Posh Boy Records was a Hollywood, California based record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 owned by Robbie Fields, a high school

High school

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 substitute teacher

Substitute teacher

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 and former copyboy at the L A Times who took an interest in the emerging punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 scene in Orange County, California

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

 during the late 1970s

1970s

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. Its releases enjoyed substantial airplay on Rodney Bingenheimer

Rodney Bingenheimer

Rodney Bingenheimer, born December 15, 1947, is a radio disc jockey on the long-running Los Angeles rock station KROQ who is notable for helping numerous iconic bands become successful in the American market. His contribution to the music business has been described as important...

's show on KROQ-FM

KROQ-FM

KROQ-FM — branded 106.7 KROQ — is a commercial modern rock radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock." It is the flagship station of Loveline hosted by Dr...

, and some of them, notably the Fields-produced version of Amoeba by The Adolescents

The Adolescents

The Adolescents are an American punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. It is a punk supergroup, made up of early members of Agent Orange and Social Distortion. They are often credited as one of the leading bands of the 1980s hardcore punk scene....

 and the synth rock classic Are You Ready For The Sex Girls performed by Sparks

Sparks (band)

Sparks is an American rock and pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1968 by brothers Ron and Russell Mael , initially under the name Halfnelson...

 offshoot Gleaming Spires

Gleaming Spires

Gleaming Spires were a new wave pop group popular in the 1980s. Performing as Bates Motel they were enlisted by the Mael brothers to be a part of the 1981-1985 incarnation of their band, Sparks...

 and produced by Stephen Hague, made it into regular programming on the station. Among many bands whose first recordings were issued by the label was Social Distortion

Social Distortion

Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness , Jonny Wickersham , Brent Harding and David Hidalgo, Jr...

. The label continued releasing records into the 2000s, the most-recent release being a 7" release by The Willowz

The Willowz

The Willowz are a garage rock band based in Anaheim, California, formed 2002. The band's sound incorporates influences from punk, soul, and blues from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The band has released several albums on the label Sympathy for the Record Industry and has done a split single with the...

 of Anaheim, California

Anaheim, California

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 in 2003. Its most successful release is commonly agreed to be Agent Orange

Agent Orange (band)

Agent Orange is an American punk rock band formed in Orange County, California in 1979. The band is one of the first to mix punk rock with surf music. They first gained attention with their song "Bloodstains" which they released on their own 7" E.P. An early demo of the song was presented to...

's debut, Living In Darkness, containing the extreme sports anthem, Bloodstains, a song covered by many alternative groups, the most notable being The Offspring

The Offspring

The Offspring is an American punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1984. Known as Manic Subsidal until 1986, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dexter Holland, lead guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, bassist Greg K. and drummer Pete Parada...

 for the Ready To Rumble film soundtrack.

Releases

Year	Artist	Title	Format	Type	Catalog
1979	various artists	Beach Blvd	LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... , CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	compilation album Compilation album A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...	PBS 102
	various artists	The Siren	LP	compilation album	PBS 103
	various artists	Rodney on the ROQ	LP	compilation album	PBS 106
1980	various artists	Rodney on the ROQ, Volume 2	LP	compilation album	PBS 123
	Agent Orange Agent Orange (band) Agent Orange is an American punk rock band formed in Orange County, California in 1979. The band is one of the first to mix punk rock with surf music. They first gained attention with their song "Bloodstains" which they released on their own 7" E.P. An early demo of the song was presented to...	"Everything Turns Grey"	7"	single Single (music) In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...	PBS 12
1981	Black Flag Black Flag (band) Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band...	"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
1982	Baby Buddha	Music for Teenage Sex	LP	studio album Studio album A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...	PBS 114
1981	various artists	The Future Looks Bright Ahead	CS Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...	compilation album	PBC 120
1981	Agent Orange	Living in Darkness Living in Darkness Living in Darkness is the 1981 release by the hardcore punk band Agent Orange. It was released on Posh Boy Records in 1981. It showcases their punk sound with its metal and surf influences....	LP, CD	studio album	PBS 122
	various artists	Punk and Disorderly	LP, CD	compilation album	PBS 131
1982	Agent Orange	Bitchin' Summer	EP Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...	EP	PBS 1037
	various artists	Posh Hits Vol. 1	LP	compilation album	PBS 8138
	The Buddy System	The Buddy System	LP	studio album	PBS 8149
	various artists	Rodney on the ROQ, Volume 3	LP	compilation album	PBS 140
1987	various artists	The Future Looks Brighter	LP, CD	compilation album	PBS 120
	various artists	History of Rik L Rik	LP	box set	PBS 88101
	various artists	The Posh E.P.s Vol. 1	EP	box set	PBS 88111
	various artists	The Singles Vol. One	LP	compilation album
	various artists	The Best of Rodney on the ROQ	CD	compilation album	PBCD 88155
	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