insert.
The album received much critical acclaim upon its release and quickly became a fan favourite. Ray Dorset credits Snakebite’s varied feel for the album’s endurance. “I think Snakebite still sounds fresh because it’s not like any one style of music won out all the way through.
“I always try to integrate a certain level of spontaneity and dynamics in the recording studio. It’s got that live feel, and the lyrics have good stories and are interesting. I think you could go back and listen to it and say, ‘That sounds like it was recorded a couple of weeks ago.’
“They’re good songs. I could play them onstage now, and 30-odd years later, they would still sound as fresh as ever.”
CD Track Listing: Snakebite/All I Wanna Do/Remember Me/Sugar In The Bowl/Rock ‘n’ Roll, Rock ‘n’ Roll/Heartbreak Avenue/(Ghost) Riders in the Sky/Red Leather And Chrome/Jesse James/Right On
Bonus Tracks: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door/Gone To Malaya/With A Girl Like You/All I Wanna Do (Live)/So Lonely (Previously Unissued)/I Hear Music (Previously Unissued)/Psychotic Reaction (Previously Unissued)
• Remastered
• Expanded With 7 Bonus Tracks
• Includes 24 Page CD Colour Booklet
• Extensive Liner Notes & Lyrics
180g Blue Vinyl Track Listing: Side One: Snakebite/All I Wanna Do/Remember Me/Sugar In The Bowl/Rock ‘n’ Roll, Rock ‘n’ Roll/Heartbreak Avenue
Side Two: (Ghost) Riders In The Sky/Red Leather And Chrome/Jesse James/Right On
Bonus Tracks: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door/Gone To Malaya/Psychotic Reaction (Previously Unissued)
• Remastered With 3 Bonus Tracks
• Limited To 300 Copies
• 180g Blue Vinyl
• 12” Lyrics colour Insert
• Extensive Liner Notes
ELECTRONICALLY TESTED RE-RELEASED (2024)
Check out 7a Records PROMO VIDEO
Here is the first review by The Second Disc – Click HERE
And another review by GOLDMINE magazine – Click HERE
7A Records is proud to present our deluxe reissue of Mungo Jerry’s Electronically Tested. The album has been remastered and expanded with four bonus tracks and features extensive liner notes including Ray Dorset’s own recollections.
The CD features a 24-page booklet and the LP is pressed on 180g Red Vinyl.
Electronically Tested, Mungo Jerry’s second album, was first released in March 1971.
Even the title clued in listeners that this was no ordinary record. As Ray Dorset reveals, “I came up with the name of the album. Durex used to have ‘electronically tested’ written on their packets.
“I thought that was quite the talking point, if people in the know said, ‘That’s the same name as on the packet of condoms!’ It was taboo to mention stuff like that.”
Electronically Tested offered hints of the familiar via its inclusion of the UK #1 Hits, In the Summertime and Baby Jump, but elsewhere, the album was pure, eclectic Mungo Jerry.
Every side of Dorset’s talents as a singer, songwriter, and musician came to the fore on Electronically Tested, with his bandmates John Godfrey, Paul King, and Colin Earl – as well as producer Murray – joining him to create a joyful noise:
“It’s got a lot of tracks that could have been singles in their own right. It was good for me to be able to play all that kind of stuff”.
Mungo Jerry’s singular sound has been described as rock, folk, blues, country, good-time music, jug band music, pub rock, and gypsy rock – and that’s just a partial list.
One can hear all of those elements in the disparate, timeless songs that form Electronically Tested. How would Mungo himself describe it?
“It’s kind of rocky stuff. It’s got social commentary. It’s got all sorts of influences in there. It’s really best to say it’s Mungo Jerry music.”
Electronically Tested originally peaked at # 14 on the U.K. Albums Chart the week of April 14, 1971.
• Remastered with 4-bonus tracks
• Big 24 Page CD Colour Booklet
• 180g Red Vinyl
• Gatefold Sleeve
• Extensive Liner Notes
Our deluxe reissue of Mungo Jerry’s Electronically Tested is released on July 19th.
For a limited period of time, we are offering fans the chance to get a signed copy of the album. See links below.
Pre-order your copy now from:
Exclusive Offer: Get A Copy Signed By Ray Dorset
Signed CD: Click HERE
Signed VINYL: Click HERE
Or order from:
UK CUSTOMERS:
CD: Click HERE – VINYL: Click HERE
US CUSTOMERS:
CD: Click HERE – VINYL: Click HERE
GERMANY:
CD: Click HERE – VINYL: Click HERE
