The very first release ever!
The first demo Liam produced was an EP called What Evil Lurks in 1990. The first release by The Prodigy consists of 4 tracks from the 10 track demo he gave to XL. This included an early version of Everybody in The Place. After this came Charly and everyone knows the rest.
Using a single Roland W-30 Liam created most of the EP by simply assigning the various samples and drum loops to each of the W-30's channels, and mixed down to tape. The title sample "What Evil Lurks in the hearts of men" is taken from the 40s radio series "The Shadow" and you can thrill to your very own "Come on y'all"
'What Evil Lurks' EP was evetually re-released in 2005. Only difference is the catalogue number XLXV1501 (on the original release XLT-17). Tracklisting is the same and the package is the original XL sleeves with a black sticker on the front.
This is the first ever single by the Prodigy. It was only released on 12" vinyl. It has only a plain black/silver XL Recordings housing bag sleeve, there is no picture of the band etc. There are 7000 original copies made!
What Evil Lurks
(February 1991, 12.. XL-Recordings, XLT-17)
A1. 04:23 What Evil Lurks
A2. 04:34 We Gonna Rock
B1. 05:03 Android
B2. 03:27 Everybody In The Place
ANDROID
(Torso Dance Records & XL-Recordings, TORSO 12194) 12", 45 RPM, Black sleeve, on the sleeve is a sticker which says: The Prodigy, 'Android'
A1. 05:03 Android
A2. 03:27 Everybody In The Place
B1. 04:23 What Evil Lurks
B2. 04:34 We Gonna Rock
Info courtesy of http://www.TheProdigy.info
