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Wasa Wasa is the debut album by the psychedelic rock band Edgar Broughton Band. The album was originally released as "Harvest SHVL 757" in July 1969 and was produced by Peter Jenner. The 2004 CD reissue contained 5 previously unreleased bonus tracks, 4 of them being demos recorded by the band when they were a blues outfit called "The Edgar Broughton Blues Band". These tracks feature guitarist Victor Unitt, who left the band when they started to go into psychedelic rock, stating the members of the band to be "sell-outs". The last bonus track being a jamming session which was recorded on 21 January 1969, which was discovered when remastering the album.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Death of an Electric Citizen" – 6:09
  2. "American Boy Soldier" – 4:22
  3. "Why Can't Somebody Love Me?" – 5:05
  4. "Neptune" – 4:20
  5. "Evil" – 2:36
Side two
  1. "Crying" – 5:14
  2. "Love in the Rain" – 3:46
  3. "Dawn Crept Away" – 14:07
2004 CD reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Messin' with the Kid" – 2:50
  2. "Waterloo Man" – 4:11
  3. "Jacqueline" – 3:41
  4. "Tellin' Everybody" – 2:28
  5. "Untitled Freak Out" – 9:47

Personnel

  • Edgar Broughton - vocals, guitar
  • Arthur Grant - bass, vocals
  • Steve Broughton - drums
  • Victor Unitt - guitar (bonus tracks 1-4)

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Dave. Wasa Wasa at AllMusic