Teenage Shutdown! I'm Down Today

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Teenage Shutdown! I'm Down Today
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Compilation album
Released December 29, 1998
Recorded 1960s
Genre
Length47:48
Label Crypt
chronology
Teenage Shutdown! Nobody to Love
(1998)
Teenage Shutdown! I'm Down Today
(1998)
Teenage Shutdown! Get a Move On!!!
(1998)

Teenage Shutdown! I'm Down Today, sometimes referred to as "Volume 6," is the sixth installment in the Teenage Shutdown! series of garage rock compilations put out by Tim Warren of Crypt Records, which is available on both LP and compact disc formats. [1] [2] [3] This volume was released on December 29, 1998 and is composed largely of moody songs and somber ballads, reflecting the darker and more introspective side of the genre, as indicated in the sub-heading, which reads "Moody & Brooding Teen Misery Lowdown." [1] Like all of the entries in the series, the collection was compiled and mastered by Warren, using original 45 rpm records selected from the collection of noted garage rock archivist, Mike Markesich (colloquially known as "Mop Top Mike"). [1] The photograph which appears on the front cover is of the Chargers from Wenatchee, Washington, who perform the fifteenth track, "I'm so Alone." [1] The packaging includes liner notes providing information about the songs and bands. [1]

<i>Teenage Shutdown!</i> (series) album

Teenage Shutdown! is a series of garage rock compilation albums assembled by Tim Warren of Crypt Records, best known for his Back from the Grave series. Most of the volumes in the Teenage Shutdown! series, gravitate towards the more raw and aggressive examples of the genre, but some volumes also reflect different aspects of garage rock, such as frat rock, soul-influenced rock, as well as folk rock and psychedelic. The series currently consists of fifteen LP's and CD's, which unlike the Back from the Grave series, are identical in both formats. The first ten installments were released in 1998 and the remainder in 1999 and 2000. The first volume Jump, Jive and Harmonize, was culled from the collection of 45-rpm singles owned by Mike Markesich. The series tends to follow the packaging format employed by other garage compilation series such as Pebbles and Back from the Grave: each volume includes detailed liner notes, for this series written by Mike Markesich, which include basic information about each song and group, such as origin and recording date. The information that they present reflects thorough research, including information about the circumstances of the recordings and brief biographical sketches of the groups. The various albums in the series occasionally include photographs of groups not actually included on the track listings, sometimes even going as far as to have such bands pictured on the front sleeves. Currently, there are fifteen volumes in the series.

Garage rock is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced various revivals since then. The style is characterized by basic chord structures played on electric guitars and other instruments, sometimes distorted through a fuzzbox, as well as often unsophisticated and occasionally aggressive lyrics and delivery. Its name derives from the perception that groups were often made up of young amateurs who rehearsed in the family garage, although many were professional.

Crypt Records is an independent record label founded by American-born Tim Warren in 1983. The label has been headquartered variously in Hamburg, Germany and in several locations in the United States. Crypt is perhaps best known for issuing the ten-volume Back From The Grave Series of 1960s garage punk compilations, although its other reissues and releases include surf, rockabilly, punk rock, exotica, garage punk, original rhythm and blues, and soul music.

Contents

The set begins the title track "I'm Down Today," by The Drones, from Valley Center, California. [1] Also featured on the set are ruminative cuts by the Young Monkey Men, from Trenton New Jersey, who sing "I Believed in You," and Lancaster, Pennsylvania's the Shaynes, who perform the elegiac "From My Window." [1] Also from Pennsylvania, the Other Half, from Pottstown, sing "A Lot to Live For" and Philadelphia's the Iron Gate perform "Feelin' Bad." The John Does from Los Angeles do a version of Blind Lemon Jefferson's "One Kind Favor." [1] The mood of the set becomes particularly somber in later cuts, with the Three From Three's "Sad Lovers (Live Today)," the Amberjacks' "Blue Jaunte," descending into a darkly-shaded labyrinth which reaches its apotheosis in the final track by the Specters from Worcester, Massachusetts, "Depression." [1] [4]

Blind Lemon Jefferson American blues singer and guitarist

Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson was an American blues and gospel singer, songwriter, and musician. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s and has been called the "Father of the Texas Blues".

Track listing

  1. The Drones (Valley Center, California) - "I'm Down Today" 2:45
  2. The Nite Walkers (Downey, California) - "High Class" 2:55
  3. John Brown's Bodies (Norton-Mansfield, Massachusetts) - "Out of My Mind" 2:22
  4. The Other Half (Pottstown, Pennsylvania) - "A Lot to Live For" 2:53
  5. The Iron Gate (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)- "Feelin' Bad"
  6. John Does (Los Angeles, California) - "One Kind Favor" 1:46
  7. The Zoo (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - "Sometimes" 2:14
  8. The Young Monkey Men (Trenton, New Jersey) - "I Believed You" 2:11
  9. The Shaynes (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) - "From My Window" 2:43
  10. The Riots (Chicago, Illinois) - "I Can Go On" 2:39
  11. The Jagged Edge (U.S.A.) - "How Many Times" 2:35
  12. The Sinders (McMinville, Tennessee) - "Get Out of My Life" 1:33
  13. The Intruders (St. Louis, Missouri) - "I'll Go On" 2:37
  14. The New Breeds (Columbus, Ohio) - "Girl In Love" 3:01
  15. The Chargers (Wenatchee, Washington) - "I'm So Alone" 3:22
  16. Three From Three (Tennessee)- "Sad Lovers (Live Today)" 2:54
  17. The Amberjacks (Baldwin, New York) - "Blue Jaunt" 3:29
  18. The Specters (Worcester, Massachusetts) - "Depression" 3:07 [1] [2] [3]

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