Chocolate Chip Cookies | ||||
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Released | 1996 | |||
Label | Tag Tunes/Page Music [1] | |||
Producer | Leslie Spit Treeo [2] | |||
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Chocolate Chip Cookies is an album by Canadian folk rock band Leslie Spit Treeo, released in 1996. [3] [4] It is subtitled "A Rock & Roll Adventure". [5]
The band intended to make "the mother of all concept albums." [6] It contains a cover of Bob Snider's "Ancient Eyes". [6] The band promoted the album by embarking on a full tour of Canada. [7]
A double album, Chocolate Chip Cookies was originally released in a unique paper bag package similar to a cookie bag, with labelling that resembled the design of a Chips Ahoy! bag. [3] [8] Several weeks after the album's release, Nabisco threatened the band with a copyright infringement lawsuit, and in response, the band recalled all unsold copies of the album, held a bonfire in Toronto's High Park to burn the cookie bag packages, and rereleased the album in a conventional jewel case. [9] [10]
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