(VA) Undergrowth 84 (Re-Upped)

More proof positive that Vancouver are the kings of late 70s/early 80s punk rock (also see previous post):

This post is a response to a request over at Dgrador's O Canadarm! site.

This is an excellent rare tape of the Vancouver scene with otherwise-unreleased tracks (live & demo's of released versions) from 1984 - mostly punk but with some art/alternative rock thrown in.

Undergrowth 84 was released on Collector's R.P.M. Records, which reportedly was a rather large record store in Vancouver, which dealt in vinyl collectables. The following description is based on another site's testimony:

"The smaller front part of the store had the 'KISS collectable corner' and the 'Beatles Museum' along with all the high-$ items; the larger rear of the place was a dark mould-smelling grotto of a few thousand LPs, EPs, 7"s, and tons of bootlegs of all genres including a wall of punk boot's. In the far back corner was a hidden door to a poster-lined stairway leading up to an antechamber of music & entertainment ephemera like posters, buttons, & TV Guides from the 1950s-1970s. Incredibly cool place, but around 1990 the owner slowly went crazy with paranoia & other strange symptoms, moved to a smaller shop (while the original site was razed for a big-name hotel) & would only let people in either through appointment or if they "looked right", and then even that disappeared....)"

The following year, CRPM would release Undergrowth 85.

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(VA) Undergrowth 84 (1984):

Side 1 (Tracks 1-26) 


Side 2 (Tracks 27-43) 

1	Nomeansno	Self Pity	6:21
2	Nomeansno	Some Bodies	4:02
3	Bill Of Rights	Blind Society	1:36
4	Bill Of Rights	Shot In The Ass	2:02
5	Bill Of Rights	Back In The USSR	0:51
6	Clay Pigeon	Party Line	2:33
7	Clay Pigeon	Holy War	3:34
8	Soldiers Of Sport	The Broadcast	4:11
9	Celebrity Drunks	Laugh Till I Cry	2:39
10	Culture Shock	Stay Away	1:26
11	Death Sentence	Get Out Of The Way	2:13
12	Death Sentence	Real World	1:05
13	Death Sentence	Ultra Violence	3:23
14	Unnatural Silence	Misfits Are Innocent	1:04
15	Unnatural Silence	Enemies	0:56
16	Spores	Meat Bi-Product	1:36
17	Spores	Pervert Me	2:02
18	Sudden Impact	Hostage Taker	2:11
19	Sudden Impact	She Drives Me Crazy	3:48
20	House Of Commons	Insane	2:15
21	Uknown Fibres	Surfer Joe	2:06
22	Slow	The Night Before	4:54
23	Emily	Cows In The Field	4:21
24	Emily	Doomed	4:11
25	Der Mittelgang	Take Away The Love	3:13
26	Der Mittelgang	Charade	3:12
27	Family Plot	Gravedigger	2:15
28	Family Plot	Taxi Driver	5:35
29	Quantum Leap	Cancelled Picnic	4:08
30	Kevin Zed	Roulette	2:52
31	Red Herring	If You Work For Me	4:27
32	Animal Slaves	Save Me From Ruin	4:22
33	Crushed	Clever	6:51
34	Scott Devries	Autoerotica	3:59
35	Moev	Ha (Biblebelts)	5:13
36	Skinny Puppy	Glass Houses	3:27
37	Skinny Puppy	K-9	3:38
38	Gord Martin	Still Examination Of Objects In Space	5:57
39	Courage Of Lassie	Hopes and Fears	4:26
40	Courage Of Lassie	Grablied (Loved Ones)	3:19
41	Pepperlip	Hambulance	1:55
42	Blair Petrie	Desulastantiate	7:09
43	Blair Petrie	Gog Demanos (Live)	3:09