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Teen-Beat 344.

Teen-Beat tribute album
is released by My Mean Magpie and Unlike

A collection of songs originally recorded by Teen-Beat artists performed (for the most part) by non-Teen-Beat artists. Jointly released on compact disc by My Mean Magpie (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) and Unlike (Cincinnatti, Ohio).

The album can be downloaded for free on My Mean Magpie's Bandcamp page.

This Teen-Beat catalogue number commemorates the release of this album; the album does not carry this Teen-Beat number. It is a My Mean Magpie and Unlike product.

TRACK LISTING

1. NICK ROUMELIOTIS, "Black Magic"
originally performed by Robert Schipul

2. ASHTON P VELVET, "Evanston, IL"
originally performed by Eggs

3. VERMILLION, "Safety In Numbers"
originally performed by The Rondelles

4. THE BURNSIDE PROJECT,
"I Do Believe You're Blushing"
originally performed by Unrest

5. THE VOX, "Neely"
originally performed by Air Miami

6. THE LIGHT, "Buried Treasure"
originally performed by True Love Always

7. MARK ROBINSON, "Cape May"
originally performed by Phil Krauth

8. BOSSANOVA, "Now I Need You"
originally performed by The Feminine Complex

9. RPD158, "The Barnacle / Light Command" (medley)
originally performed by Grenadine / Unrest, respectively

10. PACER, "Number One"
originally performed by Hot Pursuit

11. THE REMAINS OF 5MP, "TeenBeat Theme"
originally performed by Andrew Beaujon and Mark Robinson

12. gRANT, "Walking In Circles"
originally performed by Aden

13. THE YARNS, "My Cold Heart"
originally performed by Cath Carroll

14. OUR TRIP TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, "Show Your Age"
originally performed by Olympic Death Squad

15. THE HIGH TIMES LOUNGE, "Francis"
originally performed by Uncle Wiggly

16. JACK'S LOSS, "Strange Pair"
originally performed by Bells Of

17. THE MAGIC MIRROR with BRAD DAVIS,
"Today It Is My Birthday"
originally performed by Synthetic Socks

18. YUKhONIC, "Cancer"
originally performed by No Trend

19. SUGARCOOKIE, "Superstitious Mummys"
originally performed by Butch Willis

20. THE LINGER EFFECT, "Laughter"
originally performed by Unrest

21. BELTLINE, "Scooby Doo"
originally performed by Aden

22. EMBERS IS SAMMY, "Big Head On"
originally performed by Versus

23. HYPERSTATIC, "Gloomy Highways"
originally performed by Phil Krauth

COMPILED BY

Five Seventeen,
and Sammy McKee.

LINER NOTES

On February 23rd, 1985 TeenBeat Records, a small cassette label, began in the classrooms of Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. As of March 2002, TeenBeat's discography has grown to include over 300 items, including 7" records, CDs, posters, t-shirts and unavailable items and events as diverse and absurd as bricks, houses, injuries, and a Zenith Solid State Stereo. It has been the home of many artists, most notable for releases by Unrest, Versus and Tuscadero among others.

On June 9th 1998, a TeenBeat Mailing List was started and grew to it's modest, but faithful, membership � fluctuating between 150-200 members. It was formed to serve as a place of discussion for fans of the TeenBeat label and it's artists.

In the fall of 2000, the idea was brought up about creating a tribute to the label we all adored, and "The Tribute" came into being. Among the artists list members could have choosen were Aden, Air Miami, Barbara Manning, Andrew Beaujon, Bells Of, Blast Off Country Style, Cath Carroll, Clarence, Jonny Cohen's Love Machine, Dustdevils, Eggs, Feminine Complex, Flin Flon, Flowers of Discipline, Flying Saucer, Gamma Rays, Gastr Del Sol, Gollipops, Grenadine, Hot Pursuit, In Camera, Jungle George and The Plague, Phil Krauth, Krokodiloes, Los Marauders, Luna, No Trend, Olympic Death Squad, Panax, The Project, Mark Robinson, Romania, The Ropers, Scaley Andrew, Robert Schipul, Sexual Milkshake, Stereolab, Synthetic Socks, Teenage Gang Debs, Tel Aviv, Thirsty Boys, Tracy Shedd, True Love Always, The Tube Bar , Tuscadero, Uncle Wiggly, Unrest, Versus, Viva Satellite, Vomit Launch, William and Vivian, Butch Willis and many others. Amateurs On Plastic pays tribute to only a few.

By April of 2001 the last track arrived from none other than TeenBeat's head honcho himself, Mark Robinson who contributed a guitar and vocal version of Phil Krauth's "Cape May," that is throwback to their days spent together in Unrest.

Taking the title from a Butch Willis song (found on Butch's latest album, Superstitious Mummys), Amateurs on Plastic: a Tribute to Teenbeat Records, the compilation had found its name.

Accompanying the CD is a twenty page booklet of notes, facts and references, including liner notes written by Factory Records specialist Frank Brinkhuis (Frank's "four-and-a-half-closed-typed-pages" of Factory Records discography corrections were once made available to NME readers in regards to FAC227, NME's printed discography list). With a nod to Smithsonian Folkways Anthology of American Folk, the booklet is excessive in it's descriptions and unlike many tribute albums fills in the details the casual listener would never know.

NUMBER ALLOCATED

June 15, 2002

ALBUM RELEASE DATE

April 1, 2002

CATALOGUE No.

Teen-Beat 344