playgems records. pg 001 / 3 tracks / 1980

RI: spontaneous combustion. scr-006 / 2005 (??)

500 made of the original, band logo on sleeve is red. 406 made of the reissue, + lyric sheet and sticker. Several versions of the reissue: #1 - regular issue with regular sleeve, band logo in blue. 157 on opaque purple vinyl, 85 on black vinyl w/white streaks, 26 on pink vinyl, 24 on gray marble vinyl, 7 on translucent dark red marble, 5 “oddball mixed” vinyl. #2 - pre order edition on clear vinyl with 1” Cheifs pin, 102 made. #3 - 10 numbered test pressings in special alternate sleeve (large red band logo printed over the cover photo). #4 - 2 un-numbered test pressings in yet another (“rejected”) sleeve.

One of the better early LA punk records; great rough and catchy west coast punk as heard on KBD, fast and melodic. (EF) [8]

Eine der besseren frühen LA-Punk-Platten; leider (wohl wegen der kleinen Auflage) trotzdem recht unbekannt. Drei tolle melodische Punk Rock tracks. (EF)

Tracks: blues // tower 18 / knocked out