Rare Recordings Released!

   Over the years, Phil Appelbaum & John Cline have archived over 200 hours of vintage audio and video recordings of The SOX, the legendary New Mexico "rock n' wave" band from the early 80's. After about 200 hours of spirited debate, John & Phil have finally culled these recordings down to 202 minutes of the best of The SOX material and performances. In a project that has taken over three years, John & Phil have carefully transferred, digitally restored and re-mastered these recording for CD release to the legion of SOX fans. The restoration work is done, the CD's have been manufactured and are now ready for sale.

   This anthology follows the three musicians that formed the core of the band, Steve D'Coda, Waldo LaTowsky and Arnold Bodmer beginning in 1980 as The Wet Sox through The Sox, Kobayashi Maru, and finally, in 1988, as The Rulin' Coolies.

The 3 CD set also includes documentation about the performances and recordings and their significance in the evolution of these players. Anybody who has heard these musicians will have to agree that there wasn't anything like them then and there certainly hasn't been anything like them since. 

Toxic Sox Song List

The Sox Newspaper Article

The Wet Sox incorporated quite a bit of "advanced"  technology into their live shows, including live, taped and computer generated video segments. The Sox were also making their own music videos. Stunning, high-budget videos? Well... not quite. Amusing videos? Oh, sure. 

Click the picture on the left to see the Wet Sox very first "conceptual" music video from February 1981, it's of their original tune, "Make It Right."

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