
Wednesday 30 November 2011
Passion Scars - True Passion Leaves Scars (1992)

Labels:
1992,
mike bezzeg
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Funeral Factory - Four Song Demo

Sunday 27 November 2011
Sissys - Sissys Talk (2011)

Labels:
2011,
bart records,
darrell hartsook
Thursday 24 November 2011
Barflies - Live at Dawn and Paul's (1995)
We can't get enough of "Darby," especially since we ate that weird chocolate that one of our co-workers left in their desk drawer. So we're pleased to bring you another blast of Barflies action.
This is from the same basement show as the earlier Bob Keelaghan set. We're told, by sources who claim to have been there, that this party was a going away of sorts for Paul and Dawn, who ditched their jobs in Calgary to travel the world. The night also included set by Teens For Decency, the Parkades, Gasp and Elmo's Dream. Which makes it a night of super-obscure indie rock, even for us at the CCPS.
But we've never been ones to shy away from the trivial.
This is from the same basement show as the earlier Bob Keelaghan set. We're told, by sources who claim to have been there, that this party was a going away of sorts for Paul and Dawn, who ditched their jobs in Calgary to travel the world. The night also included set by Teens For Decency, the Parkades, Gasp and Elmo's Dream. Which makes it a night of super-obscure indie rock, even for us at the CCPS.
But we've never been ones to shy away from the trivial.
Labels:
1995,
dawn loucks,
paul poutanen,
stephen nykolyn
Wednesday 23 November 2011
Barflies - 4-Track Recordings
A few years back (literally - we're digging back over three years for this one! Time flies when you're farting around!) we had a request for some Barflies. The best we could do at the time was post the audio from a video recording we had somehow come in possession of. Until now!
Thanks to the tapes from Dawn and 4-track from Paul, we've managed to reassemble a collection of their recordings. It looks like "Darby," the track that got them a fair amount of airplay on CJSW, was the only recording they really worked up with the full treatment, as they say. So what we've gathered together are pile of the more reasonable sounding recordings of their basement practices, bringing you forgotten gems like "Poferia," "Supersad" and "Infomercial Queen." And, don't worry, there's some "Darby" action (perhaps an unfortunate turn of phrase) on here as well.
Because we certainly do indeed like Darby.
Thanks to the tapes from Dawn and 4-track from Paul, we've managed to reassemble a collection of their recordings. It looks like "Darby," the track that got them a fair amount of airplay on CJSW, was the only recording they really worked up with the full treatment, as they say. So what we've gathered together are pile of the more reasonable sounding recordings of their basement practices, bringing you forgotten gems like "Poferia," "Supersad" and "Infomercial Queen." And, don't worry, there's some "Darby" action (perhaps an unfortunate turn of phrase) on here as well.
Because we certainly do indeed like Darby.
Labels:
dawn loucks,
paul poutanen,
stephen nykolyn
Monday 21 November 2011
Bob Keelaghan - Live at Paul and Dawn's (1995)
We've had an interesting past week of re-aquainting ourselves with 4-track recorders. A ways back, Dawn Loucks gave us a pile of tapes, and among them were a bunch that had been recorded to 4-track. Thanks now to Paul Poutannen, we have the original machine these were recorded on, and will be presenting the highlights from some of those tapes.
We're going to start - since we just had a Bob posting - with another Bob. The one who we've only recently become comfortable conversing with. Bob Keelaghan is a pretty amazing guy, and we've long been fans of his work - which is why this recording of a too-short solo performance from a show in Paul and Dawn's basement is so special. Part poetry, part guitar godliness, all "what the hell is he doing?" Sadly, there's a drop out in the middle of the sing-along "Guano."
Since this performance is so short, we're going to point you to a few more Keelaghan-related goodies. First, Bob appears to have a youtube channel for his Spam Avenger project. Here's the great track he did for the much-overlooked Stompin' Tom tribute that Saved By Radio but together about ten years ago:
In among the tapes we're sorting through, we also found a promo for... maybe a radio show that Bob used to do? We can't remember what it was from, but we swear we've heard it before (and, yes, we know the original source).
But you came here to hear Bob Keelaghan play guitar, and like the bastards we are, we've made you wait all the way down to this very, very, very last word of the post.
We're going to start - since we just had a Bob posting - with another Bob. The one who we've only recently become comfortable conversing with. Bob Keelaghan is a pretty amazing guy, and we've long been fans of his work - which is why this recording of a too-short solo performance from a show in Paul and Dawn's basement is so special. Part poetry, part guitar godliness, all "what the hell is he doing?" Sadly, there's a drop out in the middle of the sing-along "Guano."
Since this performance is so short, we're going to point you to a few more Keelaghan-related goodies. First, Bob appears to have a youtube channel for his Spam Avenger project. Here's the great track he did for the much-overlooked Stompin' Tom tribute that Saved By Radio but together about ten years ago:
In among the tapes we're sorting through, we also found a promo for... maybe a radio show that Bob used to do? We can't remember what it was from, but we swear we've heard it before (and, yes, we know the original source).
But you came here to hear Bob Keelaghan play guitar, and like the bastards we are, we've made you wait all the way down to this very, very, very last word of the post.
Labels:
1995,
bob keelaghan
Saturday 19 November 2011
Bobby McAlister and the Telstars - Band of Gold (1998)
We've been fairly unashamed of hiding how much we like the Film Extras tracks from the Oooh, I'm So Pretty compilation, which we now know was a Bobby McAlister project. Thanks to Aaron Booth and his secret stash of tapes, we're now in possession of a post-Film Extras McAlister band.
Aaron tells us that the Film Extras were shortly-lived, and went on to become the Accommodations (with Derek Hannah), who were also shortly lived. They then morphed into Bobby McAlister and the Telstars in 1997, and were, well, shortly-lived. The Telstars were Booth on bass, Aaron McCullogh on guitar and Calvin Becker on drums.
Bobby himself got in touch with us to fill in massive amounts of detail on all of the tracks here:
"Modern Man", "Sing Whatever You Know" - Artist: The Accommodations
Vocals: Derek Hannah
Bass & Guitar & Vocals: Bobby McAlister
Drums & Keyboard: Cal Becker
Guitar: Brooker Buckingham
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, Band of Gold
Recorded: 1996
"Amelia", "This Life" (actually named "Waking Up Someday") - Artist: Bobby McAlister and the Telstars
Vocals, Bass & Guitar: Bobby McAlister
Drums: Cal Becker
Guitar: Aaron McCullough
Keyboard: Dylan Haveron
Engineered: Rob Smith, Rocky Mountain
Recorded: 1997
"Brother, That's All There Is", "Rain Won't Get Near Me" - Artist: Bobby McAlister and the Telstars
Vocals & Bass & Guitar & Keyboard: Bobby McAlister
Drums & Keyboards: Cal Becker
Guitar & Vocals: Aaron McCullough
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, 4-track
Recorded: 1997
"Love Stings", "Sing Whatever You Know", "Do You Wanna Break Up?" - Artist: Bobby McAlister and the Telstars
Vocals & Guitar: Bobby McAlister
Drums: Cal Becker
Bass & Vocals: Aaron Booth
Guitar & Vocals: Aaron McCullough
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, 4-track
Recorded: 1997
"Something In Your Heart", "Sunshine In The Middle Of The Night", "Rain Won't Get Near Me" - Artist: Bobby McAlister and the Telstars
Vocals, Keyboards & Guitar : Bobby McAlister
Drums: Paul Robertson
Bass: Aaron Booth
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, Sundae Sound, 8-track
Recorded: 1998
"Unit 22" - Artist: Bobby McAlister and the Telstars
Vocals & Guitar : Bobby McAlister
Drums & Keyboard: Cal Becker
Bass: Aaron Booth
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, Sundae Sound, 8-track
Recorded: 1998
"Speed Of Light" - Artist: Bobby McAlister
All instruments: Bobby McAlister
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, Sundae Sound, 8-track
Recorded: 1998
This is pretty great, 70's influenced pop - beard rock, 90's style. Naturally, traces of Paul McCartney abound. We're told that after the recordings were mostly completed - and then shelved - the band imploded, but became the Hardtime Brothers for a short period.
There's some debate raging in the CCPS office about the right car to cruise around listening to this tape in. The usual CCPS chariot, our 80's BMW, is out of the question - right now, we're leaning towards a late 70's Lincoln Continental like this one:
Because Bobby also has his standards.
Aaron tells us that the Film Extras were shortly-lived, and went on to become the Accommodations (with Derek Hannah), who were also shortly lived. They then morphed into Bobby McAlister and the Telstars in 1997, and were, well, shortly-lived. The Telstars were Booth on bass, Aaron McCullogh on guitar and Calvin Becker on drums.
Bobby himself got in touch with us to fill in massive amounts of detail on all of the tracks here:
"Modern Man", "Sing Whatever You Know" - Artist: The Accommodations
Vocals: Derek Hannah
Bass & Guitar & Vocals: Bobby McAlister
Drums & Keyboard: Cal Becker
Guitar: Brooker Buckingham
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, Band of Gold
Recorded: 1996
"Amelia", "This Life" (actually named "Waking Up Someday") - Artist: Bobby McAlister and the Telstars
Vocals, Bass & Guitar: Bobby McAlister
Drums: Cal Becker
Guitar: Aaron McCullough
Keyboard: Dylan Haveron
Engineered: Rob Smith, Rocky Mountain
Recorded: 1997
"Brother, That's All There Is", "Rain Won't Get Near Me" - Artist: Bobby McAlister and the Telstars
Vocals & Bass & Guitar & Keyboard: Bobby McAlister
Drums & Keyboards: Cal Becker
Guitar & Vocals: Aaron McCullough
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, 4-track
Recorded: 1997
"Love Stings", "Sing Whatever You Know", "Do You Wanna Break Up?" - Artist: Bobby McAlister and the Telstars
Vocals & Guitar: Bobby McAlister
Drums: Cal Becker
Bass & Vocals: Aaron Booth
Guitar & Vocals: Aaron McCullough
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, 4-track
Recorded: 1997
"Something In Your Heart", "Sunshine In The Middle Of The Night", "Rain Won't Get Near Me" - Artist: Bobby McAlister and the Telstars
Vocals, Keyboards & Guitar : Bobby McAlister
Drums: Paul Robertson
Bass: Aaron Booth
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, Sundae Sound, 8-track
Recorded: 1998
"Unit 22" - Artist: Bobby McAlister and the Telstars
Vocals & Guitar : Bobby McAlister
Drums & Keyboard: Cal Becker
Bass: Aaron Booth
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, Sundae Sound, 8-track
Recorded: 1998
"Speed Of Light" - Artist: Bobby McAlister
All instruments: Bobby McAlister
Engineered: Bobby McAlister, Sundae Sound, 8-track
Recorded: 1998
This is pretty great, 70's influenced pop - beard rock, 90's style. Naturally, traces of Paul McCartney abound. We're told that after the recordings were mostly completed - and then shelved - the band imploded, but became the Hardtime Brothers for a short period.
There's some debate raging in the CCPS office about the right car to cruise around listening to this tape in. The usual CCPS chariot, our 80's BMW, is out of the question - right now, we're leaning towards a late 70's Lincoln Continental like this one:
Because Bobby also has his standards.
Monday 14 November 2011
Sturgeons - Yellow Sea Eel Hunt (1979)
The other batch of songs on the CDR from Girls from Tahiti was a set of demos from the Sturgeons. We didn't actually know this existed - and we're still somewhat questioning its authenticity. Does the Franklin Mint provide certificates of authenticity for tapes like this?
That weird French blog seemingly corroborates the existence of an early Sturgeons demo from 1979. We believe this is the same tape, but we have our doubts. While we're big fans of the Forward Disorder/Punk Rock Virgins single, this demo is a lot ballsier, brasher and... maybe even better?
We know we could ask Al about this, but instead we're going to close our eyes, picture this and keep on listening to this alleged Sturgeons demo.
Update! We've had this tape authenticated by Someone Who Was There, as well the tape and song titles confirmed:
01 Attack of the Fetus People/It's A Jock's World
02 Noise For Youth
03 Support First Strike
04 I Was A Teenage Housewife
05 Danger Zone
06 Girls on the Bus
07 Belt Up
08 A.B.U.S.I.V.E. Attitudes
10 Here Come The Injuries
09 Suburban Evacuation
11 I Wanna Die
12 Cash Factor
13 I Know, I Know
14 U of C Gestapo
15 Punk Rock Virgins
16 Forward Disorder
We're pleased that a few of our titles were reasonable close. Okay, maybe only one. Thanks to the same unnamed individual (who may or may not have saved a certain radio station we love) for passing us the cover of the original tape!
Labels:
1979,
al charlton,
alan mcdonald,
mark igglesden,
pete tolgoet
Friday 11 November 2011
Suburban Slag - Demo
This is a tape we put a call out for a while ago, and we received it last month from an unexpected source - fellow blogmeisters Girls From Tahiti. The proprietor of said blog had received a CDR with these tracks along with another Calgary band (whose tracks we'll post shortly) - and got in touch with us for more info.
Well, we don't know too much about Suburban Slag other than they included Jeff Burns on guitar, Doug Bolland on bass and future DOA/Subhumans/Personality Crisis/SNFU/who knows who else drummer Jon Card. Who's on vocals? We don't know. This demo is from either 1980 or 1981, and is a great slice of early 80's punk. There's a bit more info this weird French blog, but most of it is actually mis-information.
Which, again, is what we at the CCPS usually strive to provide.
Edit: thanks to our favourite Punk Rock Librarian for filling us in on the vocalist! It was apparently Jim Hanlon
Well, we don't know too much about Suburban Slag other than they included Jeff Burns on guitar, Doug Bolland on bass and future DOA/Subhumans/Personality Crisis/SNFU/who knows who else drummer Jon Card. Who's on vocals? We don't know. This demo is from either 1980 or 1981, and is a great slice of early 80's punk. There's a bit more info this weird French blog, but most of it is actually mis-information.
Which, again, is what we at the CCPS usually strive to provide.
Edit: thanks to our favourite Punk Rock Librarian for filling us in on the vocalist! It was apparently Jim Hanlon
Labels:
doug boland,
jeff burns,
jim hanlon,
jon card
Sunday 6 November 2011
Fricks - Hundred Jeers
We're a bit embarrassed to have been sitting on this track for a few months. It seems that our summer intern, who was supposed to be in charge of the seemingly always-overflowing CCPS email inbox (write to us at hamfisted@gmail.com! We're standing by! Because, in reality, we don't get that much email, except for notifications of lottery winnings and offers for penis enlargements) turned out to be actually preparing a painstakingly detailed catalogue of craft beers of the Pacific Northwest. For the record, the preparation of said catalogue wasn't the reason for his being fired, it was the lack of sharing of samples of said beers.
So, getting things back on track, we're pleased to now present a lost track from one of our surprise favourites from the past couple of years, the quite fantastic Fricks. "Hundred Jeers" pulls all the elements that caught our attention in the first place. Doug Bolland's melodic bass lines, guitars that remind us just enough of NiCon and some meaty hooks. Andy McLachlan tells us that this track was submitted for consideration on the Play compilation, but the "producers" went with the other submitted track instead, leaving this track to languish, unreleased.
But you can give it a home by grabbing it here.
So, getting things back on track, we're pleased to now present a lost track from one of our surprise favourites from the past couple of years, the quite fantastic Fricks. "Hundred Jeers" pulls all the elements that caught our attention in the first place. Doug Bolland's melodic bass lines, guitars that remind us just enough of NiCon and some meaty hooks. Andy McLachlan tells us that this track was submitted for consideration on the Play compilation, but the "producers" went with the other submitted track instead, leaving this track to languish, unreleased.
But you can give it a home by grabbing it here.
Friday 4 November 2011
Quitters - Do You Know (1992)
Back in September, we were thrilled to reconnect with one of our favourite guys from the 90's, Mr. joe McCaffery. Playing for a one-off Now Feeling reunion, we were reminded how amazing of a guitarist he is - while Lorrie Matheson reminded us about how crappy our mp3s of the Quitters' Fuzzball EP is.
Well, Joe tells us that a remastered version of that tape might be in the works, which should keep Lorrie slightly less grumpy than usual (certainly not happy, though). But more importantly, Joe unearthed a track that was recorded during the Fuzzball session but - for reasons that escape us, hearing it almost 20 years later - left off the tape. "Do You Know" fits perfectly with tracks like "Good Thing". Which is in itself a, er, good thing.
Grab this unreleased garage pop nugget here.
Well, Joe tells us that a remastered version of that tape might be in the works, which should keep Lorrie slightly less grumpy than usual (certainly not happy, though). But more importantly, Joe unearthed a track that was recorded during the Fuzzball session but - for reasons that escape us, hearing it almost 20 years later - left off the tape. "Do You Know" fits perfectly with tracks like "Good Thing". Which is in itself a, er, good thing.
Grab this unreleased garage pop nugget here.
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Various - Loaf Eye: The Minimal-Fidelity Calgary Compilation That Never Was

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