Left Banke Discography

Discography

===== U.S. ALBUMS:

WALK AWAY RENEE / PRETTY BALLERINA (Smash Records SRS 67088 [reissued in the the 1970s with the Mercury label], February 1967): Pretty Ballerina, Walk Away Renee, Let Go of You Girl, She May Call You Up Tonight, Barterers and Their Wives, I've Got Something on My Mind, Evening Gown, What Do You Know, Shadows Breaking Over My Head, I Haven't Got the Nerve, Lazy Day.

THE LEFT BANKE TOO (Smash Records, SRS 67113, November 1968): Goodbye Holly, There's Gonna Be a Storm, Sing Little Bird Sing, Nice to See You, Give the Man a Hand, Bryant Hotel, Desiree, Dark is the Bark, In the Morning Light, My Friend Today.

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Relix Records, Camerica Records, March 1986, actually recorded in 1978 by Finn, Cameron, and Martin): Hold On Tight, Heartbreaker, Lorraine, You Say, And One Day, Queen of Paradise, Only My Opinion, Strangers On A Train, I Can Fly, Yesterday's Love.

===== U.S. POSTHUMOUS COLLECTIONS:

THE HISTORY OF THE LEFT BANKE (Rhino Records, RNLP 123, August 1985): Walk Away Renee, Pretty Ballerina, She May Call You Up Tonight, Ivy Ivy, Desiree, Goodbye Holly, Foggy Waterfall, Love Songs in the Night (Steve Martin single?), Two by Two (Steve M. single), Myrah, Pedestal, And Suddenly, I'm Coming Home ( by Stories), Brother Louie (by Stories, recorded after Michael Brown left the group!)
THERE'S GONNA BE A STORM: The Complete Recordings 1966-1969 (Mercury/Polygram Records, 1992): Walk Away Renee, I Haven't Got the Nerve, Pretty Ballerina, She May Call You Up Tonight, I've Got Something on my Mind, Barterers and Their Wives, Let Go of You Girl, What Do You Know, Evening Gown, Lazy Day, Shadows Breaking Over My Head, Ivy Ivy, Men are Building Sand (previously unreleased), Desiree, Dark is the Bark, My Friend Today, Sing Little Bird Sing, And Suddenly, Goodbye Holly, In the Morning Light, Bryant Hotel, Give the Man a Hand, Nice to See You, There's Gonna Be a Storm, Pedestal, Myrah.

===== U.K. POSTHUMOUS COLLECTIONS:

...AND SUDDENLY IT'S THE LEFT BANKE (Bam-Caruso[UK], KIRI 021, February 1982): Walk Away Renee, There's Gonna Be A Storm, Desiree, Myrah, Shadows Breaking Over My Head, Let Go of You Girl, Sing Little Bird Sing, I Haven't Got the Nerve, Goodbye Holly, Dark is the Bark, I've Got Something on My Mind, Pretty Ballerina, In the Morning Light, She May Call You Up Tonight, My Friend Today, Barterers and their Wives, Pedestal, Foggy Waterfall.
WALK AWAY RENEE (mini-album, Bam-Caruso, May 1986): Walk Away Renee, Ivy Ivy, Lazy Days, Give The Man A Hand, What Do You Know, Evening Gown, Bryant Hotel, Nice to See You.
AND FINALLY (Bam-Caruso CD, year unknown): contains the band's entire Smash/Philips [their UK label] catalogue except for "And Suddenly."

===== U.S. SINGLES:

Feb 1966 - Walk Away Renee / I Haven't Got the Nerve (Smash 2041)
Dec 1966 - Pretty Ballerina / Lazy Day (Smash 2074)
Mar 1967 - Ivy Ivy / And Suddenly (Smash 2089)
May 1967 - She May Call You Up Tonight / Barterers and Their Wives (Smash 2097)
Jun 1967 - Desiree / I've Got Something on My Mind (Smash 2119)
Jun 1968 - Dark is the Bark / My Friend Today (Smash 2165)
Nov 1968 - Goodbye Holly / Sing Little Bird Sing (Smash 2198)
Nov 1968 - Give the Man a Hand / Bryant Hotel (Smash 2209)
??? 1969 - Nice to See You / There's Gonna Be a Storm (Smash 2226)
Nov 1969 - Myrah / Pedestal (Smash 2243)
??? 1978 - Queen of Paradise / And One Day (Camerica CS 0005)
Reissue - Walk Away Renee / Pretty Ballerina (Smash S 1416)

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John Melbourne contributed:

        Voices Calling   -      Bam Caruso KIRI ?? 1986

        This is actually the original of the Strangers on a Train LP

        And Suddenly   -    KIRI 021

        This LP actually came in two versions - the first omitted Walk Away
	Renee and Foggy Waterfall.

Thanks to Jim Meyer for track listings to History of the Left Banke, And Suddenly..., and Walk Away Renee.

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