The Haunted - In Return From The Grave (Reissue) (1966-67/1983) Vinyl Rip

The Haunted came out of Montreal, Quebec, with a dirty and scruffy bad boys image. Formed by Jurgen Peter, it has previously been reported that the band formed as an instrumental group called The Blue Jays in late 1963. This is now known to be incorrect, although the band did start out playing instrumentals, with Bob Burgess on bass, The Blue J's were a separate high-school act for whom Jurgen Peter stood in on guitar once for one gig which was broadcast on local radio...

The best and most accessible source for this seminal outfit's released material is via Greg Shaw's Rough Diamonds series on Voxx. Two volumes, Return From The Grave (Voxx VXM 200.012) 1983 and I'm Just Gonna Blow My Little Mind To Bits (Voxx VXM 200.013) 1983 come complete with a comprehensive (but distorted) history and include unreleased material as well as the tracks recorded by Burgess' Our Generation. Heartily recommended.