Fresh Sounds from Middle America (vol 2)

Fresh Sounds From Middle America (volume 2)
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released 1981
Recorded 1981
Genre Alternative Rock
Label Fresh Sounds (Fresh Tape 102)
Producer Bill Rich
Various Artists chronology
Fresh Sounds
Vol 1
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Vol 2
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Vol 3
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Fresh Sounds From Middle America (vol 2) was the second in a series of compilations featuring bands from the Midwest region of America. Volume 2 was a split compilation cassette-only release featuring 18 tracks from 5 bands.

The "Fresh Sounds" series was organized by Bill Rich, of Talk Talk magazine,[1] as a way to promote regional bands nationally.[2][3]

Track listing / personnel

Side 1

Artist Tracks Personnel
The Buckthrusters
  1. "Blu Light Special"
  2. "And It Is"
  3. "The Drive"
  4. "The Moment"
  5. "Ha! Ha!"
  • Jim Rosencutter - bass
  • Britt Rosencutter - drums, vocals
  • Staci Stull - guitar, vocals
  • Greg Cowper - accordion, synthesizer, vocals
  • Jim Skeel - keyboards, synthesizer, vocals

Recorded and Produced by Jim Skeel, Greg Cowper and the Buckthrusters at Skeels, Wichita, KS[4]

The New Wave Brothers
  1. "New Wave Brothers Rap"
  2. "I'm The Best"
  3. "DNA Monsters"
  • Jim Rosencutter - all instruments, vocals
  • Britt Rosencutter - all instruments, vocals
  • Alex Erickson - all instruments, vocals
  • Court Thomas - all instruments, vocals

Side 2

Artist Tracks Personnel
Color Entertainment
  1. "Instrumental"
  2. "Come On!"
  3. "Plants"
  4. "Fruit Of The Womb"
  • Fred Skellenger
  • Kathi Inukai
Monte Montclaire
  1. "Period Piece"
  • Monte Montclaire
The C. Lucas Experience
  1. "Silliness"
  2. "Art"
  3. "Sincerity"
  4. "Indulgence"
  5. "And Acting Out"
  • Christopher Lucas - all sounds

Reception

Snippets of the review from "The Offense":[5]

References

  1. ↑ Blush, Steven; George Petros (October 19, 2010). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. p. 262. ISBN 1-932595-89-9. 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).
  2. ↑ Jensen, Ron (January 17, 1982). "Local music critic promotes 'Fresh Sounds' of Midwest". Lawrence Journal-World. p. 16. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ Fricke, David (December 18, 1986). "The Underground Empire". Rolling Stone. pp. 116–122. Archived from the original on March 8, 2011. 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. More recently, Rich, the University of Kansas radio station KJHK and Redline Productions (a local concert promoter) issued a sampler album entitled Fresh Sounds from Middle America #3 (#1 and #2 were cassette only releases put out by Rich in 1981). Of the sixteen bands featured on the LP, twelve are from Lawrence or nearby Topeka.
  4. ↑ original booklet from Fresh Sounds of Middle of America Tape
  5. ↑ Anstaett, Tim (February 11, 1982). "Fresh Sounds from Middle America #2 review". Columbus, OH: The Offense, Book #14. p. 16.
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