Dan Jenkins list of essential Lincoln releases:
These are in not in any order other than roughly chronological.
13 Nightmares - "Shitride" - This one is such a classic that I snagged 3
more copies when Ron found a stash of records in his basement.
Mercy Rule - "God Protects Fools" - If this only contained the songs "My
Mouth", "I Am I Said" and "Summer" it would probably still be better than
everything else.
Sideshow - "Eggplants and Sunspots" - I think I listen to this more often
than any other local release. It hits me right............there.
Mercy Rule - Bye Bye/Royal 7" - Heide and Jon duet like a motherfucker on
"Royal" and then Jon plays a guitar breakdown/solo that should be studied in
rock school.
Sideshow - Rust/Face Foot Ladder 7" - a different version of "Rust" later
appeared on "Lip Read Confusion", but the drumming on "Face Foot Ladder" is
worth the price of admission alone. Pawl in all his barefoot glory.
Pawl=Rawk.
Linoma compilation / Novelty Yellow compilation - Granted, both of these
compilations contain some grade-A crap mixed in with the good/great songs,
but both are interesting snap shots of Lincoln music. Highlights: Novelty
Yellow - St. Nicklehead, Polecat. Linoma: Mousetrap, Rosebud, plus the
usual suspects.
Sideshow - "Lip Read Confusion" - Sometimes I'll be driving in my car and
I'll start singing "Where did all you shattered people, where'd you come
from?". The only bad thing about this album is that it was the last from
Sideshow.
Polecat - Saddle Creek/Chinese Water Torture 7" - Back when "Saddle Creek"
was just a road and a Polecat song. But buy this one for the b-side.
Red Max - Voodoo Liquor Hotrot 7" - Hey, all you sleazy, garage rock,
greaser punks: Find a copy of this, NOW!! It will melt your face.
Opium Taylor - "Fade Machine, Fade Magazine" - Heine, Focht, Silcock and
Noecker live up to their potential.......you knew they would.
Wide - "Gay" - This is just awesome. Probably the most unique CD to ever
surface in Lincoln. And it's produced like a champ. Oh, and Thurston Moore
liked it.....
Booby prize: Mousetrap - "Lover" - Yeah, so this is out of Omaha, but you
should still own it. Trust me, you'll love it.
p.s. - Most of these records/CDs are still available. If you don't know where,
I'll gladly point you in the right direction.
Recorded by Jason Evans and A.J. Mogis at Presto Studio, Lincoln Ne, October 2000 Mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Studio B in Omaha, NE Released on Sailor Ripley Records Cover photo: Rudy's Tacos, Cedar Falls, IA
Dan Jenkins - guitar, vocals Mike Keeling - bass, vocals Jon Taylor - guitar Trout - drums Recorded in 2002 by AJ Mogis and Pat Pritchett at Presto Studio (Lincoln, NE). Mixed by AJ. Mastered by Jason Anderson. Released the same year by The Tyros Label, located in Marion, IA. The Tyros Label was operated by Dana Lechtenberg. The bar code on the cd came courtesy of Grammy Award Winning Producer Dan Schlissel and -ismist Recordings. (Say thanks to Dan over at Stand Up Records.)
Download also includes 2 outtakes, recorded at the same time as the rest of the album, but not included on the EP for whatever reasons:
