Your weekend will be above average should you pick up the new expanded editions of all three albums by Canadian instrumental rock band Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.

The Toronto-based trio--drummer Don Pyle, guitarist Brian Connelly and bassist Reid Diamond--formed out of punk outfit Crash Kills Five in 1984. Their catchy instrumentals and unique DIY-style releases (one EP was sold on a package of Jiffy Pop) guaranteed them cult favorite status, but it was "Having An Average Weekend," the closing track of 1988's Savvy Show Stoppers (an album of single and EP sides), that granted them larger fame after it was used as the theme song to the sketch comedy series The Kids in the Hall (named after the troupe of the same name).

While the group were of a few minds about the surf-rock label that "Average Weekend" earned them--a track on their Steve Albini-engineered third album Sport Fishin': The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook (1993) was named "We're Not a Fucking Surf Band," and this year's Record Store Day-exclusive vinyl box set was named Oh, I Guess We Were a Fucking Surf Band After All--they were still quite beloved in their native country, even snagging a Juno Award in 1992 for Instrumental Artist of the Year in 1992.

Shadowy Men split up in 1996, after which Pyle, Diamond and Dallas Good of The Sadies formed Phono-Comb, briefly backing up Half Japanese vocalist Jad Fair. Diamond died of cancer in 2001, but Pyle, Connelly and Good joined forces in 2012 for live dates around Canada.

Individual CD and vinyl reissues of the group's three albums--Savvy Show Stoppers, Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham (1991) and Sport Fishin'--are available now. The LPs feature the bonus tracks, all previously available on a bonus disc in Oh, I Guess We Were a Fucking Surf Band After All, as a digital download.

See below for full specs and order links!

Savvy Show Stoppers: Expanded Edition (originally released as Glass Records GLALP-031 (U.K.), 1988 - reissued Yep Roc YEP-2463, 2016)

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1. Good Cop Bad Cop
2. Musical Interlude
3. Theme from T.V.
4. Zombie Compromise
5. Malfunction
6. Shake Some Evil
7. You Spin Me Round '86 (Live)
8. Vibrolux Deluxe
9. Run Chicken Run
10. Bennett Cerf
11. Egypt Texas
12. Customized
13. Our Weapons Are Useless
14. Shadowy Countdown
15. Harlem by the Sea
16. Having An Average Weekend
17. Big Saxophone Lie *
18. Misty *
19. Summer Wind *
20. Big Baby *
21. Customized (Sax Tape) *

Tracks 1, 5, 11 and 14-15 originally released on Schlagers! EP (Jetpac WRC3-4996, 1987)
Tracks 2 and 9 originally released on Explosion of Taste EP (Jetpac WRC3-5604, 1988)
Tracks 3-4, 6 and 12 originally released on Wow Flutter Hiss '86 EP (Jetpac WRC3-4485, 1986)
Track 7 originally released on Live Record with Extra Bread and Cheese EP (Jetpac WRC3-5199, 1987)
Track 8 originally released on Sport Fishin' Accessories EP (Cargo CAR-018, 1993)
Tracks 10, 13 and 16 originally released on Love Without Words EP (Jetpac ACS-5033, 1985)
Tracks 17-21 released on Soft Polished Separates (Yep Roc YEP 2462, 2016)

Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham: Expanded Edition (originally released as Cargo CAR-14, 1991 - reissued Yep Roc YEP-2464, 2016)

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1. Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham
2. Reid's Situation
3. I Know a Guy Named Larry
4. Exit from Vince Lombardi High School
5. Aunty's Invasion
6. Running Meredith
7. Bang Bang
8. Hot Boxcar
9. In My Room
10. Dewy Drops of Spring
11. 5 American 6 Canadian
12. Who Painted Whistler's Mother
13. Case of the Missing Lady Fingers
14. Jackpot
15. Tour
16. Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother
17. Misogomy & The Object
18. Ben Hur Picked Off in a Gazebo
19. Who's Afraid of Alison Hymer/Wow Flutter Hiss
20. You Spin Me Round '86
21. Babakganoosh
22. Siesta Cinema
23. Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham (Reprise)
24. Thanks for Buying Our Vinyl (LP-only)
25. Shakin' All Over *
26. The Alouette (She Was Canada's First Satellite, Way Before the Americans Even) *
27. Tired of Waking Up Tired *
28. Rover and Rusty *
29. Foreign/Aft *
30. Santa's Compromise *
31. Winterfresh *
32. Deck the Halls *
33. Having An Average Weekend '78 *

Tracks 26-33 released on Soft Polished Separates (Yep Roc YEP 2462, 2016)
Tracks 26-27 originally released on Cargo single CAD-702, 1991
Track 28 originally released on Music for Pets EP (Jetpac IPU-19, 1991)
Track 29 originally released on Bloodstains Across Ontario (Mammoth Cave Recording MCR-017, 2011)
Track 30 originally released on Brave New Waves (Variety Recordings VCRCD-10, 1991)
Tracks 31-32 originally released on It's a Wonderful Record! (Jetpac 712, 1994)
Track 33 originally released on Sport Fishin' Accessories EP (Cargo CAR-018, 1993)

Sport Fishin' - The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook (originally released as Cargo CAR-017, 1993 - reissued Yep Roc YEP 2465, 2016)

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1. Unwatchable*
2. Spend a Night, Not a Fortune
3. Three Piece Suit
4. Fortune Tellin' Chicken
5. (Relax) You Will Think You Are a Chicken
6. Plastics for 500, Bob
7. That Wuz Ear Me Callin' a Horse
8. The Singing Cowboy
9. Farbs
10. Spy School Graduation Theme
11. Cheese in the Fridge
12. Unwatchable**
13. Mecca
14. Haig Earl
15. Algoma Reflections
16. We're Not a Fucking Surf Band
17. Peas Porridge Rock
18. Honey, You're Wasting Ammo
19. They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore
20. Off Our Back Conrad Block
21. We'll Be Right Back!
22. What I Like About Grease
23. Memories of Gay Paree
24. Babywetsitself
25. Lick - Fred Schneider *
26. Sugar in My Hog - Fred Schneider *
27. The Last of My Hiccups *
28. The Jehrney *
29. Song of the Lobster *
30. Underground Sounds *
31. 16 Encores *

Tracks 25-31 released on Soft Polished Separates (Yep Roc YEP 2462, 2016)
Tracks 25-26 from Just Fred (Reprise 46215, 1996)
Tracks 28-29 originally released on Take Outs EP (Derivative DUH-001, 1993)
Track 31 originally released on An Empty Threat (Atom 1, 1992)