FEEDER Two Colours 1995

 

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Tracklist

1	Chicken On A Bone	3:28
2	Pictures Of Pain	3:40

 

LEMONLIME VOLUME ONE...A POP COMPILATION Various Artists 1995

 

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compilation on the spinART Records label 

Tracklist 

1	–The Apples In Stereo	Time For Bed	3:44
2	–Holiday Flyer	I Just Keep Falling Away	3:48
3	–The Seaside	Begging Bowl	4:38
4	–The Winthers	Where's Larry?	2:46
5	–Ultra Cindy	Eighteen Stories Down	4:58
6	–Fashion Central	Talk Show	2:32
7	–Tizzy	Butterfly Party	4:21
8	–Ether Net	What Was Mine	2:23
9	–June (8)	Stripteaser	3:26
10	–Spindle	Phosphorescence	4:11
11	–Honeyburn	Sister	4:59
12	–Dunebuggy	Bucket	3:29
13	–Bomb Pops	Love Me Nots	4:51
14	–Maylove	Spring Fever	2:38
15	–The Mommyheads	Box	3:57
16	–Ditch Croaker	Videohead	2:28
17	–Superdeluxe*	Tales From The Sink	3:05
18	–Individual Fruit Pie	Pennyweight	5:35
19	–The Flavor Channel	The Choice	2:52
20	–Twig (5)	Winky	1:39
21	–Baby Lemonade (2)	Local Drag	2:34
22	–Gigantaur	Favorite Song	3:28

 

DEADICATED Various Artists 1991

 

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Bands covering The Grateful Dead songs. As long as no one forces me to listen to The Grateful Dead, I'm okay with this.

Tracklist 

1	–Los Lobos	Bertha	5:17
2	–Bruce Hornsby & The Range*	Jack Straw	5:51
3	–The Harshed Mellows	U.S. Blues	5:18
4	–Elvis Costello	Ship Of Fools	5:20
5	–Suzanne Vega	China Doll	3:25
6	–Suzanne Vega	Cassidy	3:34
7	–Dwight Yoakam	Truckin'	5:25
8	–Warren Zevon With David Lindley	Casey Jones	4:16
9	–Indigo Girls	Uncle John's Band	4:48
10	–Lyle Lovett	Friend Of The Devil	4:14
11	–Cowboy Junkies	To Lay Me Down	5:18
12	–Midnight Oil	Wharf Rat	6:05
13	–Burning Spear	Estimated Prophet	6:46
14	–Dr. John	Deal	4:17
15	–Jane's Addiction	Ripple	4:39

 

GLADHANDS La Di Da 1997

 

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 Artist Biography by Stanton Swihart

Formed in Omaha, NE, in 1992 (but since relocating to Chapel Hill, NC) by multi-instrumentalists/songwriters Jeff Carlson and Doug Edmunds, Gladhands has seen a slow rise to national prominence. They debuted with a self-released cassette, Brilliant Charade, which attracted the attention of various indie labels. The band settled on Big Deal, to which they signed toward the end of 1994. Over the next few years, Gladhands released two well-received CDs, From Here to Obscurity (1995) and La Di Da (1997), both of which garnered strong reviews. (The Association for Independent Music nominated the latter for Best Alternative Rock Album.) Gladhands spent most of the second half of 1997 and beginning of 1998 touring in support of La Di Da, including an opening spot for fellow Chapel Hillers, Ben Folds Five) and gained additional exposure via widespread airplay on college radio and alternative stations. In early 1999, with bassist Pat McGraw added to the band, Gladhands released their third CD for Big Deal, Wow and Flutter. 

 

Tracklist

1	Kill'em With Kindness
2	Smallsville
3	La Di Da
4	Gore Girls (Gimme More)
5	House Of Mirros
6	Rebound
7	Forget All About It
8	Kat
9	Half The Battle
10	Dissatisfaction
11	Must Mean Love
12	Albatross

 

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW: Big Deal Recording Artists Perform The Songs of Burt Bacharach 1998

 

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Tribute to Burt Bacharach from Big Deal Records label.

Tracklist 

1	–Shonen Knife	Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head	3:02
2	–The Absolute Zeros	(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me	3:15
3	–Splitsville	I'll Never Fall In Love Again	3:33
4	–Wondermints	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	3:09
5	–Idle (2)	Make It Easy On Yourself	3:44
6	–BMX Bandits	It Doesn't Matter Anymore	2:07
7	–Gladhands (2)	Promise Her Anything	2:41
8	–Michael Shelley	Baby It's You	3:43
9	–Dan Kibler	Trains And Boats And Planes	3:06
10	–Cockeyed Ghost	Walk On By	4:10
11	–The Vandalias	Wishin' And Hopin'	2:42
12	–Barely Pink	It's Love That Really Counts	2:41
13	–Hannah Cranna	(They Long To Be) Close To You	4:02
14	–Mitchell Rasor	I Say A Little Prayer	3:57

 

COCKEYED GHOST Neverest 1997

 

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Artist Biography by Stanton Swihart

Consisting of singer/songwriter/guitarist Adam Marsland, bassist Rob Cassell, and drummer James Hazley, Cockeyed Ghost first made itself heard with the release of 1996's Keep Yourself Amused, which was acclaimed by the music press and even hailed by New York Press as the "finest debut album of the rapidly aging year." The band promoted the album through two national tours including one opening for Shonen Knife. 1997 saw the release of the band's second album, Neverest, again roundly hailed by the music press, and culminating with a nomination for Outstanding Pop/Rock Artist in the BAM Music Awards. Following Neverest, however, Cockeyed Ghost entered a difficult period. Cassell quit, followed shortly thereafter by Hazley, leaving the fate of the band to Marsland. Instead of packing it in, Marsland signed a deal with Big Deal for a third Cockeyed Ghost album. He began playing solo acoustic shows as well as touring as a keyboard player for fellow Los Angeles indie band the Negro Problem, after which Marsland set out to record his new songs with producer Steve Refling, touring bassist Robbie Rist, and pre-signing mates Kurt Medlin and Robert Ramos. The result was 1999's The Scapegoat Factory, reflecting the acoustic sensibilities and the disillusionment of Marsland's post-breakup experience without abandoning Cockeyed Ghost's rock roots. 

Tracklist

1	Buzz
2	Binghampton
3	Halo Boy
4	Walking In Winter
5	I'm Ok You're Not Ok
6	Special
7	Koreatown
8	The Third Wheel
9	F/U
10	Asian Hero Worship
11	End Groove

 

 

MELODY FAIR Various Artists 1994

 

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Compilation on the EggBert Records label

Tracklist 

1	–The Jigsaw Seen	Melody Fair
2	–Young Fresh Fellows	Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy Of Arts
3	–Dramarama	Indian Gin And Whiskey Dry
4	–Phil Seymour	The First Mistake I Made
5	–The Appleseeds	Exit Stage Right
6	–Idle Wilds	Kilburn Towers
7	–Kristian Hoffman	Lemons Never Forget
8	–Indian Bingo	My World
9	–Spindle	The Earnest Of Being George
10	–Material Issue	Run To Me
11	–The Fastbacks*	Turn Of The Century
12	–Chris Von Sneidern	You Know It's For You
13	–The Movie Stars	I Can't See Nobody
14	–Sneetches, UK*	Mrs. Gillespies's Refrigerator
15	–Action Figures	Whisper Whisper
16	–Beri Rhoades*	I'm Not Wearing Make Up
17	–Nick Celeste	The Greatest Man In The World
18	–Baby Lemonade (2)	How Deep Is Your Love?
19	–Let's Talk About Girls	If I Had My Mind On Something Else
20	–Insect Surfers	Massachusetts
21	–Michael Nold	Horizontal

NME SAMPLER Various Artists 1997

 
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NME (New Musical Express) Sampler 

 

Tracklist

1	–Mansun	Wide Open Space	4:31
2	–Mansun	Stripper Vicar	4:08
3	–Mundy	Life's A Cinch	5:01
4	–Mundy	Reunion - Live	4:39
5	–Reef	Place Your Hands	3:37
6	–Reef	Resignation	3:36
7	–Skunk Anansie	Hedonism	3:27
8	–Skunk Anansie	So Sublime	4:55
9	–3 Colours Red	Pure	3:09
10	–3 Colours Red	Through Breeze	4:49

 

THE FRANK AND WALTERS After All 1992

 

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Artist Biography by Dave Donnelly

The Frank and Walters are a pop/rock trio hailing from Cork City, in Ireland. They rose to prominence in the early '90s, achieving chart success as part of a movement of young, upbeat guitar pop bands that also included the likes of the Inspiral Carpets (with whom they toured extensively) and the Lightning Seeds, and would influence the burgeoning Brit-pop scene shortly afterward.

The Frank and Walters formed in 1990 in the Cork suburb of Bishopstown. The initial lineup consisted of brothers Paul (bass and vocals) and Niall Linehan (guitar), along with drummer Ashley Keating. They quickly gained a cult following in Cork and were picked up by independent Dublin label Setanta Records. The three relocated to London and began work on a pair of EPs entitled, imaginatively, EP1 and EP2. EP2 was produced by Dave Couse of A House and contained the minor hit "Fashion Crisis Hits New York." EP1 and EP2 were compiled and released as a stand-alone CD later in 1991. The initial success of the two EPs was enough to convince Polydor affiliate Go! Discs to upstream the band in 1992, and it wouldn't take long before they made their major breakthrough. Third single "After All" was produced by Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds and propelled the group, for the first time, to the U.K. Top 20, peaking at number 11. They also teamed up with Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice, who produced their third EP, entitled Happy Busman. They released their debut album Trains, Boats and Planes in 1993, a release which consisted mostly of material from the three previous EPs and single.

The next three years would see the group return to live in Cork before embarking upon an extended club tour of the U.S.. They parted ways with Go! Discs upon its dissolution in 1996, releasing the Indian Ocean in anticipation of their second studio album, Grand Parade, which was released the same year on Setanta Records (Sony Records in Japan). Three more years passed before the release of the Beauty Becomes More Than Life in 1999, a more mature album that saw the threesome experiment with loops and samples for the first time. It was followed by Glass in 2000, before a self-titled "best-of" collection brought an end to their contract with Setanta, from whom they bought back their master recordings. In 2004, Niall Linehan left the band to be replaced by longtime friend Kevin Pedreschi, and the band formed their own label, FIFA Records (a play on the initials of the soccer organization, standing for Fresh Indie Frontal Assault), with a similar D.I.Y. ethos to that of their former label. FIFA would release singles and albums by a number of young Irish bands, including Fight Like Apes and Hybrasil, as well as the band's own two-CD rarities package entitled Souvenirs. In 2006, the Frank and Walters released their fifth studio album, A Renewed Interest in Happiness. In 2007, the group released a DVD entitled Live at the Spiegeltent, recorded live over two nights in Dublin and Cork. The same year, the Who biographer "Irish" Jack Lyons published a biography of the group entitled A Renewed Interest in Reading.

 

 Tracklist

1	After All	3:10
2	Love Is In The Air	2:40
3	I'm A Believer	2:45
4	Funky Cold Medina	2:44