I picked this up ages ago! Before this little incessant archival project was even a twinkle in my eye! Where and when I'm not sure exactly, it would have been some kind of op-shop and probably sometime in the past six years.
Way Over There records doesn't feature prominently in my excavations. Perhaps due me immediately passing them off as 'swampy folk punk' or something, which doesn't adequately describe the compilation. The music on here is a lot more diverse. That said, there's a fair amount of post-Mad Season folk-grunge going around - 'Song In D' by Sickbay is pretty good. Admittedly, the only bands I'd heard of on this comp were Machine Translations and Blue Grassy Knoll. Also, the Ergot Derivative's singer sounds a little bit like Guy Picciotto!
Interestingly, the Way Over There homepage is still online! They also have a Facebook page, being active in the capacity of supplying 'music programming' to various Australian festivals, including that most cherished by Triple-J-core-worshipping would-be hipster tweenies, Groovin' The Moo. It appears that the agency closed down in 2014, being absorbed under the Corner Presents umbrella.
Also included in my copy was this newspaper clipping detailing the release of the comp and interviewing label boss Richard Moffat:
1. Intestinal 5:32 Breather Hole
2. Shiteyes 3:17 Three
3. Brainded 4:17 The Ergot Derivative
4. Song In D 3:54 Sickbay
5. Drifter 4:47 James Dixon
6. Errol's Pad 4:17 P. Harness
7. Dear Michelle 3:19 Wild Pumpkins At Midnight
8. Blue Throat 3:43 Circushead
9. We Connect 5:25 The Body Electric
10. Hold My Breath 3:47 Wally Gunn
11. Armageddon Nothing 5:22 Mississippi Barry
12. On My Way Home 4:35 Mighty Servant
13. Rumpy Pumpu 5:17 Snuff Puppets Band
14. Leonard Cohen's Suzanne 4:08 The Dead Salesmen
15. Love Theme 2:13 The Blue Grassy Knoll
16. Tribal 4:29 Fimo
17. Abstract Poverty 4:22 Machine Translations
18. Misfortune 3:18 Disaster Plan
Way Over There Catalogue (1998) - Various Artists
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