When
listening back to a legendary band’s earliest recordings, there are a couple of
different scenarios that can play out. Ranging from the dismissive end of “Wow,
this sucks” to the middle ground of “Wow, they’ve come a long way” to the
higher end of “Wow, they’ve just always had it,” it’s always a gamble for an
artist or band to revisit their greenest days in a single cohesive album.
Sometimes the best they can hope for is just the understanding acceptance of
the completist’s desire for everything.
And then
they are collections like Ladies and
Gentlemen… The Bangles! from the Paisley Underground’s most celebrated
band.
Ladies and Gentlemen… The Bangles! is a
16-track collection of the band’s first recordings spanning the years 1981
through 1984. Capturing the band before they ruled the pop charts and had MTV
on lockdown with hits singles like “Manic Monday,” “Walk Like An Egyptian,” and
“Eternal Flame,” Ladies and Gentlemen…
The Bangles! highlights the fact that what made The Bangles special – the
60s sun-soaked harmonies, the garage-rock rumble, the psychedelic influences,
the richly-textured instrumental interplay – was always present. Even in its most
unpolished incarnations, there’s no denying that the band - Susanna Hoffs and
the Peterson sisters (Vicki and Debbie), as well as original bassist Annette
Zilinskas and replacement Michael Steele – made fun, original,
culture-impacting music that was fueled by, as Hoffs attests, “youthful energy,
hope, and blind ambition.”
While this
album was initially released as a download-only LP in 2014, this CD provides
fans the opportunity to own these rarities in a physical format for the first
time. Longtime out-of-print releases like their debut single from 1981 (“Getting
Out of Hand”) and their first eponymous EP from 1982 – the former recorded
while they were still known as The Bangs – are presented here, as well as
hard-to-find tracks like the instrumental “Bitchen Summer/Speedway” (from 1982’s
Rodney on the ROQ Volume III compilation),
“NO MAG Commercial” (a rerecording of “Getting Out of Hand” with new lyrics for
the L.A. magazine of the same name), and “The Rock & Roll Alternative
Program Theme Song” as well.
Rounding out
the tracklisting of this stellar gem-packed record are a few unreleased demos
and live recordings that include their Bangles-stamped covers of influential
songs by The Turtles, Love, and Paul Revere & The Raiders. For a peek into
the embryonic, pre-fame version of one of the biggest bands of the ‘80s and
earl ‘90s, do not miss this sonic introduction into The Bangles’ back catalog.
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