Another good set today, more very good and obscure recordings from the New England area. A few are familar from some other comps, but in general this is another set of incredibly obscure acts. This was a 3 LP vinyl set which I think was later released in a single CD version with a few tracks removed (not sure about that part), these are from the original vinyl.
Disc 1 features some good stuff from The Rouges (how many "The Rogues" do you think there were? This version was from MA), The Devil's Own, The Mojos, and the What Fours to name a few at random, pretty good across the board though. Volume 2 contains a track from Boston's somewhat legendary Remains (now THERE is a band I've heard people "who were there" RAVE about).....The Plymouth Rockers I thought had a familar ring to there name, so I looked them up and they were from ARIZONA (without checking I assume they appeared on one of the Tucson comps last week, what the hell are they doing here, other than THEIR NAME? did whomever program this just not do his homework and assumed they were from the Northeast?).....The Back Street Boys contribute "Back Street Blues", I'm gonna go out on a limb here and gather that it's a "different" Back Street Boys.
Disc three brings us a track from the Rising Storm, who are fairly well known to afficianodoes of these things, as are the Ramrods.....not as well known are The Morning After, the Shilos, Euphoria's Id, and a host of others.....I'll add an additional disc here, "Bay State Rock, An Anthology of Massachusetts Rock N Roll"....the Ramrods appear here as well, as do the Improper Bostonians, The Chessmen (how many "Chessmen" were there?) and of course, The Vikings who I mention again out of my allegiance to the Minnesota Vikings, but of the several bands to wear THAT monicker, these guys I think were the best, pretty raw stuff. A couple of tracks also from Teddy & the Pandas who we also know from some other comps round out the disc.
NEW ENGLAND TEEN SCENE DISC 1-01 THE WHAT FOURS-Basement Walls/02 THE SHADOWS FOUR-Heart of Wood/03 THE ROGUES-Next Guy/04 HEAD & THE HARES-I Won't Come Back/05 THE DEVILS OWN-I Just Wanna Make Love/06 THE EFFECTS-Don't You Ever Make Me Blue/07 THE WHAT FOURS-Eight Shades of Brown/08 THE MALIBUS-Leave Me Alone/09 THE SHAGS-Don't Press Your Luck/10 THE SHADOWS FOUR-Follow Me/11 THE NEW BREED-Wasting My Time/12 THE MYSTIC FIVE-It Doesn't Matter/13 THE MAUVE-You've Got Me Cryin'/14 The Cobras-Instant Heartache/15 THE TALLYSMEN-Little By Little/16 THE MOJOS-Love Does It's Harm/17 THE PSYCHOPATHS-See The Girl/18 THE PSYCHOPATHS-'Til the Stroke of Dawn
NEW ENGLAND TEEN SCENE DISC 2-01 THE COBRAS-I Wanna Be Your Love/02 THE PLYMOUTH ROCKERS-Don't Say Why/03 THE NORTH ATLANTIC INVASION FORCE-Blue and Green Gown/04 THE BARBARIANS-Hey Little Bird/05 MONDAYS MONDOS-I'm Cryin/06 LOVE INC-She Don't Care About Me/07 THE REMAINS-Talking About You/08 THE SHYRES-Where Is Love/09 THE INSANE-Someone Like You/10 THE LANDLORDS-I'll Return/11 WHITE FLUFF-Vegetable Binge/12 THE BLUE BEATS-Extra Girl/13 THE TALLYSMEN-You Don't Care/14 THE SHADOWS FOUR-I'm Beggin You/15 THE RENEGADES-Waiting For You/16 THE PLAGUES-To Wander/17 THE FIFTH GENERATION-If I See Her/18 BACK STREET BOYS-Back Street Blues/19 THE OTHERS-My Friend the Wizard
BAY STATE ROCK-01 THE VIKINGS-Blue Feeling/02 THE VIKINGS-Hitch Hike/03 THE VIKINGS-I Ain't Got You/04 THE VIKINGS-Have Mercy/05 THE VIKINGS-You Can't Do That/06 TEDDY & THE PANDAS-The Lovelight/07 TEDDY & THE PANDAS-Once Upon a Time/08 THE CHESSMEN-Sweet Little 16/09 THE REVELIERS-Patch/10 THE REVELIERS-Hangin' Five/11 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIANS-How Many Tears/12 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIANS-I Still Love You/13 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIANS-Set You Free/14 THE ROCKIN RAMRODS-Bright Lit Blue Sky/15 THE ROCKIN RAMRODS-Mr Wind/16 THE ROCKIN RAMRODS-I Wanna Be Your Man