* PREORDER * LA PESTE - I Don't Know Right From Wrong: Lost La Peste 1976-1979 Vol 1 2LP

* PREORDER * expected to arrive mid-late April

Highly recommended.

Cd also available.

La Peste was Boston's first true punk band and bridged the gap between the city's influential 1970's proto-punk hotbed and the college rock and hardcore punk that followed in the 80's and 90's.

This collection aims to tell the full story of La Peste with a presentation of the band's unreleased studio and loft recordings along with the two tracks that have been officially released. These tracks come from the studio session that produced the Better Off Dead 7" (the band's only official recording), their 1978 session with The Cars' Ric Ocasek, a 1978 session at Electro Acoustic Studios and 4-track loft recordings made by Boston punks Billy Dafodil and Dave Cola in 1977.

The accompanying book features tons of newly uncovered photos, a long-form essay by music journalist Andy Cush and micro-essays by Greg Hawkes (The Cars), Roger Miller (Mission of Burma), Peter Prescott (Mission of Burma), Clint Conley (Mission of Burma), Pat Place (Bush Tetras, Contortions), Willie Loco Alexander (The Lost, Boom Boom Band, The Velvet Underground), Richard Parsons (Unnatural Axe), Malcolm Travis (Human Sexual Response), Curt Naihersey (The Kids, Pastiche)