Birthday Pony: Dischord Records Turns Thirty

My admiration for the Dischord label is already well documented here. As Dischord pulls up on its thirtieth anniversary, here comes another great opportunity to climb aboard and learn more about the scene in DC.

As of 1.28.10, Dischord will makes its box set anthology available at the extraordinary price of $16. The 3-CD retrospective (originally offered as a 2-CD set to mark Dischord's 20th anniversary in 2000) includes seventy-six songs from fifty-plus bands who have recorded their work on Dischord since the label was founded in 1980.

The box set comes with a 134-page booklet documenting the history of the label and the bands who have issues their music on the Dischord imprint. There are also six video clips and a coupon for .mp3 downloads of the "rare and unreleased" tracks included on disc three.

Full track listing is as follows:

Disc 1

1. Teen Idles Get Up and Go
2. The Untouchables Nic Fit
3. State of Alert Public Defender
4. Minor Threat Screaming at a Wall
5. Void Dehumanized
6. Youth Brigade Barbed Wire
7. Government Issue Rock 'n' Roll Bullshit
8. Scream Fight/American Justice
9. Iron Cross Live for Now
10. Red C Pressure's On
11. Deadline Stolen Youth
12. Artificial Peace Suburban Wasteland
13. Faith Subject to Change
14. Skewbald Sorry/Change for the Same
15. Marginal Man Missing Rungs
16. Gray Matter Oscar's Eye
17. Rites of Spring Drink Deep
18. Beefeater Just Things
19. The Snakes Snake Rap
20. Dag Nasty Circles
21. Embrace Money
22. Soulside Punch the Geek
23. Egg Hunt We All Fall Down
24. One Last Wish This Time
25. Fire Party Cake
26. Ignition Rebuilding
27. Three Domino Days
28. Shudder to Think Red House
29. Happy Go Licky Twist and Shout

Disc 2

1. Fugazi Blueprint
2. Lungfish Friend to Friend in Endtime
3. Fidelity Jones Destructor
4. The Nation of Ulysses Spectra Sonic Sound
5. Holy Rollers Perfect Sleeper
6. Jawbox Motorist
7. Severin People are Wrong
8. The High-Back Chairs Summer
9. Autoclave I'll Take You Down
10. Circus Lupus Pop Man
11. Branch Manager Mr. Weekend
12. Slant 6 What Kind of Monster Are You?
13. Hoover Cable
14. Trusty Goodbye, Dr. Fate
15. Smart Went Crazy A Good Day
16. The Crownhate Ruin Piss Alley
17. The Warmers Poked it With a Stick
18. The Make-Up They Live By Night
19. Bluetip Castanet
20. Faraquet Cut Self Not
21. Q and Not U Hooray for Humans

Disc 3

1. Teen Idles Get Up and Go
2. Teen Idles Deadhead
3. Untouchables Stepping Stone
4. State Of Alert Draw Blank
5. Minor Threat Straight Edge (live)
6. Minor Threat Understand
7. Government Issue Snubbing
8. Government Issue Asshole (with Ian)
9. Minor Threat Asshole Dub
10. Youth Brigade I Object
11. Rozzlyn Rangers Rozzlyn Rangers
12. Void Black, Jewish and Poor
13. Void Authority (take 1 and 2)
14. Scream Search for Employment
15. Deadline No Revolution
16. Faith No Choice
17. Marginal Man Manipulator
18. Dag Nasty All Ages Show
19. Fugazi The Word
20. Fugazi Burning (live)
21. Shudder to Think Drop Dead Don't Blink
22. Circus Lupus We Are The One (Rare)
23. Slant 6 Are You Human?
24. Interview 6 live video clips (Teen Idles, Untouchables, S.O.A., Faith, Void, and Deadline)