Seek and ye shall find, no? On my previous Edgar Broughton post, I stated that I had been looking for Wasa, Wasa for 20 years but was not able to find it. I just did a quick search and it turned up on the My Generation blog:
The band started their career as a blues group under the name of The Edgar Broughton Blues Band, playing to a dedicated but limited following in the region around their hometown of Warwick. However, when the band began to lean towards the emerging psychedelic movement, dropping the ‘Blues’ from their name as well as their music, Victor Unitt left.
In 1968, the Broughtons moved to Notting Hill Gate, London, seeking a recording contract and a wider audience, and were picked up by Blackhill Enterprises. Blackhill landed them their first record deal, on EMI’s progressive rock label Harvest Records, in December 1968. Their first single was “Evil”/”Death of an Electric Citizen”, released in June 1969, which was also the first single released by Harvest.
The first single was followed by the Broughtons’ first album, Wasa Wasa, and after a series of free concerts, many performed on the back of trucks and in the face of police harassment, the Broughtons entered into an attempt to capture their ferocious live sound on record by organising a performance at Abbey Road on 9 December 1969. Only one track was released at the time: a rendition of “Out, Demons Out!”, an adaptation of The Fugs’ song “Exorcising The Demons Out Of The Pentagon”, which had become the band’s set-closer and anthem.
Track List:
1) DEATH OF AN ELECTRIC CITIZEN
2) AMERICAN BOY SOLDIER
3) WHY CAN’T SOMEBODY LOVE ME?
4) NEPTUNE
5) EVIL
6) CRYING
7) LOVE IN THE RAIN
DAWN CREPT AWAY
9) MESSIN’ WITH THE KID
10) WATERLOO MAN
11) JACQUELINE
12) TELLIN’ EVERYBODY
13) UNTITLED FREAK OUT
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