Vinyl records
The Boomtown Rats vinyl records
21 albums with 493 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.
Irish rock band, formed in 1975 in Garry Roberts' kitchen in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, the group originally took the name The Nightlife Thugs. They changed it during the interval of their first gig on October 31st 1975 to The Boomtown Rats, after Woody Guthrie's term for oilfield workers. The original lineup was Bob Geldof (vocals), Garry Roberts (lead guitar), Johnnie Fingers (keyboard), Pete Briquette (bass), Gerry Cott (rhythm guitar) and Simon Crowe (drums). They recorded six studio albums and a string of successful singles. Cott left the band in 1981. The group remained together until just after the 1985 Live Aid concert of which Bob Geldof, KBE, was the organiser.
Most collected The Boomtown Rats albums
The Boomtown Rats discography on vinyl
- 1977Lookin' After No. 117 pressings
- 1977Mary Of The 4th Form (Alternate Version)23 pressings
- 1977The Boomtown Rats38 pressings
- 1978A Tonic For The Troops38 pressings
- 1978Like Clockwork13 pressings
- 1978Rat Trap27 pressings
- 1978She's So Modern16 pressings
- 1979Diamond Smiles21 pressings
- 1979I Don't Like Mondays50 pressings
- 1979Someone's Looking At You24 pressings
- 1979The Fine Art Of Surfacing49 pressings
- 1980Banana Republic27 pressings
- 1980Mondo Bongo38 pressings
- 1981Never In A Million Years13 pressings
- 1981The Elephants Graveyard (Guilty)11 pressings
- 1982House On Fire15 pressings
- 1982V Deep22 pressings
- 1984Dave11 pressings
- 1984Drag Me Down11 pressings
- 1984In The Long Grass16 pressings
- 1984Tonight13 pressings