Bootism: The Bootsauce Collection (cassette): version 1
Saved 2026-09-26 21:42 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added the 1996 Canadian cassette edition of Bootsauce, Bootism: The Bootsauce Collection (Vertigo 314 532 290-4), completing a variant named by family/bootism-the-bootsauce-collection. Sources: Discogs release 18458698 (barcode, label, companies, tracklist, credits), Discogs master 660278, Wikipedia (Bootsauce). Amazon.ca settled as a research gap: its Bootism listings offer CD/MP3 only.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Bootism: The Bootsauce Collection (cassette) <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00731453229044
name: Bootism: The Bootsauce Collection (cassette)
family: family/bootism-the-bootsauce-collection
default_observation: ca-retail-cassette
summary: 1996 Canadian cassette compilation by the Montreal band Bootsauce on the Vertigo label, catalogue number 314 532 290-4.
brand: brand/vertigo
category: category/10001459
country_of_sale: CA
pack_format: cassette
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| manufactured_for | company/polygram-canada | CA | | | | sourced | ^discogs-cassette | Discogs lists PolyGram Group Canada Inc. as "Manufactured For" on the cassette |
| distributed_by | company/polygram-canada | CA | | | | sourced | ^discogs-cassette | Discogs lists PolyGram Group Canada Inc. as "Distributed By" on the cassette |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
| CA | sourced | ^discogs-cassette | Canadian release: Discogs gives release country Canada, year 1996 and distribution by PolyGram Group Canada Inc. for barcode 731453229044. A 1996 release: current copies are second-hand | 2026-09-26 | | | |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Bootism | name | en | | |
| Bootsauce: Bootism | search | en | | |
| 314 532 290-4 | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Release <!--release-->
artists: Bootsauce
label: brand/vertigo
record_company: company/polygram-canada
catalogue_number: 314 532 290-4
media: cassette
released: 1996
release_country: CA
genre: Rock, Funk / Soul
edition: Canadian retail cassette
<!--/release-->
## Tracks <!--tracks-->
| position | title | artist | duration | source | note | writers |
| -------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | -------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| A1 | Scratching The Whole | | 3:24 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| A2 | Everyone's A Winner | | 4:50 | ^discogs-cassette | Hot Chocolate cover; won the 1992 Juno Award for Best Dance Recording (^wiki-bootsauce) | |
| A3 | Fight For Your Right | | 3:40 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| A4 | Touching Cloth | | 3:42 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| A5 | Big, Bad & Groovy | | 4:07 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| A6 | Each Morning After | | 4:19 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| A7 | Whatcha' Need | | 5:09 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| A8 | Pass The Shotgun (Please) | | 3:25 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| B1 | Love Monkey #9 | | 3:35 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| B2 | Hey Baby | | 3:40 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| B3 | Play With Me | | 4:26 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| B4 | Moanie (Radio Remix) | | 3:59 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| B5 | Payment Time (Renovation '96) | | 4:28 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| B6 | Sorry Whole | | 4:06 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| B7 | Crack Of Dawn | | 4:30 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| B8 | Masterstroke | | 3:57 | ^discogs-cassette | | |
<!--/tracks-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| ca-retail-cassette | Canadian retail cassette, Vertigo 314 532 290-4 | edition | CA | | 1996 | | 2026-09-26 | supported | | | | ^discogs-cassette | Discogs release 18458698 in master 660278, one cassette, described as a compilation | | 1 | | cassette | |
<!--/observations-->
## Credits <!--credits-->
| observation | name | role | source | status | note |
| ------------------ | -------------- | ----------- | ----------------- | ------ | ---- |
| ca-retail-cassette | Bootsauce | artist | ^discogs-cassette | | |
| ca-retail-cassette | Livia Tortella | liner notes | ^discogs-cassette | | |
<!--/credits-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ------------------ | ------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
| | relationships | unknown | No source names the licensee of GS1 company prefix 0731453, so no gs1_prefix_owner edge is set | |
| | markets | unknown | Amazon.ca (searched 2026-09-26): the site's search answered with a bot challenge; a web search for the album on amazon.ca found listings B001EBK1XA and B00005B7X2, whose format selectors offer Audio CD (and MP3) only, no cassette | |
| | markets | unknown | Whether any copy of the cassette is currently offered was not established; Discogs showed none for sale on 2026-09-26 | ^discogs-cassette |
| | images | unknown | No openly licensed photo of the cassette found; the Discogs photos carry no reuse licence | |
| ca-retail-cassette | identity | unknown | Runtime, copyright line and country of manufacture are not transcribed on the Discogs cassette entry | |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-26
note: Built from the Discogs catalogue record of this barcode, the Discogs master and Wikipedia; no pack photo was read.
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-cassette | https://api.discogs.com/releases/18458698 | Discogs release 18458698: Bootism - The Bootsauce Collection (Cassette, Canada, 1996) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 18458698 | identifiers, labels, companies, tracklist, credits | CC0 | | |
| discogs-master | https://api.discogs.com/masters/660278/versions | Discogs master 660278: Bootism - The Bootsauce Collection, versions | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 660278 | versions | CC0 | | |
| wiki-bootsauce | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootsauce | Bootsauce | 2026-09-26 | Wikipedia | publication | | | History, Discography, Awards | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Bootism: The Bootsauce Collection is a 1996 compilation by Bootsauce, a Montreal rock band founded in 1989 whose sound combined soul, funk and metal.[^wiki-bootsauce] This barcode is the Canadian cassette edition on the Vertigo label, catalogue number 314 532 290-4, manufactured for and distributed by PolyGram Group Canada Inc.[^discogs-cassette] Its sixteen tracks run eight to a side, from "Scratching The Whole" to "Masterstroke", and include "Everyone's a Winner", the Hot Chocolate cover that won the 1992 Juno Award for Best Dance Recording.[^discogs-cassette][^wiki-bootsauce]
Discogs groups the cassette with a retail CD on Vertigo and BMG Direct club-edition CDs under one master release.[^discogs-master]
<!--/about-->