Album Notes
The first seven tracks appeared on I'd Rather Be Flag-Burning in 1995, a 10" split with I Spy. Tracks 1 to 5, and track 7 were recorded and mixed over two days (date unknown) at God of Thunder Studios (a laundry room) by Paul James, Tim Clarke, and Chris Brett. A slightly different version of Track 3 had previously appeared as "Nation States" on the 1996 Fat Wreck Chords compilation Fat Music, Vol. II: Survival of the Fattest, and as "...And We Thought Nation States Were a Bad Idea" on their second studio album, Less Talk, More Rock.
Track 8 was recorded during the How to Clean Everything sessions, but did not appear on the album. It was included on the 1994 Fat Wreck compilation Fat Music for Fat People, with a slightly different title: "Homophobes Are Just Pissed Cause They Can't Get Laid".
Track 9 ("True") is a cover of Concrete Blonde, from the 1985 album Concrete Blonde. It is among the first songs Propagandhi recorded with bassist Todd Kowalski. This recording was included on the 1997 Fat Wreck Chords compilation Fat Music Vol. III: Physical Fatness.
Tracks 11 to 14 were recorded in San Francisco, in an early unsuccessful attempt to record Less Talk, More Rock.
Tracks 15 to 17 were recorded live by "Mark the Butcher" in 1992 at the Royal Albert Arms Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Tracks 18 and 19 were recorded in 1991; track 19 was recorded in Charleswood, Winnipeg.
Track 20 is a cover of Venom, from the 1984 album At War with Satan. Propagandhi originally recorded the song for a compilation of punk bands covering metal songs, but Propagandhi later backed out.
Tracks 21 and 22 were recorded at Corefest in 1993.
Tracks 23 to 26 were recorded live by "Sanni" in Linz, Austria in 1996.
Track 25 ("Gamble") is a cover of The Lowest of the Low, from the 1994 album Hallucigenia.
Tracks 27 and 28 were recorded in 1989 with Propagandhi's original bass player, Scott "Fenwich" Hopper. Track 27 ("Bent") is a cover of Canadian hardcore band Sudden Impact, from the 1985 album No Rest from the Wicked.
Track 29 was recorded on 4-track in 1991 or 1992.
Track 30 was recorded "about 15 minutes" north of Pierre, South Dakota on New Year's Day (year unknown)
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