MARS NEEDS GUITARS (40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) (VINYL)

Hoodoo Gurus

Title

Artist

Hoodoo Gurus

UPC

602478000737

Label

UNIVERSAL

Genres

Rock

Release Date

Oct 17, 2025

Format

2LP

Weight

0.831

Price

$112inc. GST

Ships From

Melbourne, AU

Delivery

Special order. Import item. Usually dispatched within 2 to 3 weeks.

Released in 1985, Mars Needs Guitars! was the album that cemented Hoodoo Gurus as one of Australia's most influential rock bands. Packed with standout tracks like 'Bittersweet', 'Like Wow - Wipeout!' and 'Death Defying'. Loud, catchy and confident, the album captured the Gurus at full stride.

To mark its 40th anniversary, this deluxe 2LP edition brings the album back in expanded form.
" LP1: Picture disc of the original album
" LP2: Unreleased demos and never-before-heard album outtake 'Johnny', pressed on Ozone Green glow-in-the-dark vinyl
" Original artwork by Richard Allen
" Inner sleeve featuring Dave Faulkner's handwritten lyrics to "Show Some Emotion"
" A2 fold-out "Like Wow Tour" poster included

Tracklisting

Side 1

Bittersweet
Poison Pen
In The Wild
Death Defying (Single Version)
Like Wow Wipeout
Hayride To Hell
Show Me Some Emotion
The Other Side Of Paradise
Mars Needs Guitars
She
Bittersweet (Demo)
Poison Pen (Demo)
In The Wild (Demo)
Death Defying (Demo)
Like Wow Wipeout (Demo)
Hayride To Hell (Demo)
Show Me Some Emotion (Demo)
The Other Side Of Paradise (Demo)
Mars Needs Guitars (Demo)
Johnny (Mars Needs Guitars' Album Outtake)