Album Notes

Back in the '70s, WAIL was a popular band from Rochester, NY, playing clubs and concerts throughout the northeastern United States and Canada. Their fans were loyal and would sometimes follow them hundreds of miles from one gig to the next. It was not unusual to see fans from Toronto at a WAIL gig in New York City. They were a hard rock band playing all original music in night clubs, and making a decent living doing it; quite an accomplishment, considering they never had a record deal.

One loyal fan, Mark Cole from Syracuse, had his own tape recorder and would plug it directly into WAIL's sound board whenever they played his home town. Recently, Mark had these old recordings transferred from analog to digital, and presented them to Bob Murray, WAIL's lead singer/frontman. Bob, in turn, handed the recordings over to Dave Munkhoff, WAIL's lead guitarist (who has a home recording studio in Cocoa, Florida), to do some editing. Meanwhile, Bob's wife remembered seeing an old tape somewhere in the attic. The tape turned out to be a basement recording of self-produced demos, recorded around 1976, at Bob's old house. Once transferred to digital, the basement tapes were sent to Dave for some editing. As a result, this 2 CD set contains highlights from both the live recordings and the basement tapes. Featuring the third and longest lasting incarnation of WAIL:

Bob Murray (lead vocals, keyboards & harmonica)
Dave Barnes (drums, lead & backup vocals)
Rinehart Straub (electric violin, backup vocals)
Dale Croston (bass & backup vocals)
Dave Munkhoff (lead guitar)