Dave Edmunds

7a Records has reissued Dave Edmunds' Tracks on Wax 4 (1978) and Repeat When Necessary (1979) on deluxe vinyl as newly remastered for vinyl from the original master tapes by Roger Béchirian, the original engineer for both albums.  Both albums, originally released on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song label, bridged the gap between pub-rock and new wave.  Edmunds and his Rockpile bandmates shunned pop trends and emphasizing a stripped-down, high-energy sound that paid homage to the past while smartly and subtly updating it for the present. Both of these reissues are pressed on 180-gram colored vinyl - yellow for Tracks on Wax 4 and red for Repeat When Necessary - and housed in a gatefold sleeve with lyrics and new liner notes.  Drawing on new recollections from Roger Béchirian, Alan Robinson has authored the notes for Tracks on Wax, and TSD's Joe Marchese has written them for Repeat.