(We're a bit behind on this, but cover art and lots more listings to come... )

 

LPs and CDs

Blue Sandelwood Soap (Minneapolis, MN)

Loring Park Love-Ins
(Get Hip, 1996) [CD]

Friends I Haven't Met Yet / Nickel Bag Of Blue / How Can I Show My Love / Reborn In Eastern Meditation / Love Pirt! / Without A Sound / Did You See The Man / Just For The Moment / What Is Life / A Most Unusual Way / A Childlike Face / Love Is / That's Cool / Interludes / The Girl Stares Coldly / I See The Lightning Roar / Age Of The Magic Men / Northwest Airlines demo

Loring Park Love-Ins
(Dionysus/Bacchus Archives, 2001) [CD]

Note: This CD was released on Dionysus' Bacchus Archives label in 2001 with new art and two additional tracks -- "Cold October Sky" and "Night Train" -- recorded in 1988.

The Blue Things (KS)

The Blue Things
(Rewind/BMG, 2001)

High Life (Val Stecklein-Michael Chapman) / Girl Of The North Country (B. Dylan) / Doll House (M. Barton) / La Do Da Da (D. Hawkins-S. Lewis) / Look Homeward Angel (M. Gold) / It Ain't No Big Thing, Babe (V. Stecklein) / Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (J. Reed) / I Can't Have Yesterday (V. Stecklein) / Now's The Time (V. Stecklein) / The Man On The Street (Wayne Carson) / I Must Be Doing Something Wrong (V. Stecklein-R. Scott-M. Chapman) / Honor The Hearse (Ronnie Self) / Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind (V. Stecklein-M. Chapman) / One Hour Cleaners (V. Stecklein-R. Scott-M. Chapman) / You Can Live In Our Tree (V. Stecklein-S. Wilson) / Twist And Shout (Phil Medley-Bert Russell) / Yes, My Friend (Ford-Barnes) / Somebody Help Me (Jackie Edwards)

The C.A. Quintet (Minneapolis, MN)

Trip Thru Hell
(Sundazed, 1995) [CD/LP]

Trip Thru Hell (Part 1) / Colorado Mourning / Cold Spider /Underground Music / Sleepy Hollow Lane / Smooth As Silk (Candy Floss single, a-side) / Trip Thru Hell (Part 2) / Dr. Of Philosophy (Candy Floss single, b-side) / Blow To My Soul (Falcon single) / Ain't No Doubt About It * / Mickey's Monkey (Falcon single) / I Put A Spell On You * / I Shot The King* / Fortune Teller's Lie * / Sadie Lavone * / Bury Me In A Marijuana Field (unissued acoustic demo) / Colorado Mourning (unissued alternate version) / Underground Music (unissued alternate version) / Smooth As Silk (unissued alternate version)

(*) previously unissued

The Canoise (St. Cloud, MN)

Canoise: The True Story
(label, date) [CD]

Track listing to come

The Castaways (Minneapolis, MN)

Liar, Liar: The Best of the Castaways
(Plum, 1999) [CD, out of print]

Liar, Liar / Sam / Goodbye Babe / A Man's Gotta Be A Man / She's A Girl In Love / Why Should This Happen To Me / Lead Me On / Everytime / Watching The Time Go By / Work Song / (I) Feel So Fine / Hit The Road Jack / Walking In Different Circles / Just On High / Lavendar Popcorn / What Kind Of Face / Words On Fire / Bad Hair Day / Lucille / That Was Then, This Is Now / The Music That I'm Making / Liar, Liar 2000

Crow (Minneapolis, MN)

Evil Woman: The Best of Crow
(Era, 1992) [CD, out of print]

Evil Woman / Cottage Cheese / I Need Love / (Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The) King Of Rock And Roll) / Colors / Yellow Dawg / Slow Down / Time To Make A Turn / Busy Day / Keeps Me Runnin' / Satisfied / Gonna Leave A Mark / Smokey Joe* / I Stand To Blame* / Mobile Blues* / I Want Sunshine**# / Heading North* / Gone, Gone, Gone*

(*) bonus tracks
(**) song by South 40, successor to Crow

 

Crow: Classics 1969-1972
(no label, 2006) [CD]

Evil Woman / Slowdown / Cottage Cheese / King Of Rock'n'Roll / Something Is Goin' Blood(???) / Busy Day / Stand To Blame / Easy Street / Colors / Mobile Blues / Gone, Gone, Gone

 

Danny's Reasons (Minneapolis, MN)

Danny's Reasons
(Cloud 9, 1999) [CD]

Time / Vision Of Love / I Believe In You / Young Emotions / I'll Be Around / Count On Me / If You Were There You'd Know / Some Fool / Going In Circles/Alfie / Under My Thumb / Little Diane / Triangles / Action Speaks Louder Than Words / Thank God For The Family / Believe Me / With One Eye Closed / Living To Be Done / Living On My Own Time / Word To Do / Free Ride / Hard Old Times / Going Down

Dee Jay & The Runaways (IA)

Peter Rabbit: The Complete Studio Recordings
(Arf! Arf!, ca. 1996) [CD]

Love Bug / Crawl / The Pickup / Boney Maronie / Jenny Jenny / Peter Rabbit / Three Steps To Heaven / Are You Ready / The Gorilla Song / She's A Big Girl Now / He's Not Your Friend / Keep On Running / Don't You Ever / Doesn't Matter Anymore / My Gal / Small Town Girl* / Sunshine Morning / And I Know / Take A Look At My Baby / Love Tender Love* / While You Were Sleeping* / Got To Pull It Off* / Down In The Dumps* / Good Loving* / Satisfaction*/ Louie Louie* / Little Latin Lupe Lu* / Candy Man* / The Gorilla (alt version)*

Recorded earlier as the Chevelles: Blue Chevelle / Mala Boo / Dear Sue / Chevelle Stomp

(*) previously unreleased

 

The Electras (Ely, MN)

The Best of The Electras (Also featuring The Victors and The Scottsmen)
(Get Hip Archive, date) [LP]

The Electras Dirty Old Man (W. Kendrick) / Soul Searchin' (W. Kendrick) / This Week's Children (W. Kendrick) / Action Woman (W. Kendrick) / I'm Not Talkin' (Relf-McCarty-Beck-Page) / Pregnant Pig (Omerza-Bulinski) / 'Bout My Love (Kendrick-Bulinski) / Won't Take No For An Answer* (W. Kendrick); The Scotsmen: Beer Bust Blues (W. Kendrick) / Scotch Mist (W. Kendrick); The Victors: Midnight Hour* (The Mysterians) / I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore* (Sawyer-Burton) / One More Time* (Morrison) / Mister You're A Better Man Than I* (M. Hugg) / Little Girl* (Morrison)

(*) Previously unreleased

Above listed in the Get Hip catalog as "Electras/Scottsmen/Victors -- Best of Scotty label"

Note: These Electras are from Ely, Minnesota and are not the Massachussetts Electras that the collegiate (now) Senator John Kerry played bass with.

Steve Ellis & The Starfires (Pipestone, MN)

Steve Ellis Songbook
(Get Hip, 1994) [LP]

Track list to come

The Embermen Five (Minot, ND)

Fire In Their Hearts
(Break-A-Way, CD/LP)

13 tracks from Minot, North Dakota; 45s and five unreleased live recordings (CD has 12 tracks; LP has 11)

 

The Fendermen (Stoughton, WI)

Mule Skinner Blues: The Best of the Fendermen
(Plum, 1999) [CD, out of print]

Mule Skinner Blues / Torture / Beach Party / Bertha Lou / Honky Tonk / Lonesome Road / Don't You Just Know It / Heartbreakin' Special / Jack Of Diamonds / High Noon / Koo-Koo / Caravan / Can't You Wait / Torture (alternate take) / Mule Skinner Blues (alternate take) / Wolfman* / Everglades* / Ring Of Fire / There Is A Time To Wander / Mule Skinner Blues 2000 / Beach Party 2000** / A Sinner's Prayer

(*) performed by the Muleskinners
(**) performed by the Vibro Champs with Jim Sundquist

 

Mule Skinner Blues: The Best of the Fendermen
(Sundazed/BeatRocket, 2000) [LP]

Mule Skinner Blues (J. Rodgers-G. Vaughn) / Torture (J. Sundquist-P. Humphrey) / Beach Party (J. Sundquist - P. Humphrey) / Bertha Lou (J. Marascalco) / Honky Tonk (B. Dogget-S. Shepard-C. Scott-B. Butler) / Lonesome Road (N. Shilkret-G. Austin) /Can't You Wait (D. Burnette) / Wolfman* (J. Sundquist) / Don't You Just Know It (H. Smith-Vincent) / Heartbreakin' Special (J. Sundquist-P. Humphrey) / Jack Of Diamonds (J. J. Niles) / High Noon (N. Washington-D. Tiomkin) / Koo-Koo (J. Sundquist-P. Humphrey) / Caravan (J. Tizol-I. Mills-D. Ellington) / Everglades* (H. Howard) / Mule Skinner Blues (alternate take) (J. Rodgers-G. Vaughn) / Torture (alternate take) (J. Sundquist-P. Humphrey)

(*) performed by the Muleskinners

 

Mule Skinner Blues
(Dee-Jay, 1994) [CD, Germany]

Mule Skinner Blues / Torture / Beach Party / Bertha Lou / Honky Tonk / Lonesome Road / Don't You Just Know It / Heartbreakin' Special / Jack Of Diamonds / High Noon / Koo-Koo / Caravan / Can't You Wait / Fas-Nacht-Kuechel / Raindrops / More Than Words Can Tell / Popey / Don't You Just Know It (alternate take?)

 

Mule Skinner Blues
(label unk, date unk) [bootleg LP]

Mule Skinner Blues / Torture / Beach Party / Bertha Lou / Honky Tonk / Lonesome Road / Don't You Just Know It / Heartbreakin' Special / Jack Of Diamonds / High Noon / Koo-Koo / Caravan

This is an older bootleg LP, duplicating the cover and label of the original Soma LP. It carries the original Soma logos and no recent-day identifiers. It's actually well done, but much preferable is the newer Sundazed reissue with many bonus tracks.

The Gestures (Mankato, MN)

The Gestures
(Sundazed, 1996) [CD]

Hi-Heel Sneakers / I'm Not Mad / Don't Mess Around / Run, Run, Run / Things We Said Today / Can I Get A Witness / Long Tall Texan / Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying / It Seems To Me / She Cried / When Does Linda Cry / Savage World / Candlelight / Things We Said Today (alternate backing track) / I'm Not Mad (alternate version) / Stand By Me

Glen Glenn (MO)

Missouri Rockabilly 1955-1965: Glen Glenn
(Stomper Time CD, England, 1993)

Tracklist to come

Note: A like-titled CD with identical content was released in 1994 on the Japanese Go-Cat-Go label.

The Gonn (IA)

Frenzology: 1966-1967 (Punks Along The Mississippi)
(MCCM, 1996) [CD]

Don't Need Your Lovin' / Death Of An Angel / You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover / Signed D.C. / Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White / I Need You You / Blackout Of Gretely / Pain In My Heart / In The Midnight Hour / Come With Me (To The Stars) / You Really Got Me / Hey Joe / Oh Yeah / I Feel A Whole Lot Better / It Ain't Me Babe / You're Lookin' Fine / Doin' Me In

The Gonn: The Loudest Band in Town
(Sundazed/BeatRocket, date) [LP]

Blackout Of Gretely / Don't Need Your Lovin' / I Need You You / Can't Judge A Book (By The Cover) / Come With Me (To The Stars) / Pain In My Heart / You're Lookin' Fine / Doin' Me In / Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White / Death Of An Angel / You Really Got Me / In The Midnight Hour / Signed D.C. / Hey Joe

 

The H.T. Three (MN)

The H.T. Three
(Dionysus/Bacchus Archives, 2001) [CD]

Sing La La / You're Gonna Leave / Cool Breeze / Go And Have Your Fun / You're A Mystery To Me / Each Night / You're Gonna Leave (instrumental) / Boots / Hey Little Girl / I'm The One / A Strong Cool Breeze / I Fell In Love (With That Wart On Your Face)

All tracks were recorded in 1965 at Dove Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Myron Lee & The Caddies (SD)

Rockin' And Rollin' Out Of The Midwest
(Collector, 1997) [CD] [Netherlands]

Aw C'mon Baby (Wachendorf) / Mary's Swingin' Lamb (Wachendorf-Robinson) / Come Back Baby (Norman Petty) / Peter Rabbit (Tim Smith) / Baby Sittin' (Wachendorf) / Homicide (Wachendorf) / School's Out (Burnette-Osborn) / Blue, Lawdy, Blue (J. Duncan) / Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran) / Honky Tonk Song (Myron Lee) / From Now On (J. Duncan) / Peter Rabbit (alt. vers.) / Twist Medley (Hank Ballard) / Rock Around The Clock (DeKnight-Friedman) / Town Girl (Burnette-Osborn) / Everybody But Me (Myron Lee) / Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night (Myron Lee) / B.J. Davy / Everybody's Talkin' (unissued) (Wachendorf) / Shine (Wachendorf)

(*) alternate version
(**) previously unreleased

Rock & Roll Midwest Style
(Unlimited Productions, 1984) [LP]

SIDE A / Aw C'mon Baby (Wachendorf) / Mary's Swingin' Lamb (Wachendorf-Robinson) / Everybody's Going To The Party (Tommy Roe) / Rona Baby (Wachendorf) / Come Back Baby (Norman Petty) / Baby Sittin' (Wachendorf) / I Need Someone (Tharp) / Homicide (Wachendorf) / SIDE B / Town Girl (Burnette-Osborn) / School's Out (Burnette-Osborn) / Blue Lawdy Blue (J. Duncan) / Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran) / Fat Man (Myron Lee) / Mad Mad World (Burnette) / From Now On (J. Duncan) / Everybody's Talkin' (Wachendorf)

This LP features 16 recordings from the late '50s through the mid '60s, and features the Norman Petty sessions, the Tommy Roe session adn the Dorsey Burnette Session with James Burton on lead guitar. Myron Wachendorf is Myron Lee.

 

The Litter (Minneapolis, MN)

Distortions
(Arf! Arf!, 1999) [CD]

Action Woman / Whatcha Gonna Do About It / Codine / Somebody Help Me / Substitute / The Mummy / I'm So Glad / A Legal Matter / Rack My Mind / Soul-Searchin' / I'm A Man / Hey Joe* / Harpsichord Sonata #1* / Here I Go Again** / The Egyptian** / (Under The Screaming Double) Eagle** / Confessions (Of A Traveler Through Time)** / Blues One** / She's Not There** / Pegasus**

(*) bonus track
(**) Recorded live at the Electric Theatre in Chicago, August 18, 1968

Distortions
(Get Hip Archive, 1999) [LP]

This is licensed vinyl version of the Arf! Arf! CD. Track listing to come.

Distortions
(Era, 1991) [LP]

Action Woman / Whatcha Gonna Do About It? / Codine / Somebody Help Me / Substitute / The Egyptian* / The Mummy / I'm So Glad / A Legal Matter / Wrack My Mind / Soul Searchin' / Blues One* / I'm A Man / untitled track

(*) Recorded live at the Electric Theatre in Chicago, August 18, 1968

$100 Fine
(Arf! Arf!, 1999) [CD]

This is licensed vinyl version of the Arf! Arf! CD. Track listing to come.

Mindbreaker / Tallyman / Here I Go Again / Morning Sun / (Under The Screaming Double) Eagle / Apologies To 2069 / Kaleidoscope / Blues One / She's Not There / Angelica (with J. Frank Wilson) / plus, 14 tracks of Larry Loofbourrow demos, recorded in 1965-1968

$100 Fine
(Get Hip Archive, 1999) [LP]

This is licensed vinyl version of the Arf! Arf! CD. Track listing to come.

$100 Fine
(Era, 1991) [CD]

Mindbreaker / Tallyman / Here I Go Again / Morning Sun / Confessions (Of A Traveler Through Time)* / (Under The Screaming Double) Eagle / Apologies To 2069 / Kaleidoscope / Blues One / She's Not There

(*) bonus track

Re-emerge
(Arf! Arf!, 1998) [CD]

Action Woman / Too Hot To Handle / Takedown / City Of Tears / Slipaway / Climbing To The Top / Starting Over Again / You Don't Fool Me / Stay With Me / Mother Starship / Love Is Just A Word (That Falls Apart) / Don't Make Me Go It Alone / I Think Of You / Takedown (original version) / Starting Over Again (original version) / Slipa

Live At Mirage 1990
(Arf! Arf!, 1998) [CD]

Introduction/Action Woman / A Legal Matter Watcha Gonna Do About It? / Nazz Are Blue / Substitute / The Mummy / Blues One / (Under The Screaming Double) Eagle / Little Girl / Soul Searchin' / All Your Love / Zip's Boogie / She's Not There / I'm Not Talking / Talk Talk / Rack My Mind / Train Kept A Rollin' / I'm A Man

Litter -- Rare Tracks
(Eva boot, 1983)

Dirty Old Man / You Love / This Week Children / Soul Searchin'/ Dark Of The Morning / Together Substitute / William / Of Paupers And Poets / She's Not There (short version) / To Keep You On Our Minds / Little Red Book / Ungrateful Peg (typo, actually it's correctly Pig)

This bootleg is not accurately labeled as Litter material. It includes incorrectly attributed material by the Electras and Lightning.

 

The Lost Souls (Dickinson, ND)

THE TRENCHMEN Meet THE LOST SOULS
(Break-A-Way, 10" vinyl) [CD/LP] Germany

Following the Embermen Five release, Break-A-Way presents two more outstanding North Dakota '60s bands: The Trenchmen from Minot and Dickinson's Lost Souls. The Trenchmen put out only one excellent garage 45, Travel With Me b/w Chains On My Heart in 1967. The Lost Souls managed to double that output with the punky It´s Not Fair b/w Enchanted Sea, and their second platter Artificial Rose b/w Sad Little Girl, which became a tremendous local success and got picked up by Liberty Records for national release. The Trenchmen and the Lost Souls finally meet again on this latest release from Break-A-Way Records.

 

The Paisleys (Minneapolis, MN)

Cosmic Mind At Play
(Sundazed, 2003) [CD]

Cosmic Mind At Play / Rockin' / Now / Smokey Windows / Diddley / Wind / Musical Journey / Something's Missing* / Medley: Comin' On/City Of Light/Home Again* / The Fool With The Jewel* / Step Quietly And Quickly* / Elf In A Magic Bottle* / In Dreams*

(*) bonus tracks

Cosmic Mind At Play
(Head, date unk) [bootleg CD]

Cosmic Mind At Play / Rockin' / Now / Smokey Windows / Diddley / Wind / Musical Journey / Silver Surf & Cosmic Vibes* / Heavenly Danger* / Time Zone* / King Of Universal Creation* / Dear John* / The Artist Of Time* / Naturally In Style* / Waterfall* / Rollin'*

(*) bonus tracks

 

The Ready Men (Minneapolis, MN)

Get Ready!! Dayton's Department Store's Beer Bustin' Stomp Kings
(Norton, 1995) [CD]

Shortinin' Bread / Disintegration / Surfer Blues / Wine, Wine, Wine / Baja* / Wipe Out* / My Woodie* / Miserlou* / Bull session with The Big Daddy / Pipeline* / Lucille* / Jack The Ripper* / Kuk* / Moon Dawg* / Walk Don't Run* / What'd I Surf */ Baby, What You Want Me To Do* / Disintegration (vers. 2)* / Big Daddy outro

(*) previously unreleased

The Rivieras (South Bend, IN)

Let's Stomp With The Rivieras
(Norton, date) [CD/LP]

Arizona Sun / I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love / Comin' Back Home / Sarah Lee / Johnny B. Goode / Rosie Lee / When You Look at Me / I've Had It / Blueberry Hill / Let's Dance / Surfin' Fun / What'd I Say / Mama Don't Allow / Let's Stomp / Peggy Sue / Cherry Pie / Lakeview Lane / Do You Wanna Dance / Wild Weekend / Money / Shout / Let's Stomp

2nd album here
(Norton, date) [CD/LP]

tracklist to come

 

The Royal Flairs (IA)

Royal Flairs: Rare Recordings 1965-66
(Unlimited Productions, '88) [LP]

She's Not There / Little Latin Lupe Lu / Jolly Green Giant / I Feel Fine /Gone Gone Gone / Out Of Sight / Suicide / One Pine Box / Feelings / Gone Away Sunshine / Tomorrow's Yesterday / Hat And Tie / My Baby Cries

The Scottsmen (MN)

See both the Electras entry and the Victors' "Victors Victorious."

 

SOUP (featuring The Private Property Of Digil) (Appleton, WI)

SOUP (featuring The Private Property Of Digil)
(Gear Fab, date) [CD/LP]

SOUP (1970)
Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues / I'm Just Not The Man To Be Tied / Dear And Blue / Black Cat Blues / In Melody Tenessee / I'm So Sorry Veronica / Big Boss Man / Dance Magic Woman + Song For Jackie

The Private Property Of Digil (1967-1969)
Jewelry Lady I'm Looking At You / Sunshine Flames / Princess / To My Friends / Look At Me / Destination Nowhere / The Patch Of Brick + unreleased demos

 

South 40 (Minneapolis, MN)

Live Someplace Else
(label? date? bootleg reish of original '68 Metrobeat pressing) [LP]

 

The Stillroven (Minneapolis, MN)

Cast Thy Burden Upon The Stillroven
(Sundazed, 1996) [CD/LP]

I'm Not Your Stepping Stone / She's My Woman / Hey Joe / Sunny Day / And My Baby's Gone / Little Picture Playhouse / Cast Thy Burden Upon The Stone / Tell Me Have You Ever Seen Me / Have You Got A Penny / Cheating* / Little Games* / Love Is A Beautiful Thing* / Under My Thumb* / Signed D.C.* / Come In The Morning / Necessary Person / Tell Me Have You Ever Seen Me (version 2)* / Freakout*

(*) previously unissued

Too Many Spaces
(Sundazed, 2003) [CD]

Sundance / The Green / Girl In Blonde / Tim Soldier (demo) / Can You Dig It / Get Ready / Too Many Spaces / Happiness Is / Country Tune / Would You Believe / Lighten Up / Sundance (demo version)* / Girl In Blonde (demo version)* / Can You Dig It (demo version)*

(*) bonus tracks

All songs previously unissued. This are the tracks originally recorded in 1969 for an A&M album that never happened.

 

T.C. Atlantic (Minneapolis, MN)

The Best of T.C. Atlantic
(Dionysus/Bacchus Archives, 2002) [CD]

Once Upon A Melody / I Love You So Little Girl / Faces (original Turtle label version) / Baby Please Don't Go / Mona / My Babe / O-Rang-A-Tang / (20 Years Ago) In Speedy's Kitchen / I'm So Glad / Faces (Parrot label version) / Witness / Gypsy Queen / I'm A Boy / Judgement Train / Speedin' / Just A Little Bit / Witness

T.C. Atlantic
Recorded Live at the Bel-Rae Ballroom
(Eva, ca. 1985) [bootleg LP, out of print]

I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Seneca-Lee) / Mona (E. McDaniels) My Babe (Walter) / Spanish Harlem (Spector-Leiber) / Once Upon A Melody (Toby-Stein) / Don't Ask Me What I Say (Toby-Stein) / Smokestack Lightning (C. Burnett) / Shotgun (A. Dewalt) / I'm So Glad (Freeman-Kanan) Stand By Me (King-Glick) / Judgement Train (Nehls-Kanan-Freeman-Wells) / Shake (Cooke) / Baby Please Don't Go (Morganfield) / Lovelight (Malone-Scott)

 

The Trashmen (Minneapolis, MN)

Live Bird '65-'67
(Sundazed, 1990) [CD/LP]

Never-before-released live cuts and original Trashmen interviews from 1965. With liner notes by Billy Miller.

Let's Go Trippin' / Baja / Lovin' Up A Storm / Malaguena/ Green Onions / Surfin' Bird / Henrietta* / Rumble* / Bird Dance Beat / King Of The Surf / Bob Reed interview / Mashed Potatoes / Tony Andreason interview / Ubangi Stomp / Dal Winslow interview / Same Lines / Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

(*) CD bonus tracks

Great Lost Album!
(Sundazed, 1990) [CD/LP]

The legendary, unreleased followup LP to Surfin' Bird (ca. 1964) and another pair of rarities recorded in Iowa (ca. mid-1966). Liner notes by Norton Records' Miriam Linna.

Ghost Riders In The Sky / Keep A Knockin' / Think It Over / Greensleeves / True True Lovin' / Stick Shift / Hava Nagila / Be True To Your School / Bad News (alt.version) / Wild Cat Loose In Town / Lucille* / Green Onions* / Mind Your Own Business / Bird Diddley Beat / Talk About Love / Heartbeat

(*) CD bonus tracks

Tube City! The Best Of The Trashmen
(Sundazed, 1992) [CD]

The entire Surfin' Bird LP, plus the best of the Garrett label 45s.

Tube City / My Woodie / Surfin' Bird / Misirlou / Money / Kuk / King Of The Surf / Bird Bath / It's So Easy / Henrietta / Malaguena / Sleeper / Bird Dance Beat / A-Bone / Bad News / On The Move / Peppermint Man / New Generation / Whoa Dad / Real Live Doll

Surfin' Bird
(Sundazed, 1995) [CD]

Surfin' Bird / King Of The Surf / Henrietta / Miserlou / Malaguena / It's So Easy / Tube City/ My Woodie / Bird Bath / Kuk / Money / Sleeper / Surfin' Bird (demo version)* / Bird Dance Beat (demo version)* / Walkin' My Baby* / Dancin' With Santa*

(*) bonus tracks [CD version]

Surfin' Bird
(Sundazed, 1995) [180 gram vinyl LP]

Surfin' Bird / King Of The Surf / Henrietta / Miserlou / Malaguena / It's So Easy / Break-Up*/ Church Key* / Tube City / My Woodie / Bird Bath / Kuk / Money / Sleeper / Walk Don't Run* / Raw-Hide*

(*) bonus tracks [LP version]

Teen Trot! Live In Ellsworth, Wisconsin August 1965
(Sundazed, 2002) [CD]

Surfin' Bird / King Of The Surf / Henrietta / Miserlou / Malaguena / It's So Easy / Break-Up*/ Church Key* / Tube City / My Woodie / Bird Bath / Kuk / Money / Sleeper / Walk Don't Run* / Raw-Hide*

 

Bird Call: The Bird Dance Beat of the Trashmen
(Sundazed, 1998) [4-CD box]

Disc 1

Cyclon / Sally Jo / Johnny B. Goode* / Malaguena (#1)*/ Suzie Q* / Sweet Little Sixteen* / A Million Reasons* / Malaguena (#2)* / Guitar Boogie* / Surfin' Bird / King Of The Surf / This Should Go On Forever* / Yellow Jacket* / Rumble* / Let's Go Trippin'* / My Woodie / Bird Bath / Tube City / Farmer Louie* / Goofy Foot*

Disk 2

Church Key* / Raw-Hide* / Bird Dance Beat / A-Bone / Stick Shift* / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Think It Over / Be True To Your School / Too Young* / Greensleeves / Wild Cat Loose In Town / Green Onions / Walk, Don't Run* / We Belong Together* / True True Lovin' / Roll Over Beethoven / Congratulations (To Me)* / Hava Nagila/ Drive In* / Walkin' The Dog*

Disk 3

Break-Up* / Bad News / On The Move / New Generation / Whoa Dad! / Peppermint Man / Baja* / Long Tall Texan* / Blue Feeling* / Great Balls Of Fire* / Lost Angel* / Bye Bye Johnny* / Slow Down* / Walkin' My Baby / Keep Your Hands Off My Baby / Hi-Heel Sneakers* / Summertime* / Long Tall Sally* / Real Live Doll / Dancin' With Santa

Disk 4

Bird '65 / Ubangi Stomp / That I Love You* / Love's Made A Fool Of You* / Same Lines / Hanging On Me / Pretty Country Girl* / Mind Your Own Business / Talk About Love (#1) / Gloria* / Tell Me How* / Bird Diddley Beat / It Takes Two* / Heartbeat / Well, All Right / Talk About Love (#2)* / I'm Not Your Stepping Stone* / Breathless* / What'd I Say* / Money*

(*) previously unissued

 

The Trenchmen (Minot, ND)

The Trenchmen Meet The Lost Souls
(Break-A-Way, 10" vinyl, Germany) [CD/LP]

From the official releae: Following the Embermen Five release, Break-A-Way presents two more outstanding North Dakota '60s bands: The Trenchmen from Minot and Dickinson's Lost Souls. The Trenchmen put out only one excellent garage 45, Travel With Me b/w Chains On My Heart in 1967. The Lost Souls managed to double that output with the punky It´s Not Fair b/w Enchanted Sea, and their second platter Artificial Rose b/w Sad Little Girl, which became a tremendous local success and got picked up by Liberty Records for national release.

The Unbelievable Uglies (Detroit Lakes, MN)

The Original Unbelievable Uglies
(PLT, 2004) [CD]

Introductions / Surfin' Air Raid / Judy Angel / The Log / The Loner / Off My Hands / Grand Central Station / Keep Her Satisfied / Get Straight / Sorry / Spider Man / A Research Into The Soul Of Psychedelic Sound / Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore / When The Saints / The Tin Drum / Mrs. Mouse / Jobs, The Union & Money

 

Bobby Vee (Fargo, ND/Moorhead, MN)

The Very Best of Bobby Vee
(Collectables, 1999) [CD]

Rubber Ball (A. Orlowski-A. Schroeder) / Talk To Me, Talk To Me (J. Seneca) / One Last Kiss (Adams-Strouse) / Angels In The Sky (D. Glasser) / Stayin' In (Loudermilk) / Long Lonely Nights (Umiman-Davis-Anderson-Henderson) / Devil Or Angel (B. Carter) / Poetry In Motion (Kaufman-Anthony) / More Than I Can Say (Curtis-Allison) / Mister Sandman (P. Ballard) / Foolish Tears (B. Glasser-D. Glasser-A Hall) / Love, Love, Love (McRae-Wyche) / Take Good Care Of My Baby (C. King-G. Goffin) / Will You Love Me Tomorrow (C. King-G. Goffin) / Remember Me, Huh (B. Page) / He Will Break Your Heart (Butler-Mayfield-Carter) / Who Am I (L. Vandyke) / Run To Him (Keller-Goffin) / Walkin' With My Angel (G. Goffin-C. King) / Raining In My Heart (Bryant) / Go On (Orbison-Melson) / Little Flame (B. Ross) / So You're In Love (Allison-Curtis) / Hark, Is That A Cannon I Hear (DeShannon-Sands) / Beautiful People (O'Dell) / Come Back When You Grow Up (Sharp) / The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (Weisman-Wayne-Garrett) / Please Don't Ask About Barbara (Buchanan-Keller) / Punish Her (Nader-Gluck Jr.) / Sharing You (G. Goffin-C. King)

 

Bobby Vee & The Shadows: The Early Rockin' Years
(Era, 1995) [CD/LP]

Flyin' High / Suzie Baby / Lonely Love / Love Must Have Passed Me By / It's Too Late / Laurie / Remember The Day / That'll Be The Day / Susie Q / White Silver Sands / Butterfly / Party Doll / Bye Bye Love / Wishing / Leave Me Alone / What'll I Do / Toy Soldier / Loco / Card Shark / Mindreader

The first four tracks were recorded at Minneapolis' Kaybank Stuidos in June 1959; tracks 5-7 were recorded there in September 1959. Tracks 8-14 were recorded at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, NM in February 1960. "Leave Me Alone" and What'll I Do" were recorded at Kaybank in September 1960.

 

The Velaires

The Screamers To Flairs To The Velaires: Sioux City To Phoenix
(Bear Family, date) [CD]

I Dig / Roll Over Beethoven / Brazil / Sticks And Stones / Dream / Hey Pretty Baby / Scotch And Soda / Ubangi Stomp / Sweet Little Sixteen / Memories Are Made Of This / Lotta Lovin' / Mule Train / Lovin' You / It's Almost Tomorrow / Yes It's Me / Tragedy Train / Don't Wake Me Up / Locomotion / Johnny B. Goode / Memory Tree / Summertime Blues / Will I / I Can Never Do Enough For You / Sticks And Stones / What Did I Do Wrong / Ubangi Stomp

The Victors

The Victors Victorious!
(Arf! Arf!, 2006) [CD]

Little Girl / Midnight Hour / I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore / One More Time / You're A Better Man Than I / Gloria / Love Me / She Gives Me Lovin' / Walking The Dog / Louie Louie / I Don't Know / Baby What You Want Me To Do / Low Down Trick / Beer Bust Blues / Scotch Mist / Froggy / I Go Crazy / I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore / Good Lovin' / Kicks / All I Really Want To Do / Steel Pier / Mr. Peppermint Man / I've Had It / Death Of A Gremmie / Shake 'N' Stomp / Good Golly Miss Molly / Long Tall Sally / Arabic / Scotch Mist II / Beer Bust Blues (excerpt)

See also the Electras entry

Michael Yonkers Band (Minneapolis, MN)

Microminiature Love
(Destijl, 2002) [LP, out of print]

Jasontown / Microminiature Love / Boy In The Sandbox / Smile Awhile / Returning / Puppeting / Kill The Enemy

Microminiature Love
(Sub Pop, 2003) [CD]

Jasontown / Microminiature Love / Boy In The Sandbox / Smile Awhile / Returning / Puppeting / Kill The Enemy / The Clock Is Running* / My House* / Hush Hush* / Sold America* / The Thunder* Speaks* / Scat Jam*

* 1968-era bonus tracks not on original vinyl release

7-inch vinyl

The Bedlam Four

No One Left To Love
(Caped Crusader, date) [7" single]

No One Left To Love (Dick Pogue) / Psychedelic Mantra (B. Derrickson-G. Huppert-D. Pogue-J. Taylor)

The Boss Tweads

Goin' Away
(Get Hip Archive, date) [7" single]

Goin' Away (G. Miller-S. Severson) / It's Best You Go (G. Miller-S. Severson)

The Calico Wall (Minneapolis, MN)

I'm A Living Sickness
(Get Hip Archive, date) [7" single]

I'm A Living Sickness (Smith) / Flight Reaction* (Smith)

Gene Carrol & The Shades

In This Corner...
(Norton, 2000) [7" EP]

Red Devil / Do You Remember / Is It Ever Gonna Happen

Note: Gene Carrol would become WCW mic wrangler Mean Gene Okerlund.

The Castaways (Minneapolis, MN)

The Castaways: 6 Great Songs!
(Soma [not really], date) [7" bootleg EP]

Liar Liar / Sam / Girl In Love / Goodbye Babe / A Man's Gotta Be A Man/ Should Happen To Me

This is a bootleg release.

The Continental Co-ets

The Continental Co-ets
(Get Hip Archive, date) [7" single]

Let's Live For The Present / Ebb Tide

The Deacons

The Deacons
(Sundazed, date) [7" single]

Empty Heart / Bring It On Home To Me

The Del-Vetts (Chicago, IL)

The Del-Vetts
(Sundazed, date) [7" single]

Last Time Around / I Call My Baby STP + 2 more

The Dirty Wurds

The Dirty Wurds
(Caped Crusader, date) [7" single]

Not This Time / Mellow Down Easy

The Electras (Ely, MN)

The Electras
(Get Hip Archive, date) [7" single]

Action Woman / Soul Searching (alternate version)

The Jades (Bloomington, MN)

Surfin' Crow
(Norton, 2006) [7" EP]

Blue Black Hair / Surfin' Crow / Little Marlene / Shake Baby Shake

Jay Bee & The Kats

Jay Bee & The Kats
(Get Hip Archive, date) [7" single]

Tension / When School Is Through

Kai Ray (Minneapolis, MN)

(Norton, 2004) [7" single]

I Want Some Of That / Trashman's Blues

The Kan Dells

Lucky Day
(Magnitude, date) [7" single]

Lucky Day (Sam Burch) / I've Met Death (Pete VanDerSchaegen)

I Want You To Know
(Magnitude, date) [7" single]

I Want You To Know (G. Best) / Shake It Baby (G. Best)

King Krusher & The Turkeynecks (The Bandits) (Minneapolis, MN)

King Krusher
(Get Hip Archive, 1995) [7" single]

King Krusher (G. Garrett-Lee) / Highway 65 (Caire-Spartz)

Producer George Garrett liked Myron Lee & The Caddies' "Fat Man" so much when he recorded it at Kay Bank Studio that he stole the melody, added new words and rerecorded it as "King Krusher."

Terry Lee & The Poor Boys

Terry Lee & The Poor Boys
(Norton, 1997) [7" single]

My Little Sue / Driftin' / Hound Dog / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

The Legends (Milwaukee, WI)

Lariat
(Key, date?) [7" single]

Lariat / Gail

The Litter (Minneapolis, MN)

Action Woman
(Get Hip Archive, date) [7"]

Action Woman / Somebody Help Me

I'm A Man
(Get Hip Archive, date) [7"]

I'm A Man / Hey Joe

Mogen David & The Grapes Of Wrath (Chicago, IL)

self-titled
(Norton, 2004) [7"]

Little Girl Gone / Don't Want Ya No More

The Novas (Minneapolis, MN)

The Crusher
(Norton, 1999) [7" EP]

The Crusher / Take 7 (instro) / On The Road Again* / My Sin Is My Pride*

(*) previously unissued

The Ready Men (Minneapolis, MN)

The Yetti-Men Meet The Ready Men
(Norton, 1995) [split 7" EP]

My Baby Left Me (Y-M) / Break Time (Y-M) / Shortnin' Bread (RM) / Disintegration (RM)

The Rivieras

Surfin' Fun
(Norton, date) [7" single]

Surfin' Fun / I'm Lookin'

The Royal Flairs

The Royal Flairs
(Unlimited Productions, date) [7" single]

Baja / Pipeline / Sniper / Surf Sight / Let's Go (5 tracks: 4 live + 1 studio)

Jim Thaxter & The Travelers (Minneapolis, MN)

Sally Jo
(Sundazed, date) [7" EP]

Cyclon / Sally-Jo / Johnny B. Goode / Shortnin' Bread

The Travelers included three of the four Trashmen-to-be.

The Trashmen (Minneapolis, MN)

Henrietta
(Sundazed, date) [7" single]

Henrietta (live) / Rumble (live)

Recorded live at Proch's Popular Ballroon in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, August 22, 1965.

Roll Over Beethoven
(Sundazed, date) [7" single]

Roll Over Beethoven / Betty Jean

Two previously unreleased tracks from '64.

Dancin' With Santa
(Sundazed, date) [7" single]

Dancin' With Santa / Real Live Doll

An exact reproduction of the Trashmen's '64 Christmas single.

The Trashmen EP
(Get Hip Archive, 1994) [7" EP]

Well All Right / That's What They Say / Blue Must Be the Color Of The Blues / Breaking In A Brand New Pair Of Shoes

The Treasures

The Treasures
(Valor, date) [7" EP]

Minor Chaos / Valley Of The Broken Hearts + 2

The Triumphs (Milwaukee, WI)

Surfside Date
(Norton, 2004) [7" EP]

Surfside Date / Susie In My Hist'ry Class / Surfside Slave* / Memphis Baby*

(*) previously unissued

The Yetti-Men (Minneapolis, MN)

The Yetti-Men Meet The Ready Men
(Norton, 1995) [split 7" EP]

My Baby Left Me (Y-M) / Break Time (Y-M) Shortnin' Bread (RM)/ Disintegration (RM)

Michael Yonkers (Minneapolis, MN)

Michael Yonkers
(Get Hip Archive, date) [7" single]

Micro-Miniature Love (Yonkers)/ Kill The Enemy (Yonkers)

As always, your additions or corrections are welcome.