The Fraternity Years is a retrospective album that has been released in CD format. As the name implies, the album collects most of the music from the many singles that Mouse and the Traps

Mouse and the Traps

Mouse and the Traps is the name of a garage rock band from Tyler, Texas that released numerous singles between 1965 and 1969, two of which, "A Public Execution" and "Sometimes You Just Can't Win", became large regional hits. The leader of the band, nicknamed "Mouse", was Ronnie Weiss...

 released on Fraternity Records

Fraternity Records

Fraternity Records was a small record label based in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was started by Harry Carlson and silent partner Dr. Ashton Welsh in 1954.The first hit was local girl Cathy Carr's rendition of a Tin Pan Alley song, "Ivory Tower" in 1956...

, so the last two singles released by the band in 1969 on Bell Records are omitted, as is the novelty song

Novelty song

A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its comical effect. Humorous songs, or those containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs. The term arose in Tin Pan Alley to describe one of the major divisions of popular music. The other two divisions...

 "Would You Believe" and the cover of "Psychotic Reaction

Psychotic Reaction

"Psychotic Reaction" is an early garage rock song released by the American rock band Count Five in 1966, and also the title of their only album. The song Psychotic Reaction was written by the five members of the Count Five, Craig "Butch" Atkinson, John Byrne, Roy Chaney, Kenn Ellner and John...

" by Positively 13 O'clock. However, the album includes 7 previously unreleased songs.

Release Data

This album was released as a CD by Ace Records

Ace Records (US)

Ace Records was a record label that was started in August 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi by Johnny Vincent, with Teem Records as its budget subsidiary. Ace also had the Vin label. Its records were distributed independently until 1962 when a distribution arrangement was set up with Vee-Jay Records....

/Big Beat Records

Big Beat Records (Ace subsidiary)

Big Beat Records is a British record label and import distributor owned by Ace Records, specialising in garage rock.-Roster:Releases include:*Big Star*Dean Carter*The Chocolate Watchband*Count Five*The Cramps*The Flaming Stars*Frumious Bandersnatch...

 in 1997 as #CDWIKD 171.

Track listing

All tracks credited to Mouse and the Traps unless otherwise noted

1. A Public Execution (Henderson, Weiss), 2:49; by Mouse
2. Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice (Henderson, Weiss), 2:40
3. Nobody Cares (Fouts, Weiss), 2:44
4. Cryin' Inside (Stanley, Weiss), 2:33
5. I'm A Man
   I'm A Man (Bo Diddley song)
   "I'm a Man" is a song written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1955. A moderately slow blues with a stop-time figure, it was inspired by an earlier blues song and became a #1 R&B chart hit. "I'm a Man" has been acknowledged by Rolling Stone magazine and has been recorded by a variety of artists,...
   
    (Ellas McDaniel), 2:25
6. Lie Beg Borrow & Steal (Weiss), 2:35
7. I've Got Her Love (Barton, Brians), 2:15; by Chris St. John
8. I Am the One (Barton, Brians), 2:26
9. Like I Know You Do (Henderson, Weiss), 2:25
10. Sometimes You Just Can't Win (Brians, Henderson), 2:57
11. All for You (Henderson, Weiss), 2:47; by Mouse
12. Do the Best You Can (Brians), 2:25
13. Look at the Sun (Gillespie), 2:41
14. You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) (Cobbs), 2:09
15. Promises Promises (Brians, Payne), 2:24
16. I Satisfy (Stanley, Weiss), 3:47
17. Requiem for Sarah (Stanley, Weiss), 3:19
18. L.O.V.E. Love (Henderson, Weiss), 2:31
19. Ya Ya (Dorsey, Levy, Lewis, Robinson), 1:57
20. Good Times (Stanley, Weiss), 2:31
21. Hand in Hand (Stanley), 1:59
22. You Are My Sunshine (Davis, Mitchell), 2:23
23. I Wonder Where the Birds Fly, 1:57
24. Mohair Sam (Frazier), 2:14
25. As Far as the Sea (Barton, Brians), 2:39; by Chris St. John