The Last of the Big Time Suspenders

Compilation album by SNFU

Released

1991

Recorded

1986, 1988, 1989

Genre

Punk rock

Length

31:22

Label

Cargo Records

Producer

SNFU, Cecil English

SNFU chronology

Better Than a Stick in the Eye
(1988)

The Last of the Big Time Suspenders
(1991)

Something Green and Leafy This Way Comes
(1993)

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The Last of the Big Time Suspenders is a compilation album by the Canadian punk rock band SNFU. The album is composed of live recordings, demos, compilation and EP tracks, and studio outtakes. It was released in 1991, two years after SNFU's first breakup, to satisfy the band's two-album contract with Cargo Records. The group reformed to tour behind the album, leading to a full reunion.

SNFU signed a two-record deal with the new Canadian imprint Cargo Records in 1988. After the release of Better Than a Stick in the Eye, their Cargo debut, the group disbanded due to exhaustion and disagreements. Members Brent Belke, Marc Belke, and Curtis Creager formed the new group the Wheat Chiefs. Singer Ken Chinn relocated from Edmonton to Vancouver and led the new bands The Wongs and Little Joe, while drummer Ted Simm returned to his home of Winnipeg.

In April 1991, Cargo owner Randy Boyd contacted Chinn about the second album which SNFU owed the label. Chinn suggested combining a recording of one of their final concerts, held at the Polish Hall in Edmonton in September 1989, with additional studio tracks culled from several sources. Cecil English, with whom the band had worked on Better Than a Stick in the Eye, was brought on to produce the compilation sessions. Chinn also drew the album cover art.

Tracks 1 through 7 are live tracks taken from the 1989 Polish Hall concert. Studio recordings of the songs "Cannibal Cafe" and "I'm Real Scared" first appeared on their 1985 debut album, ...And No One Else Wanted to Play. "Gimme Some Water" was written and originally recorded by Eddie Money. A studio recording of "Beautiful, Unlike You and I" was later released as a 7" single in 1993. The remaining three live tracks are unique to this recording.

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