PAUL COLLINS' BEAT TO RELEASE LONG TIME GONE / TO BEAT OR NOT TO BEAT ALBUM APRIL 28TH VIA LOLIPOP RECORDS!

THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME THESE TWO LONG LOST EPS WILL BE RE-ISSUED ON ALL FORMATS (VINYL, CD, CASSETTE & DIGITAL)

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PREVIEW OF PAUL COLLINS' TRACK "ALWAYS GOT YOU ON MY MIND" VIA VIVE LE ROCK MAGAZINE!

THE KING OF POWER-POP KICKS-OFF SOLO EUROPEAN TOUR MAY 6TH IN FRANCE!

Paul Collins' (from The Nerves, The Breakaways) two long lost EPs with his band The Beat from the early '80s make it to Lolipop Records as the first re-issue on all formats in over 30 years, from the "king of power pop" himself. To Beat Or Not To Beat was recorded in New York in 1983 at The Ranch with John Mathias (The Romantics) and Paul Collins/Steven Huff producing. It was released in the U.S. by Jem/Passport Records and then it was later released in Europe on Closer Records France and Dro Records Spain. The single "All Over The World" was featured regularly on KROQ in Los Angeles and got a lot of airplay in France and in Spain. Steve and Paul toured in Europe off that record for several years until they wound up in London where they recorded their follow-up EP Long Time Gone, just before returning to the States. Long Time Gone was released in 1985 on Closer France and Dro Spain, and both records were released as a two-fer on Wounded Bird Records in 2004. Paul recalls those days fondly, “I remember getting an $800 royalty check for 'All Over The World' when I was living in San Francisco so I went out and bought a used green Datsun B210! I would always hum 'All Over The World' as I drove up and down all those hills in SF!"

Paul Collins' Beat's Long Time Gone / To Beat Or Not To Beat will be released on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital formats April 28th via Lolipop Records (distributed by Cobraside Distribution).

LONG TIME GONE / TO BEAT OR NOT TO BEAT TRACK LISTING:

Broken Hearted

Long Time Gone

Working On A Good Thing

Find Somebody Else

Standing In The Rain

Good Times

All Over The World

Dance Dance 

Making You Mine 

Burning Desire
Give Me The Drugs

Always Got You On My Mind

 

PAUL COLLINS 2017 TOUR DATES

FRANCE 

5/6 Clermont-Ferrand @ Bombshell 

5/7 Marseille @ Le Jam 

5/8 Toulouse @ Dispensary 

5/10 Rouen @ 3 Pieces 

5/11 Vannes @ Jam Session 

5/12 Paris @ La Mecanique-Ondulatoire 

ENGLAND

5/13 London @ The Finsbury 

5/14 Adam Smith's Black Wax Radio Live Show

BELGIUM 

5/16 Kortrijk @ Den Trap 

NETHERLANDS 

5/17 Rotterdam @ V11 

5/18 Haarlem (Amsterdam) @ Patronaat 

GERMANY

5/19 Düsseldorf @ The Tube 

5/20 Berlin @ Cortina Bob 

5/21 Hamburg @ Monkeys Music Club 

SWEDEN 

5/23 Malmo @ Folk & Rock 

5/24 Gothenburg @ Liseberg Amusement Park Power Pop Festival 

5/25 Eskilstuna @ Ölkultur 

5/26 Karlskoga @ Rockbar 

5/27 Stockholm @ Pet Sounds record shop show! 

SPAIN 

5/30 Madrid @ Fun House 

5/31 Burgos @ Matarile 

6/1  Leon @ Chelsea Bar 

6/2  Zarragoza @ Teatro Arbolé 

6/8  Barcelona @ A Wamba Buluba 

6/22 Elche @ Hotel Galicia 

6/24 Fuengirola @ Fuengirola Pop Weekend @ Castillo Sohail with The Beach Boys

PORTUGAL 

6/28 Algarve, TBC 

6/29 Lisbon @ Popular Alvalade   

FRANCE 

7/21 Tourville-Sur-Mer "Le Sable, Les Mouettes et Les Guitares Electriques" Festival