AIP Records is a

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that was started by

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's Bomp! Records in 1983 to continue the

Pebbles series ''Pebbles'' is an extensive series of compilation albums in both LP and CD formats that have been issued on several record labels, though mostly by AIP. Together with the companion '' Highs in the Mid-Sixties series'', the ''Pebbles series'' ma ...

. AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the

had been released by BFD Records of

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, Australia (most likely a fictitious label name to avoid

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infringement lawsuits) in 1979–1980 and have been kept in print by AIP for many years. Including those in the companion Highs in the Mid-Sixties series – which concentrated on American regional music scenes – there are over 50 LPs covering some 800 obscure, mostly American "Original Punk Rock" songs recorded in the mid-1960s – primarily known today as the

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and

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genres – that were previously known only to a handful of collectors. Two similar series of LPs featuring British music were released in the ensuing years, the English Freakbeat series and Electric Sugar Cube Flashbacks series. Although LPs are still available from the Bomp! Records website, none are being manufactured any longer; and many are now out of print, including all of the Freakbeat and Flashbacks discs. ''AIP Records'' also issued numerous CDs in the English Freakbeat series and

, with the first 6 Pebbles volumes being basically the same as the LPs, with bonus tracks. The 6th Pebbles album was reissued more appropriately as the 6th CD in the English Freakbeat series, since this LP also featured British music. Most of the later Pebbles CDs were taken from particular regions, like the Highs series. In 2007, ''AIP Records'' released the Pebbles, Volume 11 CD as the last of the albums in this landmark series. ''AIP Records'' has begun the

Essential Pebbles series right ''The Essential Pebbles Collection'' is a series of compilation albums of obscure garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings that were originally released in the mid-1960s. As the name implies, the series was created by AIP Records as a ...

, the Planetary Pebbles series, and the You Gotta Have Moxie series. With the exception of an album called ''New Fruit'' by

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, former leader of

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, all of the AIP releases are in one of these series.

References

External links

AIP Records mail order site
{{Authority control Record labels established in 1983 American independent record labels Garage rock record labels Reissue record labels

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