The BatsDiscography: Albums - All I Got (1964) CBS, ALD 6776

- A Shabby Little Hut (1965) CBS, ALD 6855

- That's How I Feel (1966) CBS, ALD 6924

- Image (1968) CBS, ALD 8129

- Weltevrede (1968) CBS, ALD 8139

- Turn You On (1969) CBS, ASF 1395

- Impi as Impi (1971) CBS, ASF 1638

- I Love My Wife (1976) EMI, CEY 266

- The Return Of Fatman And Bobin (1977) Gallo, GL1890

- Greatest Hits (1977) Embassy, EMB 30023

- The Best Of The Bats (1996) Polygram, MORCD 612

- Not Out (1999) Primedia, CCBK7489 (X)

- The Heart And Soul Of The Bats (2001), Polygram, CDREDD 659

Tracks on CD one: All I got/ Goodbye for now/ Tracey Jane/ Garden of Eden/ I just won't care/ You can't blame me/ A shabby little hut/ Little girl/ Say you're mine/ Don't walk away/ That's why I'm low/ Please please realise/ Get your baggies on/ That's how I feel/ Sing her a love song/ Paint me a picture/ Mooseface/ Sleepy time/ There was a time/ Huff puff/ Herd boy/ Money ain't worth a dang/ My girl/ What is soul? (Soul finger)/ Knock on wood/ Fa fa fa/ Show me/ Land of 1000 dances/ The Image/ Love of the common people/ Warren/ Trouble/ Weltevrede stasie
Tracks on CD two: Groen en goud/ The rock machine/ Melody fayre/ Rebecca Stein/ Build me up buttercup/ Ob la di - ob la da/ Rickshaw riding/ Hard to get up in the morning/ Wichita lineman/ Dizzy/ Mr Sun Mr Moon/Taking changes/ Who's that girl/ Rip von Willy/ No one seems to notice/ Catch my love/ Picaninnies/ Deep river/Nada/ Rifleman/ Do wah diddy/ Hey tonight/ Show me the way/ Mrs Louis/ Hold your head up/ Rollin' you over Musicians: - Eddie Eckstein: vocals, drums
- Paul Ditchfield: vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass (ex-The Vikings)
- Barry Jarman: guitar, trumpet, bass
- Jimmy Dunning: guitar left in 1968
- Pete Clifford: vocals, guitar joined in 1968, ex-The 004s
- Derek Gordon: vocals, various instruments joined in 2000
Review: Read about The Bats Live In Australia, August 2001 Tertius Louw, July 2001 South Africa's Rock Legends
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