 Almaas almost immediately formed a quartet named for the EP but not including Easter or Barone; the single "What's The Matter" b/w "Mimi" was issued by Coyote in 1983 (under the name "The" Beat Rodeo).The following year, Zensor Records in Germany issued the band's first LP, "Staying Out Late With the Beat Rodeo", produced by Don Dixon, with two tracks helmed by Richard Gottehrer.The record, which shows a country bent implicit in its name (country-ish guitar sound, with a dash of fiddle), and integrates it into the already established pop-rock context.