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  HIQLP004Long Player  £13.00

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Big Beat

Mouse And The Traps

The Fraternity Years

Mouse And The Traps, from Texas are principally known for the classic garage and folk-rock of A Public Execution , Maid Of Sugar and Lie, Beg, Borrow & Steal. Based in the eastern city of Tyler and evolving from a group of pickers who hung out at Robin Hood Brians recording studio, Mouse (Ronnie Weiss) and his band ruled the region in the latter half of the 60s. The Traps made a name for themselves throughout the south with some incendiary performances and scored several regional hits, with the Dylan-laced Execution making the national charts in 1966. Signed to the venerable Cincinnati indie Fraternity, with a dozen singles under their belt, there were rumours among collectors for years that a Mouse And The Traps LP existed. There never was an album, but now Big Beat has decided to condense the contents of their well-received Mouse & The Traps CD anthology The Fraternity Years into one all-killer vinyl edition. It's the kind of power-packed disc fans would have hoped for back in the day.

As a special bonus, it includes a previously unissued alternate version of the act's 1968 single Sometimes "You Just Can't Win".

Tracklist

• 1. A Public Execution
  2. Maid Of Sugar, Maid Of Spice
  3. Nobody Cares
  4. I'm A Man
  5. Like I Know You Do
  6. I Am The One
  7. Do The Best You Can
  8. I've Got Her Love - Chris St John
  9. Cryin' Inside
  10. Lie, Beg, Borrow And Steal
  11. Sometimes You Just Can't Win
  12. Look At The Sun
  13. I Satisfy
  14. All For You
  15. You Don't Love Me
  16. Promises Promises