Comments on: V/A Rodney on the ROQ- Compilation LP (Posh Boy, USA, 1980)

By: Robbie Fields

Robbie Fields — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:24:48 +0000

We did very, very well with the ROTR compilations but by the 3rd one, we were running out of steam, despite the Vandals adding “Urban Struggle” after the first 5000 records had been pressed!

Really, the first album or I should say, Side A set the bar too high. To continue to find such high caliber bands was going to prove more and more difficult.

After a gap of 7 years, look how I struggled to make a Best of CD in 1989, allowing myself to include new material? In 1992, when the “Best of” went to Rhino they soon dropped it for lack of sales.

Why no vinyl re-issues? First of all, I would continue to voluntarily exclude the SST tracks. I had sold my Social Distortion rights, as well, in 1992. So I felt it best to leave the records as they were and there were plenty to go around!

Rodney’s show was always a mix between 60′s type Pop and Punk. The albums reflected his wide ranging taste in music. The Gleaming Spires’ hit definitely pushed sales of the second volume and it lead off the B side.

So in the end I cannibalized the tracks that I owned from Rodney canon for other compilations like Posh Hits and for many, many other compilations/anthologies.

I am extremely gratified that your readers are aware of the differences between the original recordings and various re-recordings. And I agree the original 1979 recording of “Bloodstains”, produced by Dan van Patten of Berlin, is the superior version.

By: Bloated

Bloated — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:30:50 +0000

How can I get this in MP3? SUCH an awesome album!

By: Bloated

Bloated — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:15:39 +0000

Gotta agree on the Agent Orange “Bloodstains” call. Also, remembering Brooke Shields on the ROQ intro is genius bro!

How about the show after Rodney’s? The young Marquis? yeah! LA punk in 1981 was ON!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:32:58 +0000

That’s a GREAT comp, just picked up a copy on CD. Never heard the second volume though.

By: Soundscape

Soundscape — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:44:26 +0000

Bless your soul!

Now, do you have the “Hell Comes To Your House Compilation?”

By: AAArrrrGGGGhhhh

AAArrrrGGGGhhhh — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:11:05 +0000

just got this at goodwill: 1.99$ !!! has original flipside issue #21 inside. label is pink posh boy….. any offers????

By: OrbitalMindControl

OrbitalMindControl — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:18:16 +0000

Thanks so much for posting this. I haven’t heard these versions since I gave away this album to a friend in the 80′s. These are the best recorded versions of No Values, BloodStains and Amoeba. Most folks don’t understand that this is the version of Amoeba that we all heard on the radio in LA long before the less aggressive / reworked album version came out months later.

By: GumbyHendrix

GumbyHendrix — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:56:20 +0000

Thanks – mine got stolen 25 yrs ago!

By: Poser...OI OI OI

Poser...OI OI OI — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:55:12 +0000

Cant thank you yet for the file download, My Apple II kept freezing up. Stupid Compuserve.

To the guy that said dont look on ebay for wax. Suit yourself. I just sold my ROTR2, Black Flag EP, Plazmatics, etc.

Regretted it ever since. Probably should have recorded them first. DOH!!

By: Mr.Morton

Mr.Morton — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:58:30 +0000

My father was on this album in the band Bearded Clam, they did a Circle Jerks song, Wild In The Streets, and we often make jokes about it and me and my brother got him a recording device for his computer and he has put the songs from that album on his computer, so I have files I can send to be burned.