Wednesday, May 28

MOCKINGBIRDS - MOCKINGBIRDS (1996)


















Self released in 1996, this amazing CD went out of print in a second. In 1997, the album was listed in any Top 10 lists everywhere. Not Lame reissued it later with three bonus tracks (not on the original). The Not Lame release (a Not lame Limited Edition) went out of print too. The Mockingbirds were Mark Fuqua, Paul Babiak, Les James and Max Butler. The album was produced by Lewis Wilson with additional production by Matthew Sweet.

Special note: I hope this post will help to bring a new reissue of this lost powerpop gem. If you are lucky enough to find a copy, grab it as soon as possible. Try ebay or amazon. If anyone has any info about a soon-to-be reissue, just post a comment and i'll remove the links.

Songs (1988 reissue)
Hey, Tristessa / Baby, You're a Star / Angels and Helicopters / Porno Star / Alfred Hitchcock / Submarine / Outlaw Song / Michael / On the Patio / Moovy / Automatic Girl / Dream City Sunshine / Freeride / Frank Mills

15 comments:

angelo said...

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Curty Ray said...

Another exceptional post, Thanks!!

Kevin said...

Thanks! Can't wait to hear this.

jimsouls said...

Thanks. Anyone have "Inside" by the Moptops? I like that one a lot but it has been out of print for a long time.

Anonymous said...

Got this CD way back when from Not Lame. I love it.

Ace K.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for another great post, Grant

Anonymous said...

File is missing the first 7 tracks, are they coming soon, Grant

Anonymous said...

Re: missing first 7 tracks. Click on Mockingbirds in the title of the column.

Voila.

Ace K.

Anonymous said...

i gotta tell you.... these rapidshare codes with the cats are worthless. i haven't solved one yet. if this is the format, you need to change something.

srcstcbstrd said...

Listening to this right now. Good album. Thanks for posting this. Good stuff.

srcstcbstrd said...

Excellent, thanks.

Anonymous said...

part 1 is excellant , but link to part 2 is dead ! help -ta

Anonymous said...

Rapidshare sucks hard. I tried to download this album and it tells me to stop flooding their servers. Weak. MegaUpload doesn't have these problems.

beatlefan_aps said...

Certainly would love to hear this record, any change for lossless upload?

bosshoss said...

Hi Angelo!
Any chance of a re-up for this one? Would love it in lossless.
Please.....
All the best and stay safe, Tomas