Ep456: Al Barile - SS Decontrol (SSD) & X-Claim! Records

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Society System Decontrol (SSD) self-released several landmark hardcore punk records in the early 80s. Out of print for over 4 decades, SSD has only recently reissued their two masterpieces "The Kids Will Have Their Say" and "Get It Away" on vinyl. Today SSD founder Al Barile takes us through the making of those records.

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Interview start
The continued popularity of SS Decontrol music
Al was a natural leader for the hardcore scene
Naturally managing risk
Jumping to an album – no singles for SSD
1900 units of "The Kids Will Have Their Say"
Self-funding the album, selling the initial pressing
Recording "The Kids Will Have Their Say"
Was Al happy with the original recordings?
Al doesn't enjoy listening to "The Kids Will Have Their Say"
Comparing Trust reissue with original Xclaim
Issues getting the tapes back from a label
Original pressing of "The Kids…." goes for > $1k
Why were there no repressings before the recent Trust reissue
CD issue of "Power"
Has Al hung onto his records?
White cover of "The Kids Will Have Their Say" designed by Bryan Ray Turcotte
Original concept & artwork for "The Kids Will Have Their Say"
The difference in recording "Get It Away"
Was "Get It Away" always envisioned as an EP?
The cover songs that SSD performed
Original 4800 copies of "Get It Away"
Running the X-Claim! label/imprint
All X-Claim! bands ran their own vinyl pressings
What is the source of the "Get It Away" reissue
Will there be reissues of "How We Rock" and "Break it Up"
Al's health update
Al wants everyone to get a colonoscopy
The SSD book "How Much Art Can You Take?"
Interview wrap up

Order "The Kids Will Have Their Say" and "Get It Away" on vinyl here.

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0:20.2	vinyl guide. The podcast for record collectors and music nerds.
0:24.0	Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer.
0:27.5	Well, hey, everyone, it's Nate.
0:29.3	Welcome to episode 456 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records.
0:36.0	And guess what, gang, I am traveling again.
0:38.4	I'm back in California for the next several weeks. Doing some family stuff, but I'm making
0:42.4	plenty of time to attend record fairs, checking out more record shops, visiting some artists,
0:48.3	which is getting pretty exciting. Lots is happening. I can't wait to share. You could follow my
0:53.3	misadventures in real time on our
0:55.0	Instagram page at Vinyl Guide. However, I'm keen to crack into this week's episode because I've been
1:00.5	looking forward to this for a long time. It's Al Barill of SSD control or SSD and X claim
1:07.1	records. Now, for many weeks, Al and his wife, Nancy and I, we were going back and forth,
1:13.6	trying to work out dates for the interview. And that wasn't easy since Al's dealing with
1:19.7	some major health issues. He's battling cancer at the moment. This interview had to be scheduled
1:24.7	around chemotherapy sessions. And I'm not sharing anything that
1:28.0	he doesn't share himself. And in fact, Al was unexpectedly hospitalized after we captured just
1:33.9	part of the interview. So what you're going to hear today is an amalgamation of a few
1:38.5	conversations I had with Al, and I really got to take a moment to say that Al and Nancy are incredibly gracious, benevolent
1:46.9	with their time, and extraordinarily brave, and determined to minimize any disruption to their
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