There’s no shortage of record labels created by musicians, yet only few of those enterprises proved to become what we call majors. And while, in this regard, it’s A&M and Reprise first come to mind, with, respectively, Herb Alpert and Frank Sinatra as masterminds, the venerated Rhino came from that stock, too, brought to life by Harold Bronson and Richard Foos. Once upon a time, the two used to be members of the ensemble called MOGAN DAVID AND HIS WINOS, alongside Paul Rappaport, the future fixture at Columbia, and Jonathan Kellerman, a bestselling author on the bloom. The band emerged in 1969 and went to release a series of single and an album, in 1973, titled “Savage Young Winos” and long unavailable, before fizzling out in 1975. Five decades later, they decided to look back, though, and dust off the old platter.
What’s to be reissued on March 6th, 2026 on CD and vinyl and in a digital versions will differ a bit from the original disc: four of its numbers got discarded, since Bronson deemed them badly dated, and replaced with a couple of demos, concert pieces from the days of yore, and two cuts from the veterans’ 1993 reunion. The rest is the same, both songs penned by the players and covers of hits. A great rediscovery.
– Savage Young Winos
1. Street Baby
2. Party Games
3. Nose Job
4. The Big War
5. I’m An Adult Now
6. Cover Girl
7. Hava Nagila
8. Beauty Queen
9. Love Potion No. 9
10. All The Wrong Girls Like Me
11. Savage Surf
12. I’m Just A Kid From The Midwest (demo)
13. Where Do I Go From Here (demo)
14. Glad All Over *
15. Communication Breakdown
16. She’s Not There *
17. Down The Road Apiece
18. Street Baby (1973 version) *
19. The Berkowitz Blues *
* only on CD and digital
