# Yes L.A.

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{{Short description|1979 compilation EP by various artists}}

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Yes L.A.
| type         = compilation
| longtype     = [EP](/source/Extended_play)
| artist       = various artists
| cover        = VA YesLAEP artwork.jpeg
| border       = yes
| alt          = 
| released     = {{start date|1979|08}}
| recorded     = 1978–1979
| studio       = 
| genre        = [Punk rock](/source/Punk_rock)
| length       = {{duration|m=13|s=26}}
| language     =
| label        = [Dangerhouse](/source/Dangerhouse_Records)
| producer     = 
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = 
| next_year    = 
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = ''The Vinyl District''
|rev1score = A<ref name="TVD_YesLA">Neff, Joseph (August 13, 2013). [http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/2013/08/regraded-on-a-curve-dangerhouse-records-compilationyes-l-a/ "(Re)Graded on a Curve: Dangerhouse Records' Compilation, ''Yes L.A.''"]. ''The Vinyl District''. Retrieved September 12, 2016.</ref>
}}

'''''Yes L.A.''''' is a six-song compilation [EP](/source/Extended_play) featuring first-generation Californian [punk rock](/source/punk_rock) bands. It was also the final release of the short-lived but influential [Dangerhouse Records](/source/Dangerhouse_Records) label.<ref name="TVD_YesLA"/>

==Overview==
A one-sided [picture disc](/source/picture_disc) released at the twilight of the early Los Angeles [punk scene](/source/Punk_subculture),{{refn|group=nb|"Just as the scene was being split into harder-driving, superadrenalized extreme power metal-punk on one side and simpy new wave power pop on the other, the first L.A. punk compilation album, ... ''Yes L.A.'', was released..."<br />{{in5|32}}–&nbsp;[Brendan Mullen](/source/Brendan_Mullen)<ref name="WeGotheNB_p181">[Spitz, Marc](/source/Marc_Spitz); Mullen, Brendan (2001). ''[We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk](/source/We_Got_the_Neutron_Bomb)''. New York: [Three Rivers Press](/source/Three_Rivers_Press). {{ISBN|9780609807743}}. p. 181.</ref>}} ''Yes L.A.'' features some of its most acclaimed bands:<ref name="TVD_YesLA"/> the [Bags](/source/Bags_(Los_Angeles_band)), the Eyes, [the Alley Cats](/source/The_Alley_Cats_(punk_rock_band)), [Black Randy and the Metrosquad](/source/Black_Randy_and_the_Metrosquad),<ref name="AllMusic_BlackRandyBio">Lewis, Uncle Dave. [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/black-randy-the-metrosquad-mn0000080005#biography "Black Randy & the Metrosquad Biography"]. [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic). Retrieved September 7, 2015.</ref> [X](/source/X_(American_band)), and the [Germs](/source/Germs_(band)).<ref name="WeGotheNB_p181"/>

The record title makes [parody](/source/parody) of ''[No New York](/source/No_New_York)'',{{refn|group=nb|Antilles #AN-7067}}<ref name="WeGotheNB_p181"/> the seminal [no wave](/source/no_wave) compilation album issued a year earlier,<ref name="Frontier_YesLA">[http://www.frontierrecords.com/site/frontier-reissues-rare-punk-classic-yes-la-ep/ "Frontier Reissues Rare Punk Classic: Yes LA EP!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612094953/http://www.frontierrecords.com/site/frontier-reissues-rare-punk-classic-yes-la-ep/ |date=June 12, 2015 }}. [Frontier Records](/source/Frontier_Records). Retrieved August 21, 2015.</ref> perceived as pretentious by [West Coast](/source/West_Coast_of_the_United_States) punkers.<ref name="TVD_YesLA"/> The EP even included a satirical [disclaimer](/source/disclaimer) printed on the disc saying: "Not produced by [Brian Eno](/source/Brian_Eno)".<ref name="Frontier_YesLA"/>

The compilation includes a 1978 rawer early version of X's song "Los Angeles", described by Dangerhouse Records co-founder David Brown as "a scathing, literal depiction of the scene which needs no explanation".<ref>Various artists (1991), ''Dangerhouse: Volumen One''. [Frontier Records](/source/Frontier_Records). #FLP 31039. Liner notes.</ref> The record also features a rare [alternate mix](/source/Remix) of the Germs' "No God",<ref name="CA_LisaFancher_Ivw">LeBlanc, Larry. [http://www.celebrityaccess.com/news/profile.html?id=526 "Industry Profile: Lisa Fancher"]. ''CelebrityAccess''. Retrieved May 21, 2016.</ref><ref>[Backman, Karl](/source/Karl_Backman). [https://web.archive.org/web/20161007032615/https://www.acc.umu.se/~samhain/summerofhate/germsrecords.html "The Germs Discography"]. ''The Summer of Hate''. Archived from [https://www.acc.umu.se/~samhain/summerofhate/germsrecords.html the original] on October 7, 2016.</ref> a song originally [produce](/source/Record_producer)d by [Geza X](/source/Geza_X){{refn|group=nb|"... We [Dangerhouse Records] were kind of feuding with him [Geza X] about some of his production techniques, which at the time was squirrelly because he's such a creative guy and he'd try anything. So we had taken the tapes of the Germs that [Slash magazine](/source/Slash_(fanzine)) owned and remixed them the way we would do it – sort of the Geza way. It was interesting to compare..."<br />{{in5|32}}–&nbsp;David Brown<ref name="BMF_DH_p2">Richardson, Ryan. [http://www.breakmyface.com/bands/dangerhouse2.html "Dangerhouse Records"] (history and commented discography, page 2/2). ''Break My Face''. Retrieved August 10, 2015.</ref><ref>[Yohannan, Tim](/source/Tim_Yohannan) (August 1991). Title unknown (interview with David Brown from Dangerhouse Records). ''[Maximumrocknroll](/source/Maximumrocknroll)'' (99).</ref>}} for the EP ''[Lexicon Devil](/source/Lexicon_Devil)'',{{refn|group=nb|Slash #SCAM 101}} previously released in May 1978.

The ''Yes L.A.'' EP has become highly sought after by [record collector](/source/Record_collecting)s.<ref name="TVD_YesLA"/>

==Production and release==
''Yes L.A.'' was [mastered](/source/Audio_mastering) by Jeff Sanders at Crystal Sound Studios in [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles), California.

All songs on the compilation were previously unissued, with the only exception of Black Randy and the Metrosquad's tune "Down at the Laundrymat", featured on the band's [studio album](/source/Album) ''Pass the Dust, I Think I'm Bowie''{{refn|group=nb|Dangerhouse #PCP-725}}<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/pass-the-dust-i-think-im-bowie-mw0000118572 Black Randy and the Metrosquad, ''Pass the Dust, I Think I'm Bowie'']. ''[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)''. Retrieved September 7, 2015.</ref><ref name="DCG_BR-PassDust">[http://www.discogs.com/Black-Randy-And-The-Metrosquad-Pass-The-Dust-I-Think-Im-Bowie/release/1366031 Black Randy and the Metrosquad, ''Pass the Dust, I Think I'm Bowie'']. ''[Discogs](/source/Discogs)''. Retrieved September 2, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/black_randy_and_the_metrosquad/pass_the_dust__i_think_im_bowie_.p/ Black Randy and the Metrosquad, ''Pass the Dust, I Think I'm Bowie'']. ''[Rate Your Music](/source/Rate_Your_Music)''. Retrieved September 7, 2015.</ref> from July 1979.<ref name="BMF_DH_p2"/>

''Yes L.A.'' was originally released in August 1979 on Dangerhouse Records,<ref name="TVD_YesLA"/><ref name="WeGotheNB_p181"/> in a limited edition of 2,000 copies<ref name="Frontier_YesLA"/><ref name="BMF_DH_p2"/> [press](/source/Record_press)ed on [12-inch](/source/Gramophone_record) clear vinyl discs.{{refn|group=nb|Dangerhouse #EW-79}}<ref name="TVD_YesLA"/><ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Various-Yes-LA/release/581821 ''Yes L.A.'']. ''[Discogs](/source/Discogs)''. Retrieved August 21, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/various_artists_f2/yes_l_a_.p/ ''Yes L.A.'']. ''[Rate Your Music](/source/Rate_Your_Music)''. Retrieved August 21, 2015.</ref>

==Artwork and packaging==
Designed by Pat Garrett,<ref name="TVD_YesLA"/><ref name="BMF_DH_p2"/> the record [artwork](/source/Work_of_art) was [silkscreen](/source/Screen_printing)ed by hand on the ungrooved side of each single disc,<ref name="TVD_YesLA"/><ref name="Frontier_YesLA"/><ref name="BMF_DH_p2"/> with one of three different color combinations, namely, green/black,<ref name="TPV_YesLA_G-Bk">[http://www.punkvinyl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/HF5A2205.jpg ''Yes L.A.'', image of the green/black Frontier version]. ''The Punk Vault''. Retrieved August 10, 2015.</ref> green/blue,<ref name="TPV_YesLA_G-Bl">[http://www.punkvinyl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/HF5A2201.jpg ''Yes L.A.'', image of the green/blue Frontier version]. ''The Punk Vault''. Retrieved August 10, 2015.</ref> and green/red.<ref name="TPV_YesLA_G-Rd">[http://www.punkvinyl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/HF5A2198.jpg ''Yes L.A.'', image of the green/red Frontier version]. ''The Punk Vault''. Retrieved August 10, 2015.</ref> Some of those copies were misprinted.{{refn|group=nb|20 or 30, according to David Brown from Dangerhouse Records.<ref name="BMF_DH_p2"/>}} Examples include discs with text only,<ref>[http://www.breakmyface.com/images/yesLA02.jpg ''Yes L.A.'', image of a misprinted copy]. ''Break My Face''. Retrieved August 8, 2015.</ref> with the background image in front of the text, or the image and text on the side with the grooves, rendering such a record unplayable.

Some non-silkscreened black vinyl test pressings are known to exist.<ref name="BMF_DH_p2"/>

Original copies came without a [sleeve](/source/Record_sleeve), instead packaged in a clear [plastic](/source/Polyvinyl_chloride) bag with a white [cardboard](/source/cardboard) backing.<ref name="Frontier_YesLA"/>

==Reissues==
At some point during the 1990s, the [right](/source/Copyrights)s to ''Yes L.A.'' (and the entire Dangerhouse Records [catalog](/source/Music_catalog)) were acquired by [Frontier Records](/source/Frontier_Records).<ref name="CA_LisaFancher_Ivw"/>

In June 2013, after 34 years [out of print](/source/out_of_print), ''Yes L.A.'' was reissued by Frontier in a one-time limited edition of 1,000 almost exact [replica](/source/replica)s of the original EP{{refn|group=nb|Frontier #FLP 31079}}<ref name="Frontier_YesLA"/><ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Various-Yes-LA/release/4748862 ''Yes L.A.'', 2013 reissue]. ''[Discogs](/source/Discogs)''. Retrieved August 21, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/various_artists_f2/yes_l_a__f1/ ''Yes L.A.'', 2013 reissue]. ''[Rate Your Music](/source/Rate_Your_Music)''. Retrieved August 21, 2015.</ref> to commemorate the label's 100th release.<ref name="TVD_YesLA"/><ref name="CA_LisaFancher_Ivw"/>

==Track listing==
''Where it is necessary, songwriting [credit](/source/Credit_(creative_arts))s are listed in the format [lyrics](/source/Lyricist)/[music](/source/Composer)''.

{{Track listing
| all_writing     = 
| extra_column    = Artist
| headline        = 
| title1          = We Don't Need the English
| note1           = 
| writer1         = Craig Lee
| extra1          = [Bags](/source/Bags_(Los_Angeles_band)) 
| length1         = 1:13 
| title2          = Disneyland
| note2           = 
| writer2         = Joe Ramirez, John Richey/Ramirez
| extra2          = Eyes 
| length2         = 2:00
| title3          = Too Much Junk
| note3           = Dangerhouse version
| writer3         = Randy Stodola
| extra3          = [The Alley Cats](/source/The_Alley_Cats_(punk_rock_band)) 
| length3         = 2:41 
| title4          = Down at the Laundrymat
| note4           = 
| writer4         = Black Randy/Bob Deadwyler
| extra4          = [Black Randy and the Metrosquad](/source/Black_Randy_and_the_Metrosquad) 
| length4         = 3:26
| title5          = Los Angeles
| note5           = Dangerhouse version
| writer5         = [John Doe](/source/John_Doe_(musician))
| extra5          = [X](/source/X_(American_band)) 
| length5         = 2:12 
| title6          = No God
| note6           = Dangerhouse mix
| writer6         = [Darby Crash](/source/Darby_Crash)
| extra6          = [Germs](/source/Germs_(band)) 
| length6         = 1:54 
| total_length    = 13:26
}}

==Personnel==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
'''Bags'''
*[Alicia Armendariz](/source/Alice_Bag) ([pka](/source/Stage_name) Alice Bag) – [vocals](/source/Lead_vocalist)
*[Patricia Morrison](/source/Patricia_Morrison) (pka Pat Bag) – [bass](/source/Bassist)
*Craig Lee (pka Craig Bag) – [guitar](/source/Guitarist)
*[Rob Ritter](/source/Rob_Graves_(guitarist)) – guitar
*Terry Graham (pka Terry Dad Bag) – [drums](/source/Drummer)
'''Eyes'''
*Joe Ramirez – vocals, guitar
*Jimmy Leach – bass, [backing vocals](/source/Backing_vocalist)
*[Joe Nanini](/source/Joe_Nanini) – drums
*David Brown – [organ](/source/Organist)
'''The Alley Cats'''
*Randy Stodola – vocals, guitar
*[Dianne Chai](/source/Dianne_Chai) – vocals, bass
*John McCarthy – drums
'''Black Randy and the Metrosquad'''
*Black Randy – vocals
*Bob Deadwyler – guitar
*[Keith Barrett](/source/K._K._Barrett) (aka KK Barrett) – drums
*Pat Garrett – bass
*David Brown – [electric piano](/source/electric_piano)
*[John Duchac](/source/John_Doe_(musician)) (pka John Doe) – [percussions](/source/Percussion_instrument) ([wastebasket](/source/Waste_container))
'''X'''
*[Exene Cervenka](/source/Exene_Cervenka) – vocals
*[Billy Zoom](/source/Billy_Zoom) – guitar
*[John Doe](/source/John_Doe_(musician)) – bass, vocals
*[Don Bonebrake](/source/D._J._Bonebrake) – drums
'''Germs'''
*[Darby Crash](/source/Darby_Crash) – vocals
*[Pat Smear](/source/Pat_Smear) – guitar
*[Lorna Doom](/source/Lorna_Doom) – bass
*[Nicky Beat](/source/Nickey_Alexander) – drums
*[Don Bolles](/source/Don_Bolles) – backing vocals and hand [clapping](/source/clapping)
*Pat Delaney – backing vocals and hand clapping
{{Col-2}}

'''Production'''
*[Dangerhouse](/source/Dangerhouse_Records) – [production](/source/Record_producer) (track 4), co-production (1 to 3, 5), [remix](/source/remix)ing (6)
*[Geza X](/source/Geza_X) – production (6), co-production (1)
*Eyes – co-production (2)
*Randy Stodola – co-production (3)
*Jimmy Nanos – co-production (5), [engineering](/source/Audio_engineer) (5)
*Pat Rand (Pat Garrett) – co-production (5), [graphic design](/source/graphic_design)
*[X](/source/X_(American_band)) – co-production (5)
*Mike Hamilton – engineering (4)
*Jeff Sanders – [mastering](/source/Audio_mastering)
{{col-end}}

== See also ==
* [1979 in music](/source/1979_in_music)
* [Punk rock in California](/source/Punk_rock_in_California)

== Notes ==
{{Reflist|group=nb|30em}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.frontierrecords.com/site/frontier-reissues-rare-punk-classic-yes-la-ep/ "Frontier Reissues Rare Punk Classic: Yes LA EP!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612094953/http://www.frontierrecords.com/site/frontier-reissues-rare-punk-classic-yes-la-ep/ |date=June 12, 2015 }}. ''[Frontier Records](/source/Frontier_Records)''.

Category:Regional music compilation albums
Category:1979 compilation albums
Category:Punk rock compilation albums
Category:Music of Los Angeles
Category:Dangerhouse Records compilation albums

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