Various – The Decline Of Western Civilization

Important note, not all the music that was in the movie made it to the soundtrack. check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_Western_Civilization

I have a CD that has a black on silver face and has a different barcode and is put out by Slash Records & London Records. Is my copy an unofficial/bootleg release?

Why is this out of print? I (and many others) don't always have the time to sit down and watch the film just to hear the music.

after owning this record for decades I recently noticed that my copy has the side 2 label on both sides,can't find any info on this . is there anybody out there who knows anything about this?

can someone prove this exists? can't find anything anywhere about it

If you don't have this get it and get the movie if possible. An important document of LA punk back in the day. All tracks are great and full of energy.

It seems that punk rock has died a thousand deaths, yet refuses to ever let itself be
laid to rest. If today's punk-a-holics have anything important to add to the whole
big business of anarchic idealism that the punk movement has always adhered
to as the primary foundation of it's anti-establishment driven pseudo politico manifesto.
But anyway f*~k all that noise, the point being that there are more posers out there
than ever before. and only those that have done their homework, and thus have
gained some understanding about what the most important benchmarks are in
the whole punk timeline are going to have any clue about the
way the punk scene really developed into it's present form..
And "The Decline Of Western Civilization" certainly
ranks as one of the most essential and accurate pieces of documentation
ever undertaken of the early punk rock scene in Los Angeles, a city whose
punk influence is only seconded by London itself, the city that initially
gave birth to the earliest wave of punk rock phenomena. The Decline
perfectly captures the mood, and the intensity of the punk movement
in LA in 1980-'81 on celluloid film without adding any post production
agenda, so commonly seen in Hollywood. It simply is what it is, and
exactly as it transpired. This I know for a fact as I was there at the
Starwood the night the Germs played their last ever show, and
the night that much of the principal shooting of the movie took place.
That night certainly was an important benchmark for me being 14
years old and trying my best to not get punched or kicked in the head
as was probably the case for many who were in attendance that night.
it was a very aggressive and violent event, and being half as tall as
everyone else made it extremely difficult for me to actually enjoy
the show in any meaningful way. All my attention had to be focused
on not getting smashed to the ground. It was not fun at all. But
even then I could sense the overall significance that that night
would later come to represent. And that moment came when
the soundtrack to the "Decline" first came out and became
one of the very first records that I ever went and bought
myself. Still own the same copy even. End of story.