Throwaways - Throwaways (2013)

More new tapes! We bought this little gem from Victoria's Shake Records. Sure, it's comprised of stuff that the band already put out on a pair of 7" records (one a split with Dan Izzo's delightful Spastic Panthers). But these are great, great powerpop tunes that we don't mind having in the collection. Because, as we've already established, we believe the cassette is the higher media format. Regardless, "Taco Belly" and "Friday Date" make this tape well worth it.

Order it from Shake or listen to it on bandcamp.

Lucid 44 - Sweep/Sweep (2013)

We're going to take a bit of a break from the nostalgia posts - 'cos we got some new tapes in the CCPS collection! Starting with this. We were super, super happy to find out that the new Lucid 44 was out on both tape and CD. See, in the CCPS archive, we have a very specific hierarchy for media, which goes as follows (from most preferred to least preferred):

1. Cassette tape
2. 7" record
3. 10" record
4. 12" record
5. Small format CD
6. Regular CD
7. 8-track
8. DAT

Of course, there have been cases where we have managed to buy things over multiple formats. Because, well, we're like that sometimes. Too much disposable income and too much storage space are a bad combination.

Anyways, we managed to buy only the cassette of Markus Overland's newest opus, although there was a moment when we considered also buying the CD. And only partly becuase they had different cover art. Also because we're big fans of Overland's sad bastard folk. This is a really great sounding tape (wait, did we really just say that?) - with a full band treatment giving more form to Overland's sometimes rambling solo shows.

And, as a bonus, the band has made this available for free download via their bandcamp.

Forbidden Dimension - Live at the Westward Club August 3, 1990 (1990)

Jeez, just when you think you've posted all the Forbidden Dimension you possibly could, what shows up in the Dropbox but another live recording! It's like Christmas. Or maybe more like Groundhog Day... every morning, you check the CCPS site, and it's another goddam FD thing.

Anyways, thanks to Chris Zuk for passing this tape, which is allegedly from a show where FD opened for Urge Overkill. We suspect that - given the timing - that would mean this show was at the Westward Club. But maybe not? What we do know is that this is the original, full band era FD. Actually, we don't know that. For all we know, it could be Jackson Phibes and a random bunch of Mount Royal College music students.

Actually, that might be a pretty cool thing to hear...

Jackson Phibes - Old Devil Moon (1998)

We think, from what Tom Bagley once told us, that this single was supposed to have been a full FD thing, but after Widow's Walk, the band fractured and Tom was left on his own... and so, this ended up being a solo-ish outing. Maybe we're making that up, though.

We're never quite sure.

Forbidden Dimension - Hallowe'en Everywhere (1995)

Alright! More FD vinyl deliciousness! Jackson and crew were clearly on a roll in the early 90's, with a series of singles second only to Huevos Rancheros.

Our scanner hasn't done the orange of the cover on this justice, but what could?

Forbidden Dimension - All About Evil (1994)

So, another day, another FD single. This single finds FD returning to their full band format for three glorious tracks - including a cover of Blue Oyster Cult's "Stairway to the Stars."

You know, we feel we're at the point where we've said pretty much all there is to say about FD. So just grab the download.

Forbidden Dimension - Dial "M" for Monster b/w Hand of Glory (1993)

We had an offer a while back of a bunch of singles, ones which we already had in the CCPS archive, but hadn't posted. Which made us wonder, why hadn't we posted them? So, back in to the vinyl we go... starting with this great single from Jackson Phibes and crew. This is a great, beefy-sounding drum machine version of two tracks that appeared on early FD cassettes but inexplicably didn't make it onto Sin Gallery.

As a bonus, here's Jackson in the basement revisiting the b-side:



Dial D for download!

The Tickets - Extended Play (1980)

This has been sitting on the CCPS hard drive for a while, after we liberated it from Girls From Tahiti. We recently lost an opportunity to own this rare 7", we weren't quite as fast as another local collector. Sigh. That's the way it goes.

Anyways, we don't know anything about this band - other than they sound a lot like the Raspberries.

Get the ticket here.

CCPS Miscellany: The Smalls - Final Show on CJSR (2001)

Before we leave Edmonton (quick! gotta get out before the end of April, or we'll be stuck here FOREVER!), we have one more tape, courtesy of Todd Walker.

This is - apparently - a broadcast of the Smalls' final show, from CJSR radio. As the title of this post is pretty clear about. We actually forgot that the Smalls kept going for so long - perhaps because Corb Lund's post-Smalls output has been fairly constant.

We ended up in a bit of a debate today, trying to decide which city owns Corb Lund. As much as an Edmonton band as the Smalls were, we like to think of Corb as an Albertan, plain and simple.

Anyways, grab this radio broadcast here.

CCPS Miscellany: Various - Edmonton Punk Explosion

We thought we lost our mp3s of this tape in the great mediafire shitshow we went through prior to Christmas. Well, thankfully we didn't - so this donation from Chris Millar can see the light of day!

What is this? It's a super low-budget compilation of, uh, Edmonton punk bands. In fact, an explosion, as it were. Anyways, this thing is so low budget that the songs at the ends of both side are cut off, presumably because they were too cheap to spring for longer blanks.

Get it here.