The Untamed Youth - Santa's Gonna Shut 'Em Down. Norton Records 7". Norton 45-004.

Hey! It looks like we're back. And just in time to post this Xmas treat I've been saving up all year. I've also been working on the Sympathy Xmas Tens and will upload them if I get the chance to finish off the tagging before tomorrow night

The Untamed Youth - Santa's Gonna Shut 'Em Down. Norton Records 7". Norton 45-004.

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The Untamed Youth - Minor Chaos. Hillsdale Records 7". HR-17.

I've not posted any Untamed Youth since March, and that long without access to Mace is verging on the inhuman. Two tracks - the a-side is an uptempo instrumental, it's flip is an emotional cry from the heart from this most sensitive of bands. Issued on Johnny Bartlett's Hillsdale Records long after the tracks were recorded in 1987 and 1991. Enjoy.

The Untamed Youth - Minor Chaos. Hillsdale Records 7". HR-17.

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The Untamed Youth - Doin Me In. Teen-Rage Records 7".

Released, at a later date, on Deke Dickerson's Teen-Rage Records (a subsidiary of ECCO-FONIC INTL.), this contains the earliest recordings of The Untamed Youth. But you can read all that in the sleeve notes, can't you. Ignored by the many, loved by the few, The Untamed Youth were the very best of the many frat / surf bands, and you can hear their 'chops' developing in this ancient relic. Enjoy.

The Untamed Youth - Doin Me In. Teen-Rage Records 7".

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Deke Dickerson - T.J. Tuck & Roll. Ecco-Fonic 7".

Deke Dickerson is central to some of the music I love the most - the joyful, Summer sounds of The Untamed Youth (more from them, soon) and the snak-rock go-go gorilla sounds of The Go-Nuts (more from them soon, I've been a busy boy), but I've only got one solo record by him. And here it is.

Deke Dickerson - T.J. Tuck & Roll. Ecco-Fonic 7".

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The Sprague Brothers - Battle of the Bands! Hillsdale Records HR-19.

Straying more into a West Texas picking sound, here are the enigmatic Sprague Brothers on Johnny Bartlett's Hillsdale Records. Christopher Sprague and Deke Sprague were part of teen beat combo, The Untamed Youth. Texan powerhouse Frank L. Sprague has his own one man record party going on out there.

The Sprague Brothers - Battle of the Bands! Hillsdale Records HR-19.

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