| Mainliner: Wreckage from the Past | |
| Type: | Compilation album |
| Artist: | Social Distortion |
| Cover: | Social Distortion - Mainliner-Wreckage from the Past cover.jpg |
| Released: | July 18, 1995 |
| Recorded: | Track 1–6: April 1981 Track 7–10: October 1981 |
| Genre: | Hardcore punk[1] [2] |
| Length: | 24:38 |
| Label: | Time Bomb Recordings |
| Producer: | Chaz Ramirez Gary Hirstius |
| Prev Title: | Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | White Light, White Heat, White Trash |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Mainliner: Wreckage from the Past is a collection of early recordings by Social Distortion. It was released on July 18, 1995, and contains songs which were recorded in 1981. It is a collection of singles and B-sides that had never appeared on any of the band's full-length albums (except for "Moral Threat" and "All the Answers"). This album was released by Mike Ness' Time Bomb Recordings (distributed by Arista Records) in 1995 along with the re-release of Mommy's Little Monster and Prison Bound.
All songs written by Mike Ness unless otherwise noted.
"Justice for All" was later rerecorded by Social Distortion in 1988 for their second album, Prison Bound, as "It's the Law".
"Justice For All" and the Posh Boy version of "Playpen" first appeared on the compilation cassette The Future Looks Bright, released by Posh Boy with side A containing Posh Boy produced bands and side B containing SST artists.
The Posh Boy version of "1945" first appeared on the compilation album Rodney on the ROQ, Volume 2.
"Moral Threat" and "All the Answers" were later rerecorded by Social Distortion in 1982 for the band's first album, Mommy's Little Monster.