Various Artists
Local Customs: Cavern Sound
Not quite hell, but close enough. Local Customs: Cavern Sound covers six years lost in the deranging darkness of Independence, Missouri’s Pixley limestone mine, where a team of misfit engineers captured the reverberating echoes of Kansas City’s rock ‘n’ roll blasting cap. Taped in the subterranean studio headspace of Cavern between 1967 and 1973 are previously unissued recordings by Jaded, Larry Sands & the Sound Affair, Sheriff, Mulligan, Stone Wall, Morningstar, the Montaris, and the Dantes, alongside the most explosive tracks released on KC’s Pearce, Rock, and Cave labels by the likes of the Reactions, Burlington Express, the Classmen, Fraight, American Sound Ltd, Baxter’s Chat, 21st Century Sound Movement, Pretty, Tide, and A.J. Rowe.
Tracklist
1. PRETTY Mustache In Your Face
2. FRAIGHT One Girl
3. AMERICAN SOUND LTD Aunt Marie
4. THE CLASSMEN Doin’ Me Right
5. JADED Lovin’ You’s Blues
6. LARRY SANDS & THE SOUND AFFAIR You’ll Know The Words
7. SHERIFF I Don’t Really Love You
8. TIDE I Wish It Hadn’t Ended That Way
9. BULBOUS CREATION End Of The Page
10. MULLIGAN Think Before You Leave
11. STONE WALL Living Today
12. MORNINGSTAR Little By Little
13. THE MONTARIS 7 And 7 Is
14. BAXTER’S CHAT Love’s Other Side
15. BURLINGTON EXPRESS One Day Girl (Twenty-Four)
16. THE REACTIONS In My Grave
17. 21ST CENTURY SOUND MOVEMENT Feelin' Down
18. THE DANTES Any Number Can Win
19. LARRY SANDS & THE SOUND AFFAIR If I Didn’t Want To See You Anymore
20. FRAIGHT William Jones
21. THE CLASSMEN Any Old Time
22. JADED The King Was
23. THE DANTES She’s A Part Of Me
24. ROWE, A.J. Smoke My Pipe (The Sign Ain’t Right)