Four Old 7-inches on 12-inch

Various Artists, “Four Old 7-inches on 12-inch” (Discord, 1981; original release 1980-81)
Collection of early, “Flex Your Head”-era harDCore. Teen Idles were Ian McKaye’s first band; S. O. A. was Rollins’s. All four are great: Teen Idles raw, scratchy and frenzied; S. O. A. fast and clean with shred guitar and vocals, Gov’t Issue pummeling and chaotic, and (my favorite) Youth Brigade a snarling, shuddering, tank-like roar.
Try A: 2, 6, 7, 15, 16; B: 6, 11, 14, 15, 16.
4/19/13