Q: ARE WE NOT DEVO?
A: WE ARE DEVOTEES!

This LP with Devo covers was compiled from tapes sent in by KROQ listeners during the summers of 1978 and 79. The contest was short of winners so Bronson and Foos did the Bakersfield group to pad it out.
It was this last band that made me visit Bakersfield (CA). But in the local bar no one had ever heard of the Boogie Boys.



Side one:
1 Knife Lust - Shrivel Up
2 Jupiter - Mongoloid
3 The View - Uncontrollable Urge
4 The Firemen - Jocko Bozo
5 The Deadliners - Mongoloid
6 The Bakersfield Boogie Boys - Okie From Muskogee

Side two:
1 Lonnie And The Devotions - Jocko Homo
2 The Doguloids - Blockhead
3 The Touch Tone Tuners - Jocko Homo
4 Y-22 - Music Inspired By Space Junk
5 The Sordes - Mongoloid
6 Bohonian Plimquins - Gut Feeling



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Even in 1980 it had a retro feeling.



Side one:
1 Stiv Bators - A Million Miles Away
2 The Real Kids - Now You Know
3 The Dadistics - Modern Girls
4 Blake Xolton & The Martians - Merry Christmas
5 Jimmy Lewis & The Checkers - Think
6 The Nuns - Wild
7 Gary Charlson - Burnin' In You

Side two:
1 Rodney & The Brunettes - Little G.T.O
2 The "B" Girls - Fun At The Beach
3 The MnM's - I'm Tired
4 Paul Collins - Walking Out On Love
5 Nikki & The Corvettes - Just What I Need
6 Kathy & The Lawnmowers - Green Children
7 Prof. Anonymous - Somebody Touched Me

Side three:
1 The Sonics - Up To The Junction
2 The Weirdos - Jungle Rock
3 The Zantees - Cruisin'
4 Jon & The Nightriders - Super Jet Rumble
5 The Lipstick Killers - Hindu Gods (Of Love)
6 The Hypstrz - In The Midnight Hour
7 The Last - She Don't Know Why I'm Here
8 The Dead Boys - 3rd Generation Nation (Live)

Side four:
1 The Crawdaddys - There She Goes Again
2 The Martians - Baby Hold On
3 Pete Holly & The Looks - Look Out Below
4 The Wombats - Utter Frustration
5 Rainbow Red Oxidizer - When You Walk In The Room
6 Cheek - Do You Have A Soul?
7 The Romantics - Running Away

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A Dutch sampler of L.A. (Dennis Duck related) bands.



Side one:
1 Boyd Rice & Daniel Miller - Cleanliness And Order
2 Jad Fair - XXOO
3 Vetza - Stale Puppy-Dog Tails
4 The Rick Potts Band - Platform Swimfins
5 Monitor - Guardian
6 Doodooettes - Pork Had Better Behave
7 45 Grave - Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood
8 NON - Non-Watusi

Side two:
1 Foundation Boo - Nap
2 Airway - Perpendicular Thrust
3 Dennis Duck - Davey The Worm
4 Le Forte Four - The Lowest Form Of Music
5 Human Hands - I Got Mad
6 Bpeople - The Other Thing

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A compilation from four San Francisco bands, central composition: I left my heart.
Only MX-80 and the Residents did a real attempt for this song.
On Ralph records.



Side one:
1 Chrome - Anti-Fade
2 Chrome - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
3 Chrome - Meet You In The Subway
4 MX-80 Sound - Lady In Pain
5 MX-80 Sound - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
6 MX-80 Sound - Possessed

Side two:
1 The Residents - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
2 The Residents - Dumbo, The Clown (Who Loved Christmas)
3 The Residents - Is He Really Bringing Roses (The Replacement)
4 The Residents - Time's Up
5 Tuxedomoon - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
6 Tuxedomoon - Everything You Want
7 Tuxedomoon - Waterfront Seat

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Dutch radio recording of a 1992 show in Paradiso, Amsterdam. Or was it 1993?
Pushin' Too Hard is a The Seeds cover from the early days, released as part of The Shape of Things.



1 Codex
2 Bus Called Happiness
3 Heaven
4 George Had A Hat - Pushin' Too Hard
5 Non-Alignment Pact

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Akron compilation on Clone Records.
Half filled with minmal synthesizer work of Denis DeFrange.
Other big contributer is Ralph Carney who does one song with David Thomas (Pere Ubu). Ralph Carney worked with Tom Waits and the B-52's.
Includes an early version of the Waitresses' I know what boys like.



Side one:
1 The Waitresses - Wait Here I'll Be Right Back... (I Know What Boys Like)
2 Denis DeFrange - Sector Wars
3 Ralph Carney - Closet Bears
4 Denis DeFrange - Pyrenees
5 Ralph Carney - Hösé Annå
6 Denis DeFrange - Bowling Balls Theme

Side two:
1 Ralph Carney and David Thomas - Sunset In Hibernia
2 Denis DeFrange and Mark Frazier - The Manikin Shuffle
3 Hăff Nōtz - Ride, Rider
4 Denis DeFrange - My Spys Lost
5 Hurricane Bob - Andrea
6 Denis DeFrange - The Last Pin

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Thunderotica!

Actualy it is the Nighttide lp of The Mystic Moods Orchestra from 1966.
This is a Dutch Reissue.



Side one:
1 Theme From A Summer Place
2 Summertime
3 Shane
4 Days Of Wine And Roses
5 Strangers In The Night
6 Invitation

Side two:
1 Singin' In The Rain
2 Nevada Smith
3 My Own True Love
4 Daphne's Theme
5 Moon River
6 Lara's Theme (Somewhere My Love)

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