| 01. | THE QUILL RECORDS STORY (COLLECTABLES CD 0662): with Peter Cetera on front & back covers & "As Far As I Can See" (first-time STEREO) & "Business As Usual" by Peter Cetera's 1966-67 band, THE EXCEPTIONS. To order: 1-800-446-8426 | |
| 02. | BILLBOARD JULY 05, 1997 | |
| 03. | DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENTS | |
| 04. | HEADLINE: Indies Provide Crucial Documentation Of Music Past | |
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| 06. | BYLINE: CHRIS MORRIS | |
| 07. | LEGENDS OF THE LOST: As our protracted vacation drew to a close, we wound up loafing around the house--what else?--listening to indie records and musing about the way indies become the caretakers of their own history. | |
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| 09. | Just as independent labels have served as the promulgators of the most forward-looking music, they also act as the ultimate archivists of music that was misplaced, buried, or ignored in its own day. Nothing serves as a better reminder of this crucial rol | |
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| 11. | We'll admit that, even though we claim Chicago as our hometown, we were unfamiliar with the Windy City's Quill Records until the arrival of "The Quill Records Story --The Best Of Chicago Garage Bands" from Narberth, Pa.-based Collectables Records. We' | |
| 12. | Quill was one of several Chicago-based indies that sprouted up in the mid-'60s, when the city's top 40 station WLS, with its butt-kicking 50,000-watt clear-channel signal, was able to turn a local act into a national commodity: In1966 alone, the Buckin | |
| 13. | Quill was the brainchild of Peter Wright, manager/producer of mellow Chi-town act the New Colony Six. Wright scooped up a variety of young groups from Illinois and Wisconsin, and, while he never hit it big, his eclectic roster might find favor today wit | |
| 14. | Among the gems on "The Quill Records Story" are two lush Beach | |
| 15. | Boys-inflected tracks by the Exceptions, a Chicago unit that included a pre-Chicago Peter Cetera; snarling garage punk by the Exterminators, the Delights, and the Riddles; and lots of derivative but entertaining folk-rock, pop, and power punk. There are a | |
| 16. | CHICAGO TRIBUNE | |
| 17. | June 6, 1997 Friday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION | |
| 18. | SECTION: FRIDAY; Pg. 52; ZONE: CN; Music. Album reviews. | |
| 19. | BYLINE: Rick Reger. | |
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| 21. | Various artists | |
| 22. | The Quill Records Story (Collectables) (star) (star) (star) | |
| 23. | This compilation of singles recorded for Chicago's Quill Records between1965-67 bills itself as "The Best Of Chicago Garage Bands." But this collection does preserve some essential Windy City nuggets, which generally alternate between raw ra | |
| 24. | contributed members and tunes to the New Colony Six, while the Exceptions boasted future Chicago bassist Peter Cetera. | |
| 25. | GRAPHIC: PHOTO: The Quill Records Story. | |