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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).
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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.
- ↑ "Fresh Sounds' Album Features 16 Local, Regional Bands". Lawrence Journal-World . March 9, 1986. pp. 3D. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
Unknown bands on tape are not accorded the legitimacy that bands whose songs are released on vinyl get
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- ↑ "William S. Burroughs - Abandoned Artifacts " at Discogs
- ↑ SPK - Last Attempt at Paradise Tape at Discogs
- ↑ Mortal Micronotz LP at Discogs
- ↑ the Embarrassment - Death Travels West at Discogs
- ↑ "YardApes - Neurosis " at Discogs
- ↑ O.D.'s - Back at the Ranch at Discogs
- ↑ Short Term Memory - Effect of Excess at Discogs
- ↑ "Mortal Micronotz - Live Recording of the Video Soundtrack " at Discogs
- ↑ "YardApes - Weatherman " at Discogs
- ↑ the Micronotz - 40 Fingers at Discogs
- ↑ William S. Burroughs - Break Through In Grey Room at Discogs
- ↑ the Embarrassment LP at Discogs
- ↑ Various - Live From Lawrence at Discogs