LAST YEAR I LOST ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS TO CANCER, HE WAS A COOL MUSICIAN A DRUMMER BY TRADE, ORIGINALLY FROM SEATTLE, BUT RELOCATED TO L.A. IN 1985, HE AMASSED A VERY LARGE RECORD COLLECTION, AND HAD KILLER TASTE FOR ROCK & ROLL, SADLY I AM SELLING OFF A LOT OF HIS COLLECTION ON BEHALF OF HIS WIDOW TO HELP PAY OFF DEBTS INCLUDING HOSPITAL BILLS, TAXES AND STORAGE UNIT FEES. I AM NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR THIS SERVICE, DOING IT FOR MY FRIEND (MISS YOU DAVE!)

THE PHOTO'S MAY BE A LITTLE BLURRY (SORRY ABOUT THAT), OR IF THERE'S SOME REFLECTIONS. BUT THE PHOTO'S ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM YOU ARE BIDDING ON. THANKS FOR LOOKING. ALL RECORDS WILL MAIL OUT INSIDE A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE,

THIS HAS BEEN VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED

ARTIST- WAH! (PETE WYLIE-SEE BELOW)

A1Remember A2Somesay A3The Truth About Eddie A4The Checkmate Syndrome A5I Know There Was Something... B1Shambeko B2Sleeep B3Otherboys B4What's Happening Here? B5Seven Minutes To Midnight B6The Bible Or Maths Notes Made to look like a bootleg. Blank red and blue labels. A4 sized photocopy on the cover on either green or blue paper with little info.

Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Runout - Side A (red label)): WW-1-A DON'T TELL TARQUIN BUT.... Matrix / Runout (Runout - Side B (blue label)): WW-1-B AH! THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF......WAH!

TITLE- “THE MAVERICK YEARS 80-81”

TRACK LISTING- SEE PHOTOS & BELOW

YEAR OF RELEASE- 1982

LABEL- THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF RECORDS

CAT.#- NONE

RECORD CONDITION- NM/EXCELLENT CONDITION. NICE SHINY BLACK LUSTER, NO MARKS, DINGS, ETC.ETC. VERY CLEAN! SOUNDS AND LOOKS GREAT! THE LABELS ARE BLANK.

JACKET CONDITION- JACKET IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A BOOTLEG, IT HAS AN OLD PRICE STICKER ON IT AND COMES IN IT'S ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP

MORE INFO- THIS RECORD IS OUT OF PRINT.

MORE INFO ON THE ARTIST & RELEASE- Peter James Wylie (born 22 March 1958) is an English singer/songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of the band variously known as Wah!, Wah! Heat, Shambeko! Say Wah!, JF Wah!, The Mighty Wah! and Wah! The Mongrel. He was credited by with coining "".

Wah!

Active from 1979, Wylie and company garnered critical acclaim throughout 1980 for the "" and "" (both as Wah! Heat), the latter being single of the week in the , and Melody Maker during spring 1980, and the 1981 Warner Bros. album Nah = Poo! – The Art of Bluff (as Wah!). Their biggest was "The Story of the Blues", which was released in late 1982, and reached number 3 in the .

A follow-up single, "Hope (I Wish You'd Believe me)" was released in 1983, but the single found limited success. Next, Wylie released an officially sanctioned "official bootleg" of new and old songs entitled The Maverick Years 1980–81 on his own label. Clad in a cover that alluded to the early 1970s "Trade Mark of Quality" bootlegs, the record appeared as a with a blank outer cover and a sheet attached with sleevenotes by music journalist Adam Sweeting. This release did not shore up Wylie's dwindling fortunes and Wah! were subsequently dropped by . In 1984, the Mighty Wah! had a Top 20 hit with the song "Come Back" (as with "The Story of the Blues", the song was chosen by the late DJ , as his "single of the year").

The accompanying album, recorded for , was entitled A Word to the Wise Guy. It was critically acclaimed, but sold poorly and the band were again dropped. By 1986, having ditched his backing ensemble, Wylie had a solo hit with "Sinful!", which peaked at number 13 in the UK, ostensibly produced by , but with major input from . "Sinful!" became the title track of his 1987 solo album, which included the enigmatically titled .

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