Brandon fans, many of you have begun to ask about this new Extended CD Single. It was produced exclusively for those who contributed to our crowd-funding Kickstarter campaign to finance the last album, “Los Brandos.” The single has a total of 16 tracks, most of them very rare, previously unreleased tracks going back to the beginning. This last album, and the last two tours to go with it cost a fortune, and I have run up a huge debt and am still trying to finance them. I’ve had a lot of requests from people since posts about this single began to appear, and if you’d like to contribute, it’s not too late, and would be truly, deeply appreciated. We are asking for $100 (or Euro, depending on where you are) for this rare, collectors item, which will be personally signed by myself. Details about the single are below. 

And here it is, after such a long wait, something we hope you'll find to be very special. Searching deep into the archives, we found some surprising, unexpected gems - things long buried and forgotten, but which will now see the proverbial "light of day." Among them, a live recording from 1987 at the legendary CBGB club in New York City, featuring the original lineup of Dave Kincaid, Ernie Mendillo, Ed Rupprecht and Larry Mason, and done just a couple of months before our debut album’s release. This featured songs we haven't played in years, and never released on any other live album. Also found was an encore tune from a 1993 show in Hamburg, an unplugged show in the Netherlands in 1996 (with Frank Giordano), and one from the Irish Volunteer Tour in 2004, featuring Chris Layer on the Uilleann Pipes. Another cover tune, Otis Redding's "Love Man," recorded as a B-side back in 2007, is included here. And of course the first two tracks are from the latest album, "Los Brandos."

Some of the live recordings are a little raw, having been recorded for the most part directly from the live sound consoles onto cassette tapes (anybody remember those?..). The live sound engineers (who names I'm afraid I don't know), did a nice job, and while those recordings can't be remixed, after transferring them into the digital system we were able to bring them to life. 

It was a lot of fun compiling these rare, previously unreleased recordings for you - you the very special people whose support made our most recent album possible. You have our undying gratitude. Please sit back and enjoy this collection, spanning our more than thirty-year career. We hope you'll be with us for the next thirty...

1. Señor Coyote √

2. Suffer In Silence √

3. Love Man ∫

4. The Warior’s Son ¥

5. My Friend, My Friend †

6. Hard Luck Runner ∆

7. A Matter of Survival ∆

8. We Are No Man †

9. Steppin’ Stone †

10. Jailer Bring Me Water †

11. Honor Among Thieves ∆

12. Have Love Will Travel ∆

13. In My Dreams ∆

14. The Last Tambourine †

15. The Solution †

16. The Night Time is the Right Time §

Legend:

√: from the album “Los Brandos,”

∫ : unreleased B-Side

†: live unplugged-acoustic at De Lantaarn, 

    Hellendorn, The Netherlands, Nov. 29, 1996

¥: live unplugged-acoustic, the Irish Volunteer Tour, 

    The Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany. Feb. 10, 2004

∆: live at CBGB, New York City, Spring/Summer, 1987

§: live in Hamburg, Germany, 1993