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Thrush Hermit
The Complete Recordings

Compil. CA 2010 on New Scotland Records label
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Clayton Park: Originally released on Sonic Unyon in 1999. Recorded & mixed at The Gas Station, Toronto, ON, in May 1998. Mastered at Metalworks, Toronto, ON. Sweet Homewrecker: Originally released on Elektra in 1997. Recorded at Easley Recording, Memphis, TN, in May 1996. Mixed at Ardent Studios. Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC. Smart Bomb: Originally released by Murderecords in 1994. Recorded at Pier 21, Halifax, NS, in Oct.-Nov. 1993. The Great Pacific Ocean: Originally released on Murderecords in 1994. Recorded by Steve Albini at his house in Chicago, IL, in Nov. 1994. All Technologies Aside: 1 - Recorded at Lawrence Currie's Idea of East in Halifax, March 1998. 2 - Recorded at Idea of East in '98, first appeared on the No Alternative Records 'Teleconned' compilation. 3 - Recorded in 1996 at Easley's, it ended up on the 'Rock & Roll Detective' promo EP. 4 - Also cut in Memphis in '96 and appeared on the 'R&RD' EP. 5 - 1996, Memphis. 6 - Showed up on a compilation by Montesano Records called 'Four Dots: Seattle, Halifax, Moncton, Bellingham.' Recorded at our Cornwallis St. jam space in 1997. 7 - Recorded at Cornwallis St. on the eight-track in March 1998. 8 - Easley's in '97. 9 - Recorded live off the floor at Easley's in 1996. 10 - Recorded on the Tascam four-track in '95 while demoing for 'Sweet Homewrecker.' 11 - Cut on the Tascam in 1997. 12 - 1997, four-track. 13 - Demo for the third Hermit LP that never was. Recorded at Idea of East in March 1998. 14 - Laid down at Idea of East. 15 - 1996. 16 - Demo done in our space in 1997. 17 - 1998. 18 - 1997. 19 - 1997. 20 - 1999. 21 - Recorded in 1999. 22 - Cut with Dale for 'Clayton Park.' Hits & Giggles: 1 - Recorded in July 1994 at Dreamland, a renovated chapel in Woodstock, NY. 2 - Another one tracked at Dreamland. This came as the 'C-side' on the two-disc 'French Inhale'/'Hated It' set. 3 - Came out as a seven-inch on murderecords in 1995. 4 - B-side for 'Giddy.' 5 - 1995 four-track cassette. 6 - The latter half morphed into the finale of 'Clayton Park.' 7 - Recorded on four-track in 1995 for the 'Blow Hard and Pop' comp. 8 - Recorded in August 1995 at Terry Pulliam's Soundmarket Studio on Gottingen Street in Halifax. 9 - Also laid down at Soundmarket. 10 - Dreamland, 1994. 11 - This went on a tribute comp to the Descendents called 'Homage.' Recorded in 1994 during the GPO session. 12 - Recorded in 1993 as a bonus track for the vinyl 10" of 'Smart Bomb.' 13 - Off the 'John Boomer' EP (1993) and a Genius 7" for the US. 16 - B-side of the 'Marya' 7". 17 - Cut from 'John Boomer.' 18 - Appeared on 'Ammo' in 1993. 19 - Appeared on 'Ammo.' 20 - We created this song in a space briefly borrowed from Sloan and Spike N. over the Misty Moon Cabaret on Barrington St. 21 - From the 'Ammo' 7" EP. 22 - From a long-forgotten local Halifax compilation, 'Out of the Fog II,' possibly recorded by Keith Tufts in an old building on Brunswick Street. 23 - We honoured the Local Rabbits by utterly massacring their song for a murderecords giveaway 7" single, recorded in the afternoon in Vancouver's Starfish Room. Embarrass Ourselves Awake: 1 - Recorded on eight-track at the Centre For Art Tapes. It showed up on a Halifax comp called 'Hear and Now, as well as our first real release: the 1992 cassette EP Nobody Famous. 2 - Recorded at Steve Comeau's then-fresh Adinsound studio on Quinpool. 3 - Recordedon a Sears ghettoblaster one summer afternoon in 1989. 4 - Recorded at CBC Halifax. 6 to 11 - thrush Hermit's alter ego band: The Tim Robbins Experience. 7 - Appeared on the Bubblegum Records 'Blow Hard and Pop' comp. 8 - Recorded in the space where Sloan were demoing 'Twice Removed.' 12 - The first incarnation of Thrush Hermit proper was The Hoods. 14 - Recorded on four-track. 16 - Four-tracked at the Plasketts' in '92. 18 - Demoed in the table tennis room of the Plasketts' house circa autumn 1991. 19 - Live from the Double Deuce. Excerpted from a comp called 'Cod Can't Hear.' 24 - Four-track demo. Mastered and edited at Archive Mastering, Mineville, NS, unless otherwise noted.

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	Thrush Hermit , *1992 CA album by
	Joel Plaskett g, voc, *1975 CA compiled by, design, layout, edited by, performer, thrush hermit, sequenced by, written by, narrator
	Rob Benvie g, voc, CA liner notes, text, performer, thrush hermit, written by, cameraman, shot by
	Alex Grace , performer, thrush hermit
	Benn Ross dr, perc, performer, thrush hermit
	Cliff Fenwick Gibb performer, thrush hermit
	Ian McGettigan b, voc, CA performer, thrush hermit, written by
	Michael Catano voc, g, dr, performer, thrush hermit
	Jannie McInnes , photography by, cp live, sh live, cp back sleeve
	Ingram Barss photography by, cp sleeve, ata back sleeve, h&g group
	Ben Gunning g, voc, lead guitar
	Deirdre Murphy , vocals
	Chris Murphy b, voc, *1968 CA cameraman, shot by
	Catherine Stockhausen , CA cameraman, shot by
	Mike Campbell , cameraman, shot by
	Al Barbour , cameraman, shot by
	Shawn LaPaix , cameraman, shot by
	Ted McInnes , cameraman, shot by
	Dolly Banner , cameraman, shot by, cameraman, shot by - from the back of the film
	Jane O'Donnell , cameraman, shot by, cameraman, shot by - from the back of the film
	Adam Jones , cameraman, shot by - the hoods

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