Lo Fi Acoustic Excursions is the first in a brace of album released by Mike Badger

Mike Badger

Michael Clifford "Mike" Badger is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist and sculptor from Liverpool, England. He was co-founder of The La's and went on to form alternative country/roots rockabilly band The Onset in 1988 and The Kachinas in 1996...

 featuring a compilation of his various musical incarnations including the La's

The La's

The La's were an English rock band from Liverpool, originally active from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. Fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist Lee Mavers, the group is most famous for their hit single "There She Goes". The band was formed by Mike Badger in 1984 and Mavers joined soon after...

 and The Onset

The Onset

The Onset were formed in 1987 by Mike Badger after he left his former band The La's. Mike teamed up with local Liverpool legend Danny Dean on guitar, Hamish Cameron on Piano and Colin Becket on Drums. The first demo "Let's Go Home" can be found on the 2006 compilation CD, Lo Fi Electric...

. Its sister album being Lo Fi Electric Excursions. Lo Fi Acoustic Excursions was released by the Generator Label in 2004. It contains a collection of songs, outtakes, ideas and sketches from 1983 to 2003.

Track listing

All words and music by Mike Badger

Mike Badger

Michael Clifford "Mike" Badger is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist and sculptor from Liverpool, England. He was co-founder of The La's and went on to form alternative country/roots rockabilly band The Onset in 1988 and The Kachinas in 1996...

, except Track 5 by Bob Nolan; Track 11 by Mike Badger and Paul Hemmings

Paul Hemmings

Paul Hemmings is a Liverpool based musician and photographer. He played with The La's, Mike Badger and The Onset and Ian Broudie and the Lightning Seeds...

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1. 2022 Blues - The Onset
   The Onset
   The Onset were formed in 1987 by Mike Badger after he left his former band The La's. Mike teamed up with local Liverpool legend Danny Dean on guitar, Hamish Cameron on Piano and Colin Becket on Drums. The first demo "Let's Go Home" can be found on the 2006 compilation CD, Lo Fi Electric...
   
    (1994) – 1.56
2. It's True - Mike Badger and The Establishment (2001) – 3:05
3. Save Me - The Onset (1991) – 3:46
4. South End Hoedown - The Two Step Angels (1987) – 1:14
5. Cool Water - The La's
   The La's
   The La's were an English rock band from Liverpool, originally active from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. Fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist Lee Mavers, the group is most famous for their hit single "There She Goes". The band was formed by Mike Badger in 1984 and Mavers joined soon after...
   
    (1986) – 3:57
6. Sacremento - Mike Badger (1999) – 0:40
7. Lovin' On Our Side - Mike Badger and the Northern Lights (2002) – 2:29
8. Intermission - Mike Badger and T.V.Set (1995) – 2:09
9. No Bitterness Holds Sweetness - Mike Badger (2000) – 2:36
10. Walking Tall - The Onset (1995) – 3:03
11. Autumn In The Mind - Mike Badger (1998) – 3:01
12. Water Tiger - Mike Badger (2001) – 1:15
13. Dig It - The Renegades (2002) – 2:23
14. Life Story - Mike Badger and the Northern Lights (2003) – 3:41
15. The Day I Grew Forever - Roy G Biv (1983) – 2:22

Musicians

• Mike Badger
  Mike Badger
  Michael Clifford "Mike" Badger is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist and sculptor from Liverpool, England. He was co-founder of The La's and went on to form alternative country/roots rockabilly band The Onset in 1988 and The Kachinas in 1996...
  
   - vocals, Spanish guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, T.V.
• Danny Dean - acoustic guitar, twelve string guitar (tracks 3, 7, 10 and 12)
• Simon Cousins
  Simon Cousins
  Simon Cousins is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who was a member of Liverpool indie country rock band The Onset and folk rockers Ophiuchus. He studied music at the Liverpool Music College and has a degree in philosophy from Liverpool University...
  
   - bass, acoustic bass, backing vocals (track 3 and 10)
• Paul Hemmings
  Paul Hemmings
  Paul Hemmings is a Liverpool based musician and photographer. He played with The La's, Mike Badger and The Onset and Ian Broudie and the Lightning Seeds...
  
   - piano, organ, acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass (tracks 2, 3 and 11)
• Tony Russell - percussion (track 10)
• Roger Llewellyn - backing vocals, ukulele banjo, harmonica, banjo, voice jug (tracks 1, 4 and 10)
• Steve Roberts - backing vocals (track 12)
• Lee Mavers
  Lee Mavers
  __notoc__Lee Anthony Mavers is an English musician from Liverpool, England. Mavers was the songwriter, singer and rhythm guitarist in The La's and is perhaps best-known for the hit "There She Goes" in the late 1980s....
  
   - acoustic guitar, backing vocals (track 5)
• Martyn Campbell
  Martyn Campbell
  Martyn Campbell is an English bass guitarist from Liverpool, England. He is best known for his work with Rain, The Lightning Seeds, Richard Ashcroft, Wah! and Terry Hall...
  
   - backing vocals, bass, percusion, acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 7 and 14)
• Henry Priestman
  Henry Priestman
  Henry Priestman is an English rock singer, keyboardist, record producer and songwriter.-Biography:...
  
  - organ, keyboards (tracks 9, 11 and 14)

Reviews

"While supposedly "lo-fi" recordings can sometimes be responsible for 'alternative' music's most heinous crimes, in Mike Badger's capable hands, these excursions are usually intriguing at least and always crackling with passion and soul."

— Tim Peacock (Whisperin and Hollerin)