The first vinyl single released on Chapter Music in September 1995, featuring a very nascent Minimum Chips and the incredible pop magic of Perth’s Molasses. A real handmade classic with photocopied covers, stuck on labels and nifty inserts, now totally SOLD OUT!
My first and only solo tape, with all instruments played (averagely) by me. Features four original songs (two of which would later turn up as Sleepy Township tracks), plus covers of Walking The Cow by Daniel Johsnton, Fly by Nick Drake, Waiting For Touchdown by Sneaky Feelings and Sunflour by my old Chapter co-conspirator Richard [...]
Released May 1995
Chapter Music really just put up a hundred dollars or so to copy up a few of Andrew’s cassette for this split release with his label Aquamudvuv. SOLD OUT!
Five songs of quintessential Australian 90s lo-fi by some of its prime purveyors. SOLD OUT!
By O! Released December 1994
Chapter released two full-length albums by O! in one year, and the second Sporco, was the first CD I ever released (it was 4 years before I released another one). A little slicker than the Scared Of Scary cassette but just as weird and entertaining. SOLD OUT!
Released August 1994
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Released April 1994
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By O! Released March 1994
Chapter’s first non-compilation release, from early 1994, was a cassette of amazing squiggly guitar madness from Perth’s O! including a great cover of Kraftwerk’s Pocket Calculator. SOLD OUT!
The cream of early 90s Perth lo-fi (and, er, Manchester and shoegazing) with bands like Mustang!, Yummy Fur, the Wooden Fische and Benji…It was a humble beginning to the label, but a beginning nonetheless. SOLD OUT!
