• Lost and Found series (five volumes)
• Tom Tourville's discographies (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa)
• Do You Hear That Beat: Wisconsin Pop/Rock in the 50's and '60s (discography)
• Kicks (Trashmen issue)
• Index of liner notes to watch for (Trashmen box, IGL sets, etc.)

Lost and Found, Vol. 1 (Iowa and Minnesota)
By Jim Oldsberg and Mark Prellberg
(Berg Brothers, 80 pages saddlestitched; 1992)

FEATURED BANDS

The String Kings
The Wisdoms
We Who Are
The Tyde
The Electras
Kama Del Sutra
The Ivymen
Al's Untouchables

ARTICLES

Homes of the Stars (map of featured band hometowns)
David Hersk interview: The Gaity Records story (feature)
Missing In Action (department)
Who, What, Then, Where, Now (department)
Rogue's Gallery (department)
The Comp Chart (department)

Note: All of Jim Oldsberg's projects (the Lost & Found series and The Flip Side) are excellent from cover to cover. Thoroughly researched, nicely designed with excellent illustrations -- we can't praise his books enough. It's no wonder he's tapped so often to write the liner notes for reissues of '60s Minnesota bands.

 

Lost and Found, Vol. 2 (Minnesota and Wisconsin)
By Jim Oldsberg and Mark Prellberg
(Berg Brothers, 144 pages perfect bound; 1994)

FEATURED BANDS

The Jades
The Benders
The Velquins
The Delricos
The Flames
The Golden Catalinas
The Faros
The Memories
Private Property Of Digil
Lord Beverly Moss & The Moss Men
Denny Noie/In Crowd/4th Of Never
The Journeymen
The Yetti-Men
The Calico Wall
The Crucible
The Galaxies
The Spacemen
Aldon & The E.C.s/Thundermen

ARTICLES

The Fox Cities Scene (feature)
Target/Tee Pee Records (feature)
Behind the Scenes: Ray Peters (feature)
Homes of the Stars (map of featured band hometowns)
Who, What, Then, Where, Now (department)
Diggin' the Grooves (department)
Chart Noise (department)
Missing In Action (department)
Rogue's Gallery (department)
The Comp Chart (department)

 

Lost and Found, Vol. 3 (Illinois and Minnesota)
By Jim Oldsberg and Mark Prellberg
(Berg Brothers, 144 pages perfect bound; 1994)

FEATURED BANDS

The Sonics
The Ready Men
The C.A. Quintet
The Dimensions
The Vectors
Long John & The Silvermen
Nobody's Children
Graf Zepplin
The Kan Dells
The Stillroven
The Paegans
The Accents
The Rave-Ons
The Mercymen
The Blues Effort
The Deacons

ARTICLES

The Comp Chart (department)
Homes of the Stars (map of featured band hometowns)
Rumors, Gossip, Words Untrue (department)
Behind the Scenes: Steve Longman (feature)
'60s Chicagoland: The Second Tier (feature)
Behind the Scenes: Erwin "Dutch" Wenzlaff (feature)
'60s Chicagoland Radio (feature)
Diggin' The Grooves (department)
Who, What, Then, Where, Now (department)
Chart Noise (department)
Missing In Action (department)
Rogues Gallery (department)

 

Lost and Found, Vol. 4 (North and South Dakota)
By Jim Oldsberg and Mark Prellberg
(Berg Brothers, 136 pages perfect bound; 1995)

FEATURED BANDS

Ronnie Ray & The Playboys
Davey Bee & The Sonics
Richie Wynn & The Tornadoes
Terry Lee & The Poorboys
Stevie & The Shades (aka The Fragile Zookeeper)
The Pawnbrokers
The Escorts Four
Steve Rowe & The Furys
The Treasures
Bobby Vee & The Shadows
The Boss Tweads
Sir Laurence & The Crescents
Dale Gregory & The Shouters
Jay Bee & The Kats
The Bleach Boys
Myron Lee & The Caddies

ARTICLES

The Comp Chart (department)
Homes of the Stars (map of featured band hometowns)
Teen Dance: Nights To Remember (feature)
Behind the Scenes: Ken Mills (feature)
Memories of the Shattoes/Chateaux (feature)
Diggin' The Grooves (department)
Who, What, Then, Where, Now (department)
Chart Noise (department)
Missing In Action (department)
Rogues Gallery (department)

 

Lost and Found, Vol. 5 (Northern Minnesota)
By Jim Oldsberg and Mark Prellberg
(Berg Brothers, 144 pages perfect bound; 1997)

FEATURED BANDS

The Rockets
Little John & The Sherwood Men
The Reveliers
The Renowns
Tommy Lee & The Orbits
Jeujene & The Jaybops
The Canoise
The Avengers
The Pretenders
Chet Orr & The Rumbles
Howie Butler & The Reflections
The Outcasts
The Titans
Sounds Like Us
The Devilles
The Vaqueros
The Unbelievable Uglies
The Novas

ARTICLES

Homes Of The Stars (map of featured band hometowns)
Diggin' The Grooves (department)
Who, What, Then, Where, Now (department)
Chart Noise (department)
The Comp Chart (department)
Missing In Action (department)
Rogues Gallery (department)
WEBC: The Phoenix of Duluth (feature)

 

The Flip Side: An Illustrated History of
Southern Minnesota Rock & Roll Music
from 1955-1970
By Jim Oldsberg
(self-published, 252 pages perfect bound; 1997)

FEATURED BANDS

Thee Apostles/Stormy Monday
Little Caesar & The Conspirators
Chances R
The Continental Co-ets
The D.C. Drifters
The Defiants
The Depressions
The Emporers
The Epicureans/Highway
The Exotics/19th Amendment
The Ferraris
The Furys
The Gestures/Madhatters
Mike Glieden & The Rhythm Kings
Steve Carl & The Jags
The Korners Of Time
Kreed
Leaves Of Grass
The Messengers
The Mods
The Mustangs
The Night Crawlers
Nite-Sounds
The Notorious Noblemen
The Pagans
The Pilgrims
Prince & The Paupers
The Radiants
The Rhythm Rockers
The Rogues
The Secrets
The Shades
The Shags
The Silver Shadows
The Sensational Sleepers
Steve Ellis & The Starfires
The Stingrays
TBI
Us
The Vultures
The Wire

ARTICLES

Map (featured bands hometowns)
Why Southern Minnesota? (feature)

 

Minnesota Rocked! The 1960s (4th edition)
By Tom Tourville
(Midwest Publications, 104 pages saddlestitched; 1996)

Minnesota 45s (71 pages)
Minnesota LPs (12 pages)
Minnesota CDs (3 pages)
Remembering the Stillroven (feature by Tom Campbell)
Scrapbook (several pages of clippings from the 1967 "Music Scene" fanzine)

Note: Tourville's books are rife with misspellings, typos and inconsistencies -- an editor with no knowledge of the local music scene could have caught 80 percent of them. Still, we wouldn't be without this book and refer to it constantly.

 

They Couldn't Tame Us: The Wisconsin '60s Rock Discography (1st edition)
By Tom Tourville
(Midwest Publications, 100 pages saddlestitched; 1992)

Wisconsin 45s (74 pages)
Wisconsin LPs (10 pages)
Telecastin' With The Fendermen (feature by Tom Tourville)
The Big Sound of The Northland (feature by Tom Tourville)
Paul Stefen (feature by Gary Myers)
Wisconsin 45s (74 pages)

Note: Despite the usual Tourville misspellings and typos this is a necessary resource for fans of the Wisconsin garage scene. Pair this with Gary Myers' book (below) and you've got an excellent handle on Badger State activities in the 1960s.

 

Iowa Rocked! The 1960s (2nd edition)
By Tom Tourville
(Midwest Publications, 56 pages saddlestitched; 1996)

Iowa 45s (34 pages)
Iowa LPs (9 pages) (includes compilations through 1996)
Iowa CDs (1 page) (includes compilations through 1996)
The Twist And Shout Collection (reprints of three articles written by Tom Tourville for "Twist And Shout" magazine, on Dee Jay & The Runaways, Westminist'r, and the Shades)
Scrapbook (5 pages of small B&W photos)

 

Back Door Men: The Chicago '60s Rock Discography (1st edition)
By Tom Tourville
(Midwest Publications, 54 pages saddlestitched; 1989)

Chicago area 45s (41 pages)
Chicago area LPs (11 pages)
The Rockford Files (2 pages) On Rockford, Ill., an active scene outside Chicago

 

The Midwest '60s Rock Art Collection (1st edition)
By Tom Tourville
(Midwest Publications, 108 pages saddlestitched; 1996)

Note: An illustrated collection of rare rock'n'roll posters from the Midwest. All posters are reproduced in B&W except for four plates reproduced in full-color. Interesting (if brief) text by author Tourville accompanies each.

 

Do You Hear That Beat: Wisconsin Pop/Rock in the '50s and '60s (1st edition)
By Gary E. Myers
(Hummingbird Publishing; 1994)

Wisconsin on the Charts (60 pages)

Historical/Relocated Chart Acts (10 pages)
The Cuca Story (37 pages)
Cuca Discography (17 pages)
Milwaukee groups (100 pages)
Historical/Relocated Milwaukee groups (5 pages)
Wisconsin Labels (37 pages)
All Over This Land (103 pages) Broken down into the following regions:

Appleton/Fox Cities
Green Bay
Madison/Janesville
La Crosse
Racine/Kenosha
Sheboygan
Superior
Eau Claire
Stevens Point/Wausau
and elsewhere in the state

Note: Myers' book is structured differently than most discographies -- for a reason. Rather than being divided into the two categories of singles and LPs and then sorting them alphabetically by artist, this book lumps all vinyl formats together, then divides them up into chapters according to geographic/urban area, success on the charts, or whether they were on Sauk City's Cuca label (probably the most prolific regional indie label ever). At first glance this would seem to make using this resource book harder than it needs to be. And that would be the case, if the author intended it to be just another discography. But he doesn't. Approach it as a highly detailed book on '60s Wisconsin bands first, and a discography second, and its organization makes perfect sense. Thankfully a four-page index listing the bands alphabetically means that the cut-to-the-chase user can find a band in a hurry if they want to. However you look at it, this is a great, detailed book, with many mini-interviews inserted throughout the listings. The author is currently working on an all-new, supplementary edition, though there is no release date in the offing as of December, 2003.

 

Kicks (Vol. 7)
By Billy Miller and Miriam Linna
(1992)

Note: With the special multi-page Trashmen cover feature: "The Bird Dance Beat in their own words!" Fantastic stuff in tiny type -- it could take you a year of bathroom reading to finish this book -- easy.

 

Recommended Liner Notes

All liner notes are not created equal. Here are some good ones, well-researched and frequently nicely illustrated:

TRASHMEN

• Bird Call box set (Sundazed)
• Live Bird (Sundazed)
• Great Lost Trashmen Album (Sundazed)
• Teen Trot: Live in Ellsworth, Wis., 1965 (Sundazed)

OTHER MINNESOTA BANDS

• Big Hits of Mid-America: The Soma Records Story (Plum)
• Free Flight: Unreleased Dove Recording Studio Cuts 1964-'69 (Get Hip)
• The Scotty Story: Minnesota's Legendary '60s Rock Label (Arf! Arf!)
• Bloodshot! The Gaity Records Story, Vols. 1 and 2 (Norton)
• Best Of Metrobeat (Sundazed)
• The Soma Records Story, Vols. 1-3 (Sundazed/BeatRocket)

OTHER MIDWEST BANDS

• The Rock & Roll Project: The History Of Rock In Sioux Falls 1965-1967
• Midwest Garage Bands Series: Kansas (Red Dog)
• Oh Yeah! Best Of Dunwich Records, Vol. 1 (Sundazed)
• If You're Ready! Best Of Dunwich Records, Vol. 2 (Sundazed)
• IGL Dance Jamboree '66 (Arf! Arf!)
• The IGL Rock Story, Vols. 1-2 (Arf! Arf!)
• Surfin' In The Midwest, Vols. 1-3 (Unlimited Productions)
• Elemental Instrumentals (Cuca Records) (Ace)

 

Addresses of publishers:

Lost and Found P.O. Box 44002 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (for the Lost and Found series and the Flipside book)	Midwest Publications 975 S. Orient Fairmont, MN 56031 (for the Tom Tourville books)	MusicGem PO Box 4777, Downey, CA 90241 (562) 927-7536 (for the Did You Hear That Beat Wisconsin discography)
Norton Records Box 646 Cooper Station New York, NY 10003 (for Kicks magazine)

As always, your additions or corrections are welcome.