Fresh Sounds from Middle America (vol 2)

Fresh Sounds From Middle America (vol 2) was the second in a series of compilations featuring bands from the Midwest region of America. Volume 2 was a split compilation cassette-only release featuring 18 tracks from 5 bands.

Fresh Sounds from Middle America (volume 2)
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Alternative Rock
Label	Fresh Sounds (Fresh Tape 102)
Producer	Bill Rich
Various Artists chronology
Fresh Sounds from Middle America (vol 1) (1981) Fresh Sounds from Middle America (volume 2) (1981) Fresh Sounds from Middle America (vol 3) (1986)

The "Fresh Sounds" series was organized by Bill Rich, of Talk Talk magazine,^[1] as a way to promote regional bands nationally.^[2][3]

Track listing / personnel

Side 1

Artist	Tracks	Personnel
The Buckthrusters	"Blu Light Special" "And It Is" "The Drive" "The Moment" "Ha! Ha!"	Jim Rosencutter - bass Britt Rosencutter - drums, vocals Staci Stull - guitar, vocals Greg Cowper - accordion, synthesizer, vocals Jim Skeel - keyboards, synthesizer, vocals Recorded and Produced by Jim Skeel, Greg Cowper and the Buckthrusters at Skeels, Wichita, KS[4]
The New Wave Brothers	"New Wave Brothers Rap" "I'm The Best" "DNA Monsters"	Jim Rosencutter - all instruments, vocals Britt Rosencutter - all instruments, vocals Alex Erickson - all instruments, vocals Court Thomas - all instruments, vocals

Side 2

Artist	Tracks	Personnel
Color Entertainment	"Instrumental" "Come On!" "Plants" "Fruit Of The Womb"	Fred Skellenger Kathi Inukai
Monte Montclaire	"Period Piece"	Monte Montclaire
The C. Lucas Experience	"Silliness" "Art" "Sincerity" "Indulgence" "And Acting Out"	Christopher Lucas - all sounds

Reception

Snippets of the review from "The Offense":^[5]

• The Buckthrusters: "lots of synths plus accordion, guitar, bass and drums, and these guys really had a good thing going (gone now)"
• The New Wave Brothers: "a rap, a nap and a pile of crap"
• Color Entertainment: "as dull for me as it was for the live audience assembled"
• Monte Montclaire: "an overweight conceptualist who taped his voice and added echo"
• C. Lucas Experience: "an underweight conceptualist obsessed with going either deaf or blind"