Turn It Around!
| Turn It Around! | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | October 1987 September 1991 (reissue) |
| Recorded | August 1987 |
| Studio | Dangerous Rhythm in Oakland, California |
| Genre | Punk rock, hardcore punk |
| Length | 30:01 |
| Label |
Maximumrocknroll Very Small Records (reissue) |
| Producer | Kevin Army |
Turn It Around! is a punk rock compilation album by Maximumrocknroll. Originally released as two 7-inch records in October 1987, it served as a benefit to raise money for the Berkeley, California DIY punk scene (known as the Gilman Street Project). The compilation featured the first appearances of many bands who would later become well-known outside of the scene, including Operation Ivy, Crimpshrine and Isocracy. Due to the poor sound quality of the original 7-inch version, Turn It Around! was reissued by Very Small Records in September 1991 as one LP. However, the compilation is currently out of print and has never seen a CD release.
In recent years, it has been cited as an important compilation album and served as an introduction to a number of the bands, all of which later signed to either Lookout Records or Very Small Records. Many musicians from the later Gilman Street scene have cited Turn It Around! as an influence.
In the summer of 1987, Maximumrocknroll decided to put together a compilation album to raise money for the Gilman Street Project, the first wave of bands from the local Berkeley, California DIY punk scene centered on the 924 Gilman Street venue. Hayes also saw this as a chance to document the bands, as almost all of them had no recordings available at that point. Initially wanting to record it at 924 Gilman Street, Hayes set up a "Battle of the Bands" concert in July where the bands played a number of their songs and the compilation tracks would be chosen later. However, the recording went out in the middle of the concert, so Hayes took this as an opportunity to choose the bands and songs beforehand. The only recording saved from the concert was the Yeastie Girlz track "Yeast Power", which was engineered by Radley Hirsch and later featured on the compilation. With everything chosen, most of the bands set out to record their songs with Kevin Army at Dangerous Rhythm Studio in Oakland, California in August. Corrupted Morals recorded its track at Art of Ears Studio in San Francisco and Nasal Sex went to Creative Sound in San Jose with Dick Dias. After the recordings were done, George Horn mastered the album at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley.
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