Direct Hit Records was a record label and store based in

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. The record label is notable for releasing early recordings by North Texas musicians who would eventually go on to prominence at a national level ( Darlington (singer) (as the band MESS),

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, and Dooms UK). The label went on to release recordings by out-of-Texas artists, including Secession Movement, Malachai and Michael W. Dean, between 1998 and 1999. The label operated in

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's Exposition Park from 1989 to 1995. One critic compared the label's early outlook to other prominent record labels and the cities associated with them: "For a few years, it looked as though Direct Hit could have been to

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References

http://www.dallasobserver.com/1994-12-15/music/home-grown/ http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2010/08/this_week_in_dallas_music_hist_23.php https://web.archive.org/web/20121104082410/http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2012/08/for-your-weekend-listening-pleasure-the-night-in-may-1990-the-dallas-pd-chased-fugazi-fans-into-canton-street.html/

External links

Direct Hit Records
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