Johnny Moped "The Johnny Moped Bootleg Tapes Volumes I And II" CD
(HI TOMCATS! YES, THIS 26 TRACK CD ALBUM CONTAINS ALL THE STUFF FROM THE ORIGINAL JOHNNY MOPED BOOTLEG CASSETTE WHICH THEY USED TO SELL AT GIGS IN ‘76 & ‘77 AND SOME OF THE TRACKS FROM THE BOOTLEG FREEBIE 7” WHICH ORIGINALLY CAME WITH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ON CHISWICK. IT FEATURES THEIR EARLIEST RECORDINGS FROM 1974 RECORDED IN VARIOUS BEDROOMS RIGHT THROUGH TO 1977 STUDIO OUT-TAKES AND LIVE STUFF. WHO WERE JOHNNY MOPED…? JOHNNY MOPED'S MUSICAL CAREER KICKED OFF WITH THE BAND GENETIC BREAKDOWN (FEATURING CAPTAIN SENSIBLE). AFTER THE CAPTAIN WENT TO THE DAMNED, THE GROUP RECRUITED CHRISSIE HYNDE AND SLIMEY TOAD. AFTER HYNDE'S DEPARTURE, THEY RECORDED A TRACK FOR THE ROXY ALBUM AND RELEASED THEIR OWN INFAMOUS JOHNNY MOPED OFFICIAL BOOTLEG ALBUM BEFORE SIGNING WITH CHISWICK IN 1977. THEY RELEASED THREE SINGLES AND ONE ALBUM ON CHISWICK AND A SECOND ALBUM IN 1990 ON CAPTAIN SENSIBLES ‘DELTIC RECORDS’)
1-Johnny's Intro
2-Groovy Ruby
3-Little Queenie
4-Starting A Moped
5-Hard Lovin' Man
6-The Wolf And Dracula/Was That Good?
7-Thanks For Making It To Side 2/3-D Time
8-Somethin' Else
9-These Student
10-Hellrazor
11-You Out There...
12-Hi Tomcats, Phone
13-Hi Tomcats, Studio
14-I Wanna Die
15-I Believed Her Lies
16-I. A Zombie
17-Moped
18-Wee Wee
19-Radio Leeds Interview
20-Little Queenie
21-Cut Across Shorty
22-Ruby Don't Take Your Love To The Vibrators/Boogie City
23-Save The Baby Seals
24-Johnny's Underpants
25-Incendiary Device
26-New Rose