Released 12 December 1994 Language English | Genre Indie rock Label Simple Machines | |
Recorded 1992-1993 (disc one) and 1994 (disc two) Compiler Jenny Toomey, Kristin Thomson | ||
Working Holiday! is a compilation album released on the Simple Machines label in 1994. It is a collection of tracks by American indie bands which were originally released on a series of 12 7" singles by Simple Machines as part of the Working Holiday monthly record club starting from December 1992. Each song was intended to commemorate a holiday in the month it was released. Subscribers to the record club were also sent a calendar showing the holidays, and a specially made 7" single carrying box.
A limited edition of the Working Holiday! album contained a second disc of live performances from a three-day live music festival held in January 1994 at The Black Cat in Washington D.C. to celebrate the completion of the Working Holiday series. The 20-page CD booklet issued with all editions of the album contains a detailed and illustrated account of the record club project and the live music festival.
Track listing
Disc 1 - 7"s on Holiday!
- 11:59 It's January - Scrawl
- Tin Foil Star - Versus
- Abraham Lincoln - Lungfish
- James Brown - The Tinklers
- Ides - Codeine
- Working Holiday - The Coctails
- Roll Away the Stone - Eggs
- Christmas Trees Everywhere - Jonny Cohen
- Saints Above - Veronica Lake
- Where Is Our Reason - My Dad Is Dead
- Kiss Me - Rastro!
- Another Child Bride - Nothing Painted Blue
- Indie - Lois
- If You Hurt Me - Small Factory
- Kidding on the Square - Tsunami
- Falk - Jawbox
- Back to School - Crackerbash
- Under the Ground - Grifters
- Coalmine #666 - Crain
- A Penny for the Guy - Pitchblende
- Night of the Chill Blue - Superchunk
- Winter's Come - Caterpillar
Disc 2 - Live tracks from the Working Holiday Weekend with MC Jason Noble
- Hello!
- Big Puffy Girl Handwriting - Danielle Howle
- Fun Fun Fun in the Sun Sun Sun - The Tinklers
- Not Coe - David Greenberger
- Whoopsy Daisy - The Coctails
- Broken Heart of a Neutron Star - Crain
- Flax - Pitchblende
- Why am I so tired all the time? - Eggs
- Might - Archers of Loaf
- From the Curve - Superchunk
- Newspaper - Tsunami
- Rubberman - Jonny Cohen
- The Girl with the Carrot Skin - Bricks
- Lady Putney - Caterpillar
- Big Things, Little Things - Rodan
- Sleeping through the Jane Pratt Show - Franklin Bruno
- Hacienda - Versus
Artwork by Archer Prewitt. Disc 2 recorded January 7, 8, 9 1994 at The Black Cat by Bob Weston, Geoff Turner and Charles Bennington.