Compulsiv Records
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Compulsiv Records was a record label that operated out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Dilworth found and signed the talent. Dilworth eventually played in The Lilys
and The Gelcaps, became the road manager for Rocket from the Crypt
, the booker at Electric Factory Concerts
, The Khyber, Upstage, and Upstairs at Nick's, and worked for Clear Channel
). In 1995 Dilworth married Kristin Thomson of Simple Machines
, another noteworthy indie rock label.
Payne provided all of the initial funding and data processing services for the company. He went on to form the first ISP in northwestern Connecticut (Lakeville Internet) in 1995 before being hired by Oracle Corporation
.
After releasing a substantial catalogue in the 1990s, the label gradually vanished.
1. Tinbox
2. Revolver
3. Dehaired Pickled And Baited
CPS 002 Jonestown/Dog Faced Hermans split 7"
1. Jonestown
2. Dog Faced Hermans
CPS 003 Various Artists 7"
1. Circus Lupus
2. Derelict Hotel
3. Jack O Nuts
4. Crain
CPS 004 Zonic Shockum, 'Testosterone' EP (1992)
1. Used Rugs
2. Blair Soup
3. Tooth
4. Well Song
5. Filth Divine
CPS 005 Uptown Bones
1. Naked
2. Satan's Confusing Realm
CPS 006 Crain, 'Monster' 7" (1992, green vinyl)
1. Crackhouse
2. Bricks
3. Hey Cops!
CPS 007 Spore
1. Torque
2. Bad Wheel
CPS 008 Zen Guerrilla, 'Zen Guerrilla' LP (1992)
1. Vamp
2. Friction
3. Icy Water
4. Platinum Cat
5. Crawl
6. Solar Station
7. If 6 Was 9 (Jimi Hendrix)
8. Daddy Long Legs
CPS 009 Kitschchao, 'Peter Stumpe' 7"
1. Peter Stumpe
2. Gone Sane
CPS 010 Caterpillar, 'Velvet Ears' 7" (1992)
"Velvet Ears" b/w "Ronald", "Romilar Jag"
CPS ??? Photon Band, 'Sitting on the Sunn' 7"
"Sitting on the Sunn" b/w "Superstard"
CPS 012 Various Artists, 'Compulsiv for Two' 7"
1. Pitchblende "Drop Me in the Drink"
2. Walleye "Of a Lesser Degree"
3. Rocket from the Crypt "Call it a Clue"
4. Rodan "Shiner"
CPS 014 Bardo Pond, 'Die Easy' 7" (January 1994)
1. Die Easy
2. Apple Eye
CPS 015 Strapping Fieldhands
, 'Sun' 7" (yellow vinyl)
1. Sun, Sun
2. Looking Into The Sun
CPS 017 Derelict Hotel, 'Powerwalk' 7"
CPS 0?? / Dischord 93½ Las Mordidas, 'Surrounded' (co-release with Dischord Records
)
CPS 021 Caterpillar, 'A Thousand Million Micronauts' LP/CD/CS (1994)
CPS 022 Caterpillar, 'Turning The Altas Wheel' 7"
CPS 023 Various Artists, 'Compulsiv III' 7" (1996)
1. Guv'ner: Lotus Fix
2. Bugskull
3. Marmalade
4. Tsunami
CPS 025 Bardo Pond, 'Dragonfly' 7" (November 1994)
1. Dragonfly
2. Blues Tune
CPS 030 Gelcaps, Death Star From Budokan 7" EP
CPS 036 Bardo Pond, 'Big Laughing Jym' 12"EP/CDEP
CPS 039 Caterpillar, 'Macdorium Chlorium Chloe' CD
CPS 048 The Lucys, 'Anselmo'
CPS 0?? Gelcaps '24 Hour Pythons' CD
CPS 0?? Buzz Hungry, 'At the Hands of Our Intercessors' (1995)
CPS 0?? Stinking Lizaveta, '...Hopelessness and Shame' (1996)
CPS 050 Stinking Lizaveta, 'Slaughterhouse' (1997)
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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History
The label was founded by Bryan Dilworth and James Payne.Dilworth found and signed the talent. Dilworth eventually played in The Lilys
Lilys
Lilys are an American indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C in 1988. The only constant member is Kurt Heasley, with the line-up changing regularly...
and The Gelcaps, became the road manager for Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt was an American rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1989 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005.The band gained critical praise and the attention of major record labels after the release of their 1992 album Circa: Now!, leading to a recording contract with Interscope...
, the booker at Electric Factory Concerts
Electric Factory Concerts
Electric Factory Concerts is the name of a longtime Philadelphia-based concert promotion firm, affiliated with the Electric Factory venue in that city and also owned by Larry Magid....
, The Khyber, Upstage, and Upstairs at Nick's, and worked for Clear Channel
Clear channel
A clear-channel station is an AM band Radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. Usually known as class A stations since 1982, they are occasionally still referred to by their former...
). In 1995 Dilworth married Kristin Thomson of Simple Machines
Simple Machines
Simple Machines was a record label that operated out of Arlington, Virginia. The label was masterminded by Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson and, at its peak, had four paid workers- Toomey, Thomson, Pat Graham and Mickey Menard...
, another noteworthy indie rock label.
Payne provided all of the initial funding and data processing services for the company. He went on to form the first ISP in northwestern Connecticut (Lakeville Internet) in 1995 before being hired by Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
.
After releasing a substantial catalogue in the 1990s, the label gradually vanished.
Discography
CPS 001 Bull, 'Bull' 7"1. Tinbox
2. Revolver
3. Dehaired Pickled And Baited
CPS 002 Jonestown/Dog Faced Hermans split 7"
1. Jonestown
2. Dog Faced Hermans
CPS 003 Various Artists 7"
1. Circus Lupus
2. Derelict Hotel
3. Jack O Nuts
4. Crain
CPS 004 Zonic Shockum, 'Testosterone' EP (1992)
1. Used Rugs
2. Blair Soup
3. Tooth
4. Well Song
5. Filth Divine
CPS 005 Uptown Bones
1. Naked
2. Satan's Confusing Realm
CPS 006 Crain, 'Monster' 7" (1992, green vinyl)
1. Crackhouse
2. Bricks
3. Hey Cops!
CPS 007 Spore
1. Torque
2. Bad Wheel
CPS 008 Zen Guerrilla, 'Zen Guerrilla' LP (1992)
1. Vamp
2. Friction
3. Icy Water
4. Platinum Cat
5. Crawl
6. Solar Station
7. If 6 Was 9 (Jimi Hendrix)
8. Daddy Long Legs
CPS 009 Kitschchao, 'Peter Stumpe' 7"
1. Peter Stumpe
2. Gone Sane
CPS 010 Caterpillar, 'Velvet Ears' 7" (1992)
"Velvet Ears" b/w "Ronald", "Romilar Jag"
CPS ??? Photon Band, 'Sitting on the Sunn' 7"
"Sitting on the Sunn" b/w "Superstard"
CPS 012 Various Artists, 'Compulsiv for Two' 7"
1. Pitchblende "Drop Me in the Drink"
2. Walleye "Of a Lesser Degree"
3. Rocket from the Crypt "Call it a Clue"
4. Rodan "Shiner"
CPS 014 Bardo Pond, 'Die Easy' 7" (January 1994)
1. Die Easy
2. Apple Eye
CPS 015 Strapping Fieldhands
The Strapping Fieldhands
The Strapping Fieldhands are an American indie rock band based in Pennsylvania, and are associated with the Siltbreeze label and American lo-fi psych scene. The band's first live incarnation was a three-piece opening for The Frogs...
, 'Sun' 7" (yellow vinyl)
1. Sun, Sun
2. Looking Into The Sun
CPS 017 Derelict Hotel, 'Powerwalk' 7"
CPS 0?? / Dischord 93½ Las Mordidas, 'Surrounded' (co-release with Dischord Records
Dischord Records
Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in the independent punk music of the D.C.-area music scene. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release Minor Disturbance by The Teen Idles...
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CPS 021 Caterpillar, 'A Thousand Million Micronauts' LP/CD/CS (1994)
CPS 022 Caterpillar, 'Turning The Altas Wheel' 7"
CPS 023 Various Artists, 'Compulsiv III' 7" (1996)
1. Guv'ner: Lotus Fix
2. Bugskull
3. Marmalade
4. Tsunami
CPS 025 Bardo Pond, 'Dragonfly' 7" (November 1994)
1. Dragonfly
2. Blues Tune
CPS 030 Gelcaps, Death Star From Budokan 7" EP
CPS 036 Bardo Pond, 'Big Laughing Jym' 12"EP/CDEP
CPS 039 Caterpillar, 'Macdorium Chlorium Chloe' CD
CPS 048 The Lucys, 'Anselmo'
CPS 0?? Gelcaps '24 Hour Pythons' CD
CPS 0?? Buzz Hungry, 'At the Hands of Our Intercessors' (1995)
CPS 0?? Stinking Lizaveta, '...Hopelessness and Shame' (1996)
CPS 050 Stinking Lizaveta, 'Slaughterhouse' (1997)
Bands & Artists
- Zen GuerrillaZen GuerrillaZen Guerrilla were a rock band originally from Newark, Delaware and currently from San Francisco, California. Musically, the band evolved over their career. Their early sound was characterized by psychedelic elements, such as delayed guitars and noise washes. Their unique sound gained a growing...
- CrainCrain (band)Crain was an indie band spawned from the same fertile early 1990s Louisville, Kentucky math rock scene that also gave birth to Slint and Rodan. Combining complex meter and composition with a hard-edged attack, the band was a fixture of the scene but failed to attain the same acclaim as their more...
- CaterpillarCaterpillarCaterpillars are the larval form of members of the order Lepidoptera . They are mostly herbivorous in food habit, although some species are insectivorous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are considered to be pests in agriculture...
- Bardo PondBardo PondBardo Pond are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1991, and who are currently signed to London based label Fire Records. The current members are Michael Gibbons , John Gibbons , Isobel Sollenberger , Clint Takeda , Jason Kourkonis , and Aaron Igler...
- Guv'nerGuv'nerGuv'ner was an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1993 following a relationship between members Charles Gansa and Pumpkin Wentzel. Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth discovered the band when he was handed a demo of theirs by Julia Cafritz of Pussy Galore, who had known Wentzel...
- Photon Band (band)Photon Band (band)Photon Band is an American indie rock band formed in Philadelphia, PA in 1994. The only constant member is Art DiFuria. Key members have included Simon Nagle and Jeff Tanner...
- Stinking LizavetaStinking LizavetaStinking Lizaveta is a power trio from Philadelphia that plays heavy instrumental rock. MusicMight categorizes them as "doom jazz". Their 1996 debut album was recorded by Steve Albini. Albini was so impressed by them, he brought them to the All Tomorrow's Parties festival he co-curated in 2004...
- TsunamiTsunami (band)Tsunami was an American indie rock band from Arlington, Virginia, formed by housemates Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson in late 1990 to play at New Year's party...
- Strapping FieldhandsThe Strapping FieldhandsThe Strapping Fieldhands are an American indie rock band based in Pennsylvania, and are associated with the Siltbreeze label and American lo-fi psych scene. The band's first live incarnation was a three-piece opening for The Frogs...
- Zonic ShockumZonic ShockumZonic Shockum is an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 in Philadelphia.-History:In 1988 Stephen P. Anderson, under the moniker of Zonic Shockum, recorded a 17-song cassette titled Pleasure which received distribution through Sound Choice mail-order catalog and Tower Records in...