New this week is a band-produced retrospective of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota's favorite sons: The Unbelievable Uglies. A hugely popular stage act throughout the '60s, the Uglies have frequently been comp'd, but this is the first time their material has shown up in one place. "The Original Unbelievable Uglies" is available at www. unbelievableuglies.com.

For 10 years now Radio Rumpus Room has been broadcast Fridays at 9-10:30 p.m. on KFAI Fresh Air Radio, FM 90.3 Minneapolis and 106.7 St. Paul. The show streams live on the Internet, and as always, our two most recent shows are archived in their entirety in RealAudio. Just visit the RRR web page anytime to listen to this noise and accompanying yakkin' by Ron and Jean.

Playlist for Friday, December 10, 2004

SAVVY SHOW STARTER (always locally recorded!)
The Trashmen -- King Of The Surf/Baja (live)

This is an audience recording of the Trashmen playing in Minneapolis around 1999, most likely downtown at the Fine Line Music Cafe. (I don't have my notes in front of me and I'm too lazy to check right now.) It features the original lineup (there never was any other) of Tony Andreason, Dal Winslow and Bob Reed, with Tony's brother Mark handling the drums in lieu of the late Steve Wahrer who died in 1990. When the Trashmen play it's always "smiles all around"...

COMING TOWN THIS WEEK (well, two outta three anyway!)
The Hi-Risers -- The Night Bo Diddley Came To Town (In The Spotlight; Spinout)
Los Straitjackets -- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen ('Tis The Season For...; Yep Roc)
The Untamed Youth -- Santa's Gonna Shut 'em Down (Untamed Melodies; Norton)

Syl Johnson -- Little Sally Walker (Stompin' 17: Crazed Rhythm'n'Blues Pounders; Stompin')
The Floyd Dakil Combo -- Dance Franny Dance (V/A Texas Music: Garage Bands & Psychedelia; Rhino)
The Bobby Fuller Four -- Shakedown (El Paso Rock, Vol. 1; Norton)

1964 WABC-New York aircheck (part 1)
Gene Cornish & The Unbeetables -- I Wanna Be A Beatle (V/A Better Than The Beatles; Hilltop)
1964 WABC-New York aircheck (part 2)
The Outsiders -- The Guy With The Long Liverpool Hair (V/A Better Than The Beatles; Hilltop)
1964 WABC-New York aircheck (part 3)

The Cake -- Baby That's Me (V/A Girls In The Garage, Part 3; Romulan)
Otis Ball -- Laugh At Me (V/A Bonograph: Sonny Gets His Share; Bogus)
Jackie Deshannon with The Byrds -- Splendour In The Grass (V/A Byrd Parts; Raven)

Charlie Feathers -- Runnin' Around (V/A Drink Up And Go Home; AVI)
Hardrock Gunter -- I Put My Britches On Just Like Everybody Else (V/A Hillbilly Bop'n'Boogie: King Federal's Roots of Rockabilly 1944-56; Ace)
Wanda Jackson -- It'll Be Me (Heart Trouble; CMH)

Mike Fornatale -- A Surfers Christmas List (a Surfaris cover)
Mike Fornatale -- Don't Believe In Christmas (a Sonics cover)
Mike Fornatale -- Black Monk Christmas Time (haha -- AS IF, but spot on!)
(Thanks to Mike Fornatale for these seasonal recreations, and for making his MP3s available!)

The Jolly Green Giants -- Caught You Red-Handed (V/A I'm A No Count; Teenage Shutdown) The Bonniwell Music Machine -- Double Yellow Line (Beyond The Garage; Sundazed)
The Pandoras -- It Felt Alright (Stop Pretending; Rhino Handmade)

The Unbelievable Uglies -- Off My Hands (The Original Unbelievable Uglies; PLT)
Dr. T & The Undertakers -- Undertakers Theme (V/A Party Party Party; Arf Arf)
The Lazy Bones -- I'm Driftin' (V/A Essential Pebbles Vol. 3; AIP)

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