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DESTROYING SOCIETY ONE MIND AT A TIME SINCE 1988 Dr. Strange Records 20TH ANNIVERSARY DSR-100 Track Listing: Side ONE: Side TWO: 1) Manson Youth “Vulnavia” from dsr-1 1) Government Issue “Plain to See” from “s/t” 7”ep a.k.a. “Death Dance” dsr-81 “Complete History Volume 1” 2xcd 2) Rhythm Collision “I Should Have 2) The Skulls “Aye, Aye, Aye” from dsr-94 Known” from dsr-3 7”, “A Look Away/I “The Golden Age of Piracy” lp/cd Should Have Known” 3) Threats “Armchair Anarchist” from 3) The Bollweevils “Happy” from dsr-20 dsr- 90 “12 Punk Moves” lp/cd “Stick Your Neck Out” lp/cd/cass 4) Chiefs “No Justice” from dsr-103 4) The Freeze “Looped” from dsr-44 “Holly-West Crisis” lp/cd 10”/CDep “A Deadly Duo” split with The 5) Black Market Baby “Downward Bollweevils Christian Soldiers” from dsr-104 PHN # (909) 944-1778FAX # (909) 941-1396EMAIL [email protected] 5) Whatever “Something New” from dsr-69 “Coulda...Shoulda…Woulda...” cd “Youngsters” lp/cd 6) Texas Thieves “Last Man Alive” from 6) The Marshes “Pox on the Tracts” from dsr-105 “Killer on Craig’s List” cd dsr-63 “Pox on the Tracts” lp/cd 7) 999 “Gimmie the World” from dsr-113 7) Mad Parade “I’m a Monster” from dsr-70 “Gimmie the World” 7”ep “Reissues” cd So why these songs you may ask? Well, no real reason other than I set gether I did have a great sense of W R I T E U S : DR. STRANGE RECORDSP.O. BOX 9060 ALTA LOMA, CA 91701 out to make a great sounding com- pride knowing, in some way, I was pilation using only Dr. Strange part of putting out some great songs bands. And, on that particular day to the world. All the bands on Dr. these are the ones I picked. I had Strange are like family members to no other reasons than that, really. It me. I care about them all very could have been a much different much and I’m proud to say that, for compilation on any other day to tell most, we still have a bond that, I you the truth. I wish I room for a hope, will never be broken. I want song from each band, but that nothing but the best for them. would make this a pretty pricey box set! Thanks to each and every band member, past, present and future. S T O P B Y : DR. STRANGE RECORDS7136 AMETHYST AVEALTA LOMA, CA 91737 But, as I was putting this comp to- P A G E 2 Where do I start? I know it's cliché to say it but I will; this is pre-computers. I was typing out those I guess in the beginning… first mail order lists on an "old fashioned" typewriter each and every month, for years! My first list comprised of about 35 records (some new, some rare) and a few t-shirts I bought wholesale from SST Records. I placed ads in Flipside and MRR and to my surprise people responded! They would I remember the day I had the idea of starting send in one stamp and I would send them Dr. Strange Records. At that time I was a the list of records I had each and every cook at a local bar & grill in Upland, Califor- month. I also hung fliers up at the local re- nia called “Sneakers”. My good buddy and cord stores I would go to and I put fliers on co-worker George (as well as next door any and all cars that had punk stickers. At neighbor at the apartments I lived in) and I this time, I was still working at that same bar were carpooling to work talking about our & grill as a cook, prep cook, and waiter as "future" and if we would be working at that well as a part-time student at a community restaurant forever. George had been into college. My goal, as far as the mail order punk for a long time and knew his stuff pretty was concerned, was just to do this for fun, well. He was no longer into collecting re- meet new people around the world and sell cords but I still was, big time, and I knew I rare records for a fair price. could get some hard to find re- cords that I would often see for sale in local record stores through- out Southern California: Zed, Vinyl Fetish, Bleeker Bob's etc..for a lot less. Even though I didn't ask George to be my partner, when I The “Label” part of Dr. Strange came about a told him the idea of buying records year or so later. I had heard something on and re-selling them through mail the news that people who write down their order for a FAIR price he said, "goals in life" are 70% more likely to accom- "Sounds great! I'm into it". Hey, I plish them. "Okay, I'm not busy right now. I'll couldn't say no to George. I love do that”, I said to myself. My #1 item on the that guy. And so, Dr. Strange Re- list: Put out a record. I just wanted to put out cords was born on that day in Oc- ONE release to say I did it….but who and tober of 1988 on the way to work how? Well, living in those very same apart- in the car I still drive today, “The Red Scare”…a 1981 Toy- ota Corolla with 297,000 miles on it and still going strong! It wasn't long after that George and his wife moved out of state to Oklahoma. I paid him what [very] First Label Release Ad little money we had made from the mail order and we said our goodbyes and I carried on... The mail order was a lot of fun MAIL ORDER AD FROM ‘88 and a LOT of work. Remember people, DR. STRANGE RECORDS WWW.DRSTRANGE.COM P A G E 3 ments that George and I lived in later he called me up at my apart- was D.J. Setlak, the singer for a ment [Dr. Strange headquarters] local punk band from the early and told me, "Hey Doc, I got the 80's called Manson Youth. I 7" and played it for everyone at knew of Manson Youth from Mordam and Ruth [owner] wanted high school. They had a "bad to see if Dr. Strange would want reputation"…kinda “rough” to be distributed by Mordam?" I around the edges if you know said, "Sure, sounds good to me!" what I mean? I remember go- So, I mailed up a big box of 7"s ing to a party in high school and within a month they had sold where Manson Youth was play- 500+ of them! I couldn't believe it. ing. As soon as I heard that I thought I'd be giving these away D.J. had brought his gun with to people to use as Frisbees or him and planned on shooting it something! I soon found out what in the air while playing, I knew it having a good distributor was all was time to leave. Oh, and yes, about and how truly lucky I was to he was drunk of course! But get a break from Mordam. My “modern day” neighbor D.J. was goal of releasing just one record nothing but a nice guy and had became 2 and then 3 and then 4 become a friend to me while and now it's 20 years later and I'm living there. (Also, I had met working on number 119! drummer Corey Miller a couple times in high school because My next release was with The my best friend Gary was dating FIRST CATALOG COVER! THIS Bolsheviks. It’s hard to remem- his sister). EXCEPTIONAL WORK WAS ber, but I think I saw them at Bo- DONE ON A TYPEWRITER. garts in Long Beach. I liked the I think I mentioned the idea of band, so after they were finished releasing a record to D.J. and he told me, "I have a playing I asked if they wanted to do a record. bunch of songs we recorded back in '83 that have never been released". Up until that time Manson Youth My third release was by Los Angeles based Rhythm Col- only appeared on the legendary 1983 Toxic Shock Re- lision. I had met Harlan, the singer, once again from my cords 7"ep comp. "Noise From Nowhere". I figured, mail order catalog. He had bought some records from me why not? I liked the stuff they did on that record so Dr. and was doing his own screen printing t-shirt thing. He Strange Records [the Label] was born. The first release was printing shirts like X-Ray Spex, Clash, Buzzcocks, was dsr-1 Manson Youth 7"ep., "s/t" (a.k.a. "Death etc. His band already had a self released 7"ep and I'm Dance"). not sure if he or I asked the question, "Do you want to put something out?" In either case, we agreed and "A Look I remember how difficult and time consuming it was just Away" 7" was released. to find a place that pressed records. Once again peo- ple, NO Google, NO computers…I didn’t know anyone After that, things started to fall into place pretty quickly that had a record label.