Simple Machines Tool Set

Thanks very much for your interest in Simple Machines and, more specifically, the TOOL CASSETTES. Unfortunately, we are no longer making them. Here's a brief explanation:

We started the tool cassette series about 5 or 6 years ago as an experiment and a way we could keep some great music "in print" on an as-needed basis without having to spend a lot of money pressing records or CDs, since we dubbed the cassettes as the orders came in. For a long time, this was a manageable and fun project - with 5 cassette decks and a lot of volunteer help, we kept up with the orders. But everything changed when, first, Nirvana got big enough that the Late tape got some notice, and even more when Dave Grohl released the Foo Fighters record last year. Suddenly he was mentioning this post-Scream/pre-Nirvana cassette of his great solo songs in a lot of interviews, and we were flooded with orders, like 100 a month. With very little help and detiorating master cassettes, we got in touch with Dave about getting the master tapes back together and trying to release the cassette as a CD, not as a quick profit maker, but more to keep up with the demand. Dave was more interested in keeping it as a cassette, so we have honored his wishes.

We tried to keep up, with a caveat that it might take a while to get the cassettes since we had so many orders. But now our two master cassettes are at the end of their useful lives, and with some of the other eight cassette masters in the same condition, we've decided to remove the whole tool cassette series from our mailorder. This may not be permanent, but it's what we need to do right now.

We apologize for not being able to send a cassette to you. We'll do our best to add them back in, hopefully with new Late masters! If you have internet access, check our website periodically for news:

http://www.southern.com/southern/label/SMA


no 1 Hammer - Geek A whopping 16 songs of unreleased post-herasure Geek stuff.
no 2 Bates Stamper - Slack Five songs by Jenny Toomey of Geek/Tsunami and Dan Littleton of Hated/Ida - the precursor to Liquorice.
no 3 Pocket watch - Late Ten songs by drummer Dave (ex-Scream and now uh...Nevermind) where he plays all the instruments.
no 4 Awl - The Hated A tape chock full of Hated songs from their punk beginnings. Sadly, never released.
no 5 Roto Chipper Paint Remover - Saturnine Ten songs from a NYC band that did more in two months in 1990 than most bands do in their life. before moving on to Sugartime, Versus, Containe, and Crown Heights. This is soon to be your favorite cassette.
no 6 Swiss Army Knife- The Mommyheads Everything but the kitchen sink on this 4-track wonder. Mommyheads in their best element. Contains cherished favorites like lemon meringue people, swimming in my girlfriend's pool, undress me with your golfball and kill! kill!
no 7 Super Saw- My New Boyfriend Who needs a boyfriend when you can be in a band and write means songs. Tobi from Bikini Kill, Aaron from Seaweed and Jenny from Tsunami.
no 8 Skuff Tool - Tuff School Latest tool tape from our pal Matt (Knuckle Sandwich). A little Ween, a little indie rock, and a lot of attitude from Wesleyan, CT.

the deal with tool cassette orders:
for US, each tape is $4.00 ppd but you can also create your own personal 3-tool set for $10 or a deluxe 4-tool set for $12 or all 8 for $22. mix n' match!

for CANADA, it's $5 each, 3 for $11, 4 for $14, and all 8 for $25

for EUROPE, it's $6 each, 3 for $12, 4 for $15 and all 8 for $28

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