This was recorded live (although without an audience) at the Red Parrot, Northbridge in May 1986 for a proposed live compilation of Perth bands under the banner of a label called Cherrytop Records. The LP was to feature other local artists such as the Kryptonics, Errol Tout, Kno Matter and others, but never eventuated. This recording was made while the Waltons were still a three-piece outfit, prior to ace guitar picker Tennessee Walton's joining.

This pair of songs come from a performance taped around October 1986 at Novaks (aka the Groove Tube), a bar in Northbridge which the Waltons had a Sunday night residency at for several months.

My Husband Beats Me / Coca-Cola Is Coke (Easter Records MR-7038)

This is the first Waltons single. These songs were recorded at James Hewgill's Northlake Studios sometime around August 1986. The front cover art was by Fred Gilbert, and trumpet on "Husband" was provided by "Huck" Walton (alias Adrian Wood). The single was released in May 1987. A third song from the sessions "Feel For The Land" was not issued. This single enjoyed a great amount of success on the local independant record charts.

Coast To Coast / We're The Waltons (Easter Records ?)

The second Waltons single. These songs were recorded once again at James Hewgill's Northlake Studios, probably sometime during 1987. The front cover art was by Fred Gilbert again. The single was released in March 1989. Around this time, the Waltons also recorded "My Baby Left Me For A Truck Driving Man", which they gave to the student radio station 6UVS "Drivetime" compilation album "Farewell Hometown Kiss". An indeterminate number of other songs were recorded at Northlake Studios but never completed.

Cherry / Creepy Crawly Man (not issued)

These two songs were to have been the third Waltons single. The band recorded them at Planet Studios around the middle of 1991. The songs were co-produced by the Waltons and Dom Mariani (ex Stems). It is not known at to the reasons why Easter Records never released this single, but it is a shame nonetheless.

THE WALTONS

(studio:) My Husband Beats Me / Coca-Cola Is Coke / Feel For The Land / Coast To Coast / We're The Waltons / My Baby Left Me For A Truck Driving Man / Cherry / Creepy Crawly Man / (live:) Bobby J Walton introduction / Superbird / Traded In My Chevy For A Cadillac / Groupie / Surfer Sam / Look What's Happenin' To The USA / Land Of A Thousand Dances / You're Lookin' At Country / (What's Your) Problem / Quando / Nervous / Cactus Jack / Bye Bye / (soundcheck:) Lost In Suburbia

This is a CD compilation that collects all eight of the Waltons studio sides together, and then continues with the larger part of an energetic live gig at the Coronado Hotel in 1991, concluding with a very rare Waltons song "Lost In Suburbia" taken from a Coronado soundcheck (the song itself was briefly in contention for the B-side slot of the band's third single). This compilation has mainly only been available to the band members themselves. A few more recent copies of this CD have included the Bobby J Walton solo "You're Lookin' At Country".