mystic records. mlp 33124 / 16 tracks / 1983

One of the Mystic comps. that are harder to come by. A great LA compilation, almost all songs are unavailable elsewhere. Hit material by Battalion of Saints, Shattered Faith (two exclusive tracks!), SVDB, 10000 Hurts or Red Scare; Bad Religion have two acoustic tracks in the vein of their Into the Unknown LP. The three rock'n'roll tracks by F-Beat and Still Life are crap, but this is about the only flaw of this record. [8]

Aus Doug Moodys Plattenfabrik kam nicht nur schlecht produzierter Schrott, sondern auch Perlen wie dieser Sampler. Guter Überblick über die LA-Szene anno 1983, mit Hits von Battalion of Saints, Shattered Faith (zwei exklusive Tracks!), SVDB, 10000 Hurts oder Red Scare; Bad Religion liefern zwei nur hier zu hörende Akustiktracks im Stil ihrer Into the Unknown LP. Wirklich überflüssig sind eigentlich nur die drei Rock'n'Roll-Songs von F-Beat und Still Life, ansonsten ein überaus interessanter Sampler mit fast ausschließlich unveröffentlichtem Material.

Tracks: SVDB - chain reaction / Shattered Faith - rise & fall / Still Life - tearin me up / The F-Beat - oughta be dancing / Red Scare - drag the lake / Bad Religion - waiting for the fire / Red Scare - keep america beautiful / Circle One - hate, lust, filth & greed // Battalion of Saints - sweatly little girls / 10,000 Hurts - fruit loops / Bad Religion - every day / The F-Beat - sharin / SVDB - melt down / 10,000 Hurts - abandon / Würm - black swan / Shattered Faith - last name first