| Fish Tales/Swarthy Songs for Swabs | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | The 3Ds |
| Cover: | Fish TalesSwarthy Songs for Swabs.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Recorded: | 1990/91 |
| Label: | Flying Nun Records |
| Producer: | Tex Houston/The 3Ds |
| Prev Title: | Swarthy Songs for Swabs |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Hellzapoppin' |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
Fish Tales/Swarthy Songs for Swabs is a CD compilation album by New Zealand band the 3Ds, released in 1991.[1] It has tracks from their first and second vinyl EPs, Fish Tales and Swarthy Songs for Swabs, as well as previously unreleased tracks.
It was the first recording from Stephen Kilroy's Fish Street Studios in Dunedin, and was recorded and mixed by Matthew Heine, Stephen Kilroy and The 3Ds. The 3Ds live sound engineer, Tex Houston, recorded and mixed Swarthy Songs for Swabs with the band.