 Black Flag began traveling up the California coast to play Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco, making seven trips in total.SST house record producer Spot went along as sound-man and tour manager, a job he would perform for several years, along with helping to record much of the label's music.SST sold its releases to small distributors at a deliberately low price; however, since the distributors typically sold import records, the records usually ended up in specialty shops where they would sell for high prices.