''Wasa Wasa'' is the debut album by the English

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band

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. The album was originally released as "Harvest SHVL 757" in July 1969 and was produced by

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Releases

The 2004 CD reissue contained five previously unreleased bonus tracks, four of them being demos recorded by the band when they were a blues outfit called "The Edgar Broughton Blues Band". These tracks feature guitarist Victor Unitt, who left the band when they started to go into psychedelic rock, stating the members of the band to be "sell-outs". The last bonus track was a jamming session which was recorded on 21 January 1969, which was discovered when remastering the album.

Track listing

# "Death of an Electric Citizen" (Arthur Grant, Robert Edgar Broughton, Steve Broughton) – 6:09 # "American Boy Soldier" (Grant, R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton) – 4:22 # "Why Can't Somebody Love Me?" (Grant, R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton) – 5:05 # "Neptune" (S. Broughton) – 4:20 # "Evil" (R.E. Broughton) – 2:36 # "Crying" (R.E. Broughton) – 5:14 # "Love in the Rain" (R.E. Broughton) – 3:46 # "Dawn Crept Away" (R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton)– 14:07 ;2004 CD reissue bonus tracks # "Messin' with the Kid" (Kelvin London) – 2:50 # "Waterloo Man" (R. E. Broughton) – 4:11 # "Jacqueline" (

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) – 3:41 # "Tellin' Everybody" (R. E. Broughton) – 2:28 # "Untitled Freak Out" (Grant, R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton) – 9:47

Personnel

Edgar Broughton Band

* Edgar Broughton –

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* Arthur Grant – bass, vocals * Steve Broughton –

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Additional musician

* Victor Unitt – guitar (bonus tracks 1-4)

Technical

– producer * Peter Bown –

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– engineer * Jim Epps – sleeve design * John Hopkins –

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* Dick Imrie –

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References

{{Authority control 1969 debut albums Edgar Broughton Band albums Albums produced by Peter Jenner Harvest Records albums Acid rock albums