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The Fest 19 A-F compilation (vinyl)

Posted by Loren on October 21, 2021

The Fest 19 A-F compilation (vinyl)
The Fest 19 A-F compilation (vinyl)

After a one year hiatus, The Fest returns in Gainesville, FL, next week. Over the years the festival has collaborated on a number of CD sampler compilations and digital previews -- plus limited edition vinyl.

This year, releasing at Fest Marketplace on Oct. 29, A-F Records has put together a special record with 17 artists, limited to 1,110 copies. 100% of proceeds will benefit GRACE, a homeless shelter and organization that originated in Gainesville.

Artists include Hot Water Music, Samiam, Dead Bars, Into It. Over It., Typesetter, Catbite, and more.

Watch SPB for additional Fest 19 coverage in the coming weeks.

Track listing:

Side A:
Reconciler - Stockholm Syndrome
Typesetter - Sideways
Taking Meds - My Moon Is Always Full
Into It. Over It. - 1901 (Phoenix)
Sarchasm - Mellocream
Catbite - NOT UR BB
Hot Water Music - No Division (Live at the Fireside Bowl 11/16/2000)
School Drugs - Deprivation
Dikembe - Shame (Live)

Side B:
Nightmarathons - Abandon (Demo)
Thunderclap - Brain Cloud
Rebuilder - Mavis Beacon (Burning The Bridges Of Hillsborough County)
Samiam - Factory (1995 Demo)
Ceschi - Consider It A Win (Fest Version)
Superbloom - Saints
Dead Bars - Hidden Track
Answering Machine - The Promised Land (Bruce Springsteen)

The Fest 19 A-F compilation (vinyl)
The Fest 19 A-F compilation (vinyl)

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