Artist: Eggs Over Easy Title Of Album: Good 'N' Cheap: The Eggs Over Easy Story Year Of Release: 1971-81/2016 Label: Yep Roc Records Country: US Genre: Country pub rock Audio codec: FLAC | lossless Eggs Over Easy, the American band that invented pub rock, influenced the careers of Nick Lowe, Huey Lewis, Loudon Wainwright III and Elvis Costello, and laid the groundwork for a grass-roots movement that would spawn UK punk, is finally getting its due with a deluxe 3xLP/2xCD set. With roots stretching back to late 1960s Berkeley, CA, the three principals in the Eggs songwriters Jack O'Hara, Austin de Lone, and Brien Hopkins would by early 1971 find themselves ensconced in London s Olympic Studios, lured by Animals bassist and Jimi Hendrix manager Chas Chandler, and an apparitional record deal. When said deal went bust the Eggs "did what any American band would do," Stiff Records co-founder Dave Robinson told a journalist. "They went to the nearest bar and said, 'Give us your worst night.'" Which is how Eggs Over Easy leapt onto the pages of pop music history. Their humble Monday night gigs at a former jazz club called the Tally Ho - pub rock ground zero - would become the hub for a network of artists, venues, and music business machers that included back-to-basics groups Ducks Deluxe, Bees Make Honey and Dr. Feelgood, DJs John Peel and Charlie Gillett, and hustlers like Jake Riviera and Mr. Robinson. For the first time ever, the entire Eggs Over Easy catalog, lovingly remastered and restored, is available as a deluxe set. Included in this collection is their debut album Good 'n' Cheap, produced by Link Wray and originally released on A&M Records in 1972, their rarely-heard second LP, Fear of Frying, originally (if barely) released on Lee Michaels' Squish Records in 1980, two songs from the band's lone single released on Buffalo Records, and the previously unreleased London '71 sessions produced by Chandler. Inside the The 2xCD package includes a 24-page booklet, and the 3xLP set features an 8-page insert, with extremely rare photos, show flyers, early press clippings, musician and writer credits, plus the definitive story of the band by acclaimed music writer Gene Sculatti, who called Good 'n' Cheap a "near-masterpiece" when he reviewed it for Creem Magazine in 1972. Tracks: Disc 1 1. Party Party (Austin De Lone) - 3:02 2. Arkansas (Jack O'Hara) - 4:00 3. Henry Morgan (Brien Hopkins) - 4:41 4. The Factory (Austin De Lone, Jack O'Hara) - 3:03 5. Face Down In The Meadow (Brien Hopkins) - 4:09 6. Home To You (Austin De Lone, Jack O'Hara) - 3:59 7. Song Is Born Of Riff And Tongue (Robert Fraker) - 4:20 8. Don't Let Nobody (Austin De Lone, Brien Hopkins) - 3:04 9. Runnin' Down To Memphis (Brien Hopkins) - 3:16 10.Pistol On A Shelf (Austin De Lone) - 3:35 11.Night Flight (Jack O'Hara) - 3:40 12.I'm Gonna Put A Bar In The Back Of My Car (And Drive Myself To Drink) (Austin De Lone, Brien Hopkins) - 2:39 13.Horny Old Lady (Austin De Lone, Jack O'Hara) - 3:48 14.Fire (Austin De Lone, Jay David) - 2:54 15.Scene Of The Crime (Jack O'Hara) - 3:12 16.Forget About It (Allen Chance) - 2:17 17.Louise (Austin De Lone) - 3:39 18.Lizard Love (Jack O'Hara) - 3:07 19.You Lied (Bob Spinner) - 3:01 20.Driftin' (Brien Hopkins) - 3:00 21.She Loves Me (Jack O'Hara) - 2:55 22.Action (Jack O'Hara) - 3:02 23.Mover's Lament (Brien Hopkins) - 3:05 24.Nonnie Nookie No (Brien Hopkins) - 2:12 Tracks 1-11 from "Good 'N' Cheap" LP 1972 Tracks 12-13 from "Buffalo Single" single 1976 Tracks 14-24 from "Fear Of Frying" LP 1981 Disc 2 1. Goin' To Canada (Allen Chance, Austin De Lone, David Henry) - 2:34 2. I Can Call You (Jack O'Hara) - 3:26 3. Right On Roger (Brien Hopkins) - 3:19 4. Country Waltz (Austin De Lone) - 2:03 5. Give Me What's Mine (Jack O'Hara) - 3:53 6. Across From Me (Brien Hopkins) - 3:36 7. Waiting For My Ship (Allen Chance, Austin De Lone) - 3:21 8. January (Jack O'Hara) - 4:20 9. Give And Take (Brien Hopkins) - 2:38 10.Funky But Clean (Austin De Lone, Jack O'Hara) - 3:29 11.I'm Still The Same (Robert Fraker) - 4:04 12.111 Avenue C (Austin De Lone, Brien Hopkins, Jack O'Hara) - 3:47 Tracks 1-12 London 1971 unreleased recordings