Artists

Landsharks
Party of Three [aka. The Rosary]
Peter Vogl
Izetta featuring Tim Hutchison
Insanity (of Athens, GA)
Silent Partner
Alex Marquez
Sea of Rains
Bed of Roses featuring Bill Mallonnee

Controversy: From inception to release, various issues (eg. financial, project title, local support) hampered the initial stages. The budget: The budget (eventually $4,000) was mostly to be used for recording at Songbird Studio Atlanta

and for disc production at Georgia Record Pressing. Three-quarters of the budget was funded by Calabro with the last quarter contributed by local businesses, including Record Bar being the only outlet of this chain or any record store to ever carry the Lp. Calabro contacted Bob Geldof's label, CBS Records, about participating early on, but neither they or local celebrity Kenny Rogers ever responded to contacts.

After selling less than three dozen copies, the second pressing of 500 discs was cancelled. The beginnings: Promotion of the conception began in January 1985, before We Are the World was released, when the downtown Athens' kiosks were used in advertising a search for bands. No one responded to the initial typed flyers which gave detailed information. The second push was created by kids; an artsy multi-colored attention-grabber, again being attached onto kiosks. This effort resulted in garnering submissions but also angered locals who had not seen the previous professional flyers and attacked the project for starting out amateuristic.

Once bands were chosen, benefits were scheduled for local clubs

while news stories were contributed by area papers Classic City Live, The Athens Observer, and the University of Georgia's The Red & Black. Also, the Hawkinsville Dispatch And News ran a story highlighting an Athen's musician with ties to their community.

Although the benefits were proceeded by news press, they were poorly attended. The first concert brought in $160 although a hundred went to the club sound man. A similar benefit garnered $40 at the end of the night. These setbacks brought backlash against apathy from the same papers which, in turn, brought more disparaging comments from the locals.