Monsters of the Midwest

First of all, before I forget, someone asked if I have "Sixties Rebellion", and after checking, yes, I
do......next week sometime (can't remember who made the request, and to look would just soooooo much trouble).

OK, "Monsters of the Midwest".....while the "Midwest" is a fairly broad, general region, unlike the smaller, more intimate regions we've been dealing with, this set is four discs of TOTAL obscure-o's, I don't think there is a single track here that was comped on anything else I've posted, and if there are, it is very very few. Personally I think of Ohio as part of the Midwest, but nothing here from Ohio, instead lots of stuff from places such as Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, which is great because I have no comps for those locales, and just a small smattering from Illinois, Minnesota, and Indiana, which DO have their own comps......since I am such an incredible human being I am to go the extra mile and actually put the location of origin on each track for this one, I think it's probably important to some of ya more scholarly types.

Not going to ramble here about the various acts and tracks here, beacuse there is an extreme chance that you have never heard of ANY of them, save maybe just a couple......and, again, isn't that what we're looking for with comps of this type?

VOLUME 1-01 THE RUMBLES LTD-Push Push (Omaha Nebraska)/02 CLASSMEN-Julie (Kansas City Missouri)/03 THE CHEVRONS-Mine Forever More (Omaha Nebraksa)/04 THE RUMBLES LTD-Hey Lenora (Omaha Nebraska)/05 THE BEACH-NIKS-Last Night I Cried (Newell Iowa....Beach-Niks in IOWA?)/06 THE FAB FOUR-I'm Always Doing Something Wrong (Kansas City Missouri)/07 THE BLUETHINGS-Pretty Thing-Oh (Hayse Kansas)/08 THE RUMBLES-Fourteen Years (Omaha Nebraska)/09 WEST MINIST'R-Sister Jane (Omaha Nebraska)/10 THE CHEVRONS-Dreams (Omaha Nebraska)/11 THE BLAZERS-I Don't Need You (Kansas City Missouri)/12 THE FAB FOUR-Happy (Kansas City Missouri)/13 THE MORTICIANS-Little Latin Lupe Lu (Waco Texas.....Texas in the Midwest?)/14 THE CATALINAS-Coco Cherry Mash (St. Joseph Missouri)/15 THE THINGIES-It's a Long Way Down (Topeka Kansas)/16 BURLINGTON EXPRESS-One Day Girl (24 Hours) (Topeka Kansas)/17 THE MORNING DEW-No More (Topeka Kansas)/18
CHESMAN SQUARE-Circles (Instant Party) (Kansas City Missouri)/19 YELLOW HAIR-Talent For Lovin' (Omaha Nebraska)/20 BLUETHINGS-Twist and Shout (Hayse Kansas)/21 THE RED DOGS-Open Up (Lawerence Kansas)/22 THE YOUNG ARISTOCRACY-Don't Lie ( Tulsa Oklahoma)/23 BLUETHINGS-The Orange Rooftop of Your Mind (Hayse Kansas)

VOLUME 2-01 THE THINGIES-Mass Confusion (Topeka Kansas)/02 BURLINGTON EXPRESS-Stroll On (Topeka Kansas)/03 PLATO & THE PHILOSOPHERS-13 O'Clock Flight to Psychedelia (Moberly Missouri)/04  THE SOOTHSAYERS-Please Don't Be Mad (Greeley Colorado)/05 THE MORNING DEW-Go Away (Topeka Kansas)/06 THE ROGUES-Anything You Say (Omaha Nebraska)/07 KYKS-Where Are You (Marshall Missouri)/08 THE YOUNG ARISTOCRACYLook and See! (Tulsa Oklahoma)/09 TOMMY TUCKER & THE ESQUIRES-Don't Tell (Des Moines Iowa)/10 JERRY & THE PLAYMATES-Want-A-Love-You (Tulsa Oklahoma)/11 THE ARGONS-Do the Dog (Topeka Kansas)/12 THE COACHMEN-Too Many Reasons (Missouri)/13 THE NOBLEMEN-Things Aren't the Same-(Colfax Iowa)14 THE ESQUIRES-She's My Woman (Springfield Missouri)/15 THE UNDERBEATS-I Can't Stand It (Minneapolis Minnesota)/16 THE SKEPTICS-Apple Candy (Bartlesville Oklahoma)

VOLUME 3-01 THE MONUMENTS-African Diamonds (Ada Oklahoma)/02 BARRY EBLING & THE INVADERS-I Can Make It Without You (Granite City Illinois)/03 THE BLUE THINGS-Your Turn To Cry (Hayse Kansas)/04 THE WILD THINGS-Tell Me (Marshall Missouri)/05 THE JERMS-Since You Went Away (Topeka Kansas)/06 PLATO & THE PHILOSOPHERS-I Don't Mind (Moberly Missouri)/07 THE GREAT IMPOSTERS-Who Do You Love (Omaha Nebraska)/08 THE TEARDROPS-Sweet Sweet Sadie (Pueblo Colorado)/09 THE SOOTHSAYERS-Do You Need Me (Greeley Colorado)/10 THE LIVING END-But I'll Live (Centralia Illinois)/11 BURLINGTON EXPRESS-I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better (Topeka Kansas)/12 BAXTERS CHAT-Don't Come Around Today (Baxter Springs Kansas)/13 THE JEANS-In My Own Time (Kansas City Kansas)/14 THE INTRUDERS-She's Mine (Pittsville Illinois)/15 THE SENDERS-Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White (Pocahontas Iowa)/16 THE TROLLS-That's the Way My Love Is (Pueblo Colorado)

VOLUME 4-01 THE COACHMEN-My Generation (Lincoln Nebraska)/02 THE REACTIONS-In
My Grave (Rolla Missouri)/03 THE INTRUDERS-I'll Go On (St Louis Missouri)/04 THE SKEPTICS-Bit O Honey (Bartlesville Oklahoma)/05 THE COUNTDOWNS-You Know I Do (Iowa City Iowa)/06 THE JERMS-Love Light (Topeka Kansas)/07 LOVE CORPORATION-Love Corporation (Tulas Oklahoma)/08 THE TWILIGHTERS-Spell Bound (Kirksville Missouri)/09 ROD & THE SATALITES-She Cares (Quincey Illinois)/10 KINGS ENGLISH-Doctor Hunger (Shawnee Mission Missouri)/11 THE CONVERTS-Don't Leave Me (Beloit Wisconsin)/12 THE GRAPES-You'd Better Come Home (La Porte Indiana)/13 THE BERRIES-Baby That's All (Des Moines Iowa)/14 THE DINKS-Kocka-Mow-Mow (Beloit Kansas)/15 SOUNDS LTD-Slimy Sue (St Joseph Missouri)/16 MUMBLES SCOTT & THE ESQUIRES-Baby What You Want Me To Do (Spirit Lake Iowa)


Wow, who'd have thought that Topeka Kansas, Omaha Nebraska, Tulsa Oklahoma, and the like would have such (seemingly) fertile scenes? ya never know.......I didn't get to listen in advance of posting, as I prefer to do, but things come up, and I'll listen to it tomorrow, probably haven't heard this in five years and nothing is really coming blazing back to mind as spectacular or worthless, so we can all judge together I guess.....other than this post all links are finally now caught up and should be working. I'll try to get these up tonight or tomorrow. I suspect it is going to be difficult for me to find any pictures of ANY of these guys in order to jazz up the look of the post, I guess I'll find out, well, now........Ahhhh, that wasn't too bad at all!