Released on Backstreet/MCA Records in 1983.
This was to be the first and only album Walter Egan recorded for Backstreet Records. Indeed, it would prove to be the last Egan solo record for another 16 years. Here is what Walter had to say in the liner notes to The Lost Album:
After four LPs on Columbia Records (including my million-seller "Magnet and Steel"), I had done an album for Tom Petty's label, Backstreet/MCA, in '83. Despite critical acclaim and the single, "Fool Moon Fire," which went up to the mid thirties on Billboard, I was caught up by label politics and came out the wrong side, as Irving Azoff was made president of MCA.
Stylistically, Wild Exhibitions is a great blend of the sounds heard on Fundamental Roll and Not Shy and those heard on HiFi and The Last Stroll and even features guest appearances by Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, as well as John Zambetti of The Malibooz. Walter is in his usual fine form on this record and I can't find any filler among the eleven tracks. Personal favorites from this album are "Animal Lover" (featuring the beast-like grunts of Lindsey Buckingham, which can also be heard on Buckingham's song "Johnny Stew" from his 1981 solo album Law and Order), "Star of My Heart," and "Stay All Night."
This album finally made to official CD release on June 2, 2009. Click here to purchase it from Amazon.com. It's also available through iTunes and other retailers.
Tracks:
Non-Album B-Side:
1. Fool Moon Fire
2. Maybe Maybe
3. Animal Lover - Listen to a sample! (sample approx. 1 min long, 656K)
4. Such a Shame
5. Star of My Heart - Listen to a sample! (sample approx. 1 min long, 616K)
6. Like No Other One
7. Too Much Love
8. I'll Be There
9. Tammy Ann
10. Girl Next Door
11. Stay All Night - Listen to a sample! (sample approx. 1 min long, 551K)
Joyce - Listen to a sample! (sample approx. 1 min long, 938K)
