Adrenalin O.D. – Let’s Barbeque reissue
In the 1980′s, New Jersey was a hotbed of quality hardcore bands. The kingpin of the NJ hardcore scene that revolved around the Buy Our Records label was Adrenalin O.D. who also happened to be one of the best bands that state ever produced. These guy played some great hardcore and had a wonderful sense [...]
Government Issue – GI5 vinyl reissue
Government Issue was one of the two longest running punk rock bands from Washington DC (Fugazi being the other one) and they were certainly one of the best bands to ever come from that area. The band was rare in the fact that they got better as the years progressed while most bands got worse [...]
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, [...]
Naked Raygun – 7″ Series Volume Three
Two new songs in the trademark Naked Raygun style proving once again the band still has it in the songwriting department. Rating: Naked Raygun – 7″ Series Volume Three 7″ Riot Fest Records As we are about to embark on the fall of another year Naked Raygun deliver the third installment of their 7″ series. [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault – White Flag
The first place that I ever heard of White Flag was in one of two places: the We Got Power compilation or Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Volume One. A much younger me would have been able to tell you which of the two it was but the current me isn’t as sharp as he once was. [...]
The Exploited – Troops of Tomorrow vinyl reissue
The Exploited were quite prolific in their early years. In the same year as their debut LP was released they also released a live album and the following year, 1982, saw them release another new studio album, Troops of Tomorrow. Just like the first album, this one was also originally released by Secret Records. Musically the [...]
Circle Jerks – Group Sex LP rootbeer vinyl
It is officially spring which means the grass turns green again, the weather hopefully warms up, skateboarding season has begun, the birds start chirping, and legendary punk rock albums get pressed on new colors of vinyl! Yes, with the changing of the seasons so comes the changing of the vinyl colors for the first Circle [...]
The Clash – Give ‘Em Enough Rope vinyl reissue
A year after they released their first album (in the UK at least), The Clash followed it up with a second full-length titled Give ‘Em Enough Rope. It was released way back in 1978 in both the UK and the US and as far as the US went it was the first Clash album released [...]
The Cheifs – Holly-west Crisis LP
The Cheifs were one of the best of the early Southern California punk rock bands that many of you may not have heard of. The band’s output consisted solely of one 7″ and two compilation appearances. The band came and went almost in the blink of an eye but man did they leave behind some [...]
Various Artists – The New Hope LP
A reissue of an unknown early 1980s hardcore punk compilation of OH bands with a bonus LP of unreleased material from the same sessions. A wonderful time capsule of early hardcore. Rating: Varous Artists – The New Hope 2xLP Smog Veil Records Back in 1983, unbeknownst to me, a compilation LP of Northeast Ohio bands [...]
Suicidal Tendencies “venison” color vinyl LP
One of the most legendary punk rock albums of all time got another new colored vinyl face lift for the new year. The first Suicidal Tendencies LP, an album that was one of the quintessential albums of my punk rock youth, is now available on “venison” colored vinyl. This color is a sort of grape/maroon [...]
The Wacky Hi-Jinks of Adrenalin O.D. reissue
When I was a young teenager back in the early 1980′s I bought this great compilation LP called Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Volume One. This was back when compilations were actually things you wanted to buy and labels took the care to put out great ones instead of lame collections of cover songs or rejected tunes. [...]
Redd Kross – Born Innocent red vinyl
Frontier Records continues to keep the vinyl stream flowing with a new pressing of another one of its punk classics on one of the primary colors. The first Redd Kross LP, Born Innocent, has just been issued on a limited edition red vinyl platter. This cherry kool-aid looking disc comes housed in a standard jacket [...]
Government Issue – Fun Just Never Ends vinyl reissue
Doctor Strange Records just released the newest chapter of its Government Issue vinyl reissue series! Government Issue’s third full-length, The Fun Just Never Ends, has just been reissued on vinyl for the first time in about 25 years. The Fun Just Never Ends was originally released way back in 1985 on Fountain of Youth Records. [...]
Geoffrey Oi!Cott – I Was Monty’s Double
Geoffrey Oi!cott – I was Monty’s Double 7″ XFist Records/Boss Tuneage Geoffrey Oi!cott is a band from Leeds, UK that I believe has been around for at least four years. From what I can tell this may be their first 7″ and since then they have also recently released an LP. This 7″ features two [...]
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 [...]
Suicidal Tendencies purple vinyl
Not to be outdone by its fellow classics, the first (and best) Suicidal Tendencies LP also got some new colored vinyl love recently as well courtesy of its only home, Frontier Records. The album that brought such classics as “I Saw Your Mommy” and what is perhaps the most famous punk rock song of all [...]
Weirdos – Weird World pink vinyl
The Weirdos were one of the first and one of the absolute best punk rock bands ever in the whole world. I don’t think there is such a thing as a bad Weirdos song and their Dangerhouse single is one of the best slabs of punk vinyl ever to be pressed. When Frontier Records first [...]
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 items in the Punk Vault store
I just updated the store with some new items, all vinyl including the new Dr. Know and Ill Repute reissues. Check it out right here and please tell your friends.
D.I. reissues
Last year Nickel and Dime Records did the punk rock and vinyl worlds a service by reissuing D.I. – Horse Bites Dog Cries on colored vinyl. The record had been out of print in the vinyl format for something like a decade, possibly more. I believe when I featured that on this site I mentioned [...]
Government Issue test pressing contest!
In honor of the newly released reissue of Make an Effort, the good Doctor (Strange that is) graciously gave me an extra test pressing of it to give away to one lucky visitor of this site. All you have to do is fill out the form below. The rules are simple. Limit 1 entry per [...]
