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- Ho-dad
Hootenany (1989)
- Let's
Have A Ball: Early Rock'n'Roll From The Midwest (1986)
- Midwest
vs. the Rest (1983)
- Midwest
vs. Canada (1984)
- Monsters
Of The Midwest, Vol. 1 (1983)
- Monsters
Of The Midwest, Vol. 2 (1985)
- Monsters
Of The Midwest, Vol. 3 (1987)
- Monsters
Of The Midwest, Vol. 4 (1989)
- When
Time Run Out (1995)
Monsters
Of The Midwest, Vol. 1
(No label, 1983) [cassette tape only, out of print]
The Morning Dew -- No More
The Blue Things -- The
Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind
The Blue Things
-- Twist And Shout
Burlington Express -- One Day Girl (24 Hours)
The Beach Niks -- Last
Night I Cried
The Catalinas -- Coco
Cherry Mash
Chesmann Square -- Circles (Instant Party)
The Chevrons -- Dreams
The Chevrons -- Mine
Forever More
The Classmen -- Julie
The Blue Things
-- Pretty Thing-Oh
The Fab Four -- I'm
Always Doing Something Wrong
The Morticians -- Little
Latin Lupe Lu
The Red Dogs -- Open
Up
The Rumbles -- Fourteen
Years
The Rumbles Ltd. -- Hey
Lenora
The Rumbles Ltd. -- Push
Push
The Thingies -- It's
A Long Way Down
West Minist'r -- Sister Jane
Yellow Hair -- Talent For Lovin'
The Young Aristocracy
-- Don't Lie
The Blazers -- I
Don't Need You
The Fab Four -- Happy
BAND HOMETOWNS: The Morning
Dew (Topeka, KS); The Blue Things (Hays, KS); Burlington Express (Topeka, KS); The Beach Niks (Newell, IA); The Catalinas (St. Joseph, MO); Chesmann Square
(Kansas City, MO); The Chevrons (Omaha, NE); The Classmen (Kansas City, MO); The Fab Four (Kansas City, MO); The Morticians (Waco, TX); The Red Dogs (Lawrence, KS); The Rumbles (Omaha, NE); The Rumbles Ltd. (Omaha, NE); Thingies (Topeka,
KS); West Minist'r (Fort Dodge, IA); Yellow Hair (Omaha,
NE); The Young Aristocracy (Tulsa, OK); The Blazers (Kansas City, MO)

Monsters
Of The Midwest, Vol. 2
(No label, 1985) [LP, out of print]
The Thingies -- Mass Confusion
Burlington Express -- Stroll On
Plato & The Philosophers -- 13 O'Clock Flight To Psychedelphia
The Soothsayers -- Please
Don't Be Mad
The Morning Dew -- Go
Away
The Rogues -- Anything
You Say
The Kyks -- Where
Are You
The Young Aristocracy
-- Look And See
Tommy Tucker & The Esquires -- Don't
Tell
Jerry & The Playmates -- Want-A-Love You
The Argons -- Do
The Dog
The Coachmen -- Too
Many Reasons
The Noblemen -- Things
Aren't The Same
The Esquires -- She's
My Woman
The Underbeats -- I
Can't Stand It
The Skeptics -- Apple
Candy
BAND HOMETOWNS: The Thingies (Topeka, KS); Burlington Express (Topeka, KS); Plato
& The Philosophers (Moberly, MO); The Soothsayers (Greeley, CO); The Morning Dew (Topeka, KS); The Rogues (Omaha, NE); The Kyks (Marshall, MO); The Young Aristocracy (Tulsa, OK); Tommy Tucker &
The Esquires (Des Moines, IA); Jerry & The Playmates
(Tulsa, OK); The Aargons (Topeka, KS); The Coachmen (Lincoln, NE); The Noblemen (Albert City, IA); The Esquires (Springfield, MO); The Underbeats (Minneapolis, MN); The Skeptics (Bartlesville, OK)
(Album
art to come)
Monsters
Of The Midwest, Vol. 3
(No label, 1987) [LP, out of print]
The Monuments -- African
Diamonds
Barry Ebling & The Invaders -- I Can Make It Without You
The Blue Things
-- Your Turn To Cry
The Wild Things -- Tell
Me
The Jerms -- Since
You Went Away
Plato & The Philosophers -- I Don't Mind
The Great Imposters --
Who Do You Love
The Teardrops -- Sweet,
Sweet Sadie
The Soothsayers -- Do
You Need Me?
The Living End -- But
I'll Live
Burlington Express -- I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
Baxter's Chat -- Don't Come Around Today
The Jeans -- In My
Own Time
The Intruders -- She's
Mine
The Senders -- Sometimes
Good Guys Don't Wear White
The Trolls -- That's
The Way My Love Is
BAND HOMETOWNS: The Monuments (Tulsa, OK); Barry Ebling & The Invaders (Granite
City, IL); The Blue Things (Hayes, KS); The Wild Things (Marshall, MO); The Jerms (Topeka, KS); Plato & The Philosophers
(Moberly, MO); The Great Imposters (Omaha, NE); The Teardrops (Pueblo, CO); The Soothsayers (Greeley, CO); The Living End (Centralia, IL); Burlington Express
(Topeka, KS); Baxter's Chat (Baxter Springs, KS); The Jeans (Kansas City, KS); The Intruders (Pittsfield, IL); The Senders (Pocahontas, IA); The Trolls (Pueblo, CO)
(LP
art to come)
Monsters Of The Midwest, Vol. 4
(No label, 1989) [LP, out of print]
The Coachmen -- My Generation
The Reactions --
In My Grave
The Intruders --
I'll Go On
The Skeptics -- Bit
O' Honey
The Countdowns --
You Know I Do
The Jerms -- Love
Light
Love Corporation -- Love Corporation
The Twilighters --
Spell Bound
Rod & The Satalites -- She Cares
King's English -- Doctor Hunger
The Converts -- Don't
Leave Me
The Grapes -- You'd
Better Come Home
The Berries -- Baby,
That's All
The Dinks -- Kocka-Mow-Mow
Sounds Ltd. -- Slimy Sue
Mumbles Scott & The Esquires -- Baby What You Want Me To
Do?
BAND HOMETOWNS: The Coachmen (Lincoln, NE); The Reactions (Rolla, MO); The Intruders (St. Louis, MO); The Skeptics (Bartlesville, OK); The Countdowns (Iowa City, IA); The Jerms (Topeka, KS); Love Corporation (Tulsa,
OK); The Twilighters (Kirksville, MO); Rod & The Satalites
(Quincy, IL); The King's English (Shawnee Mission, KS); The Converts (Beloit, WI); The Grapes (IN); The Berries (Des Moines, IA); The Dinks (Beloit, KS); Sounds Ltd. (St. Joseph,
MO); Mumbles Scott & The Esquires (Spirit Lake, IA)
When The Time Run Out
(Reverendo Moon, 1995) [LP]
The
Mystifying Monarchs -- I'm In Misery
The Mystifying
Monarchs
-- Soldier Of Fortune
The Shags -- Louie Louie
The
Defiants
-- Maggie's Farm
The
Psychotics
-- (I'm) Determined
The Ferraris -- I'm Not Talkin'
The
Kinetics
-- I'm Blue
The
Kinetics
--
Feeling From My Heart
The
Bad
Omens
-- Chimes Of Freedom
The
Poor Boys Pride -- I'm Here
The
Toronados
-- She's Gone
The
Minutemen
--
Another Day With Me
The Pastels -- 'Cause I Love You
The
Penetrators
-- What Went Wrong
The
Headlyters
-- Girl Down The Street
The Chancellors -- Dear John
The Satisfactions -- Only Once
The Satisfactions -- Never Be Happy
BAND HOMETOWNS: The Mystifying
Monarchs
(Fargo,
ND);
The
Shags (New Ulm, MN);
The Defiants
(MN); The Psychotics
(Charlotte, NC); The Ferraris (Winona, MN); The
Kinetics (MI); The Bad
Omens (MN); The Poor Boys Pride
(Muskegon, MI); The Toronados
(MI); The Minutemen
(MI); The Pastels (MI); The Penetrators
(MI); The Headlyters
(MI); The Chancellors (MI); The Satisfactions (MI)
(LP
art to come)
Ho-dad
Hootenany
(Ho-Dad, 1989) [LP]
The Hurricanes -- Jambalaya
The Images -- My
Kinda Woman
The Madmen -- Alfred
E. Goes Surfin'
The Rangers -- Justine
The Warner Bros. Combo
-- Study Hall
The Customs Five --
Little Louie
Mickey & The Clean Cuts -- Soapy
The Deacons -- Baldie
Stomp
The Passions -- You've
Got Me Hurtin'
The Moguls -- Round
Randy
The Chy Guys -- Say
Mama
Them -- Don't Look Now
The Mystery Men --
Pier X
The Mysterians --
Wildman
The Barracudas --
Nobody
Johnny & The Uncalled 4 -- Shortnin' Bread
The Sonics -- Introduction
To The Sonics
The Rangers -- Snow
Skiing
BAND HOMETOWNS: The Hurricanes (Toledo,
OH); The Images (TX);
The Madmen (Sweden);
The Warner Bros. Combo
(Peoria, IL); Mickey & The Clean Cuts (IN); The Deacons (St.
Paul, MN); The Passions (Sherman,
TX); The Moguls (Eugene,
OR); The Chy Guys (Rockford,
IL); Them (Belfast, Ireland); The Mystery Men (Roanoke,
VA); The Mysterians (Chicago,
IL)
(Album
art to come)
Let's Have A Ball: Early Rock'n'Roll
From The Midwest
(Unlimited Productions, 1986) [LP, out of print]
Jim McDonald -- Let's Have
A Ball
Carl Cherry -- The Itch
Bill Starr & The Rock Brooks -- Grizzly Bear
Jerry Martin & The Sounds -- Janet
Rodger & The Tempests -- Bad Bad Way
Dennis Hunt & His Hunters -- A Story Untold
Jim Pike & The Kephart Rockets -- Shaken And A Shuddern
Frank Johnson & The Missouri Valley Boys -- Be My Baby
Nelson Royal & The Royal Flairs
-- Teach Her
Mark Evans -- It's Love
Sparkle Moore -- Rock-A-Bop
Harold McKinnon & His Reem Shots -- Little Jump Joint
Jules Blattner & His Teen Tones -- Rock and Roll Blues
Uncle Buck Lite with The Rhythm Rockers -- Mr. Ducktail
Rock'nRebs -- Grandpa Rock
The Jades -- Shake,
Baby Shake
BAND HOMETOWNS: Jim McDonald (Kansas City, MO.); Carl Cherry (Omaha, NE); Billy
Starr & The Rock Brooks (Omaha, NE); Jerry Martin &
The Sounds (Abia, IA); Rodger & The Tempests (Omaha,
NE); Dennis Hunt & His Hunters (Wichita, KS); Jim Pike
& The Kephart Rockets (Omaha, NE); Frank Johnson &
The MVBs (Stover, MO); Nelson Royal & The Royal Flairs
(Council Bluffs, IA/Omaha NE); Mark Evans (Omaha, NE); Sparkle
Moore (Omaha, NE, recorded in Chicago); Harold McKinnon &
His Reem Shots (AZ, recorded in St. Louis, MO); Jules Blattner
& His Teen Tones (St. Louis, MO); Uncle Buck Lite w/ The
Rhythm Rockers (Belleville, IL); Rock'n'Rebs (IA); The Jades (Minneapolis, MN)
Midwest vs. the Rest
(Unlimited Productions, 1983) [LP, out of print]
The Benders -- You Can't Tame
Me
The Unbelievable Uglies
-- Spider Man
The Group -- Why
Does My Head Go Boom?
Billy Rat & The Finks -- Little Queenie
The Unlimited --
Feelings
London Fog -- Mr. Baldi
The Electras -- I'm
Not Talkin'
The Fifth Generation
-- Purple Haze
Chips & Co. -- Let The Winds Blow
Luke & The Apostles -- Been Burnt
Lincoln St. Exit -- The Bummer
The Plague -- Love
And Obey
The Executioners --
Don't Put Me On
The Cloudwalkers --
Sunglasses
The Stumps -- Think
Of The Good Times
The Illusions --
I Know
BAND HOMETOWNS: The Benders (Menomonie, WI); The Unbelievable Uglies (Detroit Lakes, MN); The Group (IA); Billy Rat & The Finks (Spirit
Lake, IA); London Fog (Audubon, IA); The Electras (Ely, MN); Fifth Generation (Carrole,
IA); Luke & The Apostles (Toronto, ONT); Lincoln St.
Exit (Alburquerque, NM); The Plague (Thunderbay, ONT); The Executioners (Youngstown, OH); The Cloudwalkers (Brooklyn, NY); The Stumps (NM); The Illusions (Palatka, FL)
Midwest vs. Canada
(Unlimited Productions, 1984) [LP, out of print]
Who We Are -- Last Trip
The Moanin' Glories -- She Took The Rain Out Of My Mind
The Huns -- Destination Lonely
The Royal Flairs -- Suicide
The Dynamic Dischords -- Passageway To Your Heart
The Pagans -- Baba Yaga
Dynasty -- I've Gotta Shout
Prince & The Paupers -- Exit
The Northwest Company -- Hard To Cry
The Northwest Company -- Get Away From It All
The Shays -- This Hour Has Seven Days
The Good Feeling -- Like I Love You
The Fringe -- Token For My Mind
The Quiet Jungle -- Everything
The Guess Who -- It's My Pride
Satan & The D-Men -- She'll Lie
BAND HOMETOWNS: Who We Are (Waterloo, IA); The
Moanin' Glories (Wichita, KS);The Huns (Arlington
Heights, IL); The Royal Flairs (Council Bluffs, IA); The
Dynamic Dischords (Oachs, ND); The Pagans (Rochester, MN);
Dynasty (Superior, WI); Prince & The Paupers (Mankato,
MN); The Northwest Company (Vancouver, BC); The Shays
(Toronto, ONT); The Good Feeling (Winnepeg, MAN); The Fringe
(Toronto, ONT); The Quiet Jungle (Toronto, ONT); The Guess
Who (Winnepeg, MAN); Satan & The D-Men (Kenora, ONT)
As
always, your additions or corrections are welcome.
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