(by Sara
The Monster)
The Young Fresh Fellows formed in 1982. The orginal line up was
Scott McCaughy on bass and vocals, Chuck Carrol on guitar, and Tad
Hutchison on drums. Scott had been in Dynette Set with his future
wife when he decided to start a band with Chuck. Tad was Chuck's
cousin and came from Colorado to play drums for the band. They recorded
their first album a week after Tad arived, with Conrad Uno at Egg
Studios. The album was called "Fablous Sounds of the Pacific
Northwest".
Jonny Sangster joined playing bass so Scott could switch to guitar,
but he left and was replaced by his brother Jim before the band
would record under that line up. When John left he moved to Denmark
forming Sharing Patrol. He later moved back to Seattle and joined
Jason Finn of The Presidents of the United States of America and
brother Jim in The Congratulators
They recorded their second album, "Topsy Turvy" in 1985.
The album was reviewed in Rolling Stone and after their third album
they moved to California indie label Frontier Records. Later that
year they recorded their first EP "Refreshments", and
then a year later they recorded "Totally Lost". In 1989
Chuck left the band and was replaced by Kurt Bloch of The Fastbacks.
Their next album was "Beans and Tolerence", followed later
that year by "This One's for the Ladies".
In the 90's the band slowed down a little, releasing only 4 albums:
"Includes a Helmet" in 90', "Electric Bird Digest"
in 91', "Take it Like a Matador" in 93' and "A Tribute
to Music" in 97. The band is one of the longest running in
the Seattle scene.
Jim Sangster IS in Sgt. Major. Along with the Congratulators Jim
has played in Blunt Objects, The Picketts, The Squirrels, The Lowebeats,
and The Model Rocket's surf project The Infant Kings.
Scott McCaughey has been recording and touring with REM. He is
also in Minus Five, The Squirrels, Tuatara, and a Nick Lowe cover
band known as The Lowebeats.
Kurt has been seen in Sgt. Major, Once For Kicks and in fine shoe
stores everywhere.
Tad is in the Chris and Tad show.
...
A quick note about the albums: Most of the LPs have different titles
on the spine than what the cover says. Good times!
Album titles / Spine text
The Fabulous Sounds Of The Pacific Northwest / Kids Bring Zucchinis
And Stay All Day
Topsy Turvy / Where Is Gorman Thomas?
The Men Who Loved Music / Chicago XIX
Refreshments (EP) / Condiments
Totally Lost / Totally Lost
Includes A Helmet (EP) / Recalling The Magic
This One's For The Ladies / Introducing The Gunsharp'ners
Electric Bird Digest / The Barbers Of Smelterville
It's Low Beat Time / Doc Sharpie Is A Bad Man
Some of the CDs have alternate titles as well:
The Fab Sounds/Topsy Turvy CD (both albums on one) has spine titles
of When We Were Good and/or Legendary Masters Vol. 1.
Now the discography.
Albums
The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest
-- PopLlama 4/84
Topsy Turvy
-- PopLlama 11/85
The Men Who Loved Music
-- PopLlama/Frontier 3/87
Totally Lost
-- Frontier 4/88
Beans and Tolerance (the Bootleg Album) no label (LP only) 1/89
This One's For The Ladies
-- Frontier 9/89
Electric Bird Digest
-- Frontier 5/91
Somos Los Mejores (compilation)
-- Munster (Spain) 12/91
Gleich Jetzt
-- 1+2 (Japan-CD only) 10/92
It's Low Beat Time
-- Frontier CD/Munster LP 10/92
Take it Like A Matador (Live in Madrid) Impossible (Spain-CD only)
10/93
A Tribute To Music
-- Rock & Roll Inc. (Spain) 1/97
Mini-LPs/CD EPs
Refreshments
-- PopLlama/Frontier 9/87
Includes a Helmet
-- Utility (U.K.) 6/90
Temptation on Saturday
-- PopLlama CD/Munster 10" 12/93
CDs (different from LPs of the same title)
The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest/ Topsy Turvy
--
ESD '87 / PopLlama '95
The Men Who Loved Music /Refreshments
-- Frontier '89
45s
YFF Update Theme/Three Sides to This Story
-- PopLlama 6/85
Beer Money/Fillet Of Soul/Crusters Theme
-- PopLlama 12/86
My Boyfriend's in Killdozer (split w/Scruffy the Cat)
-- Cruddy
10/89
Divorce #9/Halloween
-- PopLlama '90*
Two Guitars Bass and Drums/Someone I Care about
-- Pravda 9/90*
Dancin' in the Moonlight/Do You Care Theme (as GunSharpners)
--
Cruddy 10/90
Motor Broke/Equator Blues
-- Cruddy 11/90*
Don't Blame it on Yoko/With a Big Book
-- Frontier 1/91*
Sick and Tired of Me/They Raided the Joint/Booze Party
-- Skullduggery
3/91*
Purple Sweater/2 Guitars/Rotation/Sesame Street
-- Lance Rock
4/91
Hits From the Breakup Album (Box Set of 45's marked *)
-- ESC
Brand 5/91
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Da/Skyscraper of Facts/Teen Thing
-- ElectroBird
5/91
I Hate Everything/Fetid/I'm not Bitter
-- no label 9/91
Mathisization/New YFF Theme (w/Richard Peterson)
-- PopLlama
12/91
Dark Corner of the World (split w/Dharma Bums)
-- Frontier (U.K.)
3/92
Sometimes I Wantcha For Your Money/ One Day You Die
-- Munster
(Spain) 12/91
On Your Hands/Little Trip to Heaven...
-- Screaming Apple (Germany)
10/92
Stewed/Something True
-- Who Cares 10/92
Stop Breathing (split w/ Mutant Monster Beach Party)
-- 1+2 (Japan)
11/93
Benzedrine Beat EP;99 Girls,She Wont Budge,plus 2
-- Au-go-go
(Australia) 2/94
Rampage EP (as The Boatrampmen)
-- Cruddy 5/94
Gorilla Time/Mo' Gorilla
-- Telstar 10/94
Compilations (with unreleased songs/versions)
"I'm an Artiste on Frontier" Diamonds at a Discount
-- Frontier
'88
"We're The Best" Spontaneous Consumer Frenzy
-- Pop '90
"High Time" Here Ain't the Sonics
-- PopLlama/Estrus '90
"Sometimes I Wantcha For Your Money" Estrus Lunch Bucket
-- Estrus
'90
"Yankee Magazine" lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings Vol. 2
--
ESD '91
"Black Betty" 20 Explosive Super Smash Hit Explosions
-- Pravda
'91
"I Just Sit There"/"Last Show"/"Pammie's on a Bummer" Bonograph
-- Bogus '91
"She Might Look My Way" Not the Singer But The Songs
-- Munster
(Spain) '91
"Fan Club"/"Life Goes On" Another Damned Seattle Compilation
--
Dashboard Hula Girl '91
"O Little Town of Bethlehem" A Lump of Coal
-- First Warning
'91
"Mad John's Escape" Donovan Island of Circles
-- Nettwerk (Canada)
'91
"Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy Of Arts" Melody Fair
-- Eggbert
'93
"Yankee Magazine" (slow version) Hit the Hay
-- Sound Asleep
(Sweden) '93
"Whenever You're Ready"/"Indication" The World Of The Zombies
-- PopLlama '94
"I Couldn't Spell !!*@! (w/Roy Loney) Turban Renewal
-- Norton
'94
"Bookstore" Soda Punx
-- Top Drawer '94
"For the Love of a Girl" Love is my Only Crime Vol 2 -- Veracity
(Germany) '94
"Disco Sucks" Oh Canaduh!
-- Lance Rock (Canada) '95
"Agar's Revenge" Bite Back--Live At The Crocodile
-- PopLlama
'96
"Doin' The Banana Split" Banana Splits Tribute
-- Skullduggery
7" '96
"Dark Corner Of The World" Hype soundtrack (45 box set)
-- SubPop
'96
"Heartache" DFFD - A Tribute To The Dictators Vol. II
-- Roto
(Spain) '97
"Takin' My Love" English Rose-Tribute To The Jam
-- ALCA (Japan)
'97
"Have I The Right"/"Can't Get Beside Her"/"Something Like That"
An Evenings In Edenbrook Forest
-- Book 12/97
"Shakedown" Our Favorite Texan: Bobby Fuller Four-Ever!
-- #9
Records (Japan) '99
"Your Truth Our Lies" Houston Party Compilations Vol. 1
-- Houston
Party (Spain) '99
"Barky's Spiritual Store #2" Day Dreaming With An Empty Station
Wagon
-- Dizzy '99
"Dumb As You Please" & "One In A Row"
The World of Dr. Illteams
-- Book Records 12/01
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