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Various Artists - Connecticut Fun CD
Incas Records
In 1985, a little CT label called Incas Records put together a compilation of CT bands who were hanging out and playing at the Anthrax club out there. The whole thing was financed by all the bands and some donations and the entire album was recorded and mixed over the course of one weekend at a local studio. It was a somewhat overlooked but really good compilation that did a good job documenting that scene at the time. The record has been out of print for 20 years now and it looked like it was going to be one of those things that only the most obsessive of record collectors would have while the rest of the world would either not have heard of it, or be living without the music contained in those original grooves. Now two decades later, Incas Records as been resurrected and this compilation reissued on a CD for the world to hear what they may have missed, with bonus track to boot!
The compilation features either the first or the only recordings by Fatal Vision, End Product, Contraband, Vatican Commandos, Seizure, Bad Attitude, CIA, Rude Awakening, Lost Generation, No Milk on Tuesday, Youth of Today, 76% Uncertain, and Punkestra (a band that was made up of all the bands on this compilation). The music was all hardcore of various speeds that just pre-dated the hardcore turning metal trend that happened around that time. As a bonus this CD also contains the lone 7″s by No Milk on Tuesday and Rude Awakening, which if it weren’t for their inclusion in this disc would have been lost forever seeing as neither band recorded anything else outside those singles and this comp.
As much as it pains me to say so, I think this disc actually sounds better than my original vinyl. It was recently remastered and a great job was done on it. The booklet folds out poster size and contains some really nice liner notes from some of the various people involved with the original release as well as this reissue, plus it contains the lyrics and band information for every song on the CD! It was obvious by the nice job that the people behind this disc really had an emotional attachment to it and put a lot of care and time into making it be as nice of a package as it can be.
It’s really nice to see not only an old punk label resurrected, but some old and somewhat obscure recordings that meant so much to old punk such as myself be made available for a fair price so people other than those with lots of disposable money to buy old vinyl on ebay can enjoy this fine old hardcore punk that still stands the test of time and sounds as good to these ears now as they did when I first purchased it in my teenage years! I look forward to seeing what else the new Inca Records has up their sleeves!
August 30th, 2006 at 6:27 pm
Wow, I live in CT and had no idea this Comp existed.
September 1st, 2006 at 2:43 pm
On the marquee, they misspelled “Connecticut”. How punk is that!
September 4th, 2006 at 1:05 am
where is conecticut
October 15th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
ahhh…I remember getting this album in high school….good stuff. 76% Uncertain rocked live.
I remember seeing Vatican commandos when they opend for the Dead Kennedys in New Haven….good memories
April 9th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
[...] as its state tree. And every state has an official song. But what about an official punk rock song? Connecticut is leading the way. [warning: youtube / wikipedia / websites that were designed in frontpage 95 ] [...]
June 2nd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
I still have this album. All the bands on it are great and were awesome live. Very good memories.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
how can i get my hands on a copy of this? i’d love to hear it, sounds awesome
August 7th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Yeah,well the dude that sings Red Lights in Contraband is my dad,but he
died when I was 2 yrs. old.Plus 76% Uncertain’s singer is my uncle!You can even ask him off of myspace!
January 29th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Hmmm, awesome stuff here.
In response to Sir Evan Roberts, your uncle is Bones? Fun times. My dad was the drummer for 76% Uncertain and Vatican Commandos. Talk about living the dream. XD