New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Hand-selected by the band members from their personal music, archives, Ladies and Gentlemen... The Bangles! is a 16-track collection of re-mastered �80s-era rarities, demos, live recordings and more, including their debut single and all of the tracks from their self-titled EP � produced by legendary Ramones/Blondie producer
Craig Leon � unavailable since its initial release on vinyl in 1982.
The set is due out on Omnivore Recordings on June 24, 2016.
Encompassing the very first years of the band�s development, from their earliest days as the Bangs to their incarnation as the Bangles, this is the original line-up of Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson, and their first bass player, Annette Zilinskas. (Annette's replacement, longtime
Bangles bassist Michael Steele appears on a couple of live tracks.)
�We�re so pleased to give our fans and music lovers alike the chance to enjoy the early fruits of our labor. Some of these tracks have never seen the light of day,� states drummer/singer Debbi Peterson.
�We�ve wanted to make these songs available to a new audience for a long time,� adds singer/guitarist Vicki Peterson. �We�ve thrown in a couple of live tracks, and even some of the first demos, all lovingly collected and re-mastered, so you no longer have to dig out a cassette player to hear them.�
Singer/guitarist Hoffs continues, �I feel a very special connection to our early recordings. The garage of my parents� house was our musical laboratory, and we took all the flavors of our favorite bands and mixed up a concoction of jangly guitars, McCartney-inspired bass parts, grooves powered by punk energy, and harmonies galore! These songs and recordings were our musical manifesto � all that mattered and inspired us, fueled by youthful energy, hope and blind ambition.�
In partnership with the band, Omnivore Recordings is proud to offer this compilation (previously available as a download only), with many tracks available for the first time on CD. Ladies and Gentlemen . . . The Bangles!
Track Listing:
1. Bitchen Summer/Speedway � The Bangs
2. Getting Out Of Hand � The Bangs
3. Call On Me � The Bangs
4. The Real World
5. I�m In Line
6. Want You
7. Mary Street
8. How Is The Air Up There?
9. Outside Chance (Demo Version)
10. Steppin� Out (Demo Version)
11. The Real World (Demo Version)
12. Call On Me (Demo Version)
13. Tell Me (Live)
14. 7 & 7 Is (Live)
15. No Mag Commercial
16. The Rock & Roll Alternative Program Theme Song
