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One Way Compilation · Boston, Massachusetts

Dig the Boston Underground

Sixteen recordings. Twelve artists. The early Bosstones beside the living network One Way was built to document.

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16 TracksOne connected Boston compilation
12 ArtistsPunk, ska, rock, roots and songcraft
The BosstonesThree foundational recordings
One WayPreservation through connection

The One Way Network

Before the Map Had a Name

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Dig the Boston Underground is more than a sampler. It is an early map of the cultural system One Way and Motherlode now make visible. The record opens with “Drunks & Children,” “Wallet” and “The Cave”—three foundational recordings by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones—then moves through artists whose paths continue to cross elsewhere in the archive.

Rick Barton and the Shadowblasters connect the compilation to the Dropkick Murphys and Barton’s An American Rock Song. Last Stand supplies Boston Oi. Natalie Flanagan and Emily Grogan carry the independent singer-songwriter and guitar-rock lines forward. Ray Mason brings decades of Western Massachusetts roots music. Robin Vaughan appears through Velveteen; John Felice through the Devotions; Jill Kurtz through Caged Heat.

Red Chord, Black Market Medallions and Binge complete a record that refuses to mistake genre for community. Ska-core, punk, blues-based rock, funk-punk and Americana all occupy the same sixteen-track sequence because they occupied the same living ecosystem—clubs, radio programs, studios, labels and overlapping audiences.

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The sixteen-track One Way compilation.
Dig the Boston Underground cover

Various Artists · One Way Productions

Dig the Boston Underground

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones open a compilation connecting twelve strands of independent Boston music.

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The Compilation

Track Listing

  1. Mighty Mighty Bosstones — Drunks & Children
  2. Mighty Mighty Bosstones — Wallet
  3. Mighty Mighty Bosstones — The Cave
  4. Rick Barton & The Shadowblasters — A.W.O.L.
  5. Rick Barton & The Shadowblasters — A Dime
  6. Last Stand — Any Battle Won
  7. Last Stand — Who’s That?
  8. Natalie Flanagan — Little Machine
  9. The Ray Mason Band — Harold’s Been Feeling Down
  10. Velveteen — Big Invitation
  11. Red Chord — Firecrackers
  12. Black Market Medallions — This Music of Business
  13. Emily Grogan — Uranium
  14. John Felice & The Devotions — Make It Go Away
  15. Caged Heat — D.O.S.
  16. Binge — One More Cup
Original One Way Introduction

Preserved from the earlier One Way Productions site.

At last—the long-awaited One Way compilation, Dig the Boston Underground. Check out three of the first songs recorded by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and songs from Rick Barton, Last Stand, Natalie Flanagan, the Ray Mason Band, Velveteen, Red Chord, Black Market Medallions, Emily Grogan, John Felice and the Devotions, Caged Heat and Binge.

Archival Corrections

The legacy player labeled “This Music of Business” as “This Music Business” and “Make It Go Away” as “Make It Go It Away.” This restoration follows the titles printed on the compilation page. The original MP3 filenames remain unchanged underneath.