''Teenage Shutdown!: The World Ain't Round, It's Square,'' sometimes referred to as "Volume 10," is the tenth installment in the
Teenage Shutdown! series of
garage rock compilations put out by Tim Warren of
Crypt Records
Crypt Records is an independent record label founded by American-born Tim Warren in 1983. The label has been headquartered variously in Hamburg, Germany and in several locations in the United States. Crypt is perhaps best known for issuing the ten- ...
, which is available on both LP and compact disc formats.
This volume was released on December 29,
1998
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and is composed largely of harder rocking fast-tempo material as indicated in the sub-heading below the title which reads, "17 Paint Peeling Garage Punk Monsters!!!"
Like all of the entries in the series, the collection was compiled and mastered by Warren, using original
45 rpm records selected from the collection of noted garage rock archivist, Mike Markesich (colloquially known as "Mop Top Mike").
The packaging includes liner notes providing information about the songs and bands.
The collection features songs by acts such as Paul Bearer & the Hearsemen form Albany, Oregon (pictured on the front cover abusing their instruments), who perform the opening cut, "I've Been Thinking."
form Fort Worth, Texas are heard on the fuzz-drenched "In and Out."
Other tracks include The Chessmen's "I Need You There," "She's the One" by
Dr. Spec's Optical Illusion, and "Pretty Little Thing" by the Deepest Blues.
The set closes with "Fall of the Queen" by Destiny's Children.
Track listing
#Paul Bearer & the Hearsemen (Albany, Oregon) - "I've Been Thinking" 2:42
#Shepherd's Heard (Mansfield-Shelby, Ohio) - "I Know" 2:48
#The Stoics (San Antonio, Texas) - "Hate" 2:25
#
Larry and the Blue Notes (Fort Worth, Texas) - "In and Out" 1:58
#Nomads (Mt. Airy, North Carolina) - "From Zero Down" 2:31
#Triumphs (Ashtabula, Ohio) - "Lovin' Cup" 2:10
#The Oxfords (Tulsa, Oklahoma) - "I Ain't Done Wrong" 3:30
#The Deepest Blue (Pomona, California) - "The Pretty Little Thing" 2:40
#Heathens (Schenectady, New York) - "Problems" 2:20
#Chessmen (Dallas, Texas) - "I Need You There" 2:29
#Bards (Fort Worth, Texas) - "Alibis" 2:03
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Dr. Spec's Optical Illusion (New Orleans, Louisiana) - "She's the One" 2:09
#Sound Barrier (Salem, Ohio) - "Hey Hey" 2:35
#Mods (Toledo, Ohio) - "I Give You an Inch" 2:47
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The Savages (Bermuda) - "
The World Ain't Round It's Square" 2:50
#Wrong Numbers (Mount Dora, Florida) "I'm Gonna Go Now" 1:35
#Destiny's Children (Houston, Texas) - "Fall of the Queen" 2:01
Catalogue and release information
*Record (LP-TS-6610, 1998)
*Compact disc (CD-TS-6610, 1998)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Teenage Shutdown!: The World Ain't Round it's Square, Volume 10
Teenage Shutdown! (series)
1998 compilation albums