TYLA GANG: Pool Hall Punks – Complete Recordings 1976-1978 (3CD Box Set)

For the first time ever, here are the Tyla Gang’s complete recordings across three CDs, including many tracks which appear on CD for the first time.

  • Frontman Sean Tyla is currently celebrating his 70th birthday and will be performing several gigs to coincide with this momentous occasion!
  • Sean had previously fronted Pub Rock favourites Ducks Deluxe, a popular live draw who released two albums on RCA. After they disbanded, Sean Tyla formed Tyla Gang in late 1975. The following year, they issued a one-off single for Stiff Records, ‘Styrofoam’, which was followed by ‘Suicide Jockey’ on French label Skydog.
  • The Tyla Gang then signed to Beserkley Records, resulting in two promising albums, the critically acclaimed Yachtless (1977) and follow-up Moonproof (1978). The band started making a third album but disbanded before it was completed and Sean Tyla embarked on a prolific solo career. More recently, Sean has reformed The Tyla Gang for live shows and new recordings.
  • Both the Tyla Gang’s studio albums appear on Pool Hall Punks in their entirety, alongside salvaged sessions from their third album, non-album singles and B-sides, all three John Peel sessions (the first of which has never been reissued), two tracks from an Old Grey Whistle Test appearance (again, never released on CD), various tracks which Sean recorded under different guises (Spitballs, Speedballs, etc.) and a clutch of live tracks from different shows, including their contributions to the famous Pub Rock LP Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival.
  • Housed in a tidy card wallet combo, Pool Hall Punks also boasts an exclusive Q&A interview with Sean Tyla, reproductions of many rare images from the period and boasts remastered sound quality.
YACHTLESS (1977)
1. HURRICANE
2. DUST ON THE NEEDLE
3. ON THE STREET
4. NEW YORK SUN
5. SPEEDBALL MORNING
6. DON'T SHIFT A GEAR
7. LOST ANGELS
8. THE YOUNG LORDS (Version 2)
9. WHIZZ KIDS
10. DON'T TURN YOUR RADIO ON
BONUS TRACKS
11. STYROFOAM
12. TEXAS CHAINSAW
MASSACRE BOOGIE
13. THE YOUNG LORDS (Version 1)
14. SUICIDE JOCKEY
15. CANNONS OF THE
BOOGIE NIGHT
16. IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL (BUT IT GETS UP YOUR NOSE)
17. MAD MUCHACHOS
18. POOL HALL PUNKS
LIVE IN FRANCE, 1977
19. I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE
20. FIREBALL
21. GONNA TAKE ME AWAY
MOONPROOF (1978)
1. TROPICAL LOVE
2. OAKLAND RED
3. IT'S GONNA RAIN
4. DID YOUR HEAR IT ON THE RADIO
5. RODEO
6. SPANISH STREET
7. NO ROSES
8. AMERICAN MOTHER
9. SUICIDE JOCKEY
10. FLASHING IN THE SUBWAY
BONUS TRACKS
11. SPEEDBALL JIVE - Speedballs
12. JUNGLE OF LOVE
13. BAR DU TELEPHON
14. AMSTERDAM DOG
15. CHASING THE DRAGON
16. OUT ON THE RUN
17. WHALEBACK BOOGIE
18. MOONLIGHT AMBULANCE
19. ON THE STREET – Das Luftwaffegeschäft
PEEL SESSIONS & RARITIES
JOHN PEEL SESSION 30/05/77
1. THE YOUNG LORDS
2. DON’T SHIFT A GEAR
3. WHIZZ KIDS
4. SPEEDBALL MORNING
JOHN PEEL SESSION 04/10/77
5. ON THE STREET
6. DON’T TURN YOUR RADIO ON
7. STYROFOAM
8. DUST ON THE NEEDLE
JOHN PEEL SESSION 09/08/78
9. NO ROSES
10. IT’S GONNA RAIN
11. SPANISH STREETS
12. MOONLIGHT AMBULANCE
RARITIES
13. PARIS BOOGIE
14. HOLD ON TO MY LOVE
15. KEEP FROM MOVIN’ ON
16. BAD MOON RISING - Spitballs
17. KNOCK ON WOOD - Spitballs
18. WALKING THE DOG
19. DON’T SHIFT A GEAR (OGWT 29/11/77)
20. YOUNG LORDS (OGWT 29/11/77)
21. ON THE STREET (Live at Hope & Anchor)
22. STYROFOAM (Live at Hope & Anchor)

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