The Best of Downstate Illinois Garage Rock 1965-1968

Culled from various past shows, we present downstate Illinois' best garage rock from 1965-1968 all in one program. 50 bands. Two hours of mind blowing, fuzzed-out teenage angst from the second half of the sixties.

ARTIST	TRACK	LABEL	YEAR	TOWN / CITY
Meat Dept	This Weeks Children	Polar Bear	1967	Decatur
The War Lords	Real Fine Lady	Thor	1966	Bloomington
One-Eyed Jacks	Die Today	Lakeside	1966	Champaign
The Vectors	What In The World	Analysis	1965	Macomb
The Raindear Army	Subterranean Sunset	Ledger	1967	Springfield
The Intruders	She's Mine	IT	1966	Pittsfield
The Mod 4	Open Up Your Mind	[Fredlo]	1968	Aledo
The Furniture	I Love It Baby	Stature	1967	Galesburg
The Cobblestones	I'll Hide My Head In The Sand	Mobie	1967	Bloomington
Fugitive Five	(I Ain't Gonna Give Up) My Way Of Life	Cell	1966	Decatur
Barry Ebling & The Invaders	I Can Make It Without You	Norman	1967	Granite City
The Bacardis	Don't Sell Yourself	Midgard	1966	Rantoul
Kookie Cook	Working Man	Big Beat	1966	Danville
Inner Sanctum	Can't Make It Without You	Thunder	1968	Virden
Third Booth	Sound Inc. (I Need Love)	Thunder	1968	Canton
The Four A While	Low Class Man	Big Beat	1966	Charleston
The Jades	You Have To Walk	Clark	1967	Herrin
The Warner Brothers	Lonely I	Dunwich	1966	Peoria
Nickel Bag	The Woods	Rembrandt	1966	Carbondale
Dean Carter	Rebel Woman	Milky Way	1967	Danville
Beggars Opera Co	Gone From Me	Golden Voice	1968	Farmington
The Cliques	So Hard	Custom	1967	Champaign
The Vanguards	What's Wrong With You	- no label -	1966	Mendota
The Camaros	I Need You No More	Custom	1968	Petersburg
Dave & The Squires	The Girl Of My Dreams	Radex	1965	Lena
Lee Rust	Try, Try To Leave Me	Rofran	1966	Bloomington / Springfield
The Intruders	Bringin' Me Down	Claremont	1966	Rockford
The Explorers	Blue Flavored Lollipop	Sandy's	1968	Quincy
The Wylde Heard	Stop It Girl	Phillips	1967	Peoria
Five Of A Kinde	Goodbye Girl	Garric	1967	Quad Cities
The Night People	Ain't Gonna Happen	Tuggie	1967	Olney
Suburban 9 To 5	Walk Away	Ledger	1967	Peoria
The Ravins	Andy	Syndicate	1967	Gibson City
Livin' End	But I'll Live	KB	1968	Breese
Kracker-Barrel Komplex	Different Than Me	Page	1968	LaSalle-Peru
The Paegans	I Can Only Give You Everything	Rampro	1967	Rockford
The Marauders	Warning	Heads	1966	Granite City
The Komons	Caught In The Trap	Feature	1966	Rockford
The Coachmen	Don't Want To Lose Her	Ledger	1967	Peoria
The Seeds of Reason	I'm Your True Love	Lakeside	1966	Rockford
Rod & The Satalites	She Cares	Irish	1965	Quincy
The Regiment	My Soap Won't Float	G & G	1967	Champaign
The Del-Rays	Lollipop Lady	Arch	1968	Mascoutah
North Bridge Company	Crying All Alone	Sand "G"	1968	Peoria
The Starlites	Wait For Me	Zap	1965	Danville
The Inspirations	Baby Please Come Home	Feature	1966	Rock Falls / Sterling
The Coming Generation	Down To The City	Summit	1968	Dwight
Mystery Meat	Give Me Your Love	Director	1968	Carlinville
The Unknowns	Modern Era	Marlo	1966	Belleville
The Nomadds	Don't Cheat On Me	Radex	1965	Freeport