The BMX Bandits Discography

Here is my probably incomplete discography of the BMX Bandits.

Sad / E102 - 53rd & 3rd Records - AGARR 003 (7"+12") - 1986 What A Wonderful World / The Day Before Tomorrow - 53rd & 3rd Records - AGARR 006 (7"+12") - 1986 Figure 4 - 53rd & 3rd Records - AGARR 018 (7"+12") - 1988 Totally Groovy Live Experience - Avalanche Records (LP) - ONLY LP007 - 1989 C86 - Click (LP) - Code unknown - 1990 Star Wars - Vinyl Japan - ASK 07 (LP+CD) - 1991 Come Clean - Vinyl Japan - TASK 05 (12"+CD5) - 1991 C86 Plus - Vinyl Japan - ASKCD 19 (CD) - 1992 Serious Drugs - Creation Records - CRE 131 (12"), CRECD 131 (CD) - 1992 Gorden Keen and His Bmx Bandits - Sunflower - SUNOO6 - 1992 Life Goes On - Creation Records - CRELP 133 (LP), CRECD133 (CD) - 1993 Kylie's got a crush on us - Creation Records - CRE 154 (12"), CRECD 154 (CD) - 1993 Little Hands - Creation Records - CRECD 168 (CD) - 1993 Serious Drugs / Little Pony - Creation Records - CRE 181 (7"), CRECD 181 (CD) - 1994 Gettin' Dirty (album) - Creation Records - CRE 174 (LP), CRECD 174 (CD) - 1995 Gettin' Dirty (single) - Creation Records - CRE 192 (7"), CRECD 192 (CD) - 1995 Love Come To Me / That Summer Feeling - Creation Records - CRE 207 (7"), CRECD 207 (CD) - 1995 Help Me Somebody - Shoeshine Records - SHOE 002 (7") - August 1996 We're Gonna Shake You Down - Creation Records - CRE 237 (7"), CRECD 237 (CD) - October 1996 Theme Park - Creation Records - CRECD 202 (CD) As far as I know not available on Vinyl. - October 1996 Hidden Agenda At The 13th Note - Receiver Records, in collaboration with Kim Fowley - RRCD 231 (CD) - August 1997 53rd and 3rd Years - Avalanche Records - March 1999 - See the web page here Snowstorm Tribute to Galaxie 500 - Elefant Records - 2001 - The Bandits cover Tugboat w/ Angel Corpus Christi Whirlpool #2 / Honey Honey - Emms's House Recordings - ehr014 - July 2002 Tribute To Frankie Miller - Contribution of one track 'Mailbox' on this Double CD - April 2003 BBC Sessions - Vinyl Japan - June 2003

Contacts Most of the early stuff is very hard to get. I've tried so I know. Your best chance is to look in some second hand music shops and the more specialist record shops. The newer stuff (i.e. from the Vinyl Japan period onwards) is easier. I got my copies of Gettin' Dirty and Life Goes On from HMV. You could try and write to Creation Records at:- Creation Records LTD, 109X Regents Park Road, London NW1 8UR Vinyl Japan operate a mail order service and still has some copies of the Bmx Bandits stuff. Their address is:- Vinyl Japan (UK) LTD, 98 Camden Road, London NW1 0AY Shoeshine Records have some copies of all their records for mail order. They cost ?3 for UK and ?4 for overseas orders. Contact Francis at:- Shoeshine Records, PO Box 15193, Glasgow G2 6LB UK Notes The 53rd and 3rd record label is now defunct, but you can get a compilation of the records including some Bandits recordings. It's called Fun While It Lasted, and was meant to have been re-released, but I haven't seen any sign of it yet. The Bandits have recorded an extra track that has been released on the Shoeshine Records Compliation. Out now on CD, distributed by Shellshock. About twelve of your Englsh pounds. The extra track by the Bandits is "Let's Go Where The Action Is" a sixties 3 chord garage/pop song written by the classic pop songwriting team Boyce/Hart. Very nice it is too. The Shoeshine release 'Help Me Somebody' has been released in Spain on the Elefant Records on white vinyl. The cover is a picture of Duglas' daughter Rhonda.

Please E-mail me at bmxbandits[at]onoffonoff[dot]org if there are any errors or if you have more information.

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