Wharf Car Records will release the new compilation I Don't Know Right From Wrong: Lost La Peste 1976-1979 Vol. 1 next year on April 17, 2026. The double LP collects material from the late seventies on a double LP, plus a 30-page book with essary from members of The Cars, Mission of Burma, and Bush Tetras.
The Boston, MA based band traces its story to Peter Dayton showing up at a 1975 Ramones show at CBGB.
“I stood there for 22 minutes, and when it was done, I was like, well, fuck, man, I want to do that,” he says. “And within two and a half years, I was opening for them.”
The collection of unreleased material includes recordings from the Better Off Dead 7” sessions, their 1978 studio session with Ric Ocasek, a 1978 session at Electro Acoustic Studios, 4-track loft recordings made by Billy Dafodil and Dave Cola in 1977, and the band’s first ever studio sessions in early 1977.
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I Don't Know Right From Wrong: Lost La Peste 1976-1979 Vol. 1 Tracklist
I Don't Know Right From Wrong
Black
Spymaster
Let Me Sleep
Kindness Invites Abuse
Acid Test
Don’t Wanna Die in My Sleep Tonight
Army Now
Color Scheme
Leave Me Alone
Blood
Better Off Dead
Kill Me Now
Figure It Out
Truth
Whirlpool
The Road
TKO
Whites Of Your Eyes
Skintite
Not Today
After Dinner Crimes
Computer Love
