The Boulders Series: Vol. 8-11

Okay, I'm back from a long absence. Sorry for the delay. Things got busy and my musical tastes had changed somewhat. But everytime I saw this in my Firefox Bookmarks, I felt I was guilty of abandoning/orphaning my child, so to speak.

Anyway, here's the long-ago promised remainder of Dave Gibson's Boulders Series. Again, the reviews were taken from the Age Of Madness website.




(VA) Boulders - Vol. 8 (1983):

Having reached E and F with a couple of bonus T's added, this one features many excellent punkers but a strangely fluctuating sound makes it hard to enjoy. Some peculiar mind games in the track selection.

1	Enchanted Forist	Hung on You	2:35
2	Enchanted Forist	It Don't Mean a Thing Anymore	2:29
3	Emergency Exit	Why Girl	2:12
4	Fairviews	Nightmares	2:06
5	Five of Us	Hey You	2:09
6	Tangents	Hey Joe	2:03
7	Fever Tree	Hey Joe	3:09
8	Them	Walking in the Queens Garden	2:55
9	Them	I Happen to Love You	2:46
10	Felicity	Hurtin	2:51
11	Steve France and the Varatones	She Turns Me On	2:22
12	Fountain of Youth	Hard Woman	1:55
13	Fountain of Youth	Don't Blame Me	2:22

(VA) Boulders: Vol. 9 (1985):

This one and vol 10 were long in the making but hardly deliver the goods. The ABC project is suddenly abandoned and in it's place we get scattered repeats from superior comps, a few killers and lots of fillers.

1	Kreeg	How Can I	2:25
2	The Unrelated Segments	It's Gonna Rain	2:26
3	Beau Hannon	Who's Got The Right Of Way	2:21
4	The Jackasses	Sugaree	2:41
5	Meddy's People	Sha La La La Lee	2:59
6	Richard & The Young Lions	Open Up Your Door	2:40
7	The Prodigal	You've Got Me	2:42
8	The Nocturnals	Detroit	2:38
9	Randy & The Radiants	My Way Of Thinking	2:31
10	R Rogues	The Sound	2:01
11	The Skunks	Listen To The News Today	2:15
12	The Thoughts	All Night Stand	2:03
13	Things To Come	Sweetgina	2:52
14	The Unrelated Segments	Where You Gonna Go	2:46
15	Captain Groovy & His Bubblegum Army	Captain Groovy And His Bubblegum Army	3:06

(VA) Boulders: Vol. 10 (1985):

Similar to volume 9 but with fewer repeats. The new stuff isn't too hot though. I've read people complaining about the sound quality on these two but my copies sound pretty good.

1	Don Norman & The Other 4	The Bounce	2:54
2	The Unrelated Segments	It's Unfair	2:40
3	Heart Attacks	Babba Diddy Baby	2:17
4	The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2	Double Crossin' Girl	2:21
5	Butch Engle & The Styx	I Like Her	1:54
6	The Basement Wall	Never Existed	2:11
7	Beaver & The Trappers	Happiness Is Havin'	2:53
8	The Down 5	I'm Takin' It Home	2:54
9	The Brave New World	It's Tomorrow	1:58
10	The Boy Blues	Coming Down To You	3:07
11	Les Chantels	Shaggy Baggy Joe	2:32
12	Les Chantels	Have You Ever Felt Blue	2:05
13	The Defiant 4	Away From Home	2:26
14	The Distant Cousins	She Ain't Lovin' You	2:58

(VA) Boulders: Vol. 11 (1988):

1	The Little Boy Blues	It's Only You	2:46
2	Noah's Ark	Love In	3:05
3	Bobby Brelyn	Hanna	3:13
4	J Michael & The Bushmen	I Need Love	2:36
5	Chris Morgan & The Togas	Would You Believe (Love Is Dead)	2:51
6	The Viceroys	That Sound	3:02
7	The Mersey Men	I Can Tell	2:58
8	Hb & The Checkmates	Louise, Louise	3:05
9	The Mother Goose	I'm Leaving	3:14
10	Livin' End	You're My Woman	2:57
11	Limey & The Yanks	Gather My Things And Go	2:27
12	The Liv'in End	The Orange Rooftop Of My Baby's Mind	2:54
13	The Love Affair	Let Me Know	2:29
14	The Liv'in End	She's A Teaser	2:40
15	The Communication Aggregation	Freakout USA	3:36
16	The Legend	Portrait Of Youth	2:42
17	The Mystic Tide	You Won't Look Back	2:53
18	Lil' Boys Blue	I'm Not There	1:56