Fresh Sounds from Middle America (vol 1) | ||||
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Compilation album by Various Artists | ||||
Released | December 12, 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Label | Fresh Sounds | |||
Producer | Fresh Tape 101 | |||
Various Artists chronology | ||||
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Fresh Sounds From Middle America (vol 1) was the first in a series of compilations featuring bands from the Midwest region of America. Volume 1 was a split compilation cassette-only release featuring 22 tracks from 4 bands and is sometimes referred to as "the Buffalo tape" because of the Buffalo imprint on the cover of the tape. [1]
A "tape release party" concert was held on December 12, 1981, featuring all four bands, at Off The Wall Hall (now called The Bottleneck) in Lawrence, KS. [2]
The "Fresh Sounds" series was organized by Bill Rich, of Talk Talk magazine, [3] as a way to promote regional bands nationally. [4] [5]
Snippets of the review from "Capitol Punishment": [6]
Snippets of the review from "The Offense": [7]
Artist | Tracks | Personnel |
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Get Smart! |
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Mortal Micronots |
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Artist | Tracks | Personnel |
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The Yard Apes |
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The Embarrassment |
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Bill Rich of Fresh Sounds (and Talk Talk zine) put out the Fresh Sounds From Middle America comp tape and early cassettes by local greats The Embarrassment and Mortal Micronots (later The Micronotz).
Lawrence, Kansas, has been a hotbed of alternative music for several years, thanks principally to the indefatigable Bill Rich, who runs the hardy, little Fresh Sounds label there. As far back as 1981, Rich was issuing the first pressings by the Lawrence bands Get Smart! and the Embarrassment, both of whom went on to underground-cult fame. More recently, Rich, the University of Kansas radio station KJHK and Redline Productions (a local concert promoter) issued a sampler album entitled Fresh Sounds from Middle America #3 (#1 and #2 were cassette only releases put out by Rich in 1981). Of the sixteen bands featured on the LP, twelve are from Lawrence or nearby Topeka.
Fresh Sounds from Middle America (vol 1) | ||||
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Compilation album by Various Artists | ||||
Released | December 12, 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Label | Fresh Sounds | |||
Producer | Fresh Tape 101 | |||
Various Artists chronology | ||||
|
Fresh Sounds From Middle America (vol 1) was the first in a series of compilations featuring bands from the Midwest region of America. Volume 1 was a split compilation cassette-only release featuring 22 tracks from 4 bands and is sometimes referred to as "the Buffalo tape" because of the Buffalo imprint on the cover of the tape. [1]
A "tape release party" concert was held on December 12, 1981, featuring all four bands, at Off The Wall Hall (now called The Bottleneck) in Lawrence, KS. [2]
The "Fresh Sounds" series was organized by Bill Rich, of Talk Talk magazine, [3] as a way to promote regional bands nationally. [4] [5]
Snippets of the review from "Capitol Punishment": [6]
Snippets of the review from "The Offense": [7]
Artist | Tracks | Personnel |
---|---|---|
Get Smart! |
|
|
Mortal Micronots |
|
|
Artist | Tracks | Personnel |
---|---|---|
The Yard Apes |
|
|
The Embarrassment |
|
|
Bill Rich of Fresh Sounds (and Talk Talk zine) put out the Fresh Sounds From Middle America comp tape and early cassettes by local greats The Embarrassment and Mortal Micronots (later The Micronotz).
Lawrence, Kansas, has been a hotbed of alternative music for several years, thanks principally to the indefatigable Bill Rich, who runs the hardy, little Fresh Sounds label there. As far back as 1981, Rich was issuing the first pressings by the Lawrence bands Get Smart! and the Embarrassment, both of whom went on to underground-cult fame. More recently, Rich, the University of Kansas radio station KJHK and Redline Productions (a local concert promoter) issued a sampler album entitled Fresh Sounds from Middle America #3 (#1 and #2 were cassette only releases put out by Rich in 1981). Of the sixteen bands featured on the LP, twelve are from Lawrence or nearby Topeka.