Comments on: Duluth Albums from the 1900s

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:07:55 +0000

Atlantis II was pretty big in the 1970s and I think the band may have had an album. Most of the members went on to form the Centerville All Stars. I did find this single on YouTube.

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:53:07 +0000

Two more I’m looking for album art on:

Easy Steam
To Be Alive
1976
Released by Easy Steam Music of Duluth

Clint Wait Jr.
Lonely Like a Rose
1990
Released by Fond du Lac Records

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:04:36 +0000

Accidental Porn’s live album was recorded at Fitger’s Brewhouse in early 2000. I think it was released later that year. But speaking of the Brewhouse, The Best of the Brewhouse, Volume One is missing from this list.

By: c-freak

c-freak — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:24:13 +0000

Oooh, I have an Accidental Porn CD, but I bet that’s 2000 something.

By: greg cougar conley

greg cougar conley — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:36:00 +0000

You would know better than I, Paulie. I can’t even find a copy of it to confirm.

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:01:12 +0000

Greg, I’m pretty sure that first Both album came out in 2000. I remember it coming out shortly after the Ripsaw went weekly. We used to listen to it in the office a lot.

By: greg cougar conley

greg cougar conley — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:53:40 +0000

Oh! I think the first Both album came out in 1999, but I don’t know if the cover art lives online or what.

By: Barrett Chase

Barrett Chase — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:48:08 +0000

Here is a Shaky Ray Records discography from their old Angelfire site, which is sadly incomplete and without any dates.

By: Zeito

Zeito — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:56:13 +0000

The stories on the back of these accordion albums are really quite inspirational. Accordion Ambassadors The Duluth Accordionaires I wish I had the means to get better pictures of these.

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:54:00 +0000

The ATF Plays Giljunko Plays the ATF came out right after Gaspump Graveyard. It was a split seven-inch.

By: Barrett Chase

Barrett Chase — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:30:42 +0000

This is just a guess, but didn’t ATF release an early SSR album? Or was that a split EP?

By: Barrett Chase

Barrett Chase — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:27:56 +0000

One of those Giljunko cassette demos is called “Giljunko Shits the Covers.” I don’t own it, but I saw it once about ten years ago.

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:05:13 +0000

Let's Get Sloppy is a 2001 release. It came out between Father Hennepin's Crooked With Gin and Both's The Inevitable Phyllis. I'm not sure what the five previous releases on Shaky Ray were before Gaspump Graveyard, but I think they were seven-inch records and cassette demos. We'll find out as this thread makes it through the grapevine. Patrick Nelson's YouTube handle is EsotericArchives. I'm not sure which of the old 45s he's putting up there are Duluth-related, but it's a fun listen.

By: cork1

cork1 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:14:39 +0000

I’m not at home, so I can’t check my CDs, but I’m pretty sure that if Gaspump Graveyard is SRR #006 and from 1999, then there are some other SRR albums of local stuff that came out before 2000. I think that first Shaky Ray compilation (Let’s Get Sloppy) came out in late spring 2000, which makes me think some of that stuff came from albums. I could be completely wrong.

I don’t think he’s got complete albums, but I know that Patrick Nelson (who played on that Giljunko record) has been posting some obscure stuff on his Facebook, including The 2nd Thought and Deen Dodge, both from the Duluth area.

By: greg cougar conley

greg cougar conley — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:15:54 +0000

I think Swivelhead’s CD should be on the list as well, though I don’t know where the cover art is available.

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:01:59 +0000

As for seven-inch singles, Thrust band's "Children of the Sun" and "Lonely" from 1980 was mentioned on PDD once before, but deserves a tip of the hat here.

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:41:16 +0000

This Fromundas demo has four tracks, which I guess falls a bit short of being an album, but it's worth mentioning. (Thanks to Sherman for the artwork.)

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:14:55 +0000

Sometimes the back of an album cover tells the whole story.

By: TimK

TimK — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:34:24 +0000

Paul, I’m sorry, but I don’t own those records anymore. I’ve been married 23 years and it was a girlfriend or two before that when I “lost” all of my records… A couple of others I just thought of are Craig Spates and Michael Monroe (from up the North Shore). Craig’s has a very outsider vibe — like the Shaggs.

By: wildgoose

wildgoose — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:23:55 +0000

This post makes my heart sing. I’m pretty sure that I have one or two in the vault, I’ll check. This post is instantly a candidate for “best post ever.”

By: c-freak

c-freak — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:01:38 +0000

I banged one of Renata’s girls back in the day.

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:35:19 +0000

Answering a few issues that have come up: Yes, bands from Superior, the Iron Range and so on that played shows in Duluth should qualify. Tim, help us out with images of what you have, please. Out-of-town bands that recorded in Duluth deserve mention here in the comments, but I think we'll leave them out of the main list. So, here's mentioning Jessica Bailiff ... Is it right to say that when Duluth's Al Sparhawk records in Seattle it's a Duluth record, but when Tuledo's Jessica Bailiff records in Sparhawk's Duluth basement it's not a Duluth record? Well, maybe not, but that's what we're going with for the moment. Tell me I'm wrong -- that's what comment areas on the Internet are for. Zeito, thank you. There is never too much accordion. Is there anything from the liner notes you can pass along to fill out the info? Where the album was recorded ... that kind of thing? Thanks to Nathan Amundson for pointing out Jessica Bailiff to me by e-mail, and also sending this Best Boy Electric album cover ... Best Boy Electric featured Duluthian John Nichols -- the original Low bassist. That qualifies for the list, but I'm holding out for an image that doesn't have the jewel box reflecting the camera that's photographing it. I know, picky picky.

By: Zeito

Zeito — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:45:43 +0000

How much accordion is too much? Accordion Ambassadors From Sea to Shining Sea Circa 1991 The Duluth Accordionaires On Tour Behind the Iron Curtain I can't find a date on this but it looks to be from the '70s.

By: kyanize

kyanize — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:43:42 +0000

Are we including albums that were recorded in Duluth but released by out-of-town bands?

By: in.dog.neato

in.dog.neato — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:26:21 +0000

I’m wondering what the art for a Harbormasters album would look like.