Bird Dance Beat: Minnesota 1964-1970 compilations

	(released 1964-1970) Big Hits Of Mid-America, Vol. 1 [LP] (1964) Big Hits Of Mid-America, Vol. 2 [LP] (1965) Gathering At The Depot [LP] (1970) Money Music [LP] (1967) Top Teen Bands, Vol. 1 [LP] (1964) Top Teen Bands, Vol. 2 [LP] (1965) Top Teen Bands, Vol. 3 [LP] (1965) The following albums are compilations released in the mid-Sixties, mostly compiled by their record label from current 45s of the day. We won't be listing a lot of information on vintage original pressings on the Bird Dance Beat pages. But few markets were so thoroughly served by this sort of thing as Minnesota, so we've decided to include these classic, essential compilation LPs in our list. These vinyl LPs can still be found at record collectors shows -- in the Twin Cities, anyway -- at prices ranging from $15-40, depending on condition. (Well, except for "Money Music," of course, which will set you back a bundle on the odd chance that you are able to locate a copy!) Big Hits Of Mid-America, Vol. 1 (Soma, '64; Garrett, '64) [LP] The Underbeats -- Foot Stompin' The Underbeats -- Sweet Words Of Love The Underbeats -- Annie Do The Dog The Underbeats -- Romance Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- The Grind Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- The Slide Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- Olds-Mo-William Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- Ain't Got No Home The Accents -- Searchin' The Accents -- Howlin' For My Baby The Accents -- Why The Accents -- Whenever There's A Will BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis. Note: A large portion of this LP, as well as the accompanying seccnd volume, was issued in 1998 as the 2-CD "Big Hits Of Mid-America: The Soma Records Story 1963-1967." Released on Plum Records, it is now out of print. See the page "Minnesota Compilations released 1980-present" for info on that release. Big Hits Of Mid-America, Vol. 2 (Soma, '65) [LP] The Castaways -- Liar Liar The Castaways -- Sam The High Spirits -- Tossin' And Turnin' The High Spirits -- Turn On Your Love Light The Chancellors -- Yo Yo The Chancellors -- So Fine The Chancellors -- Little Latin Lupe Lu The Chancellors -- I'm A Man The Gestures -- Run Run Run The Gestures -- Candlelight The Gestures -- Don't Mess Around The Gestures -- It Seems To Me BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis except The Gestures (Mankato, MN). Gathering At The Depot (Beta, '70) [LP] Deadeye -- Silly Song Crockett -- Dear Landlord Chesterfield Gathering -- Take Me To The Sunrise The System -- Smiling Eyes Thundertree -- 16 Tons Danny's Reasons -- With One Eye Closed Pepper Fog -- Celebration Kiwani -- Better Days Free And Easy -- It's For You/Wake Up Sunshine Grizzly -- Get Out Of My Life, Woman The Litter -- Ungrateful Peg BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis. Money Music (August, '67) [LP] The Stillroven -- Hey Joe The C.A. Quintet -- Mickey's Monkey The Underbeats -- Sweetest Girl In The World T.C. Atlantic -- Faces The Hot Half Dozen -- Heat Wave The Calico Wall -- Flight Reaction The Castaways -- Feel So Fine The C.A. Quintet -- Blow To My Soul The Electras -- Dirty Old Man Seraphic Street Sound -- Without Love The H.T. Three -- Cool Breeze The Bedlam Four -- Hydrogen Atom BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis. Top Teen Bands, Vol. 1 (Bud-Jet, '65) [LP] The Muleskinners -- Muleskinner Blues '65 The Rave-Ons -- Whenever The Kandells -- Cry Girl The Aaron Brothers -- Lean Jean The Avanties -- Ain't Got No Home The Underbeats -- Foot Stompin' The Underbeats -- Jo-Jo-Gune The Accents -- Muffin' Man The Only Ones -- With This Kiss The Deacons -- Baldy Beat The Corvets -- Can It Be The Avanties -- Buzz, Buzz, Buzz Note: The 2005 Norton Records catalog listed a straight dupe (identical jacket and label) of this LP and the rest of the Top Teen Bands series, so a vinyl bootleg of this three-volume collection is now in circulation. In early 2006 booted CDs surfaced as well. Taken from the original LPs, they contain no additional tracks. BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis except the Kan Dells (Sandstone, MN), the Only Ones (Hutchinson, MN), and the Deacons (St. Paul, MN). Top Teen Bands, Vol. 2 (Bud-Jet, '65) [LP] The Deacons -- Baldy Stomp Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- Say Boss Man The Valients -- Backlash The Corvets -- So Fine The Canadian Lady Bugs -- Moanin' The Rave-Ons -- Love Pill The Novas -- On The Road Again The Accents -- Louisiana Man The Satisfactions -- Girl Don't Tell Me MoJo Buford -- Whole Lotta Woman The Underbeats -- Broken Arrow Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- Because Of You Note: The 2004 Norton Records catalog listed a straight dupe (identical jacket and label) of this LP and the rest of the Top Teen Bands series, so a bootleg of this series is now in circulation. BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis except the Deacons (St. Paul, MN), the Canadian Lady Bugs (Canada), the Novas (Edina, MN), and the Satisfactions (La Crosse, WI). Top Teen Bands, Vol. 3 (Bud-Jet, '66) [LP] The Avanties -- Nervous Breakdown The Underbeats -- Route 66 The Canadian Lady Bugs -- Tra-La-La-La The Deacons -- Candy Man The Accents -- Road Runner The Bandits -- The Krusher The Rave-Ons -- I Want You To Love Me The Satisfactions -- Bad Times The Novas -- Novas Coaster The Bandits -- Downtown The Only Ones -- The Party's Over The Avanties -- Olds-Mo-William Note: The 2004 Norton Records catalog listed a straight dupe (identical jacket and label) of this LP and the rest of the Top Teen Bands series, so a bootleg of this series is now in circulation. BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands from Minneapolis except the Canadian Lady Bugs (Canada), the Deacons (St. Paul, MN), the Satisfactions (La Crosse, WI), the Novas (Edina, MN), and the Only Ones (Hutchinson, MN) As always, your additions or corrections are welcome. 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(released 1964-1970)

Big Hits Of Mid-America, Vol. 1 [LP] (1964)
Big Hits Of Mid-America, Vol. 2 [LP] (1965)
Gathering At The Depot [LP] (1970)
Money Music [LP] (1967)
Top Teen Bands, Vol. 1 [LP] (1964)
Top Teen Bands, Vol. 2 [LP] (1965)
Top Teen Bands, Vol. 3 [LP] (1965)

The following albums are compilations released in the mid-Sixties, mostly compiled by their record label from current 45s of the day. We won't be listing a lot of information on vintage original pressings on the Bird Dance Beat pages. But few markets were so thoroughly served by this sort of thing as Minnesota, so we've decided to include these classic, essential compilation LPs in our list. These vinyl LPs can still be found at record collectors shows -- in the Twin Cities, anyway -- at prices ranging from $15-40, depending on condition. (Well, except for "Money Music," of course, which will set you back a bundle on the odd chance that you are able to locate a copy!)

Big Hits Of Mid-America, Vol. 1
(Soma, '64; Garrett, '64) [LP]

The Underbeats -- Foot Stompin'
The Underbeats -- Sweet Words Of Love
The Underbeats -- Annie Do The Dog
The Underbeats -- Romance
Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- The Grind
Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- The Slide

Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- Olds-Mo-William
Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- Ain't Got No Home
The Accents -- Searchin'
The Accents -- Howlin' For My Baby
The Accents -- Why
The Accents -- Whenever There's A Will

BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis.

Note: A large portion of this LP, as well as the accompanying seccnd volume, was issued in 1998 as the 2-CD "Big Hits Of Mid-America: The Soma Records Story 1963-1967." Released on Plum Records, it is now out of print. See the page "Minnesota Compilations released 1980-present" for info on that release.

Big Hits Of Mid-America, Vol. 2
(Soma, '65) [LP]

The Castaways -- Liar Liar
The Castaways -- Sam
The High Spirits -- Tossin' And Turnin'
The High Spirits -- Turn On Your Love Light
The Chancellors -- Yo Yo
The Chancellors -- So Fine

The Chancellors -- Little Latin Lupe Lu
The Chancellors -- I'm A Man
The Gestures -- Run Run Run
The Gestures -- Candlelight
The Gestures -- Don't Mess Around
The Gestures -- It Seems To Me

BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis except The Gestures (Mankato, MN).

Gathering At The Depot
(Beta, '70) [LP]

Deadeye -- Silly Song
Crockett -- Dear Landlord
Chesterfield Gathering -- Take Me To The Sunrise
The System -- Smiling Eyes
Thundertree -- 16 Tons
Danny's Reasons -- With One Eye Closed

Pepper Fog -- Celebration
Kiwani -- Better Days
Free And Easy -- It's For You/Wake Up Sunshine
Grizzly -- Get Out Of My Life, Woman
The Litter -- Ungrateful Peg

BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis.

Money Music
(August, '67) [LP]

The Stillroven -- Hey Joe
The C.A. Quintet -- Mickey's Monkey
The Underbeats -- Sweetest Girl In The World
T.C. Atlantic -- Faces
The Hot Half Dozen -- Heat Wave
The Calico Wall -- Flight Reaction

The Castaways -- Feel So Fine
The C.A. Quintet -- Blow To My Soul
The Electras -- Dirty Old Man
Seraphic Street Sound -- Without Love
The H.T. Three -- Cool Breeze
The Bedlam Four -- Hydrogen Atom

BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis.

Top Teen Bands, Vol. 1
(Bud-Jet, '65) [LP]

The Muleskinners -- Muleskinner Blues '65
The Rave-Ons -- Whenever
The Kandells -- Cry Girl
The Aaron Brothers -- Lean Jean
The Avanties -- Ain't Got No Home
The Underbeats -- Foot Stompin'

The Underbeats -- Jo-Jo-Gune
The Accents -- Muffin' Man
The Only Ones -- With This Kiss
The Deacons -- Baldy Beat
The Corvets -- Can It Be
The Avanties -- Buzz, Buzz, Buzz

Note: The 2005 Norton Records catalog listed a straight dupe (identical jacket and label) of this LP and the rest of the Top Teen Bands series, so a vinyl bootleg of this three-volume collection is now in circulation. In early 2006 booted CDs surfaced as well. Taken from the original LPs, they contain no additional tracks.

BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis except the Kan Dells (Sandstone, MN), the Only Ones (Hutchinson, MN), and the Deacons (St. Paul, MN).

Top Teen Bands, Vol. 2
(Bud-Jet, '65) [LP]

The Deacons -- Baldy Stomp
Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- Say Boss Man
The Valients -- Backlash
The Corvets -- So Fine
The Canadian Lady Bugs -- Moanin'
The Rave-Ons -- Love Pill

The Novas -- On The Road Again
The Accents -- Louisiana Man
The Satisfactions -- Girl Don't Tell Me
MoJo Buford -- Whole Lotta Woman
The Underbeats -- Broken Arrow
Gregory Dee & The Avanties -- Because Of You

Note: The 2004 Norton Records catalog listed a straight dupe (identical jacket and label) of this LP and the rest of the Top Teen Bands series, so a bootleg of this series is now in circulation.

BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands were from Minneapolis except the Deacons (St. Paul, MN), the Canadian Lady Bugs (Canada), the Novas (Edina, MN), and the Satisfactions (La Crosse, WI).

Top Teen Bands, Vol. 3
(Bud-Jet, '66) [LP]

The Avanties -- Nervous Breakdown
The Underbeats -- Route 66
The Canadian Lady Bugs -- Tra-La-La-La
The Deacons -- Candy Man
The Accents -- Road Runner
The Bandits -- The Krusher

The Rave-Ons -- I Want You To Love Me
The Satisfactions -- Bad Times
The Novas -- Novas Coaster
The Bandits -- Downtown
The Only Ones -- The Party's Over
The Avanties -- Olds-Mo-William

Note: The 2004 Norton Records catalog listed a straight dupe (identical jacket and label) of this LP and the rest of the Top Teen Bands series, so a bootleg of this series is now in circulation.

BAND HOMETOWNS: All bands from Minneapolis except the Canadian Lady Bugs (Canada), the Deacons (St. Paul, MN), the Satisfactions (La Crosse, WI), the Novas (Edina, MN), and the Only Ones (Hutchinson, MN)

As always, your additions or corrections are welcome.