Friday 17 April 2020

D.I.Y. Mass. Ave. The Boston Scene (1975-83), Boston Hardcore 89-91, Drop The Needle: Boston Punk Anthology & Taang! Records The First 10 Singles



"D.I.Y. Mass. Ave. The Boston Scene (1975-83)" is a compilation album, released in 1993 on Rhino Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Willie Alexander - Mass. Ave.
2. Real Kids - Do The Boob
3. Nervous Eaters - Loretta
4. Unnatural Axe - They Saved Hitler's Brain
5. La Peste - Better Off Dead
6. The Cars - You're All I've Got Tonight (Demo)
7. The Neighborhoods - No Place Like Home
8. Human Sexual Response - Jackie Onassis
9. The Maps - I'm Talking To You
10. Mission Of Burma - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
11. Classic Ruins - One Plus One Is Less Than Two
12. The Lyres - I Want To Help You Ann
13. Neats - Six
14. Thrills - Hey! (Not Another Face In The Crowd)
15. Robin Lane & The Chartbusters - When Things Go Wrong
16. The Atlantics - Lonelyhearts
17. Dangerous Birds - Alpha Romeo
18. Del Fuegos - I Always Call Her Back
19. The Outlets - Knock Me Down

VBR ~266K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Boston Hardcore 89-91" is a compilation album, released in 1995 on Taang! Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Wrecking Crew - Confusion
2. Wrecking Crew - My Mind's Diseased
3. Crossface - Welcome The Destroyer
4. Said & Done - Never I
5. Backbone - All I Can Find
6. Sam Black Church - Disjustice
7. Maelstrom - Realm Of Possibilities
8. Eye For An Eye - What It Means
9. Intent To Injure - You're A Fool
10. S.T.P. - Social Crisis
11. S.T.P. - Three Times Down
12. Suckerpunch - Against The World
13. Only Living Witness - Bad Blood

VBR ~267K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Drop The Needle: Boston Punk Anthology" is a compilation album, released in 2013 on Trev Records.

A compilation of 13 rare or unreleased hardcore, punk and rock songs by five Boston bands. Featuring the infamous Smegma And The Nunz from 1982 as well as the original 1985 studio version of Gang Green's "Let's Drink Some Beer" for the first time on CD. Each band includes former or future members of The Freeze, Gang Green and Stompbox.

Tracklisting:
1. Smegma And The Nunz - Bourgeois Lad
2. Smegma And The Nunz - Joke's On You
3. Gang Green - Let's Drink Some Beer
4. Celebrity Death Certificate - First Nickel
5. Celebrity Death Certificate - Dead Reckoning
6. Scratch - Wayside
7. Scratch - Centralia
8. Mallet Head - Give And Take
9. Mallet Head - Mother Sunshine (Live)
10. Scratch - El Monstro
11. Smegma And The Nunz - Insanity
12. Smegma And The Nunz - Napalm Sticks To Kids
13. Smegma And The Nunz - Nuns Of Guatemala

VBR ~263K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Taang! Records The First 10 Singles" is a compilation box set, released in 2014 on Taang! Records.
The box set consists of Taang! Records first ten singles originally released between 1984 and 1988. Each vinyl 7" is housed in a recreation of its original jacket. There is also a CD with the first ten singles. The box set includes a 24 page book with rare photos and liner notes by label founder Curtis Casella.
Taang! Records is a record label founded in 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts. Taang! is an acronym for "Teen Agers Are No Good!".

7" singles:
Taang! #1 Gang Green - Sold Out, released in 1984
Taang! #2 Last Rights - Chunks, released in 1984
Taang! #3 Stranglehold ‎– Leisure Tour '84, released in 1984
Taang! #4 Last Stand/Noonday Underground split 7" - Scum Guns/Injun Joe
Taang! #5 Negative FX ‎– Negative FX, released in 1985 (what became "Negative FX", Taang's first LP, was originally slated as a 5 song 7 inch single. These five tracks appear on the LP)
Taang! #6 Gang Green ‎– Skate To Hell/Alcohol, released in 1985
Taang! #14 The Oysters ‎– Mine Caroline/Tell Me, released in 1986
Taang! #15 The Lemonheads ‎– Laughing All The Way To The Cleaners, released in 1986
Taang! #18 Moving Targets ‎– Less Than Gravity, released in 1987
Taang! #21 Slapshot ‎– Same Mistake/Might Makes Right, released in 1988.

Tracklisting:
1. Gang Green - Sold Out
2. Gang Green - Terrorize
3. Last Rights - Chunks
4. Last Rights - So Ends Our Night
5. Stranglehold - Same All Over
6. Stranglehold - She's Not Leaving
7. Last Stand - Scum Guns
8. Noonday Underground - Injun Joe
9. Negative FX - V.F.W.
10. Negative FX - Mind Control
11. Negative FX - Negative FX
12. Negative FX - Together
13. Negative FX - Feel Like A Man
14. Gang Green - Skate To Hell
15. Gang Green - Alcohol
16. The Oysters - Mine Caroline
17. The Oysters - Tell Me
18. The Lemonheads - Glad I Don't Know
19. The Lemonheads - I Like To
20. The Lemonheads - I Am A Rabbit
21. The Lemonheads - So I Fucked Up...
22. Moving Targets - Less Than Gravity
23. Moving Targets - Faith
24. Moving Targets - Squares & Circles
25. Slapshot - Same Mistake
26. Slapshot - Might Makes Right

VBR ~272K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo


Friday 3 April 2020

Jerry's Kids - Is This My World? & Kill Kill Kill



Jerry's Kids were one of the earliest Boston hardcore punk bands, formed in 1981 in Braintree, Massachusetts.
Their first recorded output were six tracks on the Modern Method "This Is Boston, Not L.A." compilation LP in 1982.

They broke up in 1985, but reformed in 1987 with a more speed metal sound and released a LP on Taang! Records entitled "Kill Kill Kill" with Dave Aronson on guitar and Jack Clark on drums.
The band disbanded in 1990.


Band members:
Rick Jones - vocals and bass
Bob Cenci – guitar
Chris Doherty - guitar
Brian Betzger – drums.

"Is This My World?" is the debut album by Jerry's Kids, orginally released in 1983 on Xclaim! and reissued in 2002 on Taang! Records.

Tracklisting:
1. I Don't Belong
2. Cracks In The Wall
3. Tear It Up
4. Crucify Me
5. Break The Mold
6. Raise The Curtain
7. Vietnam Syndrome
8. Build Me A Bomb
9. New World
10. Lost
11. No Time
12. Is This My World?

VBR ~220K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




Jerry's Kids "Kill Kill Kill" is their second and final studio album, released in 1989 on Taang! Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Torn Apart
2. Need Some
3. Breathe And Fuck
4. Fire
5. Bad Trip
6. Back Off
7. Rippin' Out Your Tired Eyes
8. Spymaster
9. Right Now
10. Satan's Toy
11. Twisted Brain
12. Machine Gun
13. Reprise

VBR ~270K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo