Founded 1992? Distributor(s) Southern? Country of origin United States of America | Status Defunct Genre Alternative rock | |
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | ||
Compulsiv Records was a record label that operated out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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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 BaitedCPS 002 Jonestown/Dog Faced Hermans split 7"
1. Jonestown 2. Dog Faced HermansCPS 003 Various Artists 7"
1. Circus Lupus 2. Derelict Hotel 3. Jack O Nuts 4. CrainCPS 004 Zonic Shockum, 'Testosterone' EP (1992)
1. Used Rugs 2. Blair Soup 3. Tooth 4. Well Song 5. Filth DivineCPS 005 Uptown Bones
1. Naked 2. Satan's Confusing RealmCPS 006 Crain, 'Monster' 7" (1992, green vinyl)
1. Crackhouse 2. Bricks 3. Hey Cops!CPS 007 Spore
1. Torque 2. Bad WheelCPS 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 LegsCPS 009 Kitschchao, 'Peter Stumpe' 7"
1. Peter Stumpe 2. Gone SaneCPS 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 EyeCPS 015 Strapping Fieldhands, 'Sun' 7" (yellow vinyl)
1. Sun, Sun 2. Looking Into The SunCPS 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. TsunamiCPS 025 Bardo Pond, 'Dragonfly' 7" (November 1994)
1. Dragonfly 2. Blues TuneCPS 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)