This Is Boston, Not L.A.

Consisting of only previously unreleased material, This Is Boston, Not L.A. was originally released in May 1982, as LP and Compact Cassette, on Modern Method Records. A second vinyl pressing of the album would be released later that same year. ==Critical reception==

Writing contemporaneously in The Boston Phoenix, Doug Simmons said that "crudely put, our punk scene is a pimple compared to California’s festering wounds. What's even more dehabilitating [sic], as Cliff Hanger points out, is that Boston hardcore lacks even the force of originality. Shaved skulls, scrawled-on T-shirts, and heavy boots have become just one more uniform. Still, I find hope in This is Boston, Not L.A. Jerry's Kids, the Groinoids (defunct), the F.U.’s, Decadence (ditto), and Gang Green may all be Circle Jerkoffs in terms of sound (raw, fast, brief, mean), but many songs strike a nerve." In his review for AllMusic, Alex Henderson said: ==Unsafe at Any Speed EP==

A few months after releasing This Is Boston, Not L.A., featuring one unreleased song apiece from six of the bands which had appeared on the original compilation. Also featuring a Phil In Phlash's photograph of a mosh pit, and bold typography, the record's front cover is of a similar design to that on the original album. The tracks that make up the EP resurfaced in 1995 as the last six songs on the CD re-release of This Is Boston, Not L.A. Track listing ==Influence==

After the record's release, Boston natives took to mocking the title with T-shirts that proclaimed in large type: "This is L.A. (Lower Allston), not Boston" in reference to Allston, Massachusetts. In the early to mid-1980s, the T-shirt appropriately mimicked the NBA rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. The Boston-based ska-punk band Big D and the Kids Table printed T-shirts referencing the song and compilation. They featured "L.A" with a strike through it on the front and "This is Boston Not L.A." on the back. South shore pop-punk band A Loss for Words also made shirts that featured a modified version of the Celtics logo and the same saying on the reverse side. This alludes to both the compilation and the Celtics' victory in the 1984 NBA Finals. In 1994 Zafio Records released the This is Berkeley Not West Bay 4-way split EP with Black Fork, Dead and Gone, Screw 32 and AFI on it. As a response, in 2000 the Amsterdam-based Kangaroo Records label released the compilation EP This is Kangaroo Not Berkely, with 12 bands from different countries playing 'straight forward hardcore. Like the way it SHOULD be.' The compilation was mentioned by the punk rock band NOFX on their song "We Got Two Jealous Agains", featured on their album The War on Errorism, released in 2003. A verse of the lyrics reads: "But when I saw Christ on Parade, and This is Boston, Not LA, I knew you were the one". In 2012, appeared an unlabeled self-released EP titled This Is Boston and S.J., displaying on its cover art the same photograph and graphic style of the 1982 LP, but instead of it saying "Not L.A.", it's crossed off and says "and S.J.". Hostage and Swamps from Massachusetts share the record with Bad Times Crew, and True Hearted from San Jose, California. ==Reissues==

In October 1995, This Is Boston, Not L.A. was re-released as a remastered CD on Newbury Comics' in-house record label Wicked Disc, This edition included, as bonus tracks, the entire Unsafe at Any Speed EP. in four different design variations. ==Track listings==

In the original LP from 1982, "Straight Jacket" is spelled "Strait Jacket" on the side A disc label and on the inner sleeve, while "I Don't Know" appears as "I Don't Care" on the back cover and on the side B disc label, and "This Is Boston, Not L.A." is shortened to "Boston not L.A." on the back cover and on the side B disc label. In the Compact Cassette version, also from 1982, "I Don't Know" appears as "I Don't Care", and "This Is Boston, Not L.A." is shortened to "Boston not L.A." 1982 LP and MC release 1995 remastered CD edition Track 36 hides an untitled looped version of the final line of the title song: "This is Boston" is heard once, "fuck L.A." is the loop. ==Personnel==

'''Jerry's Kids''' • Bryan Jones – vocals • Bob Cenci – guitar • Dave Aronson – guitar • Rick Jones – bass • Brian Betzger – drums ;The Proletariat • Richard Brown – vocals • Frank Michaels – guitar • Peter Bevilacqua – bass, backing vocals • Tom McKnight – drums Groinoids • Mongoloid – vocals • Rico Petroleum – guitar • Fetuchini (aka Cheesely) – bass • Red-Squirts (aka Big Daddy) – drums, horn '''The F.U.'s''' • John Sox – vocals • Steve Grimes – guitar, vocals • Joe Rockhead – bass • Bob Furapples – drums • The John Wayne Memorial "Lick-the-Big-C" Boys' Choir – choir in "Green Beret" Gang Green • Chris Doherty – guitar, vocals • Bill Manley – bass, vocals • Mike Dean – drums ;Decadence • Eric Wilkinson – vocals • Glenn Norton – guitar • Jon Anastas – bass • Wright Manley – drums The Freeze • Clif "Hanger" Croce – vocals • Rob DeCradle – guitar • Rick Andrews – bass • Lou Cataldo – drums Production • Michel Bastarache (pka Mr. B) – production (tracks A1 to A6, B1 to B7) • Jimmy Dufour – production (A7, A8), co-production (A9, A11 to A14), engineering (A1 to A10, B1 to B7) • The Freeze – production (B9 to B16) • Lou Giordano – co-production (A9), engineering (A1 to A6, A11 to A14, B1 to B7) • Frank Michaels – co-production (A9) • Jay Snow – co-production (A10) • Groinoids – co-production (A10) • The F.U.'s – co-production (A11 to A14) • Nasty – co-production (B8) • Grub the Great – co-production (B8) • Emir Galevi – engineering (B9) • Ken Kanavous – engineering (B10 to B16) • Phil In Phlash – photography Additional production (1995 remastered CD edition) • Mark McKay – editing • Sean Sweeney – editing • Henk Kooistra – remastering • Joe Cuneo – remastering (assistance) • Michel Bastarache (pka Mr. B) – technical assistance, illustration (flyers), liner notes • Rachel Kieserman – illustration (assistance) • Jack Kelly – illustration (flyers) • Mike Gitter (from xXx Fanzine) – liner notes == Notes ==