Beach Blvd is a seminal compilation album featuring early Californian punk rock bands.

Overview An influential sampler LP, Beach Blvd helped to usher in the hardcore punk movement in suburban Southern California, aided by DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, who gave the record its first airplay on his weekly radio show.Boehm, Mike (July 19, 1991). "Punks to Revisit Beach Blvd : 3 Suburban Groups Will Play in Huntington to Mark Release of Compilation CD" (page 1/2). latimes.com. Retrieved May 29, 2015.Boehm, Mike (December 31, 1998). "Alt.Rock.OC: 20 Years of Suburban Struggle: Essential Albums, '78-98" (page 2/5). latimes.com. Retrieved June 10, 2015.

Conceived by the controversial Robbie "Posh Boy" Fields,Vodicka, Gabe (August 6, 2009). "1979: Various Artists: Posh Boy - Beach Blvd.". tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved June 10, 2015.Blush, Steven (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Second ed., 2010. Feral House. . p. 80.Blush, Steven (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Second ed., 2010. Feral House. . p. 327. the album gathers three acts with quite different musical styles: the CrowdRobbins, Ira. "Crowd". Trouser Press. Retrieved June 24, 2015.The Crowd, cover art . recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com. Retrieved June 26, 2015. from Huntington Beach, Rik L Rik(July 5, 2000). "Obituaries: Rik L Rik; Pioneering Punk Rocker". latimes.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.Rabid, Jack. "F-Word". Trouser Press. Retrieved June 24, 2015.MXV (February 6, 2006). "Selections from The Punk Vault (F-Word)". punkvinyl.com. Retrieved July 18, 2015. from West Covina, and the Simpletones from Rosemead.Spitz, Marc; Mullen, Brendan (2001). We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk. Three Rivers Press. . pp. 181-182.

The record title advertised the music's suburban origins: California State Route 39, named Beach Boulevard in the stretch that crosses Orange County, ran inland from the Crowd's hometown to Rik L Rik's.

Production Produced by Fields, all songs on Beach Blvd were recorded and mixed between November 1978 and July 1979 at Media Art Studio in Hermosa Beach, California.

The tracks credited to Rik L Rik, are remixes of five demo songs recorded in November 1978"Negative Trend Three". negativetrend.net. Retrieved June 19, 2015. by the third lineup of San Francisco punk rock band Negative Trend,. killfromtheheart.com. Archived from on March 4, 2016. where he was lead singer. These versions feature bass overdubs by Jay Lansford, who also added a new guitar track on "Atomic Lawn".

Beach Blvd was mastered by Lanky Linstrot at Wally Heider's Mobile Recording Truck, based in Hollywood, California.

Release Only three songs featured on Beach Blvd were previously released: Simpletones' "California" was the lead tune on their eponymous 7-inch single recordPosh Boy #PBS 3Simpletones, cover art . recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com. Retrieved June 24, 2015. from early 1979; while "Meat House" and "I Got Power" were issued as a Rik L Rik 7-inch singleRik L Rik, cover art . recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com. Retrieved June 24, 2015. in mid-1979.

Accompanied by liner notes provided by Bingenheimer, Beach Blvd was originally released in the summer of 1979 on Posh Boy Records, in 12-inch LP format.Beach Blvd, 1979 LP release cover art . recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com. Retrieved February 16, 2016. The album was also the Crowd's recorded debut.

Reissues In 1981, Posh Boy Records issued a rare edition of Beach Blvd on cassette tape,Beach Blvd, 1981 MC edition cover art . recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com. Retrieved October 11, 2015. which included, as bonus tracks, the entire Red Cross EP by Redd Kross from Hawthorne, California.Tonooka, Tim (Fall 1981). Red Cross, Red Cross (EP), review. Ripper (5).

The original release on 12-inch vinyl disc was repressed in 1986.

In 1990, Posh Boy issued a 29-track extended version on CDBeach Blvd, 1990 CD edition cover art . recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com. Retrieved February 16, 2016. featuring liner notes by Fields and Tony Cadena. Bonus tracks included almost half of Like It or Not Live!,Posh Boy #PBS 101F-Word!, Like It or Not Live!. poshboy.com. Retrieved June 26, 2015. the only album by Rik L Rik's first band, the short-lived West Covina four-piece F-Word!, recorded live at San Francisco's Mabuhay Gardens in the spring of 1978 and released posthumously that same year. The 1990 CD edition also added six more Simpletones songs: "I Like Drugs", the B-side of the single "California" from 1979; "TV Love" from Rodney on the ROQ,Posh Boy #PBS 106Various artists, Rodney on the ROQ. allmusic.com. Retrieved June 25, 2015. the first of Bingenheimer's compilations,Rodney on the ROQ, compilation series cover art . recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com. Retrieved June 26, 2015. originally issued in 1980;Various artists, Rodney on the ROQ. poshboy.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015. "Disco Ape" ( "You Drive Me (Disco) Ape"), an unreleased Lansford arrangement of the Dickies' "You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)" from 1978; and tracks 13, 15 and 17, all released for the first time. The 1990 edition closed with three additional cuts by the Crowd: "Right Time", also taken from Rodney on the ROQ, "Desmond and Kathy", and an instrumental rendition of the Archies' "Melody Hill" from 1969, both taken from band's first studio album, A World ApartThe Crowd, A World Apart. poshboy.com. Retrieved June 26, 2015. from 1981.

In 1991, the original compilation was included in Richard Elerick's numbered 3-LP box set History of Rik L Rik,Rik L Rik, History of Rik L Rik. poshboy.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015. in conjunction with F-Word!'s album Like It or Not Live! and Rik L Rik's The Lost AlbumRik L Rik, The Lost Album. poshboy.com. Retrieved June 26, 2015. from 1991.

In 2004, under license from Posh Boy, the Italian label Get Back re-released the 1979 12-inch LP.Get Back #GET 114Beach Blvd, 2004 LP reissue cover art . recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

The following year, Get Back released a 24-song Digipak CD edition,Beach Blvd, 2005 CD edition cover art . recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com. Retrieved February 16, 2016. an abridged version of the 1990 edition.

Track listings 1979 LP release

1981 MC edition

1990 CD edition

2005 Digipak CD edition

Personnel

Simpletones Richard W. Scott (aka Snickers) – vocals (tracks A1 to A3, B6), backing vocals (B7) Jay Lansford – guitar Danny Ruiz – bass Ken "Rabbit" Bragger (credited as Rabit) – drums Kendall Behnke – vocals (B7) Jerry Koskie – backing vocals (B7) Simpletones (1990 CD edition) Snickers – vocals (13, 14, 16) Kendall – vocals (13) Jerry – vocals (12, 13, 15, 17) Rik L Rik Richard Elerick (best known as Rik L Rik) – vocals Craig Gray – guitar (A4, A5, B3, B4) Jay Lansford – bass, guitar (B5) Tim Mooney – drums The Crowd Jim "Trash" Decker – vocals James Kaa (credited as Jim K) – lead guitar Tracy Porterfield – guitar Jay Decker – bass Barry "Cuda" Miranda – drums Dennis Walsh – drums (28 to 30 on the 1990 CD edition) Red Cross (1981 MC edition) Jeff McDonald – vocals Greg Hetson – guitar Steve McDonald – bass Ron Reyes – drums F-Word! (1990 CD edition) Rik L Rik (credited as Rick L Rick) – vocals Kenny Sercu (a.k.a. Dim Wanker) – guitar Steve Effete (a.k.a. Steve Offut) – bass David "Dutch" Schultz – drums Dirk Dirksen – emcee (1)

Production Robbie Fields – production (A4, A5, B3 to B5, B7), co-production (A1 to A3, A6 to B2, B6) Jay Lansford – co-production (A1 to A3, B6) The Crowd – co-production (A6 to B2) Rolf Erickson – engineering David Tarling – engineering Glen Lockett (best known as Spot) – engineering Lanky Linstrot – mastering Ginger Canzoneri – graphic design Kristina Birrer – photography Rodney Bingenheimer – liner notes Additional production (1981 MC edition) Roger Harris – production, engineering (B6 to B11) Additional production (1990 CD edition) Robbie Fields – production (1 to 6, 12), co-production (14 to 17, 28 to 30) Michael Corby – production (13) Jay Lansford – co-production (14 to 17), arrangement (16) The Crowd – co-production (28 to 30) Chip Brown – engineering (1 to 6) Uvex Reed – engineering (1 to 6) David Hines – engineering, mixing (28 to 30) Robert Vosgien – mastering Christian Witt – graphic design Tony Cadena (credited as Tony Montana) – liner notes Robbie Fields – liner notes

Notes

References

External links Beach Blvd. poshboy.com. Boehm, Mike (July 19, 1991). "Punks to Revisit Beach Blvd : 3 Suburban Groups Will Play in Huntington to Mark Release of Compilation CD" (page 1/2). latimes.com.

Reviews Vodicka, Gabe (August 6, 2009). "1979: Various Artists: Posh Boy - Beach Blvd.". tinymixtapes.com. Boehm, Mike (December 31, 1998). "Alt.Rock.OC: 20 Years of Suburban Struggle: Essential Albums, '78-98" (page 2/5). latimes.com. Clark, Jenna (February 12, 2014). "Vinyl of the Week - Claude Coma, Beach Blvd. - KCR College Radio". kcr.sdsu.edu.