Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Happy Ten Years Lou Albino

"The First Ten Years"
Lou Albino / Cab Assassin Deluxe Re-Releases

In honor of the ten year anniversary of Lou Albino, Chiefbaby is putting the finishing touches on an awesome package of re-releases from Lou Albino this summer. The tracks compiled in these deluxe versions were selected by band members as the best representation of their recording legacy in their first decade. They also condense the bands 15+ releases into 4 extended CDs. In order they are:

CB-030 Lou Albino "487 lbs of Rock n Roll" Deluxe Re-Release
Consisting of all tracks from this, the original Lou Albino CD, with some extra demo versions from the "Spoon Bangin' Trailer Days Compilation." All songs recorded by Steve, Brad and Geordie in between fall 1997 and summer 1998. New cover art will grace this look into the band's formative years 1997-1999.

CB-031 Lou Albino "Quiet Resort" Deluxe Re-Release
The original 6 song EP from 2000 with 10 bonus tracks from the 2001 Jean Fillage and t-shirt Spillage EP and the 2003 B-String Leads LP. This CD holds the difinitive version of every classic Lou Albino song perfomed by Brad, Steve and Rob from the 2000-2002 era. Updated artword will be included.

CB-032 Lou Albino "Cabassassination" Deluxe Re-Release
A Collection of 20 songs recorded by the band under the pseudonym "Cab Assassin" from 2003-2005. This CD combines almost everything they ever recorded from the original 4song cab assn demo (2003) with Geordie, a selection of songs from the 8song acoustic demo (2004), the Funeral for Lou EP (2004), the Japanese 7" (2005), the Headlight Blind in the Black of Night EP (2005) with Blair Allen, and some alt mixes from the Thirty in Australia EP (2005). Brand new artwork to be designed for this compilation of material.

CB-033 Lou Albino "Losing All Affiliation" Deluxe Re-Release
The acclaimed LP also originally released under the Cab Assassin name in 2005 in its entirety with some extra tracks recorded december 2005 - september 2006. The added tracks are alternate versions of songs from the same sessions that brought the limited edition "Jumbo Lumb Riffs" EP (2006)and "Music is not Math" EP (2006). Updated artwork will be included.

All will be available from Chiefbaby in August.