Turn It Around!
Turn It Around! | |
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Maximumrocknroll Very Small Records (reissue) | |
Producer | Kevin Army |
Turn It Around! is a
In retrospect, it has been cited as an important compilation album and served as an introduction to a number of the bands, most of which would go on to release albums on the then-newly formed Lookout Records. Many musicians from the later Gilman Street scene have cited Turn It Around! as an influence.[2]
Background and production
In the summer of 1987,
Packaging
The title, Turn It Around!, was chosen by Maximumrocknroll founder Tim Yohannan in reference to the members of the Gilman Street Project trying to "reestablish a sense of community" within the underground punk scene.[3] "At a time when the scene is plagued by mindless violence, intimidation, vandalism and general stupidity" Yohannan said, "when it's all becoming more like the mainstream than an alternative, there are groups of dedicated people who are determined to fight back and revitalize things."[3] The front cover was done by Cammie Toloui of the Yeastie Girlz and features a photo of Maximumrocknroll writer Walter Glaser.[3] Hayes handled the layout and packaging, and put together an extensive booklet of the bands' pictures and lyrics to all of the songs and sent the artwork to Positive Press in Oakland to be printed.[3] It was later decided before release that the compilation would be on two 7-inch records, which Hayes said was a "statement, maybe we're trying to set an example to get people off of their asses and create something."[3] He further stated that "Most distributors won't even take 7-inches to begin with, so we're obviously not in it for the money."[3] The album was pressed at a pressing plant called Alberti in Monterey Park, California, which would later press vinyl for Lookout Records.[3]
Release and influence
Turn It Around! was released in early October 1987 with an original pressing of 2,000 copies that here numbered. The album was a success within the punk scene and it served as an introduction to the scene for many fans.[citation needed] Its initial pressing sold out by 1989 and was out of print for the next two years. In September 1991, Hayes reissued Turn It Around! on his own label Very Small Records.[1] This version did not come with the booklet and did not have the original cover intact, instead cutting up images from the booklet and pasting them together to make the artwork.[1] It was also released as one LP rather than the original double 7-inch. This was because of the length of the album, as each original 7-inch was about 15 minutes, resulting in its poor sound quality.[5]
In recent years, Turn It Around! has been regarded as a classic punk compilation album and proved to be influential to many later Gilman Street bands. Many people of the scene have given it praise as well, including Larry Livermore and Chris Applegren of Lookout Records, who both called the compilation "legendary" on their blogs.[6][4] Billie Joe Armstrong, vocalist-guitarist of Green Day, has also cited it as an influence, stating in an interview with Time magazine in 2010 that it was a "pretty big record for [him]".[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Contributing artist | Length |
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1. | "Where Is He?" | Corrupted Morals | 1:43 |
2. | "She's from Salinas" | Sweet Baby Jesus | 2:00 |
3. | "Confederate Flags" | Isocracy | 2:08 |
4. | "Gang Way" | No Use for a Name | 2:01 |
No. | Title | Contributing artist | Length |
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5. | "Another Day" | Crimpshrine | 2:40 |
6. | "I Got No" | Operation Ivy | 1:15 |
7. | "Fun on the Freeway" | Stikky | 1:49 |
8. | "Freezer Burn" | Nasal Sex | 1:48 |
No. | Title | Contributing artist | Length |
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9. | "Yeast Power" | Yeastie Girlz | 0:35 |
10. | "Contragate" | Rabid Lassie | 1:43 |
11. | "Wally and the Beaver Go to Nicaragua" | Sewer Trout | 2:11 |
12. | "Z.B.H.R." | Isocracy | 0:56 |
13. | "Officer" | Operation Ivy | 1:55 |
No. | Title | Contributing artist | Length |
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14. | "Pathetic" | Sweet Baby Jesus | 1:49 |
15. | "Rearranged" | Crimpshrine | 1:59 |
16. | "Moshometer" | Stikky | 1:23 |
17. | "Two Taps" | Buggerall | 2:25 |
Total length: | 30:01 |
Personnel
Corrupted Morals
- Rick Morgan – lead vocals
- Dan Boland – guitar
- Ray Sebastian – guitar
- Joel Wing – bass
- Jose Mariscol – drums
Sweet Baby Jesus
- Dallas Denery – lead vocals
- Matt Buenrostro – guitar
- Richie Bucher – bass, backing vocals
- Sergie Loobkoff – drums
Isocracy
- Jason Beebout – lead vocals
- Lenny Johnson – guitar, backing vocals
- Martin Brome – bass, backing vocals
- Al Sobrante – drums
No Use for a Name
- Ramon Gras – lead vocals
- Tony Sly – guitar, backing vocals
- Steve Papoutsis – bass
- Rory Koff – drums
Crimpshrine
- Jeff Ott – lead vocals, guitar
- Pete Rypins – bass, backing vocals
- Aaron Cometbus – drums
Operation Ivy
- Jesse Michaels (credited as "Shrik") – lead vocals
- Lint – guitar, backing vocals
- Matt McCall – bass, backing vocals
- Dave Mello (credited as "Animal") – drums, backing vocals
- Pat Mello (credited as "Skin") – backing vocals
Stikky
- Todd Wilder – lead vocals, drums
- Chris Wilder – guitar, vocals
- Chris Dodge – bass, vocals
Nasal Sex
- Andy Sacco – lead vocals, guitar
- Rocci Cirone – bass, backing vocals
- Joe Cirone – drums, backing vocals
Yeastie Girlz
- Joyce Jimenez – vocals
- Jane Guskin – vocals
- Cammie Toloui – vocals
Rabid Lassie
- Joey Vela – lead vocals
- Mike Pare – bass, backing vocals
- Trent Nelson – guitar, backing vocals
- Jason Hammon – guitar, backing vocals
- Wade Hoyt – drums
Sewer Trout
- Jim MacLean – lead vocals, bass
- Keith Lehtinan – guitar, backing vocals
- Hal MacLean – drums
Buggerall
- Chris Giese (credited as “Rum”) – lead vocals
- Richie Bucher (credited as “Roo”) – bass
- Ray Cooper (credited as “Tex”) – guitar, backing vocals
- Sergie Loobkoff (credited as “Brig”) – drums
Production
- Kevin Army – engineer
- Andy Ernst – engineer on "Where Is He?"
- Dick Dias – engineer on "Freezer Burn"
- Radley Hirsch – engineer on "Yeast Power"
- George Horn – mastering
- Cammie Toloui – cover art, photography
- David Hayes – layout
- Chris Wilder – art direction
- Murray Bowles; Joel Wing; Anne Marie; Mark; Wayne van der Kuil – photography
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Turn It Around!". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ a b 10 Questions for Billie Joe. Time Magazine. Retrieved 2015-10-25
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Turn It Around! liner notes. Retrieved 2015-10-25
- ^ a b "Journey To The End: Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman and Lars Frederiksen talk to Larry Livermore about Operation Ivy, Rancid and that whole East Bay thing". larrylivermore.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ History of East Bay Punk: The David Hayes Story. Retrieved 2015-10-25
- ^ "Songs About Drinking review". Lookoutrecordscatalog.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-10-25.