FRONT LINE - BASIC TRAINING E.P. - SOLD OUT!

FRONT LINE - BASIC TRAINING E.P. is now SOLD OUT from BEACH IMPEDIMENT RECORDS. Thanks for the overwhelming response. Both the limited purple mailorder copies and the regular black vinyl are no longer available from BEACH IMPEDIMENT. As far as a repress, we are still not sure if there will be one. Stay tuned for more information on that.

Please refer to the previous post below for a list of all the distros and record stores that should have copies of the record by now or will have them very soon.

VIOLATION did a cool write up on the BASIC TRAINING E.P. as well, which can be found here. It features some pictures of the layout along with some extra mp3's for those interested.

UP NEXT: It's looking like a split release with these freaks. It will be the somewhat recent demo of Austin, TX's latest and greatest metal punk band put onto a 7". More information on that as it develops...

CHEERS!

THANKS! / WHERE YOU CAN GET THE FRONT LINE E.P.

A big THANK YOU to everyone who has ordered thus far! All orders (both individual and distro) have been shipped as of today. Color vinyl is running dangerously low and there are a dozen copies left on black vinyl. But rest assured, all of your favorite punk and hardcore distros (and even some stores) either already have it or will be getting them within the next week or two. They include:

GRAVE MISTAKE (Richmond, VA)
NO WAY / VINYL CONFLICT RECORD STORE (Richmond, VA)
SORRY STATE (Raleigh, NC)
PAINKILLER (Boston, MA)
FERAL WARD (Portland, OR)
NAT RECORDS (Japan)
SOAP & SPIKES (California)
RECORD SHOP BASE (Japan)
LA VIDA ES UN MUS (UK)
ARMAGEDDON SHOP (Providence, RI / Boston, MA)
CO-OP 87 RECORD STORE (Brooklyn, NY)
XSENTIENTX (Germany)
BURN OUT / SHOGUN (France)
FEEL IT (Richmond, VA)
CELEBRATED SUMMER RECORD STORE (Baltimore, MD)
CRUCIAL RESPONSE (Germany)
EVEN WORSE (Netherlands)
CRUCIFICADOS (Germany)
VIDEO DISEASE (California)
STATIC SHOCK (UK)
TODO DESTRUIDO (Austin, TX)
TANKCRIMES (Oakland, CA)
KANGAROO (France)
HAVOC (Minneapolis, MN)
EXTREME NOISE (Minneapolis, MN)
KATORGA WORKS (NYC)
INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL (UK)
VELTED REGNUB (Bucktown, NC)
SCHIZOPHRENIC (Canada)
HARDWARE (Germany)
TENSION HEAD (Virginia Beach, VA)

And some others that might be slipping my mind at the moment. I'll be sure to update this list as more are added.

If you live in Virginia and don't feel like dealing with mailorder, you're in luck! For Richmond folks, as mentioned above VINYL CONFLICT has copies of the record (of course). STEADY SOUNDS took a grip of them as well. For those in the Hampton Roads area, VINYL DAZE in Virginia Beach also has copies in stock.

And of course, we still have those aforementioned colored vinyl copies available from http://beachimpedimentrecords.bigcartel.com while they last! (EDIT: They're gone)

Email me if you'd like your store / distro to be added to this list. CHEERS.
-B.I.R.

FRONT LINE - BASIC TRAINING E.P. OUT NOW!

After having been in limbo for the better part of 30 years, we are proud to bring you the long lost "BASIC TRAINING" E.P. by Norfolk, VA's FRONT LINE. Commonly known as the "Second Demo" by tape traders over the years, this was recorded in October of 1982 shortly before the band imploded, leading to the formation of BONESAW and eventually GOD'S WILL. "BASIC TRAINING" features 10 tracks of primal and vicious USHC not unlike fellow Virginians WHITE CROSS with whom they shared the stage many times over their brief existence. Select tracks from this session would go on to be featured on compilations like THE MASTER TAPE VOL. 2 on Paul Mahern's Affirmation Records (along side bands like MECHT MENSCH, ZERO BOYS, NO LABELS, and many more) and the legendary all Virginia TARANTULA ON MY COCK tape that guitarist Jeff Clites would release in 1983, but this is the first time all of these songs have officially appeared together the way they were meant to. This is raging Southern hardcore at it's finest. Comes in a glue pocket sleeve containing a 7"x14" insert with liner notes and a collage of photos and flyers from the band's year long run, along with a sticker and a download code. Limited to 500 copies; 100 of which are on purple vinyl for mailorder only. As an added/nerdy bonus, the mailorder copies also come with a photocopy of the FRONT LINE interview from Raleigh, NC's SOUTHERN LIFESTYLE zine, circa 1982.


Go to http://beachimpedimentrecords.bigcartel.com to order individual copies of the record.

Go to http://soundcloud.com/beachimpediment to hear some tracks from the BASIC TRAINING E.P.

Go to http://beachimpedimentrecords.blogspot.com/ for more information.

Contact beachimpediment[at]gmail[dot]com for wholesale information.

THE FINISHED PRODUCT

Here are some pictures of the FRONT LINE - BASIC TRAINING E.P. for those that are interested:

Thanks to Cooch and Alex D for their help with the layout. Ordering info up soon...

UPDATE / ANOTHER SONG POSTED

Greetings,

The FRONT LINE - BASIC TRAINING E.P. is in! We are currently assembling them, expect ordering information to be posted early next week.

I went ahead and posted another song ("D.W.I.") over at http://soundcloud.com/beachimpediment for those that are interested.

Stay tuned for more information! Cheers!

Wendel Blow (S.O.A., Iron Cross, etc) doing back ups at an early FRONT LINE practice in Norfolk, VA, circa 1982.