`Fargo Rocks` soundtrack CD garners nationwide interest
Released on = September 6, 2006, 12:50 am
Press Release Author = Daniel Dullum/DDM Films
Industry = Entertainment
Press Release Summary = The Fargo Rocks documentary soundtrack CD has sparked renewed interest in vintage Upper Midwest rock and roll from the 1960s. Orders have arrived from 16 different states.
Press Release Body = FARGO, N.D. -- Fargo Rocks, The Soundtrack -- Volume 1, an 18-track CD released in conjunction with the world premiere of the DDM Films documentary \"Fargo Rocks,\" is finding its way into the hands of Upper Midwest Rock and Roll enthusiasts all across the United States.
Since the release of Fargo Rocks, Volume 1 (D2MB Music 2005-1) in March 2006, orders have come in from Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North and South Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Washington state.
Fargo Rocks, Volume 1 features 18 rare recordings, many of which have not been available since their original release, and two previously unreleased cuts. All tracks are the original recordings by the original artists.
One Midwest music enthusiast, Russell J. Myhre, wrote in Jazz News, an online publication, \"I was glad to see that the Fargo-Moorhead music scene is finally getting some of its due. Having seen these local bands play in their prime -- as well as many more not included in [the CD liner notes] -- there was a lot going on. There was a reason why [Bob] Dylan went to Fargo before he went to New York City.\"
Bobby Vee and the Shadows top a list of some of the Midwest\'s most popular rock bands of the 1950s through the early 1970s featured on Fargo Rocks, Volume 1. Seminal work from Terry Lee and the Poor Boys, Bill Velline, Ronnie Ray and the Playboys, The Treasures, The Mods, The Pawnbrokers and Overland Stage is also included.
This limited-edition compilation also features Midwest bands that made an impact on the early Fargo-Moorhead rock scene, such as Davey Bee and the Sonics, The Unbelievable Uglies, Richard Torrance and The Trade Winds 5, The Cornerstones and The Dynamic Dischords.
Many of the songs on Volume 1 are featured in \"Fargo Rocks,\" a 90-minute documentary on Fargo-Moorhead\'s rock and roll recording history that premiered on March 30, 2006, at the historic Fargo Theatre. Volume 2 is slated for a 2007 release date to be determined. Fargo Rocks, Volume 1 is available at www.fargorocksthemovie.com.
For information about the documentary and the soundtrack CD, contact David Meiers, president of DDM Films, at (701) 361-1812; or visit www.fargorocksthemovie.com.
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