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The Toasters : In Retrospect Release Date
MEGA 009 / Stomp 041 : CD January 2004
What can we say? Being the first ever official domestic greatest hits release for The Toasters sounds crazy, but it's true. Up till now all 'best ofs..' have been either European, Australian or Japanese releases. So for those not into importing your music, here is your chance to get your Toasters fix all on one handy disc. If you are a long time fan, this is a perfect addition to your collection and is great to pop in the stereo and rock out without having to switch discs for the next hour or so! If you are just finding out about The Toasters, well here is a great opportunity to get to know what they are all about in one easy swoop. This compilation spans their entire career and gives you all the fan favorites plus some hardcore gems! This is the 'gateway' cd to all that is The Toasters! MEGA 009 / STOMP 041 Cover
Collector tip : The first pressing came with a white plastic tray, all subsequent pressing have been with a black tray. Track 18 is incorrectly titled as "Hard Band For Dead" is should be "Hard Man Fe Dead". retro-stomp-cd-face
Track List
1. East Side Beat (3:44) from the album: SkaBoom!
2. Talk Is Cheap (3:11) from the album: Hard Band For Dead
3. Weekend In L.A. (4:15) from the album: Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down
4. Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down (2:51) from the album: Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down
5. Thrill Me Up (3:03) from the album: Thrill Me Up
6. Razor Cut (3:33) Originally from the Recriminations EP. Now appears on the album: SkaBoom!
7. Dub 56 (2:45) from the album: Dub 56
8. 2-Tone Army (3:19) from the album: Hard Band For Dead
9. Shebeen (4:05) from the album: New York Fever		 retro-stomp-cover-2
10. Recrimination (3:16) Originally from the Recriminations EP. Now appears on the album: SkaBoom!
11. Havana (This Gun For Hire) (3:03) from the album: This Gun For Hire
12. Underground Town (3:28) from the album: Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down
13. Ska Killers (3:08) from the album: Thrill Me Up
14. History Book Version (2:56) from the album: New York Fever
15. The Beat (4:16) Originally from the Beat Up single. Now appears on the album: Thrill Me Up
16. Pirate Radio (3:50) from the album: Enemy Of The System
17. Dog Eat Dog (4:17) from the album: Enemy Of The System
18. Hard Man Fe Dead (3:05) from the album: Hard Band For Dead
19. Mona (3:05) from the album: Dub 56
20. New York Fever (2:07) from the album: New York Fever
21. I'm Running Right Through The World (3:50) from the album: Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down		 retro-stomp-inside

Line Up
Various members throughout the years. Please visit www.toasters.org for information on individual tracks.

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Liner Notes
Buck sez:
...if you had told me back in 1981 that the Toasters would still be around in 2004 I would have thought that you were crazy. But as it happens *you* would have been right, and I'm the one who's nuts ­ at least that's how it feels now and again! As I scribble these lines, the Toasters are getting ready to embark on our 24th year in the biz, and I'd be lying if I said that it hasn't been one of the most amazing boat rides that I've ever been on. We have had the great luck and opportunity to play all over the world ­ including some countries that don't even exist anymore ­ taking this musical style that we love across international boundaries, over political fences and through language barriers, to those people who love it just as much as we do. For that we are truly grateful! With this release we will take the relatively short step north and it's our pleasure to be working with the Stomp crew again.		 retro-stomp-tray
Ska music has had its ups and downs over the years, but now there are more fans than ever before and as we raise the curtain on a new year there's a lot to look forward to. A new spirit of co-operation has come back into the scene, as epitomized by the Still Standing collaboration (www.megalithrecords.com) and the Ska Summit show in Las Vegas in March of 2003. Ska music is alive and well and we are all ­ bands, labels, and fans alike ­ psyched to see what the future has to bring. Every future has it's past, however, and this collection from The Toasters

Sequenced by Matt Collyer and Mike Magee.
Mastered by Greg Smith at DNA Studios Montreal. Layout by Rob Horsman

© Stomp Records 2003 in association with Megalith Records
Stomp Records - A proud member of the Union Label Group
78 Rachel E. Montral, QC, H2W 1C6, Canada
www.stomprecords.com

All music ® Skamming Music LLC
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