This is an indie cassette I found recently. I got it for a whopping 50 cents at the Salvation Army store on Carling in Ottawa. The 4-song EP, entitled "The Ho Chi Minh Sessions" was released in 1990, and the only credits to be found are as follows:

"Sound Corps is Barton, Young, Mullin, Stewart, and Hepburn. Songs engineered by D. Frauzel - Sum1 Studios."

The cassette itself has an address and phone number, but almost 20 years later, I won't bother to call. The songs are all pretty good, showing an alt-rock groove that would be way more common a few years after this was released. Nice to see that they were ahead of themselves a bit. For the most part, these songs are played with a lot of heart. The last track, though, Sky Blue West, really impressed me.

The tape is truly indie, in all respects. The artwork was done with a black marker, and the cassette inlay card is hand cut from an 8.5x11 inch sheet of photocopy paper. This is as indie as it got before we had MP3s. It's got a healthy dab of Pixies power, and some good screechy chord work.

Sky Blue West