Posh Boy Records is a Hollywood, California-based record label owned by the American-born, British-educated Robbie "Posh Boy" Fields, a sometime high school substitute teacher and former copy boy at the Los Angeles Times who took an interest in the emerging punk rock scene in Orange County, California during the late 1970s.
The label's releases enjoyed substantial airplay on Rodney Bingenheimer's show on KROQ-FM, and some of them, notably the Fields-produced version of "Amoeba" by the Adolescents and the Stephen Hague-produced electronic rock track "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls" by the Sparks offshoot the Gleaming Spires, made it into regular programming on the station.
Social Distortion was one of many bands whose first recordings were issued by Posh Boy. One of the label's most successful releases was Agent Orange's debut, Living in Darkness, containing "Bloodstains", an extreme sports anthem covered by many alternative rock groups (the most notable being the Offspring in 2000 on the Ready to Rumble film soundtrack).
Since 1999, expatriate and now known as Posh Boy Music, the label continued releasing music into the 2020s, the last vinyl release being a 7" by the Willowz of Anaheim, California in 2003. Subsequently, the label transitioned to being digital only with over 700 recordings released digitally, and to sublicense vinyl, Compact Disc and audio cassette rights to other labels, notably Radiation Records (Italy).
More recently, the label entered into a licensing agreement with Netflix for use of its extensive back catalog. Stranger Things 2 has used music by Posh Boy acts Channel 3 and Ill Repute. Channel 3 were also featured in the inaugural season of White Famous on Showtime.
During the COVID lockdown, post 2020, the label pivoted to concentrate on non-punk music with an emphasis on chamber music working with such leading musicians as composer Gene Pritsker, Some Nicholson, the painter David Nicholson, classical guitarist Warren Nicholson, violist Paul Cortese, singer Chanda Rule amongst others. Recent pop music signings include Scottish band The Moon Kids., Phil Proietti and Keysha Veen who scored a bona fide hit on SiriusXM's Velvet Channel with "You Saved My World". Alternative releases include Channel 3, Professor and the Madman, Santa Barbara's The Tearaways and 1980s' comedy icon Nigel Planer.
Early Releases
The label released the following records: Year Artist Title Format Type Catalog # 1978 F-Word! "Shut Down" 7" live single PBS 1 1978 F-Word! Like It or Not Live LP live album PBS 101 1979 Simpletones "California" 7" single PBS 3 1979 Rik L Rik "Meat House" 7" single PBS 4 1979 various artists Beach Blvd LP compilation album PBS 102 1980 various artists The Siren LP compilation album PBS 103 1980 various artists Rodney on the ROQ LP compilation album PBS 106 1980 Red Cross Red Cross 12" EP PBS 1010 1981 391 391 12" EP PBS 1017 1981 CH3 CH3 12" EP PBS 1018 1981 various artists Rodney on the ROQ - Volume 2 LP compilation album PBS 123 1981 Agent Orange "Everything Turns Grey" 7" single PBS 12 1981 Black Flag "Louie Louie" 7" single PBS 13 Bron Area "You Would Be Amazed" 7" single PBS 16 The Buddy System "Read My Lips" 7" single PBS 35 1981 T.S.O.L. T.S.O.L. 12" EP PBS 1013 1981 U.X.A. Illusions of Grandeur LP studio album PBS 104 1982 CH3 Fear of LifeLP studio album PBS 128 1982 Gothic Hut self titled LP studio album PBS 143 1982 Baby Buddha Music for Teenage Sex LP studio album PBS 114 1981 various artists The Future Looks Bright Ahead CS compilation album PBC 120 1981 Agent Orange Living in Darkness LP, CD studio album PBS 122 various artists Punk and Disorderly LP, CD compilation album PBS 131 1982 Agent Orange Bitchin' Summer 12" EP PBS 1037 1982 Symbol Six Symbol Six 12" EP PBS 1030 1982 various artists Posh Hits Vol. 1 LP compilation album PBS 8138 The Buddy System The Buddy System LP studio album PBS 8149 1982 various artists Rodney on the ROQ Vol. III LP compilation album PBS 140 1987 various artists The Future Looks Brighter LP, CD compilation album PBS 120, PBCD 120 1991 various artists History of Rik L Rik LP 3-LP box set PBS 88101 1991 various artists The Posh E.P.s Vol. 1 12" 3-EP box set PBS 88111 1989 various artists The Best of Rodney on the ROQ CD compilation album PBCD 88155 1990 various artists Posh Boy • The Singles Vol. One LP compilation album various artists The Posh Boy Story (More or Less) CD compilation album PBCD 8160 Tatjana Balazs The Complete Etudes – Chopin CD studio album PBCD 8161 various artists Rikk Agnew: Smash Demos Vol. II CD compilation album PBCD 8163 1990 Adolescents "Amoeba" 7" single PBS 6 1990 Agent Orange "Eldorado" 7" single PBS 301994Mr. FirleyCalifornia (45)LPstudio albumPBS 39
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