These two classic songs were featured on that first, brilliantly fun self-titled LP released by The B-52's in 1979, but these particular recordings are earlier, rawer versions from their first 45 single.
A great little reminder of the band's edgier roots back when 'new wave' was truly new.
The B-52's earliest gigs were in and around Athens, Georgia in 1977.
It was in '78 that the success of that first, independently released single secured them billings at CBGB's and Max's Kansas City in New York, which in turn landed The B-52's their first big record deal.
Listen to:
The B-52's - Rock Lobster
DB 45 (1978)
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Listen to:
The B-52's - 52 Girls
DB 45 (1978)
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- Follow link to YouTube for a set of early B-52's video clips:
7 numbers from a 1978 performance at the Downtown Cafe in Atlanta, Georgia
These two classic songs were featured on that first, brilliantly fun self-titled LP released by The B-52's in 1979, but these particular recordings are earlier, rawer versions from their first 45 single.
Listen to: 
