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Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster 40th Anniversary Edition LP

Social Disortion’s Mommy’s Little Monster turned 40 years old this year. Originally released back in 1983, the album connected with just about every punk rocker in the United States and many overseas and has continued to do so with the...

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New Lilys colored vinyl reissues

Frontier Records didn’t just put out some of the most iconic punk rock albums of all time, but the label has also released and reissued some pretty stellar indie rock stuff too. In recent times, the label really did a huge favor to the world...

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New Adolescents vinyl colors

As we continue to catch up with the recent runs of colored vinyl punk classics on Frontier Records, we now get to the first Adolescents album, affectionately known as the “blue album”. Is there any readers of this site that isn’t...

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New Christian Death vinyl colors

Continuing on catching up with recent colored vinyl editions of classic Frontier Records releases, we now look at Christian Death. Only Theatre Of Pain was the album that pretty much set the blueprint for death rock back when it was released in 1982...

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Catching up with the recent Suicidal Tendencies vinyl colors

It has been awhile since we last did one of these Frontier Records features, but it is time to catch you up. Since the last feature, the first (and best) Suicidal Tendencies LP has been issued on a handful of new colors of vinyl, a couple of them...

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The Mentally Ill – Gacy’s Place The Starbeat Sessions LP

The Mentally Ill was one of the best relatively unknown first wave Chicago punk bands that started way back in the late 1970s. They put out two 7″s before going on a hiatus that would last for years and many people, especially people like me...

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Adolescents – Welcome To Reality 10″ orange vinyl

My apologies for somehow neglecting to include this one in the last Frontier Records update posted on this site but there was one more colored vinyl release that came with that batch and it was the Adolescents – Welcome To Reality 10″ on...

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Thin White Rope colored vinyl reissues

Thin White Rope was one of those very good indie rock bands that for whatever reason seemed to have been overlooked by a lot of people, myself included. They were around from the mid 1980s until the early 1990s, leaving behind five studio albums...

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Junius – Self-titled LP

Thick, dense and melodic indie rock with song structures that are simply stunning and hypnotic. There should be one of these on every turntable in the world! Junius – Self-titled 2LP The Mylene Sheath Last year...

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November 17, 2010

Caspian – The Four Trees/You are the Conductor

Two of the best post-rock records ever join forces for a deluxe upgrade. Owning this is mandatory! Caspian – The Four Trees/You are the Conductor 3xLP The Mylene Sheath Caspian is one of the premier bands in the...

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November 13, 2010

The Wacky Hi-Jinks of Adrenalin O.D. reissue

When I was a young teenager back in the early 1980’s I bought this great compilation LP called Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Volume One. This was back when compilations were actually things you wanted to buy and labels...

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November 11, 2010

Weirdos – We Got the Neutron Bomb purple vinyl

One of the oldest and certainly one of the finest first-wave Los Angeles punk rock bands just got a new colored vinyl makeover. The band I’m talking about is The Weirdos. The Weirdos are legendary in the annals of...

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November 3, 2010

Get Rad – What the Fuck Happened to Common Sense

Rad is an accurate description for this hardcore band with a familiar classic feel and energetic and catchy hardcore. Get Rad – What the Fuck Happened to Common Sense 12″ EP Underground Communiqué Records...

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November 3, 2010

Redd Kross – Born Innocent red vinyl

Frontier Records continues to keep the vinyl stream flowing with a new pressing of another one of its punk classics on one of the primary colors. The first Redd Kross LP, Born Innocent, has just been issued on a limited...

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October 25, 2010

Adolescents LP orange vinyl

As Frontier Records celebrates its 30th birthday one of its many all-time classic releases is but one year shy of that same milestone. That release is the first (and best) Adolescents LP, commonly referred to as the...

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October 18, 2010

Dangerhouse Volume One clear vinyl

One of the finest labels in the punk rock world, Frontier Records, turned 30 this year. It’s hard to believe three decades have passed already since the world got its first taste of the Flyboys and the Adolescents...

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October 14, 2010

The Desecrators – Speed Up the Death Process

A great unreleased recording by a UK trash band with metal guitars that would have been huge had they lasted long enough to release this 23 years ago! The Desecrators – Speed Up the Death Process LP Pro-Anti...

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September 20, 2010

Government Issue – Fun Just Never Ends vinyl reissue

Doctor Strange Records just released the newest chapter of its Government Issue vinyl reissue series! Government Issue’s third full-length, The Fun Just Never Ends, has just been reissued on vinyl for the first...

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September 15, 2010

The Hamburglars 7″

The best gimmick for a garage band since The Mummies. A great garage/surf band with a gimmick that is totally hilarious. The Hamburglars – 7″ EP www.hamburglars.com Only in the Chicago area could you find a...

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September 1, 2010

Burning Sons EP

Burning Sons – 7″ EP Mystic Records Milwaukee’s Burning Sons have the distinction of having this, their debut EP, be the first new 7″ released on Mystic Records in 20 years. With such a huge...

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August 19, 2010