Beach Blvd

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. Conceived by the controversial Robbie "Posh Boy" Fields, the album gathers three acts with quite different musical styles: the Crowd from Huntington Beach, Rik L Rik from West Covina, and the Simpletones from Rosemead. 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, by the third lineup of San Francisco punk rock band Negative Trend, 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 record from early 1979; while "Meat House" and "I Got Power" were issued as a Rik L Rik 7-inch single in mid-1979. Accompanied by liner notes provided by Bingenheimer, 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, which included, as bonus tracks, the entire Red Cross EP by Redd Kross from Hawthorne, California. The original release on 12-inch vinyl disc was repressed in 1986. In 1990, Posh Boy issued a 29-track extended version on CD featuring liner notes by Fields and Tony Cadena. Bonus tracks included almost half of Like It or Not Live!, the only album by Rik L Rik's first band, the short-lived West Covina four-piece F-Word!, the first of Bingenheimer's compilations, originally issued in 1980; "Disco Ape" (aka "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, from 1981. In 1991, the original compilation was included in Richard Elerick's numbered 3-LP box set History of Rik L Rik, in conjunction with F-Word!'s album Like It or Not Live! from 1991. In 2004, under license from Posh Boy, the Italian label Get Back re-released the 1979 12-inch LP. The following year, Get Back released a 24-song Digipak CD edition, 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 (aka Dim Wanker) – guitar • Steve Effete (aka 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 ==