Yes L.A.
| Yes L.A. | |
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| Compilation album EP by various artists | |
| Released | August 1979 |
| Recorded | 1978 – 1979 |
| Genre | Punk rock |
| Length | 13:26 |
| Language | English |
| Label | Dangerhouse |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Vinyl District | A |
Yes L.A. is a legendary six-song compilation EP featuring first-generation Californian punk rock bands. It was also the final release for the short-lived but influential Dangerhouse Records label.
A one-sided picture disc released in the twilight of the early Los Angeles punk scene,Yes L.A. features some of its most acclaimed bands: the Bags, the Eyes, the Alley Cats, Black Randy and the Metrosquad,X, and the Germs.
The record title makes parody of No New York, the seminal no wave compilation album issued a year earlier, perceived as pretentious by West Coast punkers. The EP even included a satirical disclaimer printed on the disc saying: "Not produced by Brian Eno".
The compilation includes a rawer early version of X's song "Los Angeles", recorded in 1978, which is, in the words of Dangerhouse Records co-founder David Brown, "a scathing, literal depiction of the scene which needs no explanation". The record also features a rare alternate mix of the Germs' "No God", a song originally produced by Geza X for the EP Lexicon Devil, previously released in May 1978.
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