This unassuming compilation with exceedingly ill-advised cover art from America's heartland belies a strikingly consistent assemblage of bands the other 49 states were completely ignorant of. Thus far, there have been previous entries for three of
The Iowa Compilation's participants on this blog -
Full Fathom Five, the
Dangtrippers, and the
Hollowmen, all of whom subscribed to roughhewn, left-of-the-dial guitar rock.
Claude Pate up the ante even more with the riff-roaring "My Turn," while the grungey and relatively renown
House of Large Sizes would have made a superb fit for Sub Pop's late '80s roster, at least based on what I hear on "One and Half On a Hill."
Moveable Feast and
The Shy Strangers are almost as much as the aforementioned. This compilation and it's successor,
It's Another Iowa Compilation - Uncharted Territories, were also made available on
Nothin' Sez Somethin' blog, but this is from my own static and pop-ridden rip that you can download in one fell swoop. Sorry in advance for all the pesky surface noise.
01.
Drednex -
Sally Anne
02.
The Hollowmen -
Never Ending Ceiling
03.
Full Fathom Five -
Why Their Faces Are So Worn
04.
Dangtrippers -
Sidewalking
05.
Claude Pate -
My Turn
06.
House of Large Sizes -
One and a Half on a Hill
07.
Cursing Birds -
Popey Sally
08.
Shellgame -
The Dam Has Broken
09.
David Brooks -
Music Boy
10.
The Shy Strangers -
Heat Ray
11.
Moveable Feast -
Teddy Through the Grass
12.
The Eclectics -
When I Was Young
13.
Four Million -
War and Peace
Hear
8 comments:
Just FYI, a little background on the Iowa comps -- these were put out once a year for at least five years (because I've got the fifth one in my collection), and featured the winners of a battle of the bands contest that was held by the UIowa college radio station (KRUI) every year during the spring festival on campus (Riverfest)
Bringing a very old post back to life, but I am getting ready to play a couple tracks from the first two of these compilations on my radio show 'Vinyl is not just a maintenance free siding option' on WRUW-FM in Cleveland.
Both discs had lots of great tracks on them and I am glad to have found your blog and the information it contained.
dying to hear cursing birds again...used to see them in/around desmoines in the 1980's...help?
I just updated the link. Enjoy.
Awesome to have found this. Thanks
Can you re-up this please?
Thanks!
Can you update the zip file link (again) to both Iowa Comp's. I lived in Waterloo/Cedar Falls from 1981 - 1984, I spent a lot of time at Stebs on the hill and had freinds in the DredNeks. I organized a few shows at a sleepy little bar in downtown Cedar Falls. Had a bunch of bands from around Iowa play.
Love to hear them again.
Ladric
Hi, Only just discovering the Hollowmen. Would appreciate a re-up on this one.
THANKS!
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