SAFE AND SOUND: A BENEFIT IN RESPONSE TO THE BROOKLINE CLINIC VIOLENCE Various Artists 1996

 

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Alt rock with some well known artists

 

Tracklist
 
  1. Letters To Cleo With Charlie Chesterman - You Dirty Rat
  2. Morphine - Radar (Live)
  3. Belly - Think About Your Troubles
  4. Tracy Bonham - Navy Bean (Live)
  5. Deluxx Folk Implosion - U Can't Win
  6. Aimee Mann - Driving With One Hand On The Wheel
  7. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
  8. Jennifer Trynin - Don't Take It Out On Me
  9. Gigolo Aunts - Mr. Woods
10. Mary Lou Lord - Polaroid
11. Scarce - Naked Freakshadow
12. Juliana Hatfield - Waves
13. Bill Janovitz With Buffalo Tom - Coming Down With Something
14. Fuzzy - Severe (Live)
15. Kevin Salem - Ghost Town
16. Mung - Red Light

HU H Volume 9 CD Sampler 1995

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1	–Circle Jerks	I Wanna Destroy You
2	–Daryll-Ann	Stay
3	–Fig Dish	Quiet Storm King
4	–Blue Mountain	Soul Sister
5	–Ash	Jack Names The Planets
6	–Gene	Sleep Well Tonight
7	–Letters To Cleo	Awake
8	–Sleeper (2)	Inbetweener
9	–Greenberry Woods*	Smash-Up
10	–Liquorice	Cheap Cuts
11	–Throwing Muses	Shimmer
12	–Misery Loves Co.	Need Another One
13	–Poster Children	King For A Day
14	–The Seymours*	Arcade Boy

LETTERS TO CLEO Aurora Gory Alice 1993

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Artist Biography by Charlotte Dillon

Melding hooky pop songs with the muscled approach of a rock band, Letters to Cleo formed in Boston in 1990. Guitarist Greg McKenna actually started Letters to Cleo as another group; when he began searching for a background singer to complete his lineup, he found Kay Hanley. A powerhouse vocalist who had previously performed in a local new wave group, Hanley remained with McKenna after the original band fell apart several months later. The band adopted a peppy power pop sound as well as a new name, Letters to Cleo, which made reference to a pen pal with whom Hanley had corresponded during her childhood. Guitarist Michael Eisenstien (whom Hanley would later marry), drummer Stacy Jones, and bassist Scott Reibling soon completed the lineup, and the quintet spent several years touring the Boston circuit.

Now a seasoned band, Letters to Cleo saw its first full-length recording, Aurora Gory Alice, hit the market in 1993. The debut album was released under the local Cherry Disc Records and fared much better than expected, which brought the band to the attention of major-label Giant Records. Giant issued a re-release of Aurora Gory Alice in 1994, followed by the sophomore recording Wholesale Meats and Fish one year later. Letters to Cleo also issued a pair of notable singles in 1995, "Awake" and "Here & Now," the latter of which received positive exposure on MTV and became a Top Ten hit on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Here & Now" was also used on the popular show Melrose Place, where it soundtracked the closing credits and eventually found its way onto the show's hit soundtrack. Even so, Wholesale Meats and Fish didn't do as well as its predecessor, and it would be two years before the next album, Go!, appeared. By this time, drummer Stacy Jones had parted ways with Letters to Cleo to join the group Veruca Salt (he would later launch his own band, American Hi-Fi), and Tom Polce had taken the vacant spot. The group returned in 1998 with Sister, which collected B-sides and material from early demo recordings. Sister proved to be the band's final recording. Letters to Cleo played its last gig on May 4, 2000, and the Boston Globe officially announced the breakup one month later. However, having already inked a contract to complete work on Molly-O, an animated series for television, the bandmates partnered together for a brief period before going their own ways. Stacy Jones enjoyed a brief flash of success with American Hi-Fi's 2001 hit single, "Flavor of the Weak," and Hanley piloted her strong vocals into a solo career. The singer also involved herself with various other projects, providing vocals for the Jose and the Pussycats movie (as well as appearing on its surprisingly endearing soundtrack) and singing backup vocals for Miley Cyrus' tour in 2008. 

Tracklist   

1	Big Star	4:06
2	I See	3:49
3	Rim Shak	5:21
4	Wasted	4:24
5	Get On With It	4:17
6	Here & Now	3:42
7	From Under The Dust	3:26
8	Mellie's Comin' Over	2:12
9	Come Around	4:12
10	Step Back	2:33