Various: Bloodstains Across Virginia 12"

Fifteen essential punk rock blasts from the state of Virginia! 100% killer and rare punk released between '78 and '83, the vast majority of which has never been reissued or comped. Tracks from The Zits, Prevaricators, Lamour, Noys, Barriers, Beex, Insinuations, Naros, Chumps, Citizen 23, Raticals, Next of Kin, and Ricky & The White Boys. A state-wide smash and highly worthy addition to the Bloodstains series!Our take: Man, you'd think that this late in the game there wouldn't be enough uncomped material out there to put together one of these regionally-focused Bloodstains compilations, but Bloodstains Across Virginia succeeds admirably. I grew up in Virginia and whiled away much of my youth in the dingy used bins of the state's record stores, but aside from the Prevaricators single and perhaps the Beex I don't think I've ever seen a single one of these records in person, and I don't think I'd heard any of the others either. There are, however, connections to things that I recogni