Monsters Of The Midwest #3 - LP ((none,1987)

Lost Tracks from the Action Sixties!
Side 1

1 The Monuments - African Diamonds
2 Barry Ebling & The Invaders - I Can Make It Without You
3 The Bluethings - Your Turn To Cry
4 The Wild Things - Tell Me
5 The Jerms - Since You Went Away
6 Plato & The Philosophers - I Don't Mind
7 The Great Imposters - Who Do You Love?
8 The Teardrops - Sweet, Sweet Sadie

Side 2
1 The Soothsayers - Do You Need Me?
2 The Livin' End - But I'll Live
3 Burlington Express - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
4 Baxter's Chat - Don't Come Around Today
5 The Jeans - In My Own Time
6 The Intruders - She's Mine
7 The Senders - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
8 The Trolls - That's The Way My Love Is

Monsters Of The Midwest #4 - LP ((none,1989)

Lost Tracks from the Action Sixties!
Side 1

1 The Coachmen - My Generation
2 The Reactions - In My Grave
3 The Intruders - I'll Go On
4 Skeptics - Bit O' Honey
5 The Countdowns - You Know I Do
6 The Jerms - Love Light
7 Love Corporation - Love Corporation
8 The Twilighters - Spell Bound

Side 2
1 Rod & The Satalites - She Cares
2 The Kingz English - Doctor Hunger
3 The Converts - Don't Leave Me
4 The Grapes - You'd Better Come Home
5 The Berries - Baby, That's All
6 The Dinks - Kocka-Mow-Mow
7 Sounds, LTD. - Slimy Sue
8 Mumbles Scott & The Esquires - Baby What You Want Me To Do?

Rubáiyát

Since Jac Holzman is being inducted in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, I thought it would be apropos to post the out of print 1990 Rubaiyat collection from Holzman's Elektra label. The set features Elektra artists at the time covering Elektra artists from (mostly) the 60s and 70s. While it's not a perfect collection, the choice cuts, interesting oddities and guilty pleasures outweigh the dross (I'll let the listeners decide which is which. :) It's a two disc collection, but just one (large) download.

Late update: http://try-to-be-amused.blogspot.com has Rubaiyat: The Originals which is the versions by the original Elektra artists. Nice!

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Hello I Love You The Cure

House Of The Rising Sun Tracy Chapman

Seven & Seven Is Billy Bragg

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing Jevetta Steele

Hotel California Gipsy Kings

Werewolves Of London The Black Velvet Band

Motorcycle Mama Sugarcubes

One Meatball Shinehead

Bottle Of Wine The Havalinas

Born In Chicago Pixies

You're So Vain Faster Pussycat

Marquee Moon Kronos Quartet

Get Ourselves Together Phoebe Snow

Tokoloshe Man Happy Mondays

Let's Go Ernie Isley

Going Down Lynch Mob

A Little Bit Of Rain Ambitious Lovers

You Belong To Me Anita Baker

Road To Cairo Howard Jones

Kick Out the Jams The Big F

Almost Saturday Night / Rockin' All Over the World The Georgia Satellites

Hello, I Am Your Heart Sara Hickman

Make it With You Teddy Pendergrass

The Blacksmith Linda Ronstadt

Going Going Gone Robin Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz & Bill Frisell

First Girl I Loved Jackson Browne

These Days 10,000 Maniacs

Stone Cold Crazy Metallica

Apricot Brandy Danny Gatton

Union Man Shaking Family

One More Parade They Might Be Giants

I Can't Tell You Why Howard Hewett

Mt. Airy Groove Leaders Of The New School

You Brought The Sunshine Shirley Murdock

Inbetween Days John Eddie

Love Wars The Beautiful South

Both Sides Now Michael Feinstein

T.V. Eye John Zorn

Hello, I Love You [Slight Return] The Cure

Morrissey and Bobby Bare Jr.

Even if Bobby Bare Jr. hadn't covered The Smiths' What Differences Does it Make, putting Morrissey and Bobby Bare Jr. together is kind of an obvious choice (given that Bobby's song Monk at the Disco immediately conjures up, at least in my mind, The Smith's Vicar in a Tutu). And while obviousness may destroy comedy, sometimes obvious choices are the best ones.

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Borrow Your Girl Bobby Bare Jr

Rusholme Ruffians The Smiths

Snuggling World Championships Bobby Bare Jr.

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish The Smiths

What Difference Does It Make Bobby Bare Jr.

Certain People I Know Morrissey

You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side Morrissey

Motel Time Again Bobby Bare Jr.

Suedehead Morrissey

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing Bobby Bare, Jr.

Vicar In A Tutu The Smiths

The Monk At The Disco Bobby Bare Jr.

I Don't Mind If You Forget Me Morrissey

Rock And Roll Halloween Bobby Bare Jr.

Sad Smile Bobby Bare Jr.

Pretty Girls Make Graves The Smiths

Ocean Size Bobby Bare Jr.

Sheila Take A Bow The Smiths

Mondo Frat Dance Bash A Go Go - CD (Arf! Arf!, 1995)

31 High Octane 60's Movers and Shakers
1 Prince & The Paupers - Exit

2 The Catalinas - Coco Cherry Mash
3 Shawkey Se'au & The Muffins - Just One More Time
4 The Starfires - Linda
5 The Deacons - Baldie Stomp
6 The Druids - Jelly Belly
7 The Navarros - Moses
8 The Plagues - Cherrie Pie
9 The Tumblers - Scream
10 Silvertones - Get It
11 Wolfman Jack & The Wolf Pack - Wolfman Boogie (Part 2)
12 The High Rollers - Aardvark Walk
13 The Kornerstones - Doing The Rat Fink
14 Joey Charles Drums - The Rub
15 Pandora & The Males - Kiddie A Go Go
16 The Malibus - Humpty Dumpty Was Making Out
17 King Louie's Court - King Louie's Glue
18 The Harlequins - Potato Chip
19 Gregory Dee & The Avanties - Nervous Breakdown
20 The Embermen - Fat Girl
21 Go Go Gorillas - It Was A Nightmare
22 The Uglies - The Log
23 The Fugitives - Come On And Clap
24 The Egyptians - Land Of 1000 Dances
25 The Lidos - Since I Last Saw You
26 The Primitives - The Ostrich
27 The Entertainers - (At The) Ginza - Part 1
28 Travelin Troubadors - The Israelites
29 The Poor Boys Pride - The Place
30 The Nocturnes - Twist & Shout
31 The Shags - Louie Louie

Exploiting Plastic Inevitable #1 [World Wildlife Soundation] - LP (Yahoo, 1995)

World Wildlife Soundation
Side 1

1 Dr. West's Medicine Show & Junk Band - Jigsaw (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.) *
2 The Rabbits - I'm Looking In The Universe (Rhodes, Greece)
3 Mogollar - Hard Work (Istanbul, Turkey)
4 The Cool Cats - Machines (Norway)
5 The Cedars - For Your Information (Beirut, Lebanon)
6 Los Walkers - 19,8 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
7 Sir Henry & His Butlers - Pretty Style (Copenhagen, Denmark)
8 Los York's - Mira Tu (Lima, Peru) *

Side 2
1 Shorty & Them - Pills Or Love's Labour's Lost (Newcastle, U.K.) *
2 The Guess Who - Clock On The Wall (Winnipeg, Canada)
3 Danny Diaz & The Checkmates - She's So Fine (Hong Kong)
4 The Countdowns - Far Away (Basel, Switzerland) *
5 Los Sirex - Yo Grito (Barcelona, Spain)
6 The Rhythm Checkers - Cause I Need You (Saarbrucken, Germany)
7 The Seasons - We Are Happy (Chile)
8 The Moonjacks - You Don't Love Me At All (Stockholm, Sweden)
9 The Tempters - Boom Boom (Saitama, Japan)

Exploiting Plastic Inevitable #2 [Globular Lightning] (Yahoo, 1996) - LP

Globular Lightning
Side 1

1 Les Problemes - Dodecaphonie (Puteaux, France)
2 Brains LTD. - Change Your Life (Homburg, Germany)
3 The Adam's Boys - Get Away From Me (Athens, Greece)
4 Hide & Seek - Riven Street (Austria)
5 Los Vidrios Quebrados - Que Importa El Tiempo (Chile)
6 Rob De Neys - Bye Bye Mrs. Turple (Amsterdam, Holland)
7 John Wonderling - Man Of Straw (NY, U.S.A.)
8 The Nicols - She Has A Name To Find Out (The Hague, Holland)
9 Ganim's Asia Minors - Daddy Lolo (New York, NY, U.S.A.)

Side 2
1 The Rope Sect - Da Du Da (Villingen, Germany)
2 Tom Dae Turned On - I Shall Walk (Hartford, CT, U.S.A.)
3 Berry Clan & The Pollution - My Crock (Belgium)
4 Revolver - I'm Down (Israel)
5 Ram & Sel - Screw You (Sheffield, U.K.)
6 Illes - Nem Erdekel, Amit Monsz (Hungary)