The Delta 72 - The Early Years ('94 - '96)

To make your Delta 72 almost complete, here are their early recordings. This file contains 2 albums (part 1 and 2). The Delta 72 was attempt to combine the classic soul, slide-guitar and distorted organ sound around the chaos of punk.

Early Years Part 1:
1. Hipcoat
2. Gotta Train to Catch
3. Chicago Hustler *
4. Surprise Attack *
5. Take 2 *
6. Ms. White Con *
7. I Shot My Pa *
8. Satellite *
9. Ambient Diversions *
10. Ya Ya *

Early Years Part 2: Improvised jams with Ben & Gregg
1. jam 1 *
2. jam 2 *
3. jam 3 *
4. jam 4 *
5. jam 5 *
(*unreleased demos)

Muchas Gracias Ron!

The Delta 72 - The R&B of Membership (1996)

'The R&B of Membership' was The Delta 72's debut full-lenght, released on Touch&Go Records. It's an exciting and fiery mix of 60's organ rock and gritty southern soul, some distorted guitars and postpunk hooks, greasy farfisa organ riffs, harmonica blares and screaming blues slides. After releasing 3 full-lenghts and several EP's and 7" albums, they disbanded mid 2001.

The Delta 72 - OOO (2000)

The Delta 72 were a Philadephia-based band founded in 1994, Take the best parts of soul, punk, r&b and rock , and what you'll get is a cohesive rock and roll machine. And this machine kicks, just imagine the Rolling Stones fronted by James Brown. This was their third and last full-album.

The Delta 72 - The Soul of a New Machine (1997)

The Delta 72 were an American alternative music band formed in Washington, DC in the summer of 1994, later relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After several line-up changes they've released the Triple Crown 7” and the album The R&B of Membership in 1996. Later releases include several singles and an EP and this full-length 'The Soul of a New Machine', followed by '000' in 2000. They disbanded in July 2001. Call them R&B's equivalent to the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion; the Delta 72 play revved-up indie rock with less influence from original R&B than the helter-skelter mayhem of '60s garage rock (complete with Farfisa organ break-downs) and blues-based punk (source emusic).