Surprise Your Pig: A Tribute to R.E.M. LP / CD / CS
Out of print; Jawbreaker track available on Etc. 2xLP / CD .
Released summer 1993 (according to Etc.); possibly 1992.

Information:
Staplegun Records - #1

Runout groove etchings:
side a: The light is here to keep you warm
side b: This song is here to keep you strong

Vinyl pressing: 4000; first 1000 (?) included Steel Pole Bath Tub / Jawbreaker split 7" on gold vinyl (same songs as on LP)

Booklet contains the following text regarding Jawbreaker:

"It was a wet Tuesday in San Francisco's Mission District when the call came through. A young entrepreneur in Plano, Texas was putting together a tribute record to the now legendary rock outfit REM. Naturally the young fine men of Jawbreaker first approached the project with some ambivalence. What could they, as young fine men, possibly contribute to the REM canon? Did the world need another tribute record, and by affiliating themselves with the project could Jawbreaker stand to lose their status as fine young men? What the hell was Stipe saying, anyway? True to from the band drew together in the face of peril, conscrpted the services fo Billy Anderson, and put their passion to wax. Industry fold are already speculating that the band's real ace in the hole was their inclusion of one of rock's "ten most wanted": a man caled Sumatra. Contractual negotations with Sumatra's agent, Mowdigly, went swiftly, and the discreet Lear Shuttle was arranged to bring the young maverick in from his native Hawaii. The jet landed uneventually on the Sycamore St. helipad, much ot the awe of local residents, where Sumatra was quickly defriefed and driven to the sessions. The rest, as they say, is history. -- Randy Telemacher, Super Genius"

See recording session info

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