T.S.O.L. (EP)
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Left to right on the cover: Ron Emory, Jack Grisham, Todd Barnes, and Mike Roche in a high-contrast solarised print of a photograph taken by Edward Colver
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| EP by T.S.O.L. | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | March 1981 at Brian Elliot Recording in North Hollywood, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Hardcore punk | |||
| Length | 07:37 | |||
| Label | Posh Boy (PBS 1013) | |||
| Producer | Robbie Fields | |||
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T.S.O.L. is the eponymously titled debut EP by the American hardcore punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), released in 1981 through Posh Boy Records. Its fast tempos and politically radical lyrics established the band as a major force in the southern California hardcore scene of the time. T.S.O.L. quickly moved away from leftist political subject matter, however, shifting in a gothic rock direction and changing labels to Frontier Records for their full-length album Dance with Me (1981). This led to a dispute with Posh Boy owner Robbie Fields, who claimed the band owed his label another EP. The two parties eventually reached a settlement in which Posh Boy gained the rights to T.S.O.L.'s 1982 EP Weathered Statues, combining it with the debut EP in the 1987 compilation album Thoughts of Yesterday: 1981–1982. Nitro Records purchased the master recordings from Posh Boy in 1997 and re-released the two EPs as the compilation T.S.O.L. / Weathered Statues.
Having made a name for themselves with their live shows, T.S.O.L. received an offer from Posh Boy Records owner Robbie Fields to make a record. According to singer Jack Grisham, the arrangement was based mostly on a verbal agreement which the band expected Fields would exploit:
It was shit money and a shit deal, but what did we care? The initial contract got flushed down the toilet at Sammy Wong's hotel when we were playing a gig in San Francisco, and we didn't even bother to sign a new one. We made a verbal agreement with the Fagin of punk rock. Robbie, or the "Posh One", was an ex-Brit, a sometimes substitute teacher who minored in punk rock exploitation. He was the perfect host for our first disc. Robbie had his own record company, Posh Boy Records. Jesus, even the name sounded like a scam.
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