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"Green Day Early Records To Be Reissued"

Green Day's pre-fame albums "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour" from 1991 and 1992's "Kerplunked" will be reissued by Warner next month. The two albums were originally issued independently on Berkley label Lookout! Records, reports PunkBands.

The 2007 versions will be remastered and expanded. "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour" was a compilation of the first three Green Day EP's "39/Smooth", "Slappy" and "1,000 Hours".

"Kerplunk" was the band's first full length album and featured an early version of their latter hit "Welcome To Paradise".

In its day, "Kerplunk" sold more than 50,000 units, a massive effort for an indie band and label. After the success of their first major album "Dookie", "Kerplunk" sales accelerated and to date has now sold more than 2 million copies.

Warner label Reprise Records will release the new versions of the albums on January 9, 2007.