Wasa Wasa is the debut album by the English psychedelic rock band Edgar Broughton Band. The album was originally released as "Harvest SHVL 757" in July 1969 and was produced by Peter Jenner.

Releases

The 2004 CD reissue contained five previously unreleased bonus tracks, four of them being demos recorded by the band when they were a blues outfit called "The Edgar Broughton Blues Band". These tracks feature guitarist Victor Unitt, who left the band when they started to go into psychedelic rock, stating the members of the band to be "sell-outs". The last bonus track was a jamming session which was recorded on 21 January 1969, which was discovered when remastering the album.

Wasa Wasa

Track listing

"Death of an Electric Citizen" (Arthur Grant, Robert Edgar Broughton, Steve Broughton) – 6:09 "American Boy Soldier" (Grant, R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton) – 4:22 "Why Can't Somebody Love Me?" (Grant, R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton) – 5:05 "Neptune" (S. Broughton) – 4:20 "Evil" (R.E. Broughton) – 2:36 "Crying" (R.E. Broughton) – 5:14 "Love in the Rain" (R.E. Broughton) – 3:46 "Dawn Crept Away" (R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton)– 14:07

Wasa Wasa

2004 CD reissue bonus tracks

"Messin' with the Kid" (Kelvin London) – 2:50

"Waterloo Man" (R. E. Broughton) – 4:11

"Jacqueline" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 3:41

"Tellin' Everybody" (R. E. Broughton) – 2:28

"Untitled Freak Out" (Grant, R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton) – 9:47

Personnel

Edgar Broughton Band

Edgar Broughton – vocals, guitar

Arthur Grant – bass, vocals

Steve Broughton – drums

Additional musician

Victor Unitt – guitar (bonus tracks 1-4)

Wasa Wasa

Technical

Peter Jenner – producer

Peter Bown – engineer

Peter Mew – engineer

Jim Epps – sleeve design

John Hopkins – liner notes

Dick Imrie – photography

References

1969 debut albums

Edgar Broughton Band albums

Albums produced by Peter Jenner

Harvest Records albums

Acid rock albums