| Amore
and Early Rarities 1981-1983 |
CD
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A
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70 min
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Amore,
B-Sides & Demos
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Amore:
1. Amore 3.30
2. Blood From A Stone 3.02
3. Hanging On A Heartbeat 2.52
4. All You Zoombies 3.16
5. Birdman 3.44
6. Don't Wanna Fight 2.49
7. Fightin' On The Same Side 2.20
8. Concubine 3.15
B-sides:
9. Fightin' On the Same Side 2.30
10. Wireless 5.06
11. Rescue Me 4.03
12. All You Zombies 4.09 (live)
Demos:
13. Man In the Street 3.50 (demo)
14. Love & Indecision 3.51 (demo)
15. Concubine 3.11 (demo)
16. Scared By Science 3.27 (demo)
17. Christmas Message 1983 2.23
18. Concubine 4.57 (demo)
19. Love & Indecision 4.17 (demo)
20. Hangin' On A Heartbeat 3.08 (demo)
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Amore
is a very rare LP made in 1983, their first on an independent record company,
and the first 8 songs is from that LP. It has only existed in vinyl format
until now. And this version really sound great. The sound quality is excellent.
The first 4 bonus tracks is the pre-Amore
singles. These are the original releases of "Fightin' On The Same
Side" and "All You Zombies" (live A-side), which aren't
identical with the "Amore" recordings. The b-sides "Wireless"
and "Rescue Me" are only released on these singles which only
came out locally in Philadelphia back in '81 and '82.
After this section I have added early
demos. Note that the tracks #18-20 are from a radio broadcast with Eric
Bazilian talking about each song first. Two of these songs are identical
to the other demos but I included them one more time because of Eric's
talking about them. "Man In The Street" is an instrumental
demo from 1980, in fact their very first demo session ever at the original
Umbria Ranch in Manayunk, USA. This is the track that WMMR played relentlessly
after Michael Tearson did his Gorilla Theater takeover, and really started
the ball rolling for the Hooters. "Love & Indecision"
is a demo from 1982 written and sung by John Kuzma who later left the
band. Maybe that was also the reason why they didn't release it because
it is really a good song. "Concubine" is also a 1982 demo
version as well as "Hangin' On A Heartbeat". "Scared
By Science" was recorded for Amore but left off the album. The
"Christmas Message" from 1983 was their first Screamer Of
The Week and is is a very early hip-hop song really! Quite interesting.
This is a must for all true Hooters fans.
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| Accoustic
Live Sessions 1988-1997 |
CD
|
A
|
70
min
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Various |
1.
Satellite
2. Brother Don't You Walk Away
3. Karla With A K
4. All You Zombies
5. Shadow of Jesus
6. Boys Will Be Boys
7. Private Emotion
8. Rough Rider
9. Harder They Come
10. Mr. Big Baboon
11. She's A Woman
12. Oh Darling
13. Yellow Submarine
14. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
15. Satellite
16. Boys Will Be Boys
17. Jacko the Juggler
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Tracks
#1-3: Dutch radio, Holland, December 1990
Tracks #4-7: WMMR Studios, Philadelphia, USA, May 26, 1993
Tracks #8-11: Jamaica, February 13 & 14, 1989
Tracks #12-13: WMMR Studios, Philadelphia, USA, April 7, 1996
Track #14: The Carnival, Mainz, Germany, February 16, 1988
Tracks #15-16: Pitea, Sweden, July 21, 1996
Track #17: Swedish TV, Sweden, summer 1997
This is a collection of various acoustic
performances by the Hooters and Eric Bazilian. The reason why I made
this collection is because it shows that they are really good when they
play unplugged. On the first 7 songs they play "live" in a
radio studio so no big audience. This makes the performance sounding
very solid and professional. Well rehearsed. On the next 4 songs we
find the band in a very relaxed mood in Jamaica, "fooling around"
with some old songs they like. You also hear the first live performance
of Mr. Big Baboon. After that is two songs from the last "Streatbeat",
a local radio show in Philadelphia which has supported the band through
the years. It feautures other artists as well. Next is four acoustic
live performances with Eric Bazilian even though the first one is with
the Hooters. Excellent sound.
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| Rare
Live Session 1986-1989 |
CD
|
A
|
38
min
|
Various |
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Philadelphia 1986:
1. National Anthem
WPI Soundcheck April 19 1988:
2. Big Baboon
3. Blame It On the Bible
4. Love Ain't Love
Brandeis May 5 1988:
5. Blame It On the Bible
6. He Was A Friend Of Mine
7. Love Aint Love
8. Ring of Fire
9. Long Tall Sally
Providence April 21 1989:
10. Crazy When the Night Comes
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This
is a collection of some rare songs performed by the Hooters. It is all
audience recordings (except for National Anthem) and the sound isn't so
good. Do NOT get this compilation for the sound quality. It is the rare
songs that is interesting including unreleased material and cover songs.
There has been a rumour about Blame It On the Bible saying that it exists
as a demo but according to Eric Bazilian there are no demo of it - only
these live performances. The National Anthem is from Veteran's Stadium
before a Philadelphia Philles baseball game. I wish the recordings had
better sound quality but on the other hand I am happy that they exist
at all. WPI stands for Worchester Polytechnical Institute. |
| Rare
1991 - 1992 |
CD
|
A
|
70
min
|
Various
Sources |
1.
One Too Many Nights
2. Save a Little Love
3. Real Fine Love
4. I Want You Bad
5. Private Emotion
6. Everyday I Fall in Love
7. Bow Legged Lolita
8. You Can Run
9. Kansas
10. Private Emotion
11. Josephine
12. Somebody to Love
13. Nobody But You
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| Flip
Sides - The B-Sides 1999 |
CD |
A |
40
min |
Various |
1.
The House of Wolfgang
2. Satellite '95
3. 25 Hours a day (live)
4. Heimliche Sehnsucht
5. Strange, Strange World
6. Thing of Beauty
7. Private Emotion (live)
8. Beat Up Guitar (live) |
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