Thoughts of Yesterday: 1981–1982 is a compilation album of early material by the American hardcore punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), released in 1987 by Posh Boy Records. It combines the band's two EPs, 1981's T.S.O.L. and 1982's Weathered Statues, as well as an early version of "Peace Thru' Power", a song that was re-recorded for their first full-length album Dance with Me (1981). The album's release stemmed from a dispute between T.S.O.L. and Posh Boy owner Robbie Fields that began when the band left Posh Boy after releasing T.S.O.L., moving to Frontier Records for Dance with Me. Fields maintained that the band owed his label another EP, and withheld royalties from them as a result. The dispute culminated in singer Jack Grisham punching Fields in the face. Several years later, after Grisham and drummer Todd Barnes had both left T.S.O.L., a settlement was negotiated in which the band members received back royalty payments and Posh Boy acquired the rights to Weathered Statues, originally released through Alternative Tentacles. Posh Boy combined the two EPs to create Thoughts of Yesterday.
Originally released as an LP, the album was reissued on compact disc the following year with another Posh Boy release, Pariah's 1983 album Youths of Age, appended as bonus tracks. It was reissued again in 1992 by Rhino Records, with the Pariah tracks replaced by the 1988 debut album of Grisham and Barnes' post-T.S.O.L. band, Tender Fury, which was also originally released by Posh Boy.
The original T.S.O.L. lineup of singer Jack Grisham, guitarist Ron Emory, bassist Mike Roche, and drummer Todd Barnes released their debut EP, T.S.O.L., in 1981 through Posh Boy Records.[1][2] According to Grisham, the band had already written most of the songs that would end up on their first full-length album, but were distrustful of Posh Boy owner Robbie Fields and chose to put out an EP through the label instead: "We knew Posh Boy was gonna burn us, but we wanted to put out a record. So it was like 'Let's give him these [songs], and we'll save the good stuff for later.'"[3] Shortly after the EP's release the band moved to Frontier Records for their first studio album, 1981's Dance with Me.[1][2] This caused a dispute with Fields, who claimed the band had not honored their contractual commitment to record a second EP for his label.[2] "That chameleon [Grisham] had me drink the sweetest wine of fraternal love," said Fields, "and with my next breath I tasted the bitter bile of betrayal as he unleashed the running dogs of hatred upon me."[4] The dispute culminated in Grisham punching Fields in the nose in 1982 outside a roller rink in Fullerton, California.[4][5][6][7]
Several years later, Fields and the four original members of T.S.O.L. (Grisham and Barnes had left the band in 1983) worked out a settlement in which the band received back payments of royalties from the label, and Fields purchased the master recordings and publishing rights to T.S.O.L.'s 1982 EP Weathered Statues, originally released through Alternative Tentacles.[2] Fields considered this "perhaps [my] greatest business coup" because a decline in popularity of 7-inch records during the mid-1980s allowed him to acquire "what [the band's] manager thought was essentially worthless material, that from the 7-inch EP. It had never occurred to the manager that I, too, knew that [7-inches] were no longer viable. Within a few weeks we had re-packaged all of the old and new T.S.O.L. masters, including 'Peace Thru' Power' from Posh Hits Vol. 1, and combined them in the new long play record, 1987's Thoughts of Yesterday."[2]
Re-releases
The compilation was originally released as an LP. When it was reissued on compact disc the following year, the tracks from another Posh Boy release, Pariah's 1983 album Youths of Age, were added to it as bonus tracks.[2] It was reissued again in 1992 by Rhino Records with the Pariah tracks replaced by Tender Fury, the eponymously titled 1988 debut album of Grisham and Barnes' post-T.S.O.L. band, which was also originally released by Posh Boy.[2] In the liner notes of the Rhino release, Fields described encountering Grisham at a party in March 1987, their first meeting since Grisham had punched him in 1982: "This time, he shook my hand vigorously and told me how pleased he was to see me again. I spent most of my time at the party explaining the liner notes for Thoughts of Yesterday, which Jack hadn't read yet. As it turned out Jack did take those comments of mine as a tribute of sorts. I even offered to let Jack write his side of the story for this compact disc."[4] In 1997 Nitro Records purchased the master tapes of the two EPs from Posh Boy, remastered them, and re-released them as the compilation T.S.O.L. / Weathered Statues.[2][8]
Reception
Greg Prato of Allmusic gave the 1992 Rhino Records release of the compilation a 4½ star rating out of 5, remarking "It was in Tender Fury that the band played loose and bluesy rock & roll, and singer Jack Grisham sounds like the big brother of The Cult's Ian Astbury. But it's the T.S.O.L. punk material that they're best known for."[9] He singled out "Thoughts of Yesterday" as "One of their best songs ... a surprisingly low-key and melodic number, which sticks out like a sore thumb amidst all the other furious thrashers."[9]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jack Grisham, Ron Emory, Mike Roche, and Todd Barnes, except where noted.
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Thoughts of Yesterday 1981 1982 is a compilation album of early material by the American hardcore punk band T S O L True Sounds of Liberty released in 1987 by Posh Boy Records It combines the band s two EPs 1981 s T S O L and 1982 s Weathered Statues as well as an early version of Peace Thru Power a song that was re recorded for their first full length album Dance with Me 1981 The album s release stemmed from a dispute between T S O L and Posh Boy owner Robbie Fields that began when the band left Posh Boy after releasing T S O L moving to Frontier Records for Dance with Me Fields maintained that the band owed his label another EP and withheld royalties from them as a result The dispute culminated in singer Jack Grisham punching Fields in the face Several years later after Grisham and drummer Todd Barnes had both left T S O L a settlement was negotiated in which the band members received back royalty payments and Posh Boy acquired the rights to Weathered Statues originally released through Alternative Tentacles Posh Boy combined the two EPs to create Thoughts of Yesterday Thoughts of Yesterday 1981 1982Compilation album by T S O L Released1987Recorded1981 82GenreHardcore punkLength19 48LabelPosh Boy PBS 150 ProducerRobbie Fields Thom WilsonT S O L chronologyHit and Run 1987 Thoughts of Yesterday 1981 1982 1987 Live 1988 Originally released as an LP the album was reissued on compact disc the following year with another Posh Boy release Pariah s 1983 album Youths of Age appended as bonus tracks It was reissued again in 1992 by Rhino Records with the Pariah tracks replaced by the 1988 debut album of Grisham and Barnes post T S O L band Tender Fury which was also originally released by Posh Boy Contents 1 Background 2 Re releases 3 Reception 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 ReferencesBackground EditThe original T S O L lineup of singer Jack Grisham guitarist Ron Emory bassist Mike Roche and drummer Todd Barnes released their debut EP T S O L in 1981 through Posh Boy Records 1 2 According to Grisham the band had already written most of the songs that would end up on their first full length album but were distrustful of Posh Boy owner Robbie Fields and chose to put out an EP through the label instead We knew Posh Boy was gonna burn us but we wanted to put out a record So it was like Let s give him these songs and we ll save the good stuff for later 3 Shortly after the EP s release the band moved to Frontier Records for their first studio album 1981 s Dance with Me 1 2 This caused a dispute with Fields who claimed the band had not honored their contractual commitment to record a second EP for his label 2 That chameleon Grisham had me drink the sweetest wine of fraternal love said Fields and with my next breath I tasted the bitter bile of betrayal as he unleashed the running dogs of hatred upon me 4 The dispute culminated in Grisham punching Fields in the nose in 1982 outside a roller rink in Fullerton California 4 5 6 7 Several years later Fields and the four original members of T S O L Grisham and Barnes had left the band in 1983 worked out a settlement in which the band received back payments of royalties from the label and Fields purchased the master recordings and publishing rights to T S O L s 1982 EP Weathered Statues originally released through Alternative Tentacles 2 Fields considered this perhaps my greatest business coup because a decline in popularity of 7 inch records during the mid 1980s allowed him to acquire what the band s manager thought was essentially worthless material that from the 7 inch EP It had never occurred to the manager that I too knew that 7 inches were no longer viable Within a few weeks we had re packaged all of the old and new T S O L masters including Peace Thru Power from Posh Hits Vol 1 and combined them in the new long play record 1987 s Thoughts of Yesterday 2 Re releases EditThe compilation was originally released as an LP When it was reissued on compact disc the following year the tracks from another Posh Boy release Pariah s 1983 album Youths of Age were added to it as bonus tracks 2 It was reissued again in 1992 by Rhino Records with the Pariah tracks replaced by Tender Fury the eponymously titled 1988 debut album of Grisham and Barnes post T S O L band which was also originally released by Posh Boy 2 In the liner notes of the Rhino release Fields described encountering Grisham at a party in March 1987 their first meeting since Grisham had punched him in 1982 This time he shook my hand vigorously and told me how pleased he was to see me again I spent most of my time at the party explaining the liner notes for Thoughts of Yesterday which Jack hadn t read yet As it turned out Jack did take those comments of mine as a tribute of sorts I even offered to let Jack write his side of the story for this compact disc 4 In 1997 Nitro Records purchased the master tapes of the two EPs from Posh Boy remastered them and re released them as the compilation T S O L Weathered Statues 2 8 Reception EditGreg Prato of Allmusic gave the 1992 Rhino Records release of the compilation a 4 star rating out of 5 remarking It was in Tender Fury that the band played loose and bluesy rock amp roll and singer Jack Grisham sounds like the big brother of The Cult s Ian Astbury But it s the T S O L punk material that they re best known for 9 He singled out Thoughts of Yesterday as One of their best songs a surprisingly low key and melodic number which sticks out like a sore thumb amidst all the other furious thrashers 9 Track listing EditAll tracks are written by Jack Grisham Ron Emory Mike Roche and Todd Barnes except where noted Side ANo TitleLength1 Peace Thru Power from Posh Hits Vol 1 1983 1 552 Property Is Theft from T S O L 1981 1 273 Word Is from Weathered Statues 1982 2 354 Abolish Government Silent Majority from T S O L 1981 1 595 Weathered Statues from Weathered Statues 1982 3 12 Side BNo TitleLength1 Thoughts of Yesterday from Weathered Statues 1982 2 372 Superficial Love from T S O L 1981 1 203 Man and Machine from Weathered Statues 1982 1 394 No Way Out from T S O L 1981 1 125 World War III from T S O L 1981 1 52Total length 19 48 1988 Posh Boy Records CD bonus tracks Pariah Youths of AgeNo TitleWriter s Length11 Youths of Age Tony Cox Mike Smith Ray Lujan Greg Travers3 3312 Inside Looking Out Cox Smith Lujan Travers2 4813 Blind Resistance Cox Smith Lujan Travers1 4614 Faith in Mercy Cox Smith Lujan Travers3 0415 White Line Cox Smith Lujan Travers2 5616 All the Kings Men Cox Smith Lujan Travers2 2017 Passion and Pride Cox Smith Lujan Travers2 2918 Running for Cover Cox Smith Lujan Travers2 4119 Striking Back Cox Smith Lujan Travers3 24Total length 44 01 1992 Rhino Records CD bonus tracks Tender Fury Tender FuryNo TitleWriter s Length11 The Apartment Grisham Barnes Daniel Root Robbie Allen2 2412 Talk About Living Grisham Barnes Root Allen3 4513 Big E s Night Move Grisham Barnes Root Allen2 1714 Statutory Story Grisham Barnes Root Allen2 3415 Kill Cindy Grisham Barnes Root Allen3 1616 What We Got Grisham Barnes Root Allen2 3617 Running Around Again Grisham Barnes Root Allen2 3718 Let It Go Grisham Barnes Root Allen3 3719 Mercy Ride Grisham Barnes Root Allen3 3520 Look Back in Anger originally performed by David Bowie David Bowie Carlos Alomar Brian Eno3 45Total length 49 26Personnel Edit 4 T S O L Jack Grisham vocals Ron Emory guitars Mike Roche bass guitar Todd Barnes drumsPariahTony Cox vocals Mike Smith guitar Ray Lujan bass guitar Greg Travers drumsTender FuryJack Grisham vocals Daniel Root guitar Robbie Allen bass guitar Todd Barnes drums ProductionRobbie Fields producer of tracks from T S O L and Posh Hits Vol 1 Thom Wilson producer of tracks from Weathered Statues David Hines mix engineer Vinny Golia remixing Geoff Sykes remix engineer Bill Inglot remastering Ken Perry remastering Marshall Wolf cover designReferences Edit a b Blush Steven 2001 American Hardcore A Tribal History New York City Feral House p 326 ISBN 0 922915 71 7 a b c d e f g h Discography Posh Boy Records Retrieved 2011 12 31 Blush p 93 a b c d Fields Robbie 1992 Thoughts of Yesterday 1981 1982 CD booklet T S O L Los Angeles Rhino Records R2 71117 Boehm Mike 1990 02 10 Tender Fury s Bad Boy Grisham Not Quite So Furious Anymore Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2012 02 04 Boehm Mike 1995 04 20 For Jack Grisham Time for a Move Up Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2012 02 04 Boehm Mike 1998 12 31 Essential Albums 78 98 Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2012 02 04 Huey Steve Review T S O L Weathered Statues Allmusic Retrieved 2012 01 06 a b Prato Greg Review Thoughts of Yesterday 1981 1982 Allmusic Retrieved 2012 11 03 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thoughts of Yesterday 1981 1982 amp oldid 1153004337, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
