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

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(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",

(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
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 {{US-independent-record-label-stub

Releases by Beat Records

See also

References