Monday, May 4, 2026

WAH! Heat - 7 79 w WAH! Nah=Poo - The Art Of The Bluff LP 81 w 12 EP 83 w EP 82 w The Maverick Years 80 - 81 LP w THE MIGHTY WAH! WITH THE ARK ANGELS - A Word To The Wise Guy LP EPs 84


REPOST Request:  Per Wiki:  Active from 1979, Wylie and company garnered critical acclaim throughout 1980 for the singles "Better Scream" and "Seven Minutes to Midnight" (both as Wah! Heat), the latter being single of the week in the NME, Sounds and Melody Maker during spring 1980, as well as the 1981 Warner Bros. album Nah = Poo! – The Art of Bluff (as Wah!). Their biggest hit single was "The Story of the Blues", which was released in late 1982; it reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart.

A follow-up single, "Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me)" was released in 1983, but found limited success. Next, Wylie released an officially sanctioned "official bootleg" of new and old songs entitled The Maverick Years 1980–81 on his own label. Clad in a cover that alluded to the early 1970s "Trade Mark of Quality" bootlegs, the record appeared as a white label with a blank outer cover and a sheet attached with sleevenotes by music journalist Adam Sweeting. This release did not shore up Wylie's dwindling fortunes and Wah! were subsequently dropped by WEA. In 1984, the Mighty Wah! had a Top 20 hit with the song "Come Back" (as with "The Story of the Blues", the song was chosen by the BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel as his "single of the year").

The accompanying double album, recorded for Beggars' Banquet, was entitled A Word to the Wise Guy. It was critically acclaimed, but sold poorly and the band were again dropped. By 1986, having ditched his backing ensemble, Wylie had a solo hit with "Sinful!", which peaked at number 13 in the UK, ostensibly produced by Ian Ritchie, but with major input from Zeus B. Held. "Sinful!" became the title track of his 1987 solo album, which included the enigmatically titled "FourElevenFortyFour".

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1 comment:

Viacomclosedmedown on youtube said...

AliBoingo said...
Many thanks for this, been looking for Nah Poo for a while now ;-)

OCTOBER 26, 2016 AT 5:56 PM
thepopeofpop said...
Great stuff - I bought all these on vinyl back in the day (yes, even "The Maverick Years").

MARCH 19, 2017 AT 12:05 AM
djbethell said...
Wow, such a wonderful find. I was just a little too young at the time to get these, so thank you very much. X

DECEMBER 3, 2017 AT 6:49 PM
BabyHugZ said...
Please re-up these gems again! I can't believe this band wasn't bigger.

JULY 21, 2020 AT 11:45 PM

July 28, 2020 at 11:25 AM
RIndie said...
Thanks but the link only downloads at Txt file.

August 1, 2020 at 5:39 AM
RIndie said...
thanks but the file dowloaded is only a txt file. no other files

August 1, 2020 at 5:40 AM
Viacomclosedmedown on youtube said...
you simply need to add '.rar' as the filename was too long and got truncated.

August 3, 2020 at 3:44 PM
harleytexas said...
Would you mind re-upping this?

September 15, 2020 at 4:17 AM
Viacomclosedmedown on youtube said...
harleytexas,

Link is restored for the Mighty WAH!!!!!!

September 22, 2020 at 10:14 AM
PhenomenalTom said...
Any chance you can re-up this again? Thank you!

April 28, 2026 at 11:08 PM

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