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Tapes

Demos, live sets and compilations, dubbed one copy at a time. Each tape is scanned with its J-card and digitized whole. Listen at the library, or ask for a copy for research.

  • A clear cassette labeled Live at the Grange beside its J-card with a photocopied photo of a band and the words Feed Store Saints.

    Live at the Grange

    Cassette · 1993

    Recorded from the soundboard at the April 9 show. One hundred copies, dubbed in real time in Tom Avila’s bedroom.
  • A white cassette with a pink label reading Pull the Weeds beside its J-card with a drawing of lilies and the words Ditch Lilies demo.

    Pull the Weeds (demo)

    Cassette · 1992

    Six songs on a borrowed four-track, recorded in one Saturday in a garage on Mill Street.
  • A smoky gray cassette with a typewritten label reading Silo beside its J-card with a photo of a grain elevator at dusk and the words Grain Elevator.

    Silo

    Cassette · 1998

    Eight slow songs. The J-card asks you to play it “at night, quietly, in a car.”
  • A black cassette labeled Static Hum Vol. 1 beside its J-card, an orange-and-black halftone photo of a crowd at a show.

    Static Hum Vol. 1

    Cassette · 1996

    The first compilation of valley bands: eleven songs, a fold-out J-card with notes on every band, and a sticker.
  • A yellow cassette labeled Casserole Brigade beside its J-card with a cartoon of a casserole dish in sunglasses and the words Potluck Riot.

    Casserole Brigade

    Cassette · 2001

    Ska-punk with a full horn section, recorded live in the Grange Hall kitchen because it had the best echo.

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