New Additions: Length Of Growth 1981-1989 compilation album by Great Plains

It's rare that a Columbus band has a compilation album, let alone more than one, but that's how important Great Plains are to the scene. For a long time, I had only known them as "Ron House's band before Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments." It took until this project to actually dig into the catalog, and while many of their records are worth checking out, the 2000 compilation Length Of Growth 1981-1989 released by Old3C Records is a great primer, capturing nearly every studio track the band recorded.

Know Yer Band: Great Plains

Band: Great Plains

Members:
Vocals/Guitar - Ron House
Guitars/Vocals - Matt Wyatt
Keyboards/Vocals - Mark Wyatt
Bass - Hank O'Hare (Don Howland), Mike Hummel, Paul Nini, Bill Bruner
Drums - Robert David Green, James Castoe

Releases:
1983 - The Mark, Don & Mel E.P. 12" (New Age)
1984 - Born In A Barn album (Homestead Records)
1985 - Naked At The Buy, Sell, And Trade album (Homestead Records)
1985 - Slaves To Rock 'N' Roll Live! album (Not On Label)
1987 - Sum Things Up album (Homestead Records)
1987 - Dick Clark 7" single (Shadowline Records)
1987 - Before We Stop To Think 12" single (Shadowline Records)
1989 - Exercise 7" single (Homestead Records)
1989 - Colorized! compilation album (Diabolo Records)
2000 - Length Of Growth 1981-1989 double compilation album (Old 3C Records)
2008 - Live At WFMU album (Old 3C Records)
2012 - Directions To The Party DVD (Old 3C Records)

New Additions: Poison Berries by Orchestraville

Way back a few decades ago, the band I was in played one of it's very early shows with Orchestraville at Little Brother's here in Columbus. At the time I didn't quite get it, as my musically vocabulary simply wasn't that expansive. A band that could incorporate the pop melodies of The Beatles and The Kinks with the more esoteric sounds of Robyn Hitchcock or Richard Thompson was not something I could grasp all that well. I finally got around to digging into the actual catalog, and stating with the latest release and working backward, I picked up Poison Berries recently on crate digging trip to various stores, not able to wrap my ahead around the band what they are capable of pulling off with expertise - pop music for people who don't like their pop on a platter, but parceled out in tasty, albeit layered, bits and pieces.

Know Yer Band: Orchestraville

Band: Orchestraville

Members
Vocals/Guitar - Chris Forbes
Guitar - Brendan McKay/Matt Duckworth
Bass - Dave Pascoe
Drums - Keith Hanlon
Keyboards - Parker Paul

Releases
1992 - I For An I 7" single (Interzone)
1998 - Orchestraville album (Mossy Records)
2001 - At Night It Is Particularly Lovely (Mossy Records)
2010 - Poison Berries (Old 3C Record)
2010 - Waiting For A Chance digital single (Not On Label)
2010 - Invent The Machine digital EP (Not On Label)
2011 - Early Tracks: Outtakes 1991 - 1998 compilation album (Mossy Records)

Know Yer Band: Log

Band: Log

Members
Guitar/Vocals - Paul Nini
Guitar - Kevin Dimoff
Bass/Vocals - Shirley Tobias
Drums - Kelly Knuth/Greg Bonnell
Keyboards - Mark Wyatt/Chris Nini

Releases
1993 - 4 Song EP (Anyway Records)
1994 - Light The Fuse And Get Away album (Anyway Records)
1996 - My Evil Friend EP (Anyway Records)
1999 - Auto Fire Life album (Old 3C Records)
2004 - Log Almighty album (Old 3C Records)
2005 - The Early Years compilation album (Old 3C Records)
2005 - Logjammin' album (Old 3C Records)

Pat Radio Podcast 2015 - Paul Nini (Old3C) and Kyle Siegrist (Lost Weekend Records)

Back in 2015, Pat Radio hosted a pair of gentlemen relevant to this blog:

Special guests this week are Paul Nini of Old3C records and Kyle Siegrist of Lost Weekend Records. Both Paul and Kyle talk about the 50 @ 50 comp that is out now on Old3C, and Kyle hypes his anniversary show at Ace of Cups and upcoming Lost Weekend Records vinyl releases.

Aquabear Legion: The Western Reserve Podcast with Paul Nini

Aquabear Legion is an Ohio music blog going back to 2008, and they've hosted a number of podcasts since 2011. Most recently, The Western Reserve podcast featured Paul Nini of Househearts, Great Plains, Log, Old3C Records and more on their February and March episodes. Here's the description:

Episodes 14 and 15 of The Western Reserve are a two part interview and playlist from Columbus, Ohio’s Paul Nini. Paul is behind Old 3c Records and its current form the Old 3c Label Group and is known to Ohio music fans from his bands Great Plains, Log, and Closet Mix. Brian spends the next two episodes talking with Paul about playing in bands, putting out records, and what he’s working on now. All while playing a lot of good music.