The Bangles have assembled sixteen tracks from their early career, EPs and live performances on Ladies and Gentlemen…The Bangles!
The new album starts with the group’s debut single Getting Out of Hand/Call on Me and follows with all of the tracks from their first, self-titled EP. Four unreleased demos are followed by live performances, an ad for No Mag and the theme song from The Rock & Roll Alternative Program. All of the tracks were recorded between 1981 and 1984.
Debbi Peterson said “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.”
Her sister, Vicki, added “We’ve wanted to make these songs available to a new
audience for a long time. 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.”
Finally, Susanna Hoffs said “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.”
Track List:
Bitchen Summer/Speedway (The Bangles/Rodney On The Roq: Volume 3, 1982 – S. Hoffs/D. Roback)
Getting Out of Hand (The Bangs/debut single A-side, 1981 – V. Peterson)
Call on Me (The Bangs/debut single B-side, 1981 – S. Hoffs/V. Peterson/ D. Roback)
The Real World (The Bangles EP, 1982 – S. Hoffs/V. Peterson)
I’m in Line (The Bangles EP, 1982 – D. Peterson/V. Peterson/S. Hoffs)
Want You (The Bangles EP, 1982 – V. Peterson)
Mary Street (The Bangles EP, 1982 – S. Hoffs/V. Peterson)
How is the Air Up There? (The Bangles EP, 1982 – S. Duboff/A. Kornfeld)
Outside Chance (unreleased demo, 1981 – W. Zevon)
Steppin’ Out (unreleased demo, 1981 – M. Lindsay/Paul Revere & The Raiders)
The Real World (unreleased demo, 1981 – S. Hoffs/V. Peterson)
Call on Me (unreleased demo, 1981 – S. Hoffs/V. Peterson/D. Roback)
Tell Me (live performance, Dingwalls London, 1984 – S. Hoffs/V. Peterson)
7 & 7 Is (live performance, The Palace, Hollywood, 1984 – A. Lee)
No Mag Commercial (The Bangles, 1982)
The Rock & Roll Alternative Program theme song (The Bangles, 1982)
