Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie

Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie
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Studio album by David Peel & The Lower East Side
Released	1974
Genre	Folk rock
Length	42:53
Label	Orange
Producer	David Peel
David Peel chronology
The Pope Smokes Dope (1972) Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie (1974) An Evening With David Peel (1976)

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Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie is the fourth studio album by David Peel and The Lower East Side, released in 1974 through Orange Records Ltd.

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Peel.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cockeroach"	2:00
2.	"Smack Freek Blues"	3:48
3.	"Rock 'n' Roll Rip Off"	3:09
4.	"The Narco Is a Pusher"	3:30
5.	"The Schools of Corruption"	5:38
6.	"Santa Claus - Rooftop Junkie"	1:40

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Who Stole John F. Kennedy's Brain?"	3:37
2.	"I'm Going Insane"	3:38
3.	"The Ballad of A. J. Weberman"	2:20
4.	"Benedict McCartney/Judas Ringo/B. S. Harrison"	7:07
5.	"Watergate (I Didn't Do It)"	3:22
6.	"Jingle Bells War"	2:40

Personnel

• Michael Angelo – guitar, backing vocals
• Les Fradkin – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Andy "Coke" Friedman – drums, percussion
• David Peel – lead vocals, guitar, art direction
• Mark Shatasky – backing vocals
• Ron Skoler – backing vocals
• Paul Thornton – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• A. J. Weberman – backing vocals, narrator
• Grimes - trumpet

Technical

• Tom Doyle - recording and mixing engineer