The Mice - Unreleased and Live Recordings

Bill Fox: frontman for The Mice

music from: unreleased album, 
live show, early single

1984 - 1988

various venues & recording info

soundboard recordings (quality VG- to VG+) 

 

 
 

 
01 Resurrection Day

02 Music Here

03 Something Pushed 

After an early single, this EP was the band's next release

04 Public Television

05 I Got a Gal In Kalamazoo

06 Phone in My Car

07 Across the Mighty Ocean

08 Don't Be a Stranger to Me

09 Nearly a Mile Away

10 Struck Me Paralyzed

11 Girl in Red (live)

12 Downtown (live)

13 Stay Forever (live)

14 Love Ain't No Feeling (live)

15 The Good's Gone (live)

16 American Pagan Girl (live)

17 Bye Bye Kitty Kat (live)

18 Can't Explain… [Who medley] (live)

19 She Loves You (live)

20 A Hard Day's Night (live)

21 Can You Walk on the Water Baby? 
      (first single A-side)

22 Little Creatures (first single B-side)

23 Santa Claus

TRACK NOTES:

#1: outtake from the Scooter album - recorded & produced by Chris Burgess June 1986 at Beat Farm, Willoughby OH

#2-10, 23: from sessions for the never-completed Canterbury Bells LP. Recorded by Chris Burgess in 1987 at Beat Farm. Mixed Feb 2002 by Brendan Burke at Uberstudio, Chicago, IL

#11-20: taken from studio portion of a live show 1988-06-04 recorded by Ken Dixon in Cleveland, OH for WRUW-FM

#21, 22: vinyl rip from the band's rare first single, recorded while still in their early teens, released 1984

The Mice: so short-lived & mysterious, this is one
of the group's only surviving band photos

ROB SEZ: What's better than discovering a terrific, little-known band? That would be finding a complete set of the band's rarities, including raw tracks from a never-completed and never-released album. Call it punky pop-rock, if you need a descriptor. This set was sold exclusively (for a red-hot minute) through Scat Records’ website, a CD-R release (SCAT 72). It was quickly deleted at the band's request, and is now otherwise unavailable. Frontman Bill Fox went on to a somewhat better-known solo career, with several albums worth seeking out (see especially Shelter from the Smoke). Read a great, feature-length post about The Mice from Adios Lounge.

MP3@320

HUMONGOUS THANKS to Don from the old ASH blog for sharing

 Learn more about The Mice's music at Trouser Press, Wikipedia & the music of Bill Fox at Wikipedia