Fresh Sounds from Middle America (vol 3)

Fresh Sounds From Middle America (volume 3)
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released 1986
Recorded 1986
Genre Punk Rock, Alternative Rock
Label Fresh Sounds (FS 213)
Producer Bill Rich
Various Artists chronology
Fresh Sounds
Vol 2

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Fresh Sounds
Vol 3

(1986)
Live from
Lawrence

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Fresh Sounds From Middle America (vol 3) was the third album released in the series of compilations featuring bands from the Midwest region of America. The mix of styles was about half punk rock and half alternative rock. The best known of the bands included are the Micronotz, the Pedal Jets and the Homestead Grays.[1] This volume was presented by "Redline and KJHK".[2]

General info

The "Fresh Sounds" series was organized by Bill Rich, of Talk Talk magazine,[3] as a way to promote regional bands nationally.[4][5]

The previous two albums in the series were cassette only releases, released in 1981. This album was the first to be released as a vinyl LP and it was a more conventional compilation, with one track per band, whereas the previous two albums had multiple tracks from each band. Bill Rich chose to release this volume of the series on vinyl because he felt that unknown bands were given more legitimacy when their music was released on vinyl.[6]

This was the only vinyl appearance for bands such as Von Bulows, Hundreds & Thousands, Brompton's Cocktail, and Near Death Experience.[1]

Track listing

  1. Psychic Archie - Didn't Love Her
  2. Von Bulows - Summer Song
  3. Homestead Grays - Rev. Cross
  4. Boxes of Love - OK
  5. The Yardapes - Superstitious
  6. Lions & Dogs - Be My Something
  7. Thumbs - Jericho
  8. Hundreds & Thousands - The Girl in Little Rock
  9. The Iguanas - Market
  10. Brompton's Cocktail - Hypocritical Success
  11. Bum Kon - Steam Engine #9
  12. Near Death Experience - Dolphin Torture
  13. The Micronotz - Gimme Some Skin
  14. Short Notice - Beg for Mercy
  15. Pedal Jets - Hide & Go Seek
  16. Rabbit Scat - Gimme Some of that Go-Go Juice

Reception

References

  1. 1 2 Jaerisch, Burkhard. "Fresh Sounds From Middle America (vol 3)". Flex: Discography of US Punk and Hardcore. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  2. Enthal, Andrea (April 1986). "College Radio". Spin (magazine). p. 110. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
  3. 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).
  4. Jensen, Ron (January 17, 1982). "Local music critic promotes 'Fresh Sounds' of Midwest". Lawrence Journal-World. p. 16. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
  5. 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.
  6. "Fresh Sounds' Album Features 16 Local, Regional Bands". Lawrence Journal-World. March 9, 1986. pp. 3D. Unknown bands on tape are not accorded the legitimacy that bands whose songs are released on vinyl get
  7. Fricke, David (January 1, 1987). "A selective guide to indie LPs". Rolling Stone. p. 122. Archived from the original on March 8, 2011.
  8. Hitchcock, Doug (Feb 8, 1986). "Look For Fresh Sounds From The River City". Lawrence Journal-World. pp. 5D.
  9. Spinali, Steve (May 1986). "Record review". Maximumrocknroll #36. p. 16. Archived from the original on May 1986. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
  10. "Record review". Option (magazine). 1986. pp. Issue #52. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  11. Oakes, Jordan (May 1986). "Record review". Jet Lag magazine. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
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