Apes of Wrath - Apes of Wrath

Apes of Wrath - Apes of Wrath

released on LP in 1982

recorded at Unique Productions - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

I bought a used copy of the Apes of Wrath LP among many other items at a recent library sale (the recently posted Former Fetus CD and Tom Wopat LP were among the same batch of records, tapes, CDs and books). Apes of Wrath was an Oklahoma City band led by a fellow named Ted Dodson who wrote all of the songs and music on this LP. There are 21 musicians including Dodson credited on the back cover. I cannot tell who were the other principal members since there is very little information available. According to Ted Dodson's bio on his website, 1000 copies of this LP were pressed with half of the copies being sold in local record stores (by the way be sure to read his very interesting bio although he mentioned that he was proud of this album for some reason there is not much info about the band). This obscure gem is a collection of psychedelic rock tunes with quirky lyrics especially on side two which is the better side in my opinion. Mr. Dodson did set up another website to store some videos of a few songs off this album and of live performances for viewing.

As I mentioned earlier, there is very little info about this band. I did enter "Apes of Wrath" in Google and most of the results retrieved are links to another band with the same name. Apparently more info exists for that band than the one featured here. As far as I can tell from his website that may not have been updated in a few years, Dodson lives in Dallas, Texas and the whereabouts of the other musicians are unknown.

Tracklisting:

Side One

1. Back to Playing Again {1:53}

2. Where Did Your Daddy Go {3:29}

3. Old Doe {3:04}

4. I Need Somebody New {4:00}

5. Hey Gyp {5:58}

6. Broken Blue Heart {2:24}

Side Two

1. The Apes of Wrath {3:07}

2. Mutant Ape {1:37}

3. 3 Billion Blind Mice {4:03}

4. Mankind's Lies {3:51}

5. Oh! Dear {1:38}

6. Hypnotize the Masses {3:09}

7. Going Ape Over You {3:37}