V/A - This Is Boston Not L.A (1982)
This Is Boston, Not L.A. is a hardcore punk compilation released in 1982. It is considered the definitive album from the Boston hardcore scene, as several of its most prominent bands appear on the record, namely, Jerry's Kids, the Proletariat, the Groinoids, the F.U.'s, Gang Green, Decadence, and the Freeze. For all of them, with the exception of the last one, This Is Boston, Not L.A. was also their debut release. Al Barile's band, SSD were asked to contribute to the compilation, but they refused to participate on it. The album was named after its closing track, the eponymous song by the Freeze:
If you dance the same and dress the same
It won't be long 'til you are the same
You look the same and act the same
There's nothing new and you're to blame
This is Boston, not L.A.
This is Boston, fuck L.A.
—The Freeze, "This Is Boston, Not L.A."
Tracklist:
Jerry's Kids
1. Straight Jacket
2. Uncontrollable
3. Wired
4. Desperate
5. Pressure
6. I Don't Wanna
The Proletariat
7. Options
8. Religion Is The Opium Of The Masses
9. Allegiance
10. The Groinoids - Angel
The F.U.'S
11. Preskool Dropout
12. Radio UNIX U.S.A.
13. Green Beret
14. Time Is Money
Gang Green
15. Snob
16. Lie Lie
17. I Don't Know
18. Rabies
19. Narrow Mind
20. Kill A Commie
21. Have Fun
22. Decadence - Slam
The Freeze
23. Broken Bones
24. Idiots At Happy Hour
25. Now Or Never
26. Sacrifice Not Suicide
27. It's Only Alcohol
28. Trouble If You Hide
29. Time Bomb
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