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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)

WARNING: This is for Wale/Wail fans who can still remember the seventies. If you’re expecting state of the art 21st century digital quality then please don’t buy this. Listen to the samples to hear what you’ll get.
You can order the double WAIL / WALE CD directly from this website. This CD is no longer available through CD Baby. Using the form below, you can special order these CD's for $20 (free shipping).

Wail MP3 Downloads Untitled Document

WAIL Disc 1

Disc 1 of the Wail double disc set contains live recordings from the rock band's night club and concert performances from around 1975 and 1976. The sound quality is rough, especially by today's standards, but the energy and excitement shines through. This is the 3rd incarnation of Wail with Bob Murray (vocals, blues harp), Dave Barnes (drums), Dale Croston (bass), Dave Munkhoff (lead guitar) and Reinhardt Straub (electric violin). You can either listen to the mp3's or download them as .zip files.
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WAIL Disc 2

Disc 2 of the Wail double disc set contains recordings done in Bob Murray's house on his 4-track tape recorder. There are also some more live recordings. The sound quality is rough, especially by today's standards, but the energy and excitement shines through. This is the 3rd incarnation of Wail with Bob Murray, Dave Barnes, Dale Croston, Dave Munkhoff and Reinhardt Straub. You can either listen to the mp3's or download them as .zip files.
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