Beat Records was an independent record label started by
California
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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
The Plimsouls were an American rock band known for their hit 1982 single "A Million Miles Away", which was featured in the movie '' Valley Girl''.
History
The band was formed in Paramount, California in 1978. They recorded two full-length al ...
(featuring
Peter Case
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Biography
Early career
Case was born in Buffalo, New York, B ...
). It spanned the 1978 to 1980 time period of
Los Angeles
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rock.
Zepeda is best known for booking
Bogart's
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History
The venu ...
night club in
Long Beach, California
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, 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
The Plimsouls were an American rock band known for their hit 1982 single "A Million Miles Away", which was featured in the movie '' Valley Girl''.
History
The band was formed in Paramount, California in 1978. They recorded two full-length al ...
(1980) - "Great Big World" / "Zero Hour" / "Hypnotized" / "How Long Will It Take?" / "I Can't Turn You Loose, 12 inch E.P.
See also
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List of record labels
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References
Valentine, Gary, New York Rocker: My Life in the Blank Generation with Blondie, Iggy Pop, and others, page 192, Oct. 18, 2006 Snowden, Don/ Leonard, Gary, Make the music go bang!: the early L.A. punk scene, page 37, Nov. 15, 1997
American independent record labels
Alternative rock record labels
Rock record labels
Music of Los Angeles
Record labels based in California
Defunct record labels of the United States
Record labels established in 1978
Record labels disestablished in 1980
1978 establishments in California
1980 disestablishments in California
Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles
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