''Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 9'' (subtitled Ohio) is a compilation album in the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series, featuring recordings that were released in

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

. '' Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 21'' is a later volume in the series that features bands from this state.

Release data

This album was released in 1984 as an LP by

AIP Records AIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Records ...

(as #AIP-10015).

Notes on the tracks

Three members of the Choir would form

the Raspberries The Raspberries were an American pop rock band formed in 1970 from Cleveland, Ohio. They had a run of success in the early 1970s music scene with their pop rock sound, which AllMusic later described as featuring "exquisitely crafted melodies and ...

with

Eric Carmen Eric Howard Carmen (born August 11, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. He was first known as the lead vocalist of the Raspberries. He had numerous hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of the Rasp ...

in the early 1970s. This track is the flip side of their first single; the classic

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, " It's Cold Outside" can be found on ''

Pebbles, Volume 2 ''Pebbles, Volume 2'' is a compilation album featuring American underground psychedelic and garage rock musical artists from the 1960s. It is the second installment of the ''Pebbles'' series and was released on BFD Records in 1979 (''see'' 1 ...

''. Another version of "Stepping Stone" is included on ''

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2 ''Highs in the Mid-Sixties'' were a series of compilation albums released in the mid 1980s on AIP Records developed by Greg Shaw. The series was spun off of the similar ''Pebbles (series), Pebbles'' series. Each volume focuses on a specific geogra ...

''. These

Squires In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight. Use of the term evolved over time. Initially, a squire served as a knight's apprentice. Later, a village leader or a lord of the manor might come to be known as a " ...

and Outcasts are not the same bands that were included on ''

Pebbles, Volume 1 ''Pebbles'' is a compilation of US underground and garage single record releases from the mid- to late-1960s. It had a limited original release in 1978 and a more general release in 1979 (where the album was identified simply as ''Pebbles''). I ...

''; according to some sources, the latter band is actually from

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. Phil Keaggy, who was evidently a member of

the Squires The Squires or Neil Young & The Squires were a Canadian band formed in 1963 in Winnipeg. It was one of the first bands of singer-songwriter Neil Young. Recordings Young formed the Squires in 1963, and the group played at community clubs, high ...

, was a founding member of

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and later became a renowned

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recording artist. The Human Beingz changed their name to the Human Beinz when Capitol Records misspelled it on their 1967 hit " Nobody But Me". The label promised to correct the mistake on future releases, but the single's success precluded that possibility.

Track listing

Side 1

The Deadlys The Deadly Awards, commonly known simply as The Deadlys, was an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. The event was held from 1995 to 2013. Description T ...

: "On the Road Again" (

John Sebastian John Benson Sebastian (born March 17, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and harmonicist who founded the rock band The Lovin' Spoonful. He made an impromptu appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969The Gillian Row: "Gloria" (

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

) #

The Squires The Squires or Neil Young & The Squires were a Canadian band formed in 1963 in Winnipeg. It was one of the first bands of singer-songwriter Neil Young. Recordings Young formed the Squires in 1963, and the group played at community clubs, high ...

: "Batmobile" ( Phil Keaggy/Monus) # The Denims: "Adler Sock, The" (The Denims) # Bocky & the Visions: "The Spirit of '64" (R. Bobbins/J. Harris/T. Styles) — rel. 1964 # The Statesmen: "Stop and Get a Ticket" (Travers/Coventry) #

The Pied Pipers The Pied Pipers is an American popular singing group originally formed in the late 1930s. They had several chart hits through the 1940s, both under their own name and in association with Tommy Dorsey and with Frank Sinatra. Origins Originally ...

: "

Hey Joe "Hey Joe" is an American song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard and has been performed in many musical styles by hundreds of different artists. The lyrics tell of a man who is on the run and planning to head to Mexico after shooti ...

" ( Billy Roberts) # The Tree Stumps: "Jennie Lee" ( Ron Jankowski)

Side 2

# The Dagenites: "I Don't Want to Try it Again" (Geoff Robinson) # The Chylds: "Hey Girl" (J. Lepar/R. Fano/N. Boldi) # The Choir: "I'm Going Home" ( Dann Klawson) # The Outcasts: "Loving You, Sometimes" (Collinsworth) #

The Sound Barrier ''The Sound Barrier'' is a 1952 British aviation drama film directed by David Lean. It is a fictional story about attempts by aircraft designers and test pilots to break the sound barrier. It was David Lean's third and final film with his wife ...

: "Hey Hey" ( Paul Hess) #

The Dantes The Dantes were an American garage rock band from Worthington, Ohio, a suburb outside of Columbus, who were active from 1964–1969. They became one of the biggest groups in the Columbus area, scoring a #1 hit locally with their 1966 song "C ...

: "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" (Harvey/Wehr) # The Human Beingz: "Evil Hearted You" (

Graham Gouldman Graham Keith Gouldman (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the co-lead singer and bassist of the art rock band 10cc. He has been the band's only constant member since its formation in 1972. Before 10cc ...

) # The Possums: " Stepping Stone" (

Tommy Boyce Sidney Thomas "Tommy" Boyce (September 29, 1939 – November 23, 1994) and Bobby Hart (born Robert Luke Harshman; February 18, 1939) were a prolific American duo of singer-songwriters. In addition to three top-40 hits as artists, the duo is ...

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