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BRAND NEW // SEALED // SHIPS FROM NEW ZEALAND
** !! Record Store Day 2014 Exclusive !! ** 

The Spelling Mistakes were one of New Zealand's best, most infamous, yet much-loved second wave punk bands of the late seventies. Taking the sneer and aggression from the first wave and matching it with sixties pop sensibilities, in their short tenure from early 1979 to October 1980 they recorded one and half classic singles with Feels So Good and (The Ballad Of) Reena's Piss Flaps (a split A side) as well as a selection of demos. 

This collection, released for Record Store Day 2014, brings together, (and mostly on vinyl for the first time) their raw demos from late 79, Reena and Feels So Good singles, a recording from their last ever show and a selection of their best recordings from 1999 when they entered Frisbee studios to revisit unrecorded tracks. The results of these new recordings were excellent and demanded release. This is the first time the Spelling Mistakes 1979 & 1980 recordings have been reissued from the original master tapes. 

Banned from many an Auckland venue for their fans over exuberant enthusiasm, plus songs about the then recent Air NZ Erebus disaster, and Warwick performing in his SS uniform did little to take them into the hearts of the mainstream, but for those who witnessed them at the time - their gritty pop songs, Warwick's stun guitar, and Nick's flamboyance as a front man captured the imaginations and hearts of many an Auckland (X) teenager of the time 

Track Listing: 
1. Feels So Good 
2. Stingy 
3. Hate Me, Hate Me! (Demo) 
4. No Contact (Demo) 
5. I Want You (Demo) 
6. I Hate The Spelling Mistakes 
7. Reena 

1. X-Teenager 
2. Ergophobia 
3. Anti-social 
4. Nothing To Say 
5. What’s Wrong With Me? 
6. Hate Me, Hate Me! 
7. All I Know How To Be