Snuffy Smile (1996)
These days. there aren't all that many Snuffy Smile records that I don't have in my collection. I'm all caught up on 7"s, but there are still a handful of CDs that have eluded me. While they were never as high a priority as the 7"s, I really do want to get my hands on all of them in order to truly call my collection complete. This compilation is one of the few I was still hunting.
This is a three inch CD with four bands each covering a Stiff Little Fingers song. Registrators, who were never one of my favorite bands to release a record on Snuffy Smile, give a spirited rendition of "Wasted Life." Sprocket Wheel tackle "Wait and See" in an interesting manner that bounces around genres mixing their trademark pop punk sound with a little bit of doo wop backing vocals and frequent tempo changes.
Nails of Hawaiian turn in the highlight of this release for me, a bouncy version of "At The Edge" with excellent guitar riffage and breakdowns. Finally there's a band I'm really not as familiar with, Sawpit. If their version of "Rough Trade" was an indication of the rest of their releases, I'd probably want to hear more. That said, a quick browse through some YouTube video shows me that they typically deal in a more screamy version of hardcore which is probably why this and an appearance on the Ultimate Slow Beats compilation were their only Snuffy Smile releases.
These 4 cover songs don't make up the most compelling Snuffy Smile CD ever released. They're fun songs, but not the sort of thing that would warrant repeated listens. That said, from a collector position, it was very important for me to add this to my pile of Snuffy Smile releases. Hopefully I'll be able to track down the last few.
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