Sweft (2000)
I wrote about a Sprocket Wheel 7" a few weeks ago and mentioned that I had found another interesting release at the same time. This double CD is the release I was talking about and it's one that I found in a 7" bin while record shopping in Tokyo during my trip a few years ago. I didn't really know what it was at the time that I bought it (I was buying a lot of records and in some ways not paying total attention to what I was buying), I just knew it was a Sprocket Wheel release I didn't have.
When I got back to the hotel to review my bounty, I realized this was a double CD full of Sprocket Wheel songs and from what I can tell now, it appears to be a complete collection of their entire discography. It has all of the songs from both of their full lengths. It has songs from their split 7"s with Goober Patrol and Less Than Jake along with the 7" I wrote about a few weeks ago. It also contains every compilation song that I am able to find as well as a few demos. What I'm getting at is that it's very complete.
I have a lot of these songs already, but I'll admit that it is nice to have everything compiled in one place, particularly all of those compilation songs. Now if I want to sit down and listen to all of the wonderfully fast and melodic punk blasts that these guys released in the 90s, I don't have to tear apart my entire CD rack to accomplish that. This Sprocket Wheel compilation is similar to a Lovemen compilation that I have.. Now if someone would put one out for Blew, I'll have the trifecta of the three biggest Japanese bands that I listened to when I first started buying records from Japan.
Sprocket Wheel - Five songs from 1992 - 1997 Best of Shits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVg4QAXTrVw
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