KATRINA AND THE WAVES (1983 Album)
Walking on Sunshine is the debut album by new wave band Katrina and the Waves, released in 1983. The album was only released in Canada, but now appears worldwide on the compilation Original Recordings 1983-1984. It has also been remastered and re-released with four bonus tracks on CD, under the title Katrina and the Waves (recognizable by the black and white cover, and not to be confused with the band’s self-titled 1985 album, which contains revamped tracks from this and the following album, Katrina and the Waves 2). To complicate things further, a later greatest hits album by the band is also called Walking on Sunshine. (More from Wikipedia)
The Katrina and the Waves album discography is a bit tangled to say the least. Their first two albums, Katrina and the Waves and Katrina and the Waves Vol. 2 came out on small labels in 1983 and 1984, respectively. The latter is also known as Katrina and the Waves 2, but the cover shot doesn’t have a “2” in sight (the first album only has lettering on the cover). Wikipedia has the debut album listed as Walking on Sunshine and says that it was released only in Canada, though that seems doubtful.
(March 2016)
