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This was a big dollar record at one point. I found a fairly beat one years back at a St. Vincent De Paul in Appleton. One guy who played on it and I think was the main guy either behind the studio or label was Duke Wright (sp?) who managed the top 40 radio station WIXX. Do you have anything else worthwhile on the Northland label?
I don't have too much obscure WI stuff anymore. I've had this for many years, and I just came across it again going through a pile of odd/over-sized 7"s. The Vibratones from Green Bay. Instro rock and sorta frat dance on the flip. Drums = Gary!
Can't think of any other Northland records offhand.
I'd picked up a number of things over the years just by being in the area and combing thrift/antique shops at $1 or less a crack, but recently I decided to amass more early WI rock records through whatever means. Picked up the White Caps for $30 (it was listed as 40 but I asked for a discount due to a good-sized batch). I know it never dipped below $100 for years, but it maybe is more common now for whatever reason, they pressed a good amount of copies. Vibratones I've heard, but haven't found for a good price. If there's a strong and deep area in the state it's instrumentals, WI kept churning out wild instros and rockabilly while crooners were the rage in the early 60s (it's often compared to the Pac N'West by foreigners). Unfortunately, I'm not big on instros. Kinda like the punk scene in Milwaukee, incredible if you love power pop, merely OK if not.
* Seltaeb ""You're The Only Girl For Me / "What Am I Gonna Do?" - Seltaeb is "Beatles" backwards. Considered one of the last true "period" garage records, recorded by some really young Beatles fans in Oshkosh, WI in 1971. "What Am I Gonna Do?" is a strong original that sounds like 1965. $20 mint copy. They morphed into "Jake" and put out a sought-after fuzz/psych LP "The Jake Album Dedication," also on Banana Records, in 1973: http://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/350123161603
* Grabbed mint-ish Ama-Dots "Cease is Increase" / "Hit Girls" 45 for $10 w/ no pic sleeve. Hoping to find a beat copy w/ sleeve at some point. An odd record for the time/place (1980, Milwaukee). Looking forward to the album issue.
* Johnny Edwards and the White Caps "Rock n Roll Saddles / Why'd You Leave Me?" - Found a cheap(er than usual) copy of what most call the first Wisconsin rock record (though tons of dudes already playing country and polka released records that were certainly at least part 'billy for several years prior). From Appleton. Saddles is the song that pops up everywhere, but the flip is better.
It is. Did MOTO used to live in CT? Early stuff is more weirdo geek pop and less buzz saw, so the stretch isn't as great. Maybe? Flaherty is killer! Saw him a couple years ago with Sunburned in Brattleboro and with Bill Nace and the Jooklo Duo in the Burnt Hills basement. Scorch AND tone.
Max Load - St. Louis area Punk/Art Punk from '79-/83 LP+CD+DVD on Rerun to toot my own horn. It's the Xrod b/w Magazine Sex 7" and 22 unreleased demos, plus a live in 1981 DVD.
http://www.rerunrecordsstl.com/Max_Load.html
Gave this multiple spins last night. Unreleased stuff is great and that DVD is great not just for the performance but as a document of 80s public access weirdness too - that hippie chick who hosted the show is a creep!
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