The first album (1st Australian Edition)

THE SAINTS - (I'M) STRANDED (1977)

 

The first Saints album, this is the first Australian LP edition and it sounds as fresh today as it sounded 50 years ago. As a matter of fact, this is one of my all-time favorite albums (along the original "muddy" L.A.M.F). I have listened to all the CD reissues of "(I'm) Stranded" and the only good one is the first australian 1987 CD reissue. Forget all the other brickwalled ones.

WU LP (277 mb)

Brisbane Rocks (A Power 7")

THE SAINTS - (I'M) STRANDED (1976)

 

The first single (not the the australian pressing on Fatal Records) but one of the first two UK edition with the black moulded labels. The 7" version is slightly longer than the one available on the first LP. Anyway, a must have.

 

WU STRANDED (50 mb)

Netherlands LP Edition

THE NEIGHBORHOODS - REPTILE MEN (1987)

 

Before making the vinyl transfer of their third album "Reptile Men", i tried to find the 1991 CD reissue at a reasonable price, but as i was unable to find one, i finally made the needle drop in 2019. You may know that the CD reissue had two bonus tracks lifted from "Fire is Coming" (1984). I have included the scans of the CD reissue along the usual set of custom artwork.

  

WU REPTILE LP (287 mb)

The First Album (Never Reissued)

THE NEIGHBORHOODS - FIRE IS COMING (1984)

 

Hailing from Boston, The Neighborhoods started out playing strong power pop (a 1980 single, "Prettiest Girl," remains a local classic) in the wake of British neo/mods. The eight/song Fire Is Coming is a get your feet wet proposition, relative to the albums; a likable pointer to the future. The production is a bit thin, but you can tell what the horns on the very first track (ambitious idea) were meant to sound like. The cover of "If I Had a Hammer" was a great idea, enthusiastically executed. Even though two songs of the album were included as bonus tracks on the 1991 CD reissue of "Reptile Men" (1987), the full length has never been fully reissued.

WU FIRE (193 mb)

David Paton (ex -Pilot) in Japan (Beatlesque Part 2)

BEAGLE HAT - ORANGE GROOVE (2009)

 

“Orange Groove” follows on from “Magical Hat” in the David Paton/Beagle Hat collaborations. Both of these Beagle Hat CDs have reached cult status in a very short time and they are sought after by record collectors the world over. It’s a marriage made in heaven for Beagle Hat and David Paton.

 

WU GROOVY (346 mb)

David Paton (ex -Pilot) in Japan (Beatlesque Part 1)

BEAGLE HAT - MAGICAL HAT (2006)

 

Just give a look at the sleeve, and you know what kind of music you'll find inside. Actually, this is a japanese band with David Paton (Pilot) on lead vocals, who also wrote some songs. An exceptional Beatlesque album released in Japan only.

 

WU MAGICAL (356 mb)

An Exceptional Talented Man covered by 32 Talented Acts

LYNNE ME YOUR EARS - A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JEFF LYNNE (2001)

 

The famous and definitive tribute to ELO, The Idle Race, The Move, Jeff Lynne (solo) and The Traveling Wilburys. It was released by Not Lame in the USA and Air Mail Recordings in Japan. 

 

WU ELO (916 mb)

Inspired by The Genius Of Jeff Lynne (another PPA exclusive)

VARIOUS - ELO-ISH Vol 2 (2026)

 

Six years after the first collection, here's a brand new volume featuring 23 bands or solo artists, Only two of them were included on the first one. It features only original songs, no covers at all. A complete set of artwork is included..

 

WU VOL 2 (529 mb)

The Proper Redd Kross (10" EP)

REDD KROSS - 2.500 FANS CAN'T BE WRONG (1994)

 

"2.500 Redd Kross Fans Can't Be Wrong" was a 10" limited edition each individually numbered. At the time of its release , some of the tracks were only available on this 10" EP.

 

WU 2500 (177 mb)

 

Steven alone (with Jeff guesting)

THE STEVEN McDONALD GROUP - THIS IS NOT A REBELLION... (2002)

 

On a hiatus with Redd Kross, Steven McDonald formed this short-lived band with his wife Anna Waronker. 5 songs of pure glam / bubblegum (including a magnificent cover of Kim Fowley's Motorboat)  for Redd Kross fans and others

 

WU MOTORBOAT (118 mb)

Jeff & Steven + Famous Guests

TATER TOTZ - MONO! STEREO:

SGT. SHONEN'S EXPLODING PLATIC EASTMAN REQUEST (1989)

 

After Neurotica (1987), Redd Kross was prevented to record under their name during three years. Instead, as the Tater Totz, the McDonald brothers corralled member Michael Quercio (Salvation Army, Three O'Clock), Kim Shattuck (The Pandoras, White Flag, The Muffs), Pat Smear (White Flag) plus some Shonen Knife members. "Mono! Stereo" was a collection of covers and a few originals, the album included renditions of  Lennon, McCartney, David Essex, Queen.

 

WU MONO/STEREO (362 mb)

Post Bay City Rollers Bubblegum (Scarce Japan Anthology)

ROSETTA STONE - RETROSPECTIVE ROLLER (1977-1979) (2005)

 

After leaving The Bay City Rollers, Ian Mitchell formed Rosetta Stone and released two albums of pure bubblegum/power pop for Private Stock. This rare anthology from Japan includes some power pop gems (specially Judy, Judy, Judy) and also some nice covers

 

WU BCR (600 mb)

GT Anthology (The Early Years)

GAME THEORY - DISTORTION OF GLORY (1993)

 

"Distortion of Glory" was a 1994 CD anthology of all of 1982's "Blaze of Glory" and most of the two following 12" EPs, (though the songs were remixed and 3 songs were dropped) 1983's "Pointed Accounts of People You Know" and 1984's Michael Quercio-produced "Distortion", plus a rare flexidisc track, "Dead Center.". "Distortion of Glory" is an essential release for Game Theory fans, making these otherwise impossible to find songs available again. 

 

WU GLORY (500 mb)

GT 12" EP (Never Reissued on CD)

GAME THEORY - DISTORTION (1984)

 

The five-song "Distortion", was co-produced by Michael Quercio of the Three O’Clock. Four songs out of five were remixed and included on the anthology "Distortion of Glory" (1993). Distortion was reissued on 10-inch green vinyl on November 28, 2014, in a limited pressing of 1,500 copies, available only in record stores, as part of Black Friday Record Store Day

 

WU DISTORTION (126 mb)

GT Mini Album (Never Reissued on CD)

GAME THEORY - POINTED ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW (1983)

 

After his first band Alternate Learning, Scott Miller formed Game Theory and released some of the best albums during the 80's. Here is the first proper mini album released in 1983. Actually, the real first album called "Blaze Of Glory" was a promo only item limited edition of 500 given to press and college-radio people. "Pointed Accounts Of People You Know" (1983) has never been reissued. Some of those songs (4 out of 6), as well the "Blaze Of Glory" LP surfaced again on the "Distortion Of Glory" CD (1993), but they were re-mixed. So, this mini-album is the only way to listen to all of those lost gems. For info, in 2014, Omnivore reissued the Pointed Accounts of People You Know EP on 10-inch clear vinyl.

 

WU ACCOUNT (165 mb)

Late Paisley Pop (not too easy to find)

JUPITER AFFECT

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TWO WAYS OF BECOMING ALICE (2000)

 

Probably the masterpiece of Michael Quercio with his new band (after Salvation Army, The Three O'Clock and Permanent Green Light). The album was ranked #118 in the first edition of "Shake Some Action (2007)" and #139 in the new edition of "Shake Some Action 2.0 (2019)"

 

WU JUPITER (363 mb)

PGL lost 7" single (never reissued)

PERMANENT GREEN LIGHT - HITLER WITH MASCARA (1996)

 

After a few singles and an album "Against Nature" (1993), co-leader with Michael Quercio (Three O'Clock, Jupiter Affect) Matt Devine left mid-1995 and was replaced by guitarist Bernard Yin of Medicine's touring band and Quercio took over all songwriting and vocal chores for the group's next single, 1995's "You Are the Queen of Market Street." Apparently, a full album was recorded with Yin, but it remained unreleased. Two tracks eventually showed up in Spain as the final Permanent Green Light single with Yin, "Hitler with Mascara" coupled with the wonderful "Angela Davis Hair"

 

WU MASCARA (47 mb)

The Plimsouls Live '85 (Official Release) (Soundboard)

THE PLIMSOULS - LIVE AT THE PALACE, HOLLYWOOD '85 (2012)

 

A previously unavailable, 21-song live recording (probably just before the first break-up) from 1985 by the Plimsouls. Recorded at The Palace, in Hollywood CA, this special recording finds the band not only plundering through their back catalog, but performing some songs ( "Twisted Friend", "Just Like That") that never made it onto any Plimsouls release. The band performs some songs that will be released later as Peter Case "I Shook His Hand", "More Than Curious" or "Who's Gonna Break The Ice". And, they also do some very cool covers of "Glory (Television)", "My Lonely Sad Eyes (Them)", "Fall On You (Moby Grape)", "Jumping From Love To Love (Dr Feelgood)", and "Jumpin' In The Night (Flamin' Groovies)". And they're joined on this performance by Gurf Morlix on pedal steel and background vocals - giving the band a sound and feel never heard before.

  

WU LIVE 1985 (405 mb)

UK LP Edition (14 Tracks) (Never Properly Reissued)

FLAMIN' GROOVIES - JUMPIN' IN THE NIGHT (1979, UK Edition)

 

UK edition of "Jumpin' In The Night", final part of the Sire trilogy. The track order is totally different from the US edition, with also some alternate choices of the covers selected. "You're My Wonderful One", "19th Nervous Breakdown" & a beatlesque "Boys" replace "Werewolves of London" and "It Won't Be Wrong". As the UK edition goes, the choice of "Please Please Me" as the opening seems more than obvious, and the title track becomes the piece de resistance as the final track of side 1. For all these reasons, UK Side one is so strong that the second side dismally fails to attain the same kind of density. This edition has never been reissued in CD.

  

WU JUMPIN' (283 mb)

CD Reissue 1997 (13 Tracks) (Japan)

FLAMIN' GROOVIES - JUMPIN' IN THE NIGHT (1997, Reissue Japan)

 

This is the very first CD reissue of the album, that 1997 Japan reissue had 13 songs including two unique covers : "It Won't Be Wrong" and "Werewolves Of London". It uses the original artwork, and was actually a reissue of the US LP with the same track order. A different mastering was used for all the subsequent US CD reissues (2005, 2020) and the versions available on all the streaming sites.

 

WU JAPAN 1997 (275 mb)