Last Great Record of the 20th Century

Last Great Record Of The 20th Century is a CD by The Scholars

The Scholars (band)

The Scholars were an American band. Like the Nuckle Brothers, No Doubt and Reel Big Fish, they are one of the main founding bands of the Orange County ska scene....

. It contains all 8 songs from their only main release, I'm In a Band as well as various demos and live tracks. It is currently out of print and very hard to find, occasionally turning up on Ebay, with used copies on Amazon.com

Amazon.com

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often advertised at large prices (~$100). However, note that this album is available for download from eMusic.com.

Track listing

"I Love Guys In Bands" – 3:06
"David Gonzalez" – 3:19
"I Want My Girlfriend Back" – 3:19
"Superdollar" – 3:46*
"Tom & Jerry" – 2:53
"W.T (The No Fear Polka)." – 1:53
"I'm In A Band..." – 3:21
"Girl's Best Friend (Acoustic)" – 4:29
"I'm Done" – 2:57
"Answering Machine" – 2:21
"Girl's Best Friend (Electric) – 3:35
"Lost In Rossmoor / Stupid Arguments / Tom & Jerry (Demo)" – 10:39
"The Munsters Theme / Why Slit Your Wrists When You Can Carve Her Name Into Your Shoulder? / Stealin' From Dad (Demo)" – 7:21
"The Power Rangers Theme / Stupid Arguments / Out To Patricia (Live)" – 7:50
"I'm Done (Reunite)" – 4:07

Band members

Jesse Wilder
Jesse Wilder
Jesse Wilder is a musician.-Career:Wilder's first band was The Scholars, in which he sang, played saxophone and keyboards, then began writing songs with Aaron Barrett for Reel Big Fish...

– vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

, Saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

, Keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
Scott Klopfenstein
Scott Klopfenstein
Scott Allen "Scotty" Klopfenstein is an American musician and a former member of the band Reel Big Fish. He plays trumpet, guitar, keyboard, and sings....

– Trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

, vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
Grant Barry
Grant Barry
Grant Barry, from Seal Beach California, is the former trombone player of Reel Big Fish. Before he was in Reel Big Fish he was in The Scholars with Scott Klopfenstein and Aaron Barrett. He can be heard on the albums Turn The Radio Off and Why Do They Rock So Hard?, having joined the band prior to...

– Trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
Aaron Barrett
Aaron Barrett
Aaron Asher Barrett is the lead singer, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter for the band Reel Big Fish. Prior to forming with Reel Big Fish, Barrett played trombone in another ska-punk act, The Scholars, along with future Reel Big Fish bandmates Scott Klopfenstein and Grant Barry...

– Trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
Jake Berrey – Bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
John Sisk – Guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
Greg Parkin – drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Jay Layafette – Trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
Mike Barnhill – Rhythm Guitar
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

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