i remember buying this way back when it was exciting to get a new record.great thanx

I searched high and low for this record…every record store in So Cal. for years. Came upon 2 copies at the same time, one for me and one for a friend that was also looking. Go figure, my copy was warped so bad it wouldn’t play..haha. Thanks

Re: major label motivations for signing early punk bands. As with every new scene or trend, one band does well and every other label seeks to replicate their success with a copycat band, most of which fail for obvious reasons and then disappear with the trend. Think all the faux grunge bands that got signed when Nirvana hit big, thrash metal bands that were hyped after Metallica and Slayer started selling units, mallpunk bands that got deals out of nowhere when Green Day and the Offspring blew up. The Dickies were A&M’s entry into the “new wave” sweepstakes; the fact is was them signed out of all the decent punk bands in LA circa 1978 was largely due to a member being related to the executive that scooped them.

I don’t think the A&M nepotism charge is true; it was just a rumour at the time. If it had any basis in reality would A&M drop them just because they ditched their manager?

The Dickies could do no wrong back in the day, one of my favourite bands ever! Great for coloured wax junkies as nearly every 7″ release was a different cool colour.

It’s hard to believe they are still playing now without a descent release behind them in the past 20+ years! Still a great band to see live all the same although I wish they would come up with more intersting stuff to say between tracks!

Pedigree Scum…its funny how you mention for the colored vinyl junkies, how true is that. Me a friend just had that discussion. Its was always great to get a dickies single because you always got colored wax.