Title	Recording Sources (by earliest known recording date)	Notes
Sharks
"Altar Ego"	their first LP	original LP transferred to CD-R
"Santa Claus is coming to Town"	a rocking holiday EP	original EP transferred to CD-R
	... and more!
Shark Island
S'cool Bus	their first LP as Shark Island (not for trade)	(original LP transferred to CD-R)
Gazzaris 1985 Live	Shark Island performance at the West Hollywood, CA Gazzari's from about 1985. After their 8 songs (including a cover of Aerosmith's "Walk the Dog"), they perform a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" with Axl Rose and Tracii Guns of Guns & Roses! Total play time: 31 minutes.	(30 min PAL VHS), artwork: tracklist
Gazzaris 1985 Live	Shark Island performance at the West Hollywood, CA Gazzari's from about 1985. After their 8 songs (including a cover of Aerosmith's "Walk the Dog"), they perform a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" with Axl Rose and Tracii Guns of Guns & Roses! Total play time: 31 minutes. Converted from a PAL VHS source.	(30 min NTSC VHS), artwork: tracklist
Paris Calling video	original videotape sent to TV stations with the video single "Paris Calling"	(10 min. VHS)
Headbangers Ball compilation #1	Contains many TV broadcast video clips including Shark Island's "Bad for Each Other"	(5 min. VHS)
Headbangers Ball compilation #2	Another compilation that contains many TV broadcast video clips including Shark Island's "Bad for Each Other"	(5 min. VHS)
Headbangers Ball interview	Julie Brown  interviews Richard Black and Spencer Sercombe about the album "Law of the Order" and they introduce the first video single "Paris Calling"	(10 min. VHS)
Mudbog '91	Live at the LA County Fair at Pomona, CA 6/9/91 with special guest Michael Schenker	(1 CD-R)
Live from the Mudbog '91	Live at the LA County Fair at Pomona, CA 6/9/91 with special guest Michael Schenker	(1 80 min. VHS)
Dallas '90	radio broadcast from Dallas, TX 1990	(1 CDR), graphics none!
San Francisco '90	audience recording from San Francisco, CA 3/6/90 (on tour opening for LA Guns)	(1 CDR), graphics none!
"Swimming in Michigan"	audience recording from Club Eastbrook, Kentwoord, MI 3/26/90 (on tour opening for LA Guns)	(1 CDR), graphics none!
High Voltage #90-02	From Westwood One Radio Networks for broadcast the week of January 8, 1990, contains songs by Faster Pussycat, LA Guns, Cats in Boots, Bang Tango, Killer Dwarfs, Jailhouse, Montrose, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Steppenwolf, Uriah Heep, Judas Priest and from Shark Island: the live tracks "Make  a Move On You", "Passion to Ashes", "Paris Calling", "Ready or Not" and "Shake for Me". Total play time (all bands): 2 hours.	(2 CDRs), artwork: 2 cuesheets
	... and MUCH more!
Contraband (A supergroup with the singer from Shark Island and members from Ratt, LA Guns, Vixen and MSG)
MetalHead video Magazine, vol VI	Official BMG videotape interviews with various metal bands including "Contraband" (not for trade)	(60 min. total VHS)
Headbangers Ball interviews	Rikki Rackman interviews each of the Contraband members, 2 at a time, about the band and their Contraband video "All The Way From Memphis"	(20 min. VHS)
"All the Way from Memphis"	Official Impact Video describing how the band was formed and the making of the video "All the Way from Memphis" (not for trade)	(15 min. VHS)
"All the Way from Memphis" video single	Original videotape sent to TV stations with the video single "All the Way from Memphis"	(5 min. VHS)

I have many more items from the Sharks and Shark Island, I just need to get around to listing them!  I am always looking for other items to add to my collection.  Please let me know if you have any items that you think I might not already have.  Thanks!

For more information about Shark Island, check out this great page and this other informative page.

I found a mini history and bio on the Sharks and Shark Island and another mini-bio a little interactive music site page, an interesting page where you can vote on their last two LPs, another bio page, a links page, a page for Japanese Shark Island fans (and another page here and a discography here), a page from Metal Muse, a covers project page, a site where you can purchase concert photos, here is an album review and a music sample from their 1989 Epic release "Law of the Order", some info on the Contraband super group project (and more here), a little about Richard's Black 13 project, a rumors page on the collaboration with Jake E. Lee called Bourgeois Pigs, you can find some Shark Island info in this interview, and this music sample page.

If you are curious about what Richard Black might be up to these days, check out this page about Bourgeois Pigs, and also check out the official Bourgeois Pigs Site (coming soon?)

(visits since 7/15/2000)