| Fresh Sounds From Middle America (vol 5) | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Label | Fresh Sounds (FS 221) | |||
| Producer | Bill Rich | |||
| Various Artists chronology | ||||
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Fresh Sounds From Middle America (vol 5) is the fifth and last album in the Lawrence, Kansas-based series of compilation albums. This volume was the first to be released on compact disc.
The "Fresh Sounds" series was organized by Bill Rich, of Talk Talk magazine, as a way to promote regional bands nationally.
Track listing
- Across the Line - Homestead Grays (3:23)
- I Was Only Joking - The Catherines (4:04)
- Do As I Say - The Mahoots (3:31)
- The Grand Design - The Backsliders (2:18)
- You Wrecked the Party - The Wilmas (2:40)
- In Our World - Ultraviolets (3:10)
- Deviatus - Schloss Tegal (3:19)
- Death Fiend Guerillas - W.M. Burroughs (11:00)
- Red - Kill Whitey (3:55)
- Away - Killing Drum (3:00)
- Bright Lights - Joe Worker (3:20)
- Eyes of Concern - Second Chance (4:00)
- Escapee - Klusterfux (3:00)
- Evening Whirl - Hayseeds (2:30)
- My Best Friends - Kill Creek (4:36)
- I Belong To You - 2-Mile Death Plunge (3:10)
- Gray - Ultraman (2:28)
- Drinking Hot Water - Car Family (2:25)
References
- Blush, Steven; Petros, George (October 19, 2010). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-932595-89-5.
Bill Rich of Fresh Sounds (and Talk Talk zine) put out the Fresh Sounds From Middle America comp tape and early cassettes by local greats The Embarrassment and Mortal Micronots (later The Micronotz).
- Jensen, Ron (January 17, 1982). "Local music critic promotes 'Fresh Sounds' of Midwest". Lawrence Journal-World. p. 16. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- Fricke, David (December 18, 1986). "The Underground Empire". Rolling Stone. pp. 116–122. Archived from the original on June 6, 1997.
Lawrence, Kansas, has been a hotbed of alternative music for several years, thanks principally to the indefatigable Bill Rich, who runs the hardy, little Fresh Sounds label there. As far back as 1981, Rich was issuing the first pressings by the Lawrence bands Get Smart! and the Embarrassment, both of whom went on to underground-cult fame.
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