Compulsiv Records

'Compulsiv Records'
Founded	1992?
Status	Defunct
Distributor(s)	Southern?
Genre	Alternative rock
Country of origin	United States
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Compulsiv Records was a record label that operated out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

History

The label was founded by Bryan Dilworth and James Payne.

Dilworth found and signed the talent. Dilworth eventually played in The Lilys and The Gelcaps, became the road manager for Rocket from the Crypt, the booker at Electric Factory Concerts, The Khyber, Upstage, and Upstairs at Nick's, and worked for Clear Channel). In 1995 Dilworth married Kristin Thomson of Simple Machines, another noteworthy indie rock label.

Payne provided all of the initial funding and data processing services for the company. He went on to form the first ISP in northwestern Connecticut (Lakeville Internet) in 1995 before being hired by Oracle Corporation.

After releasing a substantial catalogue in the 1990s, the label gradually vanished.

Discography

CPS 001 Bull, 'Bull' 7"

        1. Tinbox
        2. Revolver
        3. Dehaired Pickled And Baited

CPS 002 Jonestown/Dog Faced Hermans split 7"

        1. Jonestown
        2. Dog Faced Hermans

CPS 003 Various Artists 7"

        1. Circus Lupus
        2. Derelict Hotel
        3. Jack O Nuts
        4. Crain

CPS 004 Zonic Shockum, 'Testosterone' EP (1992)

        1. Used Rugs
        2. Blair Soup
        3. Tooth
        4. Well Song
        5. Filth Divine 

CPS 005 Uptown Bones

        1. Naked
        2. Satan's Confusing Realm

CPS 006 Crain, 'Monster' 7" (1992, green vinyl)

        1. Crackhouse
        2. Bricks
        3. Hey Cops!

CPS 007 Spore

        1. Torque
        2. Bad Wheel

CPS 008 Zen Guerrilla, 'Zen Guerrilla' LP (1992)

        1. Vamp
        2. Friction
        3. Icy Water
        4. Platinum Cat
        5. Crawl
        6. Solar Station
        7. If 6 Was 9 (Jimi Hendrix)
        8. Daddy Long Legs

CPS 009 Kitschchao, 'Peter Stumpe' 7"

        1. Peter Stumpe
        2. Gone Sane

CPS 010 Caterpillar, 'Velvet Ears' 7" (1992) "Velvet Ears" b/w "Ronald", "Romilar Jag"

CPS ??? Photon Band, 'Sitting on the Sunn' 7" "Sitting on the Sunn" b/w "Superstard"

CPS 012 Various Artists, 'Compulsiv for Two' 7"

        1. Pitchblende "Drop Me in the Drink"
        2. Walleye "Of a Lesser Degree"
        3. Rocket from the Crypt "Call it a Clue"
        4. Rodan "Shiner"

CPS 014 Bardo Pond, 'Die Easy' 7" (January 1994)

        1. Die Easy
        2. Apple Eye

CPS 015 Strapping Fieldhands, 'Sun' 7" (yellow vinyl)

        1. Sun, Sun
        2. Looking Into The Sun

CPS 017 Derelict Hotel, 'Powerwalk' 7"

CPS 0?? / Dischord 93½ Las Mordidas, 'Surrounded' (co-release with Dischord Records)

CPS 021 Caterpillar, 'A Thousand Million Micronauts' LP/CD/CS (1994)

CPS 022 Caterpillar, 'Turning The Altas Wheel' 7"

CPS 023 Various Artists, 'Compulsiv III' 7" (1996)

        1. Guv'ner: Lotus Fix
        2. Bugskull
        3. Marmalade
        4. Tsunami

CPS 025 Bardo Pond, 'Dragonfly' 7" (November 1994)

        1. Dragonfly
        2. Blues Tune

CPS 030 Gelcaps, Death Star From Budokan 7" EP

CPS 036 Bardo Pond, 'Big Laughing Jym' 12"EP/CDEP

CPS 039 Caterpillar, 'Macdorium Chlorium Chloe' CD

CPS 048 The Lucys, 'Anselmo'

CPS 0?? Gelcaps '24 Hour Pythons' CD

CPS 0?? Buzz Hungry, 'At the Hands of Our Intercessors' (1995)

CPS 0?? Stinking Lizaveta, '...Hopelessness and Shame' (1996)

CPS 050 Stinking Lizaveta, 'Slaughterhouse' (1997)

Bands & Artists

• Zen Guerrilla
• Crain
• Caterpillar
• Bardo Pond
• Guv'ner
• Photon Band (band)
• Stinking Lizaveta
• Tsunami
• Strapping Fieldhands
• Zonic Shockum

Cover Art

• http://www.southern.com/southern/band/RODAN/pics/CPS12L.jpg

References

• http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/label/c/compulsivrecords.htm
• http://history.louisvillehardcore.com/index.php?title=Crain
• http://www.southern.com/southern/band/CATEP/disc.html
• http://www.subpop.com/artists/zen_guerrilla
• http://www.threelobed.com/bardo/discography/release/DieEasy
• http://www.threelobed.com/bardo/discography/release/Dragonfly
• http://www.therevealer.org/archives/feature_001996.php
• http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608001737/Tsunami.html
• http://www.citypaper.net/articles/103196/article073.shtml?print=1
• http://www.rftc.com/article.php?articleid=35
• http://www.mpprojects.com/tc/press.htm
• http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/bands/g/guvner.htm
• http://citypaper.net/articles/103196/article073.shtml?print=1