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The Mosquitos - this then are The Mosquitos!

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rugrat907 Was so excited to see that this was coming out - I've been familiar with them through the old Audities list and then found a full show on YouTube that reinforced my love for the band. Anyone who has heard the one official studio release from back in the day and nothing else needs to give this a listen - they're so much better in their raw form than their one studio effort showed. Great songs, full of merseybeat influenced powerpop with harmonies galore. Favorite track: I Know a Secret (Pink Sessions).

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1.	Let's Stomp 01:51
2.	You Don't Give a Hang (About Me) 02:32
3.	Darn Well 03:18
4.	Quit It 02:21
5.	Wrong Side of Town 01:47
6.	I'll Just Hide 02:03
7.	Don't Know Why 01:55
8.	Really Mystified 01:55
9.	I Know That You Know 01:16
10.	Be Quiet 02:48
11.	I Apologize (Live Version) 03:03
12.	I Know a Secret (Pink Sessions) 01:49
13.	Had the Notion 03:17
14.	I'm Not Happy Anymore 02:39
15.	My Life 01:50
16.	Change 02:02
17.	Put Your Foot Down 02:16
18.	Changed My Mind 02:44
19.	Situation 03:34
20.	Sick 'n' Tired 01:50
21.	You're Not There 03:22
22.	Time 02:15
23.	Hippy Hippy Shake 01:46	info
24.	In the Shadows 03:26
25.	(Hidden Track #1) Don't Hang Me Up 01:43
26.	(Hidden Track #2) Any Day, Any Way (Demo) 00:39
27.	Introduction (Brother Scotto) 00:24
28.	That Was Then, This Is Now 04:05
29.	I Know a Secret (EP Session) 02:30
30.	I'm So Ashamed 02:41
31.	Shakin' All Over 02:10	info
32.	Jimmy, Jimmy 02:02
33.	Don't Wait 02:43
34.	Face Up to It 03:05
35.	I Apologize (Studio Version) 03:03
36.	If I'm Lucky 05:04
37.	Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 04:29
38.	Lot On My Mind 03:04
39.	Don't Call On Me 04:05
40.	Do What Ya Gotta Do 04:28
41.	Stephanie Says 03:18
42.	Christine 03:48
43.	Standing In the Rain 03:00
44.	Do You Want to Hurt Me 03:26
45.	You Can't Judge a Book By its Cover 04:26
46.	Christmas Dream 03:30
47.	I Know a Secret (China Club) 01:44

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A PDF FILE OF THE 8-PAGE BOOKLET/LINER NOTES WILL AUTOMATICALLY ACCOMPANY YOUR DOWNLOAD. The Mosquitos should’ve been huge. By the mid-80’s, they looked poised to make an assault on the charts. Fans flocked to their shows, their vocal harmonies were phenomenal and their musicianship was excellent. But more than anything, it was the songs. In 1986, after a few nominations at the New York Music Awards (including a win for Best New Rock Group), Arista Records’ Clive Davis picked the title track off the band’s EP, “That Was Then, This Is Now” for The Monkees to record as their comeback single. That summer, the Prefab Four (minus one or two) took it into the Top 20. The world is a strange place… By the next spring, after more than five years of rehearsing four times a week (one being vocals only), they split, leaving behind only the EP which the band now readily admits didn’t come close to representing their dynamic live sound, along with a couple of demo tapes and a song on ROIR’s “Garage Sale” cassette compilation. In late summer 2020, the band’s Facebook page saw an encouraging post from fellow NYC garage scene musician, Paul Martin (The Vipers), who suggested The Mosquitos needed to set the record straight. The band got to talking, and soon they were collaborating on a compilation with a couple of fans who’d never stopped listening to tapes of Mosquitos live shows. This time-consuming process resulted in a couple of interested labels to drop out (“thank you” to them), but fortunately led to a connection with Kool Kat Musik - ever the pop-archivist - who insisted in the project expanding to a 47-song (!), double CD which allowed for the release just about every original song they’d ever played, plus a handful of covers. They got a few friends to help get the job done, and got incredibly lucky when noted NYC musician Mike Fornatale agreed to clean, repair, massage and master the recordings. Tony Million$ (Farfisa, lead and backing vocals) envisioned the anthology as two long live sets: the first would cover from the band’s beginnings through the mid-period, while the second would represent the time of the EP’s release through to the end. The track list would not be chronological, instead arranged as it might work onstage. Since the band only recorded a third of their original songs in the studio, the rest are represented in a live setting. Much care was taken to find the best versions, and some you’ll swear are studio recordings. “When a band doesn’t ‘make it’, people think that maybe they didn’t have what it takes. This collection proves otherwise…and shows what a great songwriter Vance Brescia is, as well.” - Tony Million$ Now: Please enjoy The Mosquitos - the secret is out and another chapter of pop history has been preserved!

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released May 8, 2023

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Kool Kat Musik is dedicated to the sales and marketing of melodic pop music from around the world. Starting with its first label release in 1981, the company became a full-time entity in 1998. Since then, thousands of releases by bands and artists including over 250 releases on the Kool Kat label have been marketed. Kool Kat Musik remains steadfastly committed to preserving the CD format. ... more

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