Rebel Records was a Paris-based independent music label created in 1977 by

Michel Esteban Michel Antoine Gaston Esteban (born 7 May 1951) is a French record producer, record company executive, cultural center director and former magazine editor, who founded the Paris shop Harry Cover in 1973, was influential in the early development ...

.ZE Records: Marie et les Garçons
/ref> The office of the label was in Paris, 12 rue des Halles, above the rock concept store "Harry Cover" founded by Esteban. The label closed in 1978 Esteban signed

Marie et les Garçons Marie et les Garçons were a French new wave band formed in Lyon in 1976. After Marie Girard left, the remaining members continued as Garçons. History In 1975, students leaving the Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Lyon formed a band, Femme Fatale, play ...

, a French new wave band from

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, and produced and released their first three-track EP in 1977. He then asked his friend

John Cale John Davies Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, dr ...

to produce their second single. "Rebop" was recorded in the Big Apple studio in

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. The single was released on Rebel records in France in 1978. Then Esteban joined

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, the label founded by

and Jane Friedman,

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's manager. Marie et les Garçons' single "Rebop" was then released on SPY records in the US. Rebel Records released a third and last single from the New York,

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band "

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" produced by Patti Smith and

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. In 1978 Esteban left SPY Records to found

ZE Records ZE Records was a New York–based record label, started in 1978 by Michael Zilkha and Michel Esteban, and closed in 1984. It was reestablished by Esteban in 2003; its website was last updated in 2019. History Michael Zilkha (b. 1954) is a Br ...

with Michael Zilkha.

Discography

Discography Rebel Records

*RB 7701

Marie Et Les Garçons Marie et les Garçons were a French new wave band formed in Lyon in 1976. After Marie Girard left, the remaining members continued as Garçons. History In 1975, students leaving the Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Lyon formed a band, Femme Fatale, play ...

– Rien a Dire / A bout de Souffle / Mardi Soir (7", EP) *RB 7702

– Rien a Dire / A bout de Souffle / Mardi Soir (12", EP) *RB 7703

– Rebop / Attitudes (7", Single) *RB 7802

– 3E / 11.000 Volts (7", Single)

Re-Released on ZE records in 1979

*ZE1201

– Rebop / Attitudes/ Rien A Dire Medley (12", Single) *ZE12010

– 3E / 11.000 Volts (12", Single)

References

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