Side A
Artist	Song
Rheostatics	California Dreamline
Wild Strawberries	Life Sized Marilyn Monroe
Meryn Cadell (+Rheostatics)	Steam Clean Express
Corky & the Juice Pigs	Basketball
The Gravelberrys	Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Rheostatics	Horses
Daniel Lanois	Messenger
Pig Farm	Midas I'd Be
Melanie Doane	Once He Was Mine
The Waltons	Colder Than You
Rheostatics	Soul Glue
Kurt Swinghammer	Aloha Lois
Barenaked Ladies	Having a Baby (live, Toronto '91)
Rheostatics	It
Rheostatics	You Are Very Star (live, radio)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Barenaked Ladies	Grade 9 (live, Toronto '93)
Spirit of the West	Save This House
Jane Siberry	Temple
Skydiggers	A Penny More
Rheostatics	King of the Past
Corky & the Juice Pigs	P.S.A.
C&tJP's	Eskimo
Sara Craig	This Flight Tonight
Stephen Duffy	Charlotte's Conversations
Rheostatics	Record Body Count
Rheostatics	Aliens
Pig Farm	Mixed Up Day
Rheostatics	Dope Fiends and Booze Hounds
Corky & the Juice Pigs	PSA
C&tJP's	Candy
C&tJPs	PSA
C&tJP's	Americans

Comment:

I met a guy at a concert who was selling t-shirts for his brother's band in SoCal in (I think) '93. Really cool guy named Matt Page. He and his brother Steven were from Canada and we talked a bunch, he was really cool, we wrote back and forth a bit, and he sent this tape. I'm sure I sent something back, if nothing else, then a tape of my band at the time. I must say he had excellent taste, mentioned that "These songs could be called Matt Page's Canadian Essentials even though this tape is Rheostatic Heavy. -Like I said, the Rheos are incredible! -It's a shame you can't get Stephen Duffy's new album in the states. That's why I put a song from it on this tape" (he did mention that SD wasn't canadian) What do I like? Well, the Rheos *are* incredible, esp. "Horses" (I also like the song "Queer" from the Whale Music album), "Midas I'd Be" is very well done, the Gravelberrys song is *such* great pop that it freaks me out, all the Corky stuff is hilarious, the Waltons and the K. Swinghammer tune are great also. Thanks, Matt!!

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