Bacchus Archives is a record label that has often released previous unreleased recordings. Some of the recordings it has released, includes recordings by artists such as

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, Peter Miller and Bob Thompson. It is also

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Background

Baccus Archives is located in

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. Its parent label is Dionysus Records. The parent label was founded by Lee Joseph in 1983. Some of the music that it has issued / reissued covering the period from the 1950s through to the 1980s and beyond, includes

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, 60s

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and Arizona Garage,

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and

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. It has also issued / reissued

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and 70s Punk including L.A. 70s punk. In addition to keeping various back-catalogue recordings in print, it also releases recordings that lean towards certain past genres. Some of the releases have been by artists that include the Creepy Creeps, Ruby Dee and The Snakehanders, The Satelliters and Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited.

Releases

In the first quarter of 1996, the label issued a 30 track compilation of

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from 1959 to 1966. The album ''

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'' featured recordings from Eddie Davis's Faro, and

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record labels. Also that year, the label reissued

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's 1959 ''Voodoo'' album. In 1999, on both LP and CD, the label issued the

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produced Al Garcia and the Rhythm Kings's ''Exotic And Rockin' Instrumentals'' 1963-1964 album which included two tracks by

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. Also that year, featuring some more Hilder produced tracks ended up on ''Rare L.A. Tracks West Coast Style Vintage R&B And Doo-Wop, 1956-1964'' Bacchus Archives BA1134. It featured a couple of tracks by the Charades as well as recordings by Ray Agee, Charles Andrea & The Hi-Tones and Donny Tolliver. Another release in 1999 was Vol. 1 of ''Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes'' compilation series which featured various Garage and Psychedelic bands. By 2002, Vol. 6 and 7 had been issued. In 2014, the label released ''Surf Mania'' on LP by the Surf Teens. The album, originally released in 1963 on

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, had previous been re-released by Bacchus in 1998 on both LP and CD.All Musi
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References

{{reflist Record labels based in California