There's an eBay seller who I've been picking up CDs from for the past several months. I keep going back because every single item starts at a penny. And by (moatly) sticking to a max of $2 per item, I end up not spending more than $4 total on any one record. And, let's face it, I'll try anything for less than a fiver.
That's how I ended up with this, a British release from 2003 from the now-venerable London label No Front Teeth Records. I just grabbed it because I liked the cover and I could barely decipher the words "skate punk" on the tiny .jpg shot for the cover. And I couldn't find anything about it online, so I put in a bid for a buck. A day later, I had won this one; a week later, it wsa in my hands.
This ended up being a pretty great purchase. When you put together a few classic JFA tracks, a pair from Clevo HC outfit H-100's, and a trio from the deeply underrated River City Rebels, you have the makings of a delicious comp stew going. Throw in a bunch of British skate punk bands, as well as an obligatory Duane Peters appearance, and this is a sampler that probably should have gotten a lot more notice 21 years ago.
