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Release Date: 2005-01-18

Label: Clean Plate Records

Posthumously released roughly two and a half years after Orchid broke up, this compilation includes all of their rare, hard-to-find and out-of-print work from the numerous splits, EPs and compilations they had contributed songs to while still together and all 24 tracks are remastered from the original recordings. Additionally, it includes a previously unreleased track recorded during the recording sessions for their full-length album Chaos Is Me.

Comes as a 4-panel digipak with clear tray & 20-page lyrics booklet on rough paper.

1 to 4 from Jeromes Dream split skull record, Witching Hour Records #15, recorded December '99 during "Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!" sessions.
5 to 7 from Red Scare split 7", Hand Held Heart #8, same session.
8 & 9 from Combat Wounded Veteran split 6", Clean Plate #28, recorded fall '98.
10 to 14 from Orchid 7", Unfortunate For The Fortunate Records #4, recorded spring '98.
15 to 17 from Pig Destroyer split 7", Amendment Records #26, same session.
18 to 20 from Encyclopedia of American Traitors split 7", Witching Hour Records #10, same session.
21 recorded during "Chaos Is Me" sessions. Originally intended for "Fuck Boston, This Is Amherst" compilation, which was never released.
22 recorded during spring '98 session. From Better Luck Next Time, Witching Hour Records #9.
23 recorded during C.W.V. split session. From 'Falafel Grind' Cripple Bastards Tribute, Obscene Productions #33.
24 recorded on a 4-track summer '98 in our living room. From Songs Of The Dead, Ape Records #5.

Mastered at West West Side.

Layout support provided by Paul Gagne @ Broken Art.

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