BABY GRANDE

Baby Grande was a 1975-77 pre-Church band involving Steve Kilbey and Peter Koppes.


BABY GRANDE 1975-77 (2018)

Baby Grande - Baby Grande Cover

Tracks (click a title for details)

Side A:

  1. Pure, White, & Deadly (3:19)
  2. Going There And Back (2:46)
  3. Madam Lash (3:50) *
  4. Gettin' Away With Murder (2:37)
  5. Put You On My Wall (3:22) *
  6. You're So Continental (3:13) *

Side B:

  1. Zephyr (3:38)
  2. She Thinks She's a Diamond (3:48)
  3. As Above And So Below (3:52)
  4. Pure, White & Deadly (Alt Version) (3:16)
  5. Madam Lash (Alt Version) (4:14) *

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Credits

Recorded 1975-77 in Canberra, Australia
at Alberts Studio, Air Studio, & EMI Studio
All tracks previously unreleased.

Steve Kilbey: Lead Vocals
Dave Scotland: Guitar
Joe Lee: Bass
Ken Wylie: Drums
Peter Koppes: Guitar *

Photos by Stan Kadlo
Special Thanks to: Frankie Jensen, Chuck Nolan, Badger, Steve Kilbey, and Dave Scotland.

Releases

Vinyl Run-Out Groove Messages
HoZac Records HZR-201
    Side A: Lucky Canberra Ballcrusher
    Side B: Lucky Glamour Damage
 

Notes:

Some copies have a yellow sticker on the front cover which reads:

Now available for the first time in any format

BABY GRANDE
Australian GLAM/Proto-PUNK, missing link

"Screaming out of Canberra circa 1975-77, teenage glam rock fans Steve Kilbey and Peter Koppes (later founding members of THE CHURCH), dug their heels in and created Baby Grande, one of the very few Aussie bands to successfully bridge the gap between glam rock, and the quickly emerging snarl of 1st wave punk. Although their EMI deal fell through, luckily this LP has been saved from slipping through the cracks."

with FREE download

HZR-201
HoZac Archival

Steve wrote about this album on his blog on Aug. 6, 2018 ["grande theft (glam)"].

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COMPILATIONS FEATURING TRACKS BY BABY GRANDE

ALL THE YOUNG DROOGS: 60 JUVENILE DELINQUENT WRECKS (2019)

All The Young Droogs Cover

Tracks

Disc One: Rock Off!

  1. Hey Sweety - Ray Owen's Moon
  2. Working Class Man - Third World War
  3. I Got A Right - Iggy & The Stooges
  4. Wok N' Woll - Milk 'N' Cookies
  5. Hold On Tight - Method
  6. Be A Man - The Brats
  7. Lazy London Lady - Change
  8. Looking For Love - Glo Macari
  9. Big Boobs Boogie - Slowload
  10. Lovely Lady Rock - James Hogg
  11. Teenage Love Affair - Iron Virgin
  12. I Like It Both Ways - Supernaut
  13. Brother John - Fancy
  14. Don't Let Go - Rats
  15. She's Not My Lover - Cole Younger
  16. Roxy Roller - Sweeney Todd Featuring Brian Guy Adams
  17. Boys Will Be Boys - Taste
  18. Get Outta My House - Hustler
  19. Machine - Ning
  20. Hard Road - Stevie Wright

Disc Two: Tubthumpers & Hellraisers

  1. My Teenage Queen - Harpo
  2. By Bye Bad Days - Hector
  3. Saturday Night - Bilbo Baggins
  4. Game's Up - Hello
  5. Poser - Frenzy
  6. Sex Appeal - Simon Turner
  7. Yeah - The Jets
  8. Lucifera - Lemming
  9. Whizz Kid - Mott The Hoople
  10. Little Boy Blue - Angel
  11. Zephyr - Baby Grande
  12. I Want You (All Night Long) - Hot Rod
  13. Looking For You - Redhead
  14. Cut Loose - Stud Leather
  15. Gimme Gimme Some Lovin' (Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'/Gimme Some Lovin') - Biggles
  16. Dog Eats Dog - Mint
  17. Fast Train - Tank
  18. Hey Hey Jump Now - The One Hit Wonders
  19. Sweetness - Boneshaker
  20. Let Me Tell Ya - U.K. Jones

Disc Three: Elegance & Decadence

  1. Abstracting Billy - Brett Smiley
  2. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner - John Howard
  3. Criminal World - Metro
  4. White Stockings - Roy Allison
  5. Spaceship Lover - Paul St John
  6. Ultrastar - Rococo
  7. Star Machine - Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat
  8. Night Creatures - Be Bop Deluxe
  9. New York City Pretty - Clive Kennedy
  10. I Won't Dance - John Henry
  11. Don't Leave Your Lover Lying Around (Dear) - Steve Elgin
  12. Wonder Ones - Alastair Riddell
  13. I Live In Style In Maida Vale (Demo Version) - Helter Skelter
  14. Virginia Creeper - Greg Robbins
  15. Paper Party - Brian Wells
  16. Waiting - The Doctors Of Madness
  17. Showbiz Kid - Sleaze
  18. White Man, Black Man - Spiders From Mars
  19. Pastiche Blue - James Arthur Edwards
  20. Daybreak - Buster

Releases