Slight Slappers
Vinyl Collection 1995-2001

Listening notes

Slight Slappers' "Vinyl Collection 1995-2001," released in 2006 on Blurred Records (catalog number blurred-34), is a CD compilation drawing together the Japanese grindcore and hardcore punk band's output from across six years of activity. The disc gathers material originally issued across several separate physical releases, presenting them in sequence on a single disc.

The source releases represented here include a split 7" with Capitalist Casualties on MCR Company, the "Over Come Pain" 7" on Crust Records, a split 7" with Hated Principles on Blurred Records, the "Change" 7" on MCR Company, a contribution to the Tokyo Santama City Hard Core 2 compilation on MCR Company, a split 5" with Lebensreform issued as an A Per Koro Bilharziose Co-operation release, and tracks from the Meaningful Consolidation 2 Jungle Unity 3 compilation on Blurred Records. A bonus track rounds out the disc at position 47.

In total, the compilation contains 47 tracks. The brevity of most individual pieces is consistent with the grindcore format: a substantial number of tracks fall under one minute in length, with several running under thirty seconds. "Jim Crow," at one minute and twenty-four seconds, and "Chunks," at one minute and eighteen seconds, represent among the longer entries in the sequence. The compilation is catalogued under grindcore, hardcore, punk, and rock.

For collectors and researchers, the release serves as a practical document of the band's vinyl output during the period named in its title, consolidating material that had previously appeared across releases on at least four distinct labels.