Five Upstart Americans

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Five Upstart Americans
Five Upstart Americans cover
Demo album by The Monks
Released 1999
Recorded 1965
Genre Protopunk/Garage Rock
Label Omplatten
Professional reviews
The Monks chronology
Black Monk Time
(1966)		 Five Upstart Americans
(1999)		 Let's Start a Beat - Live from Cavestomp
(2000)
Alternate Covers
Cover of European LP release
Cover of European LP release
Cover of European CD release
Cover of European CD release

Five Upstart Americans is a "follow-up" album of sorts from The Monks. It features earlier demo versions of songs from Black Monk Time, plus other previously unheard songs. It was released in 1999 by Omplatten, Ltd. It was released in Europe on the Play Loud label as Monks Demo Tapes 1965 in 2007.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Omplatten Release

  1. "Monk Time" 2:22
  2. "We Do Wie Du" 2:42
  3. "Boys Are Boys" 1:50
  4. "Pretty Suzanne" 3:47
  5. "Higgle Dy Piggle Dy" 4:11
  6. "Hushie Pushie" 2:58
  7. "Love Came Tumbling Down" 3:01
  8. "Oh How To Do Now" 2:53
  9. "Space Age" 2:39
  10. "I Hate You" 4:00

[edit] Bonus Tracks

A single by The 5 Torquays, an early incarnation of the Monks
  1. "There She Walks" 2:37
  2. "Boys Are Boys" 3:06

[edit] Play Loud european Demo Tapes release

  1. Monk Time
  2. Love Came Tumbling Down
  3. Boys Are Boys
  4. Space Age
  5. We Do Wie Du
  6. I Hate You
  7. Pretty Suzanne
  8. Higgle-Dy-Piggle-Dy
  9. Hushie Pushie
  10. Oh, How To Do Now

[edit] Bonus Tracks

  1. "There She Walks" (The 5 Torquays)
  2. "Boys Are Boys" (The 5 Torquays)
  3. "Monk Hop" (Cover by Jason Forrest from the Silver monk time tribute album)
  • All songs written by Burger/Clark/Shaw/Day/Johnston

[edit] The Monks

  • Gary Burger: Guitar, Vocals
  • Larry Clark: Organ
  • Roger Johnston: Drums
  • Eddie Shaw: Bass
  • Dave Day: Banjo