Tooth and Nail (various artists album)

Tooth and Nail
Compilation album by various artists
Released Mid-1979
Studio Program Recorders
Mental Ward
Genre
Length 35:41
Language English
Label Upsetter
Producer Chris Desjardins
Judith Bell

Tooth and Nail is a seminal compilation album featuring early Californian punk rock bands.[1][2][3]

Production

Except for Negative Trend and Germs, all bands on Tooth and Nail were co-produced by the Flesh Eaters frontman Chris Desjardins[1] with Judith Bell.

The Controllers, U.X.A., Middle Class, and Germs were recorded at Program Recorders Studios in Hollywood, California. The Flesh Eaters' songs "The Word Goes Flesh" and "Pony Dress" were recorded at Mental Ward Studios.

With the exceptions of "Version Nation", "Mercenaries" and "I Got Power", all tracks were mixed by Michael Hamilton at Kitchen Sync Studios in Hollywood. "Version Nation" is Desjardins' remixed version of his song "Disintegration Nation",[1] originally produced and engineered by Randy Stodola at Alleycat House[nb 1] for the 7-inch EP Flesh Eaters[nb 2][nb 3][1][4] released in 1978 on Upsetter Records; while "Mercenaries" and "I Got Power"[nb 4] are Desjardins and Rik L Rik's remixes[nb 5][6] of demo recordings done by the third lineup of Negative Trend in November 1978,[6][7] in a session produced by Robbie Fields from Posh Boy Records at Media Art Studios in Hermosa Beach, California.

Tooth and Nail was mastered by Larry Boden in May 1979 at MCA Whitney Recording Studios in Glendale, California.[nb 6]

Release

Featuring only previously unreleased material, Tooth and Nail was originally issued in mid-1979 on Upsetter Records, in 12-inch LP format.[nb 7][1][2][6][8] The record was also the debut release for U.X.A.

Reissues

In 1989, 10 years after its debut, Upsetter re-released Tooth and Nail.[nb 7][9] The record has been out of print since then, however, most of the songs on it were later reissued separately.

The Controllers' songs were included on their eponymous compilation,[nb 8][10] released in 2000 on Bacchus Archives, a sublabel of Dionysus Records.

In 2004, the Flesh Eaters' contribution was re-released as bonus tracks on the Atavistic Records' remastered CD reissue[nb 9][11] of their first studio album No Questions Asked,[nb 10] originally released in 1980 on Upsetter.

Middle Class' "Love Is Just a Tool" and "Above Suspicion" were featured on their compilation album A Blueprint for Joy: 1978-1980,[nb 11] issued on CD by Velvetone Records in 1995. They were also included on their early recordings collection Out of Vogue: The Early Material,[12] released on vinyl[nb 12] and CD[nb 13] by Frontier Records in 2008. "Archetype", an outtake from the Tooth and Nail recording sessions, was featured on both compilations.

In November 2011, Posh Boy issued the two Negative Trend tracks on Tooth and Nail, along with their five cuts, credited to Rik L Rik, on the compilation album Beach Blvd, as a downloadable digital collection titled November 1978.

Re-recordings

The Flesh Eaters' "Pony Dress" was re-recorded for the 1982 punk rock compilation American Youth Report,[nb 14] a vinyl LP issued on Invasion Records, a sublabel of Bomp! Records.

A shorter version of U.X.A.'s eponymous song was recorded for their first album, Illusions of Grandeur,[nb 15] released by Posh Boy Records in 1981, on vinyl[nb 16] and cassettte tape;[nb 17] while their song "Social Circle" was re-recorded by a reformed U.X.A., still fronted by De De Troit, for their album Tree Punks at Real School,[nb 18] issued on CD by the Belgian label Payola Records in 1997.

The three Germs' songs on Tooth and Nail are alternate versions of the best known tracks of the same titles featured on (GI),[nb 19] the band's first and only studio album, released later in the same year.

Track listing

Where it is necessary, songwriting credits are listed in the format lyrics/music.

Side A
No. TitleWriter(s)Artist Length
1. "Another Day"  Kidd Spike/Mad Dog, Spike, StingrayThe Controllers 2:23
2. "Electric Church"  Spike/Mad Dog, Spike, StingrayThe Controllers 3:07
3. "Jezebel" (Wayne Shanklin cover)Wayne ShanklinThe Controllers 3:00
4. "The Word Goes Flesh"  Desjardins/Bonebrake, Desjardins, Doe, GarrettThe Flesh Eaters 2:31
5. "Pony Dress"  Chris DesjardinsThe Flesh Eaters 2:20
6. "Version Nation"  DesjardinsThe Flesh Eaters 1:52
7. "Social Circle"  De De Troit/Billy SouthardU.X.A. 2:40
Side B
No. TitleWriter(s)Artist Length
1. "U.X.A." (United Experiments of America)Kowalski, Troit/PiscioneriU.X.A. 3:11
2. "I Got Power"  Rik L Rik/Craig GrayNegative Trend 1:31
3. "Mercenaries"  Will Shatter/GrayNegative Trend 2:36
4. "Love Is Just a Tool"  Middle ClassMiddle Class 1:10
5. "Above Suspicion"  Middle ClassMiddle Class 3:21
6. "Manimal" (early version)Darby Crash/GermsGerms 2:15
7. "Dragon Lady" (early version)Crash/GermsGerms 1:48
8. "Strange Notes" (early version)Crash/GermsGerms 1:56
Total length:
 35:41

Personnel

The Controllers
The Flesh Eaters
U.X.A.
  • Denise Semiroux (pka De De Troit) - vocals
  • Billy Southard - guitar
  • Patrick O'Sullivan - bass
  • Richie O'Connell - drums
Negative Trend
  • Richard Elerick (pka Rik L Rik) - vocals
  • Craig Gray - guitar, backing vocals
  • Will Shatter - bass, backing vocals
  • Tim Mooney – drums, backing vocals
Middle Class
  • Jeff Atta - vocals
  • Mike Atta - guitar
  • Mike Patton - bass, backing vocals
  • Bruce Atta - drums
Germs (credited as Germs (GI))
Production
Production for "Version Nation"
Production for Negative Trend
  • Robbie Fields - production
  • Glen Lockett (pka Spot) – engineering
  • Rolf Erickson - engineering
  • Chris Desjardins – remixing
  • Rik L Rik - remixing

Notes

  1. ↑ Stodola's four-track home studio.[4]
  2. ↑ Upsetter #UPSET 8
  3. 1 2 3 4 In their second incarnation, the Flesh Eaters consisted solely of Chris Desjardins backed by members of the pioneering punk rock trio The Flyboys.[1][3][5]
  4. ↑ Overdubbed with new vocals by Rik L Rik.
  5. ↑ Done at Media Art Studios in Hermosa Beach, California.
  6. ↑ The mastering company, engineer and date, uncredited on the cover art, can be identified via the run-out etchings: UP-J-1 MCA/LB (Side A) and WR-C-2 MCA/LB 5-29-79 ♡ (Side B).
  7. 1 2 Upsetter #UP WR 1&2
  8. ↑ Bacchus Archives #BA1148
  9. ↑ Atavistic #ALP143CD
  10. ↑ Upsetter #UPCJ 34
  11. ↑ Velvetone #VLT 002
  12. ↑ Frontier #31078-1
  13. ↑ Frontier #31078-1
  14. ↑ Invasion #INV-1
  15. ↑ A 10-track version of Illusions of Grandeur, mixed by Alec Murphy, was put in circulation as a pre-release (without any cover art) in 1980. It was replaced, the following year, by the definitive 12-track edition mixed by David Hines (keeping the same catalog number).
  16. ↑ Posh Boy #PBS 104
  17. ↑ Posh Boy #PBC 104
  18. ↑ Payola #CD-001
  19. ↑ Slash #SR-103

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hinman, Jay (January, 2001). "The Flesh Eaters: Heavy Punk Thunder from the Lake of Burning Fire". furious.com/perfect. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Morris, Chris (October 16, 1999). "Declarations of Independents: Flag waving". Billboard 111 (42): 73.
  3. 1 2 Neff, Joseph (July 24, 2014). "Graded on a Curve: The Flesh Eaters, A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die". thevinyldistrict.com. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Bernadicou, August (January 8, 2015). "Just an Alley Cat: Randy Stodola Speaks!". teenagenewszine.wordpress.com. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ Young, Jon; Sprague, David "TrouserPress.com :: Flesh Eaters". trouserpress.com. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "Negative Trend Three". negativetrend.net. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  7. ↑ Rabid, Jack. "TrouserPress.com :: F-Word". trouserpress.com. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  8. ↑ Tooth and Nail, 1979 LP cover art. recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  9. ↑ Tooth and Nail, 1989 LP reissue cover art. recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  10. ↑ The Controllers. allmusic.com. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  11. ↑ The Flesh Eaters, No Questions Asked, 2004 reissue. allmusic.com. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ Forget, Tom. "Out of Vogue: The Early Material Review by Tom Forget". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 15, 2015.

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