NEW STUFF THIS WEEK includes the self-titled CD by Di Dollari, a Ennio Morricone-influenced instro band from Minneapolis.

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Playlist for Friday, September 17, 2004

SAVVY SHOW STARTER (always locally recorded)
The Renowns -- That Mobilin' Baby Of Mine (CD-R)

The Renowns were from the Chisholm/Hibbing area of northern Minnesota, and took their name from a tag on their drum kit: "Gretsch, the name of renown." This great "hot gal as hot rod" song is from a single they recorded around 1961.

The Animated Sounds -- (Sock It To Me Baby) In The House Of Shock (V/A Party Party Party; Arf! Arf!)
Pete "The Mad Daddy" Myers -- Wavy Gravy Flow (Wavy Gravy; Norton)
The Cyclones -- Take Off (V/A Wolf Call: The Vaults Of Golden Crest Records; Norton)
The York Brothers -- Tremblin' (V/A Gravy Train; El Toro)

The Copperheads -- She Lives In Dallas (This Train Is Gainin'; Bartered Soul)
Bobby Bare Jr. -- Motel Time Again (V/A Touch My Heart: A Tribute To Johnny Paycheck; Sugar Hill)
Wayne Hancock -- Track 49 (A-Town Blues; Bloodshot)

Ronnie Lake & The Men Of Ioto -- El Surfico Del Toro (untitled demo CD)
Davie Allan & The Arrows -- Theme From Thunder Alley (Devil's Rumble: DA&TA Anthology '64-'68; Sundazed)
The Super Stocks -- Ballad Of Thunder Road (Thunder Road; Capitol)

Di Dollari -- Tolex Remnants (self-titled; Mutant Music)
Marty Robbins -- El Paso (Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs reish; Columbia)

The Nightcrawlers -- You Say (V/A Hipsville, Vol.3: Return Of The Frozen Few)
The Fab Four -- I'm Always Doing Something Wrong (V/A Teen Jangler Blowout!; Teenage Shutdown)
The Barbary Coasters -- It's A Lie (The Libertine Philosophy Of...; Hillsdale)

The Ramones -- She's The One (Road To Ruin; Sire/WB)
The Ramones -- We Want The Airwaves (Pleasant Dreams; Sire/WB)
The Ramones -- Out Of Time (Acid Eaters; Radioactive)

The 5,6,7,8's -- Dance In The Avenue A (Pinwheel Stomp; Timebomb)
The Fondas -- Work Out (Coming Now!; SFTRI)
The Rapiers -- Gettin' Together (V/A Crimson & Clover: A Tribute To Tommy James & The Shondells; Wildebeest)

The Steel Pier Sinners -- The Shore Song (Wicked; no label)
The Four Speeds -- Why Did You Leave Me (V/A Sigh Cry Die; Arf! Arf!)
Them -- I Can Only Give You Everything (The Story Of Them; Deram)

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