I WOULDN'T PISS ON IT IF IT WAS ON FIRE Various Artists 1998

 

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UK release
'Fire Records dedicates this collection to the memory of its co-founder and great friend Johnny Waller, who was tragically killed in a cycling accident last year and whose inspiration, energy, intelligence, support and wit, long after the days of his involvement in the label, will for ever (sic) be missed.'

 

Tracklist

1-1

The Perfect Disaster–

Hey Now!

1-2	Spacemen 3–	Walkin' With Jesus
1-3	Blue Aeroplanes*–	Ups
1-4	Close Lobsters–	Let's Make Some Plans
1-5	The Rose Of Avalanche–	L.A. Rain
1-6	The Very Things–	This Is Motortown
1-7	Walkingseeds*–	Gates Of Freedom
1-8	The Parachute Men–	Mr. Gas
1-9	Harbourkings–	Big Kahuna
1-10	Chuck Prophet–	Rage And Storm
1-11	Dave Graney–	You Could Be Mine
1-12	Pulp–	My Legendary Girlfriend
1-13	Television Personalities–	My Very First Nervous Breakdown
1-14	Midway Still–	I Won't Try
1-15	Leatherface–	I Want The Moon
1-16	Gumball (2)–	This Town
1-17	Anastasia Screamed–	Notown
2-1	The Pastels–	Truck Train Tractor
2-2	Teenage Fanclub–	God Knows It's True
2-3	Eugenius (2)–	Breakfast
2-4	Manifesto (3)–	Pattern 26
2-5	Gigolo Aunts–	Where I Find My Heaven
2-6	Thrum–	So Glad
2-7	H.P. Zinker With Evan Dando–	To One In Paradise
2-8	Urge Overkill–	Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
2-9	The Nightblooms–	Butterfly Girl
2-10	Telstar Ponies–	Moon, Don't Come Up Tonight
2-11	Moles*–	Raymond, Did You See The Red Queen?
2-12	Built To Spill–	Nowhere Nuthin' Fuck Up
2-13	The Halo Benders–	Can't Believe It's True
2-14	Neutral Milk Hotel–	Everything Is
2-15	Sammy (4)–	Babe Come Down
2-16	Cottonmouth–	Something Scratching
2-17	Half Japanese*–	U.S. Teens Are Spoiled Bums
2-18	Supermodel–	Penis Size And Cars
2-19	Mega City 4*–	Android Dreams
2-20	Everclear–	Fire Maple Song

VELVET MONKEYS Rake 1990

 

by request

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Velvet Monkeys Biography

by Kathleen C. Fennessy

Guitarist/producer Don Fleming and drummer Jay Spiegel formed the pop culture tribute band Velvet Monkeys in Washington, D.C., in the early '80s. Both were veterans of Jad Fair's long-running noise pop outfit Half Japanese, with whom they would continue to record throughout the 1980s (Fleming was also in the Stroke Band in the late '70s with Bruce Joyner of the Unknowns). Other members of their garage rock combo included Malcolm Riviera on guitar and keyboards, Elaine Barnes on keyboards and vocals, Charles Steck on bass, and numerous others (the lineup was fluid, to say the least). The group's first recorded appearance was on the 1981 compilation Connected (Limp Records). That same year, they released their first full-length, cassette-only Everything Is Right on their own Monkey Business label. It was followed by the similar-sounding garage-o-rama Future in 1983. In 1986, they split a cassette release, the avant-pop Big Big Sun, with old pals Half Japanese. The group then took a break, with Fleming and Spiegel moving to New York to join fellow musician/producer Kramer's pop-deconstruction unit B.A.L.L. During the sojourn, they issued a compilation of early material with Rotting Corpse Au-Go-Go (1989). Upon B.A.L.L.'s reportedly acrimonious demise, they re-formed Velvet Monkeys with guest musicians Thurston Moore, J Mascis, and Pussy Galore's Julia Cafritz for 1990's concept album -- and swan song -- Rake, a take-off on the exploitation soundtracks of the 1970s (like Curtis Mayfield's Superfly). Fleming and Spiegel returned the favor by subsequently playing on and/or producing recordings by Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., and Free Kitten. Velvet Monkeys also appeared on a number of compilations during the 1980s, including The Other, Sub Pop 9, Train to Disaster, Let's Sea, and Deadly Spawn. In addition, they released a single on Sub Pop (with the Beatles' "Why Don't We Do It in the Road" on the flip) and a double-single of early '80s demos (Better Living) on Moore's Ecstatic Peace label. In 1990, Fleming, Spiegel, and Riviera morphed, as it were, into a new group: Gumball. Two years later, Rake's "They Call It Rock" was included on the soundtrack to Alison Anders' Gas Food Lodging (along with tracks by J Mascis and others). Six years later, House Party, which was recorded for -- but never released by -- SST in 1985 with Workdogs' Rob Kennedy and Scott Jarvis (two other Half Japanese vets), was released by God Bless. The highlight was a ten-minute version of the Stooges' minimalist dirge "Little Doll." Although they had been gone from the scene for five years by that point, Velvet Monkeys hadn't been completely forgotten, even if Fleming and Spiegel have since become better-known for the other bands with which they've been associated.

 

Tracklist

  1. We Call It Rock
  2. She's Not A Girl
  3. The Ballad of "Rake"
  4. Something's In The Air
  5. Velvet Monkey Theme Song
  6. Rock The Night
  7. Harmonica Hell House
  8. Love To Give
  9. 7 Angels
10. Rock Party
11. Velvet Monkey Theme (Assassin Mix)

GENRECIDE (A COMPILATION VOL. ONE) Various Artists 1993

 

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Compilation from Columbia Records


Tracklist

  1. Ultra Vivid Scene - Blood And Thunder (Remix Edit)
  2. Suede - Metal Mickey
  3. Soul Asylum - Black Gold (Live)
  4. Silverfish - Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal
  5. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Prostrate
  6. Mercury Rev - Coney Island Cyclone
  7. Brenda Kahn - Mint Juleps And Needles
  8. Gumball - Upsetters Theme Song (Demo)
  9. The Goats - Hip-Hopola
10. Fishbone - Freddie's Dead (Live)
11. fIREHOSE - Blaze (Instrumental)
12. Depth Charge - Bounty Killer (Remix)
13. The Darling Buds - Long Day In The Universe (Remix)
14. Chuck D - Gunslinging Bird Or If Charlie Parker Were A Gunslinger, There'd Be A Whole Lot 
                       Of Dead Copycats
15. The Boo Radleys - Buffalo Bill
16. Daniel Ash - Get Out Of Control (Prostated Mix)
17. Alice In Chains - Right Turn

GUMBALL The Damage Done EP 1993

 

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Tracklist

1. The Damage Done
2. Thunder (Alt. Version)
3. Chew The Chew
4. Straight Line
5. Upsetters Theme Song (Live)
6. Accelerator

GERMS (TRIBUTE) A Small Circle of Friends 1996

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Tracklist  

1	–NOFX	Forming	0:54
2	–Free Kitten	Sex Boy	2:28
3	–Melvins	Lexicon Devil	1:40
4	–The Holez	Circle One	2:56
5	–D Generation	No God	2:04
6	–Mike Watt & J Mascis	What We Do Is Secret	0:43
7	–Ruined Eye	Land Of Treason	3:09
8	–The Posies	Richie Dagger's Crime	2:57
9	–O-Matic	Strange Notes	1:58
10	–White Flag	Manimal	2:07
11	–That Dog*	We Must Bleed	1:39
12	–Flea	Media Blitz	1:58
13	–Sator	The Other Newest One	2:58
14	–The Wrens	Let's Pretend	2:44
15	–Matthew Sweet	Dragon Lady	3:03
16	–Gumball (2)	Caught In My Eye	3:11
17	–Meat Puppets	Not All Right	4:02
18	–Puzzled Panthers	Now I Hear The Laughter	3:19
19	–L7	Lion's Share	2:43
20a	–Monkeywrench*	Shutdown	22:48
20b	–Hovercraft	Shutdown Reprise
20c	–Drew Blood	Mohawk Redemption

SURPRISE YOUR PIG A Tribute To R.E.M. 1992

thanks to Lou A. for the suggestion!

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Tracklist  

1	–Just Say No	Radio Free Europe	3:12
2	–Band Of Susans	1,000,000	4:26
3	–Gumball (2)	Stumble	6:20
4	–Steelpole Bathtub*	We Walk	3:40
5	–Samson & The Philistines	Talk About The Passion	4:07
6	–Jawbreaker	Pretty Persuasion	5:36
7	–J-Church*	(Don't Go Back To) Rockville	3:40
8	–Phleg Camp	Feeling Gravity's Pull	3:03
9	–Mr T. Experience*	Can't Get There From Here	2:51
10	–Flor De Mal	Good Advices	3:06
11	–The Punchline*	Bandwagon	2:20
12	–When People Were Shorter And Lived Near The Water	I Believe	2:39
13	–Vic Chestnutt*	It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)	4:04
14	–King Missile	Get Up	2:32
15	–Tesco Vee's Hate Police	Losing My Religion	3:05
16	–Jawbox	Low	4:03
17	–Mitch Easter	Shiny Happy People	3:28

GUMBALL Tokyo Encore 1994

by request

 

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Tracklist  

1	Hello There & Depression
2	Gettysburg
3	Alternate Feed
4	Caught In My Eye
5	Upsetters Theme Song
6	Why Don't We Do It In The Road
7	Smoke On The Water
8	Final Upsetters

 

THE STINKY PUFFS A Little Tiny Smelly Bit of 1995

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Artist Biography by Stephen Cramer

The Stinkypuffs formed in the early '90s, when Simon Fair Timony, then-stepson of Half Japanese frontman Jad Fair, formed the band with some of alternative rock's most creative talents. The band's name pointed toward adolescent Timony's playful creativity, as did his lyrics and outlandish vocal style. The first incarnation of the band included his mother, Sheenah Fair, on drums, Jad Fair on effects, and Gumball's Don Fleming and Lee Ranaldo's son, Cody Linn Ranaldo, on guitars. 1995 saw the release of A Little Tiny Smelly Bit of...the Stinky Puffs on Elemental Records. The album included guest appearances by members of Sleepyhead and Timony's personal response to Kurt Cobain's suicide on the heartfelt "I'll Love You Anyway." The disc also includes four live tracks from 1994's YoYo a Go Go festival. As the Super Stinky Puffs Band, Timony performed the band's songs with Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan on guitar and Nirvana's Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl on bass and drums. The disc showcased Timony's childish excitement for alternative music's early resistance for manufactured and processed songs. Immediately, The Stinkypuffs were praised for their no-nonsense enthusiasm. The songs were childish for the simple fact that they were penned by 11-year-old Timony. The Songs and Advice for Kids Who Have Been Left Behind EP was released in 1996, again on Elemental. The seven-song disc featured a more fleshed-out sound, as well as a stripped-down, lo-fi version of Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver." With Sheenah Fair and Cody Linn Ranaldo back on drums and guitar, Timony added Jeffrey Rotter on guitar and Eric Eble on bass. The disc turned out to be the band's swan song, ending the band's lively and short-lived reign as rock's most charismatic prepubescent performers.

 

Tracklist 1. Buddies Aren't Butts 2. Menendez Killed Their Parents 3. I'll Love You Anyway 4. I Am Gross/No You're Not 5. Pizza Break 6. Buddies Aren't Butts 7. Menendez Killed Their Parents 8. I'll Love You Anyway 9. I Am Gross/No You're Not

FATHERS AND SONS Soundtrack 1992

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1. Candyland - James McMurtry
2. Stay Beautiful - Manic Street Preachers
3. Yeh! Yeh - Juliana Hatfield
4. Who Do You Love? - Collision
5. Blue Sky Blues - Chris Whitley
6. You Were On My Mind - Susanna Hoffs
7. Body and Soul - Thelonious Monster
8. Kill Your Television - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
9. I Don't Know Why - Nancie De Ross
10. Chew the Chew - Gumball
11. I'm from New Jersey - John Gorka

GUMBALL Super Tasty 1993

Thanks to Sean for this upload

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Tracklist

1		Accelerator	3:28
2		Hell Of A Message	2:31
3		Here It Comes Again	2:44
4		Tumbling	3:00
5		Marilyn	3:36
6		The Damage Done	3:19
7		Real Gone Deal	3:00
8		Thunder	3:47
9		Black Payback	3:40
10		No More	3:41
11		Got The Cure	2:26
12		Upsetters Theme Song	4:35

GUMBALL Revolution on Ice 1994

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Tracklist

  1. Revolution on the Rocks
  2. Free Grazin'
  3. With a Little Rain
  4. Nights on Fire
  5. Whatcha Gonna Do
  6. Breath Away
  7. Gone to the Moon
  8. It Ain't Nothin'
  9. Read the News
10. The Boat Race
11. Trudge
12. She's As Beautiful As A Foot