Early 90's In Color: Phleg Camp

At the end of last year, I finally picked up the Beaker 7 inch from Phleg Camp. I was hearing those songs for the first time, 30 years after the record was released, and I loved it. The band drew obvious influences from Dischord and those early Soul Side and Fugazi records, and they deliver exactly what I want when I need a fix of early 90's melodic punk.

The copy of the Phelg Camp 7 inch that I picked up last year was on blue viny, but when I discovered that there was also a red vinyl pressing, I wanted that as well. When I was thinking about doing a series of posts for early 90's colored vinyl, the time was obviously right for me to make that move.

90's colored vinyl always looks so good.

Interesting to see the center label variations between the red and blue vinyl pressings.

Blue Beaker

Back in the early 90's I picked up the Phleg Camp split with Fuel and those two songs were fantastic. They drew obvious influence from what Dischord was releasing a few years previous, and they nailed that sound. A couple of years later I saw their Blind 7 inch at a local record store and I quickly snatched it up. That record was such a dud that it took me 27 years before I dared to give one of their other records a chance.

When I was picking up the Three Penny Opera LP from a Discogs seller recently, I noticed that they also had the Phleg Camp Beaker 7 inch available. It was on blue vinyl and it was released in 1991, so for a few bucks I decided to take a chance on it.

Yes! This is exactly what I was looking for, and it pairs with the Three Penny Opera record perfectly. I've been playing the two of them back to back repeatedly since they have arrived.