Beat Records

{{Short description|Independent American record label}}

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| founder = Stephen Zepeda

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Beat Records was an independent record label started by California night club promoter Stephen Zepeda (a.k.a. Steve Zepeda). Beat Records had record releases by Gary Valentine (of Blondie), The Furys, and The Plimsouls (featuring Peter Case). It spanned the 1978 to 1980 time period of Los Angeles rock.

Zepeda is best known for booking Bogart's night club in Long Beach, California, which was a very popular hub for alternative music in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Releases by Beat Records

  • "The First One"/"Tomorrow Belongs To You", Gary Valentine (1978) – 45 rpm
  • "Moving Target"/"We Talk We Dance", The Furys (1979) – 45 rpm
  • Zero Hour E.P., The Plimsouls (1980) - "Great Big World" / "Zero Hour" / "Hypnotized" / "How Long Will It Take?" / "I Can't Turn You Loose, 12 inch E.P.

See also

References

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  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=wVgywyV-2WEC&dq=zepeda+gary+valentine&pg=PA192 Valentine, Gary, New York Rocker: My Life in the Blank Generation with Blondie, Iggy Pop, and others, page 192, Oct. 18, 2006]
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=Cx9I7J1tEJgC&dq=steve+zepeda+long+beach&pg=PA37 Snowden, Don/ Leonard, Gary, Make the music go bang!: the early L.A. punk scene, page 37, Nov. 15, 1997]

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Category:American independent record labels

Category:Alternative rock record labels

Category:Rock record labels

Category:Music of Los Angeles

Category:Record labels based in California

Category:Defunct record labels of the United States

Category:Record labels established in 1978

Category:Record labels disestablished in 1980

Category:1978 establishments in California

Category:1980 disestablishments in California

Category:Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles

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