The Dickies: The Incredible Shrinking Dickies 1979 + Dawn Of The Dickies 1979 + Stukas Over Disneyland 1983

 

The Dickies are an American punk rock band formed in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, in 1977.

One of the longest tenured punk rock bands, they have been in continuous existence for over 40 years. They have consistently balanced catchy melodies, harmony vocals, and pop song structures, with a speedy punk guitar attack. This musical approach is paired with a humorous style and has been labelled "pop-punk" or "bubble-gum punk". The band have sometimes been referred to as "the clown princes of punk".
                      

The Dickies were the clown princes of L.A. punk, not to mention surprisingly long-standing veterans of

the scene. In fact, by the new millennium, they'd become the oldest surviving punk band still recording new material. In contrast to the snotty, intentionally offensive humor of many comically inclined punk bands, the Dickies were most often goofy, inspired mostly by trashy movies and other pop culture camp, especially on their 1979 debut, The Incredible Shrinking Dickies.
                 

Their initial lineup consisted of cartoon-voiced lead singer Leonard Graves Phillips, guitarist Stan Lee (both of whom would remain constant throughout the band's myriad personnel shifts), keyboardist + saxophonist + guitarist Chuck Wagon (b. Bob Davis), bassist Billy Club (b. Bill Remar), and drummer

Karlos Kaballero (b. Carlos Caballero). As the band got older, their music slowed down little by little, as on 1989's Second Coming, but their sound and their sense of humor stayed largely the same, and they were an avowed influence on new-school punkers like Green Day and the Offspring. From 2000 onward, studio recordings from the Dickies were rare, but touring and live albums kept their name alive, and a pair of singles, 2021's A Gary Glitter Getaway and 2022's Blink 183, confirmed they still had new tricks to share.
                    

The Dickies had a string of successful singles in the UK, twice making the top 40. They had a Top 10 single with their speedy punk cover of the theme song to a children's show with "Banana Splits (Tra La

La Song)" in 1979 and reached the top 40 again with their cover of "Nights in White Satin" (1979). Their punk rendition of "Silent Night" charted at #47 in December 1978, while their cover of "Paranoid" peaked at #45, in 1979. The band, which has claimed to have sold "a million singles" in England, credits their popularity in that country to being perceived as a "teeny pop" punk band that appealed to the younger siblings of punk rockers.
               

Wagon's death, and drug issues among surviving members, slowed down the Dickies initial momentum

considerably starting the 1980s, with John Hewlett being fired as manager and the A&M contract expiring during this period. However, Phillips and Lee have kept the band playing and recording, at times sporadically, at other times more actively, until the present day, achieving venerable, "pop punk godfather" status along the way.
              

THE DICKIES - THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING DICKIES 1979

                          

The Dickies – The Incredible Shrinking Dickies
Label: Captain Oi! – AHOY CD 149
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 2000
Country: UK
Released: 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk

                                         

TRAXS

                 

01.Give It Back   1:40
Written-By – Phillips, Lee, Huffsteter
02.Poodle Party   1:10
Written-By – Kaballero
03.Paranoid   2:04
Written-By – Ward, Butler, Osbourne, Iommi
04.She   1:36
Written-By – Boyce / Hart
05.Shadow Man   2:03
Written-By – Ainsworth, Lee
06.Mental Ward   1:50
Written By – Glibb
Written-By – Club, Lee
07.Eve Of Destruction   1:58
Written-By – Sloan
08.You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)   1:51
Written-By – Wagon, Lee
09.Waterslide   2:33
Written-By – Phillips, Lee
10.Walk Like An Egg   2:20
Written-By – Wilde, Lee
11.Curb Job   2:35
Written-By – Wilde, Lee
12.Shake And Bake   1:56
Written-By – Huffsteter
13.Rondo (The Midgets Revenge)   3:12
Written-By – Phillips

BONUS TRAXS        

    
14.I'm OK, You're OK   2:08
Written-By – Club, Goddard, Lee
15.Silent Night   2:18
Arranged By – The Dickies
Written-By – Trad.
16.Sounds Of Silence   1:35
Written-By – Simon
17.Banana Splits   1:51
Written-By – Barkan, Adams
18.Hideous   1:15
Written-By – Club, Goddard, Lee
19.Got It At The Store   1:20
Written-By – Goddard, Lee

LINE - UP

                        

Leonard Graves Phillips – Lead Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer, Organ
Stan Lee – Guitars, Vocals
Chuck Wagon – Keyboards, Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals
Billy Club – Bass, Vocals
Karlos Kaballero – Drums, No Vocals

The Cd is scratched on track 4, so I give you the Live version of the song.

Flac Size: 288 MB

THE DICKIES - DAWN OF THE DICKIES 1979
                           

The Dickies – Dawn Of The Dickies
Label: Captain Oi! – AHOY CD 150
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 2000
Country: UK
Released: 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk

                           

TRAXS

                          

01. Where Did His Eye Go?   3:40
Written-By – Phillips, Lee
02. Fan Mail   3:05
Written-By – Kaballero, Phillips, Huffsteter
03. Manny, Moe & Jack   2:50
Written-By – Wilde, Kaballero, Lee
04. Infidel Zombie   3:03
Written-By – Ainsworth, Kaballero, Phillips, Lee
05. I'm A Chollo   3:45
Written-By – Phillips, Lee
06. Nights In White Satin   2:54
Written-By – Hayward
07. (I'm Stuck In A Pagoda With) Tricia Toyota   2:53
Written-By – Wagon, Phillips, Lee
08. I've Got A Splitting Hedachi   2:28
Written-By – Kaballero, Phillips, Lee
09. Attack Of The Mole Men   3:40
Written-By – Ainsworth, Phillips, Lee
10. She Loves Me Not   1:12
Written-By – Phillips, Lee

BONUS TRAXS        

    
11.Gigantor   2:27
Written-By – Raskin, Singer
12.Bowling With Bedrock Barney   2:10
Written-By – Phillips, Lee

LINE - UP

              

Leonard Graves Phillips - Lead vocals, Mellotron, Piano, Organ
Stan Lee - Guitars, Vocals
Chuck Wagon - Keyboards, Guitars, Saxophone, Harmonica, Vocals
Billy Club - Bass, Vocals
Karlos Kaballero - Drums, Percussion, No vocals

Flac Size: 255 MB

THE DICKIES - STUKAS OVER DISNEYLAND 1983
                   

The Dickies – Stukas Over Disneyland
Label: Restless Records – 7 72247-2
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk

               

TRAXS

                   

01. Pretty Please Me   3:37
Written-By – S. Hufsteter
02. Wagon Train   3:11
Guitar – Steve Hufsteter
Noises [Cattle Call] – Stan Lee
Written-By – L. Phillips, S. Hufsteter
03. If Stuart Could Talk   2:30
Guitar – Steve Hufsteter
Vocals – "Stuart", Laurie Buhne
Written-By – L. Phillips, S. Hufsteter
04. Stukas Over Disneyland   3:12
Guitar – Steve Hufsteter
Piano – Leonard Phillips
Written-By – B. Club, L. Phillips, S. Lee, S. Hufsteter
05. I'm Okay, You're Okay   1:48
Written-By – L. Phillips, S. Goddard, S. Lee
06. Bedrock Barney   2:09
Written-By – L. Phillips, S. Lee
07. Gigantor   2:31
Written-By – Rafkin, Singer
08. Rosemary   2:11
Drums, Vocals – Chuck Wagon
Vocals – Scott Sindon
Written-By – L. Phillips
09. She's A Hunchback   1:27
Drums – Chuck Wagon
Vocals – Billy Club, Scott Sindon
Written-By – L. Phillips, S. Lee
10. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind   2:17
Drums – Karlos Kabellero
Written-By – L. Phillips, S. Lee
11. Communication Breakdown   2:03
Drums – Chuck Wagon
Vocals – Billy Club, Scott Sindon
Written-By – J. Page, R. Plant

LINE - UP

                 

Leonard Graves Phillips - Lead vocals on all tracks
Stan Lee - Guitar on all tracks
Billy Club - Bass on tracks 1-4 (original issue) and tracks 5-7 (reissue)
Laurie Buhne - Bass and vocals on tracks 5-8 (original issue)
Scott Sindon - Guitar and vocals on tracks 1-4 (original issue)
Steve Hufsteter - Guitar on tracks 6-8 (original issue)
Chuck Wagon - Drums on tracks 1, 2 and 4 (original issue); guitar on tracks 5-7 (reissue)
Karlos Kaballero - Drums on track 3 (original issue) and tracks 5-7 (reissue)
Jerry Angel - Drums on tracks 5-8 (original issue)

NOTES

Tracks 1 to 4:
Recorded at Eldorado Studios, Hollywood, January 1983
Mixed at the Mix Room
Tracks 5 and 6 live from Stan's Garage
Track 7 live from Tel Aviv
Tracks 8 to 11:
Recorded at Wizard Studios, Hollywood, September 1980

Flac Size: 188 MB