Last time I saw Bob Weston, he was onstage at ATP making amusing cracks about preferring Mission Of Burma to Big Black because, well, their reunion and his part in it payed for his house. Long before said reunion or Shellac, Weston was a member of Boston trio Volcano Suns, a band formed by ex-Mission Of Burma drummer Peter Prescott in 1983. (No hard feelings, though, Roger Miller contributed piano to some of their stuff and Prescott’s behind the drums again in the current reunion formation of Burma). Volcano Suns — initially Prescott with guitarist Jon Williams and bassist Jeff Weigand — released their debut, The Bright Orange Years in 1985, following it up with 1986′s All Night Lotus Party. Both were on Homestead. We’re mentioning them now, because those first two albums are available for the first time on CD in the new year. And Weston? He didn’t join the band until 1987, but he did remaster both of these records for their CD reissues … so there goes. We have “Jak” from Bright Orange Years and the darker “White Elephant” from All Night Lotus Party.

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