Adolescents LP gravy colored vinyl
This year the first Adolescents LP turns 32 years old. When it came out it was a breath of fresh air and over three decades later it has still held up as one of the greatest punk albums of all time. They were considered a hardcore band at the time when that style of music [...]
Rikk Agnew – All By Myself LP gold vinyl
Rikk Agnew is probably one of the closest things you’ll find to a punk rock superhero. The man helped form and played in some of the best and most influential bands of all time. His resume includes The Detours, Adolescents, D.I., and Christian Death (a band largely responsible for the invention of Death Rock and [...]
Adolescents – Welcome to Reality mixed color vinyl
Way back in the 1980s I got an Adolescents 7″ in a record trade from a good friend of mine. This single was called Welcome to Reality and it quickly became one of my favorite singles at the time and is a record that still gets played regularly whenever I’m listening to old punk records [...]
Adolescents – The Complete Demos purple vinyl
It has been awhile since we’ve seen some new colored vinyl action from Frontier Records. Some distributor problems and the summer saw a vinyl drought from one of the longest running and finest punk labels from the west (best) coast. That drought has finally ended with a new color vinyl pressing of an Adolescents LP, [...]
Adolescents LP turquoise vinyl
Spring means spring cleaning and there was some cleaning going on over at the pressing plant. They cleaned out the plates of the old color of the first Adolescents LP on Frontier Records and they poured in a brand new color just in time for Easter. Much like the Circle Jerks LP I wrote about [...]
Adolescents LP orange vinyl
As Frontier Records celebrates its 30th birthday one of its many all-time classic releases is but one year shy of that same milestone. That release is the first (and best) Adolescents LP, commonly referred to as the “blue album”. This self-titled punk rock masterpiece turns 29 this year. It is shocking to think that this [...]
Adolescents LP orange vinyl
The Adolescents first LP, commonly referred to as the “blue album” is one of those rare “perfect albums” in which every song on it is a classic. This is one of those albums that is an amazing listen from start to finish and one that you will likely never skip songs while playing it on [...]
Adolescents green vinyl
Well those purple vinyl ones sure didn’t last long as I received another new color of the legendary first Adolescents LP in the mail on a brand new color courtesy of the mighty Frontier Records. This time out this SoCal punk artifact is available on limited edition opaque green vinyl. It looks like some sort [...]
Rikk Agnew clear vinyl LP
Those wonderful ladies over at Frontier Records sent over a couple of new colored vinyl releases, the first of which is the first solo album by punk rock legend Rikk Agnew. Rikk Agnew – All By Myself LP on clear vinyl For those who don’t know, Rikk Agnew is a punk rock guitar pioneer who [...]
New Christian Death and Adolescents colors
Once again my two favorite ladies in the punk record business, Lisa and Betty from Frontier Records, have made my day by sending over the latest in color vinyl goodness. The first of which just so happens to be my new favorite variation of the particular release. Christian Death – Only Theatre of Pain on [...]
D.I. – The Suburbia Sessions DVD
D.I. – The Suburbia Sessions 1983 DVD MVD Visual I think it may have been the movie, Suburbia, that first turned me on to D.I. when I was a young teenager. The song they performed in that movie, “Richard Hung Himself” is one of the all time punk rock classics. I’d soon find out that [...]
New Frontier vinyl colors
My two favorite ladies in CA – Lisa and Betty of Frontier Records once again sent over the latest batch of new color vinyl releases of three of my favorite punk rock albums from “back in the day”. They are as follows… Adolescents – LP (aka: the blue album) on opaque pink vinyl Circle Jerks [...]
Rikk Agnew colored vinyl
I came home the other day to find a package sitting on my doorstep from Frontier Records. Inside it was a note from Betty and Lisa saying “hi” and also there was a new colored vinyl record in there. This particular one is a colored vinyl first for the label. Rikk Agnew – All By [...]
Adolescents – Brats in Battalions
Along with reissuing the classic D.I. album I posted about last week, Nickel and Dime records also reissued another O.C. punk album that has been long out of print on vinyl. Adolescents – Brats in Battalions LP on clear vinyl The second Adolescents album, which came out around 1986 has finally been reissued on vinyl. [...]
New Frontier Records color vinyl releases
My two favorite people in the record business (Lisa and Betty of Frontier Records) sent over the latest color vinyl reissues of their fine punk rock classics. There’s nothing like coming home to find a box waiting for me full of pretty colored vinyl! Suicidal Tendencies LP on orange vinyl Adolescents – The Complete Demos [...]
