Beat Records was an independent record label started by

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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

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(featuring

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). It spanned the 1978 to 1980 time period of

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rock. Zepeda is best known for booking

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night club in

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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.,''

(1980) - "Great Big World" / "Zero Hour" / "Hypnotized" / "How Long Will It Take?" / "I Can't Turn You Loose, 12 inch E.P.

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
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Releases by Beat Records

See also

References