Artist	Song
The Vertebrats	Diamonds In The Rough
The Vertebrats	Any Day Now
The Vertebrats	Johnny Avante
The Vertebrats	(I Didn't Wanna See) Oklahoma
The Vertebrats	Don't Think About It
The Vertebrats	How Come
The Vertebrats	She's Diggin'
The Vertebrats	One Without The Other
The Vertebrats	Teen Seen
The Vertebrats	Jackie's Gone
The Vertebrats	Try Again
The Vertebrats	Turn On Your Face
The Vertebrats	This Before
The Vertebrats	The Brat
The Vertebrats	Red Light District Of Love
The Vertebrats	Hang On To Your Man
The Vertebrats	Psychedelia
The Vertebrats	Lookin' For Another Strike
The Vertebrats	Girls Of The World
The Vertebrats	Big Yellow Bus
The Vertebrats	Heart Touchers
The Vertebrats	Left In The Dark

Comment:

I didn't take any music classes when I attended the University of Illinois in the early 80s, but I learned a lot about music. I bought records at Record Service. I got a bass. And I heard the Vertebrats at Mabel's.

The Vertebrats played jangly punk pop. They weren't flashy, but they were energetic, and, boy, could they write tunes!

The Vertebrats are relatively well represented on AOTM. The track that appears most often is "Left In The Dark," which appeared on the seminal 1981 compilation "Battle Of The Garages." Apart from that track, they released only one single in the day, but two CDs of demos and live tracks have come out since. Both are currently in print for the first time in long while. (A double sawbuck will get you both at Parasol: "A Thousand Day Dream" and "Continuous Shows." Buy now!)

This mix combines songs from the two CDs and a cassette of a live show I taped off the radio way back when (tracks 3-4, 7, 12-15 & 22).

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