Posh Boy Records
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. 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. Social Distortion was one of many bands whose first recordings were issued by Posh Boy.
Posh Boy Records
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- Posh Boy Records
- Founded
- 1978
- Headquarters
- Hollywood
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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. 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. Social Distortion was one of many bands whose first recordings were issued by Posh Boy.
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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). 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). 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, 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.
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• Name — Posh Boy Records • Founded — 1978 • Founder — Robbie Fields • Genre — * Punk rock • hardcore punk • Country — United States • Location — Hollywood, Los Angeles, California • Url — http: www.poshboy.com
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The label released the following records: • 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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