WHITE BOY AND THE AVERAGE RAT BAND (US) - S/T LP 1980

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:38 pm

On Tradewind Records. All tracks written by Mike Matney (one man band?). Here's how their myspace site describes their sound:

Motorhead licking the leftover DMT off of Black Sabbath's "SYPMTOM OF THE UNIVERSE" for half an hour with an acoustic interlude which was merely a device so the band could reach over and finish those pints of strychnine and dodo-bird blood.

http://rapidshare.com/files/411731185/W ... d.rar.html

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:34 pm

Oh wow, great post Ion! I heard some songs by these guys awhile back and thought they were pretty interesting! I remember dealer John Allinson used to hype these guys a lot. Last copy of the album i saw sold for several hundred doillars (US)

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:08 pm

unfortunately NOT a real myspace account.
From the looks of it not even someone who owns the LP. Just a fan of the music

John lived on the same street as White Boy and help with the release of this LP. (YES a 1 man band)

When it was released the only place you could purchase copies was from John or Zig Zag Records in NY as they dealt with John all the time and took some on Consignment

GREAT RECORD!

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:21 pm

Thanks very much for the post Ion, looking forward to hearing this one, have heard good things about it which make me suspect it'll be right up my street.
Kudos to you sir, you're a gent.

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:16 am

Thanks for the info glock! I knew the 'band' was from John's area, but i didn't realize he was that closely involved w/ 'em. By the time I was buying from John all the copies were long gone; I think I remember him having one copy on his list for $90 around '93

Post by **DaN** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:09 pm

bigfootkit wrote:Don't get too excited DaN, it's pretty good but not HOD standard.

White Boy And The Average Rat Band - Same (1980) USA

http://www.fileducky.com/otOmJcEB/

or

http://www.badongo.com/file/8398250

Not my uploads, found on my travels.
ctop

Cheers, but these links seem to be dead too

Hilfe!

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:13 pm

I'll check if I still have the file. If yes, I'll reupload it tomorrow.

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:46 pm

Original post is edited with a new link.

Ernest Thesiger · Post by **Ernest Thesiger** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:59 pm

Grazie!

MEXDefenderOfSteel · Post by **MEXDefenderOfSteel** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:48 am

this is great! so american, so cheesy 80s sound

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:40 pm

Fun, cool record, still on my want list

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:26 pm

Recently booted on Vinyl
Should be pretty easy to find for under $20

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:34 pm

glockose wrote:Recently booted on Vinyl
Should be pretty easy to find for under $20

Oh! Thanks for the heads-up! Is the boot easy to tell apart from an original? I might pick it up if it's a nice boot to help hold me over until I can get an original. Think I've placed third on the last two ebay'ed copies

Post by **DaN** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:40 pm

Thanx alot, omen! I really dug this of course, esp the crazy guitar tone. The vocals were a bit sour on a few cuts but as a whole this is great US "crossover" right up there with IMPECCABLE, JOE STEP etc...

Checking the going price on popsike made my heart sink though - for the time being I think I'll settle for that bootleg too...

nightsblood · Post by **nightsblood** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 3:48 am

DaN wrote:Thanx alot, omen! I really dug this of course, esp the crazy guitar tone. The vocals were a bit sour on a few cuts but as a whole this is great US "crossover" right up there with IMPECCABLE, JOE STEP etc...

Checking the going price on popsike made my heart sink though - for the time being I think I'll settle for that bootleg too...

Yeah, I always fall for the expensive ones