American record label
Record label
Posh Boy Records is a Hollywood , California-based record label owned by the American-born, British-educated Robbie "Posh Boy" Fields, a sometime high school substitute teacher and former copy boy at the Los Angeles Times who took an interest in the emerging punk rock scene in Orange County , California during the late 1970s.[citation needed ]
The label's releases enjoyed substantial airplay on Rodney Bingenheimer 's show on KROQ-FM , and some of them, notably the Fields-produced version of "Amoeba" by the Adolescents and the Stephen Hague-produced electronic rock track "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls" by the Sparks offshoot the Gleaming Spires , made it into regular programming on the station.[ 1]
Social Distortion was one of many bands whose first recordings were issued by Posh Boy. One of the label's most successful releases was Agent Orange 's debut, Living in Darkness , containing "Bloodstains", an extreme sports anthem covered by many alternative rock groups (the most notable being the Offspring in 2000 on the Ready to Rumble film soundtrack).[citation needed ]
Since 1999, expatriate and now known as Posh Boy Music, the label continued releasing music into the 2020s, the last vinyl release being a 7" by the Willowz of Anaheim , California in 2003. Subsequently, the label transitioned to being digital only with over 700 recordings released digitally, and to sublicense vinyl, compact disc and audio cassette rights to other labels, notably Radiation Records (Italy).[citation needed ]
More recently, the label entered into a licensing agreement with Netflix for use of its extensive back catalog. Stranger Things 2 has used music by Posh Boy acts Channel 3 and Ill Repute. Channel 3 were also featured in the inaugural season of White Famous on Showtime .
During the COVID lockdown, post 2020, the label pivoted to concentrate on non punk music with an emphasis on chamber music working with such leading musicians as composer Gene Pritsker , Some Nicholson, the painter David Nicholson , classical guitarist Warren Nicholson , violist Paul Cortese , singer Chanda Rule amongst others. Recent pop music signings include Scottish band The Moon Kids .[citation needed ] , Phil Proietti and Keysha Veen who scored a bona fide hit on SiriusXM 's Velvet Channel with "You Saved My World". Alternative releases include Channel 3 , Professor and the Madman , Santa Barbara's The Tearaways and 1980s' comedy icon Nigel Planer .
Early Releases
The label released the following records:[ 2]
Year
Artist
Title
Format
Type
Catalog #
1978
F-Word!
"Shut Down"
7"
live single
PBS 1
1978
F-Word!
Like It or Not Live
LP
live album
PBS 101
1979
Simpletones
"California"
7"
single
PBS 3
1979
Rik L Rik
"Meat House"
7"
single
PBS 4
1979
various artists
Beach Blvd
LP
compilation album
PBS 102
1980
various artists
The Siren
LP
compilation album
PBS 103
1980
various artists
Rodney on the ROQ
LP
compilation album
PBS 106
1980
Red Cross
Red Cross
12"
EP
PBS 1010
1981
391
391
12"
EP
PBS 1017
1981
CH3
CH3
12"
EP
PBS 1018
1981
various artists
Rodney on the ROQ - Volume 2
LP
compilation album
PBS 123
1981
Agent Orange
"Everything Turns Grey"
7"
single
PBS 12
1981
Black Flag
"Louie Louie "
7"
single
PBS 13
Bron Area
"You Would Be Amazed"
7"
single
PBS 16
The Buddy System
"Read My Lips"
7"
single
PBS 35
1981
T.S.O.L.
T.S.O.L.
12"
EP
PBS 1013
1981
U.X.A.
Illusions of Grandeur
LP
studio album
PBS 104
1982
CH3
Fear of Life
LP
studio album
PBS 128
1982
Gothic Hut
self titled
LP
studio album
PBS 143
1982
Baby Buddha
Music for Teenage Sex
LP
studio album
PBS 114
1981
various artists
The Future Looks Bright Ahead
CS
compilation album
PBC 120
1981
Agent Orange
Living in Darkness
LP, CD
studio album
PBS 122
various artists
Punk and Disorderly
LP, CD
compilation album
PBS 131
1982
Agent Orange
Bitchin' Summer
12"
EP
PBS 1037
1982
Symbol Six
Symbol Six
12"
EP
PBS 1030
1982
various artists
Posh Hits Vol. 1
LP
compilation album
PBS 8138
The Buddy System
The Buddy System
LP
studio album
PBS 8149
1982
various artists
Rodney on the ROQ Vol. III
LP
compilation album
PBS 140
1987
various artists
The Future Looks Brighter
LP, CD
compilation album
PBS 120, PBCD 120
1991
various artists
History of Rik L Rik
LP
3-LP box set
PBS 88101
1991
various artists
The Posh E.P.s Vol. 1
12"
3-EP box set
PBS 88111
1989
various artists
The Best of Rodney on the ROQ
CD
compilation album
PBCD 88155
1990
various artists
Posh Boy • The Singles Vol. One
LP
compilation album
various artists
The Posh Boy Story (More or Less)
CD
compilation album
PBCD 8160
Tatjana Balazs
The Complete Etudes – Chopin
CD
studio album
PBCD 8161
various artists
Rikk Agnew : Smash Demos Vol. II
CD
compilation album
PBCD 8163
1990
Adolescents
"Amoeba"
7"
single
PBS 6
1990
Agent Orange
"Eldorado"
7"
single
PBS 30
1994
Mr. Firley
California (45)
LP
studio album
PBS 39
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