On September 12th, 2009, one of those improbably nice late summer days Chicagoan's hold onto as a comfort memory during the lengthy winter bleakness, the Hideout Block Party hosted Bloodshot Records' 15th Anniversary celebration. Food, beer, belt sander races, kids activity area, drunken spelling bee. And music. We soaked in the day with loads of old friends, allies, associates and fans from at least 28 states and 4 countries. No tents or port-a-johns caught fire or tipped over, no belt sanders flew into the gathered throngs; there were no lost children, knife fights, fist fights, food fights, thunderstorms, snowstorms, s**tstorms or beer shortages (despite the audience's best efforts); the stage didn't collapse, the sound system didn't rebel, the bands all showed up and hit the stage at more or less the right times and played the way we love.

This album is a sonic scrapbook of that day, representing all the performers in the order they performed. 19 tracks and almost 70 minutes of highly polished and professional musicianship (ahem), mixed into the red, sho'nuff. It is a chance for people to revel in the memories or pretend they were there.