Pinacolada Records is an independent record label based in

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. Run by Tim Baird, the label is notable for releasing the debut album from

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, as well the acclaimed debut albums by Pig Out and the Tiger Tones. The seventh release on the label was put out late April 2008 and was the self-titled debut album from Christchurch group Tiger Tones. The label went into hiatus after this seventh release. since gaining his PhD, Baird is now a Lecturer of Marketing at Lincoln University in Christchurch, and is also one of the founding members of online Christchurch-based independent radio station 8K (located at www.8k.nz).

Discography

Rockwood 'Chee'/'Kung Fu Philosophy' (12" vinyl,released September 2001.Cat no:PINA1201) Rockwood - 'Trippers Guide to House'(full-length album.CD released 25 November 2002.Cat no: PINACD01) Thisinformation feat. Mark de Clive Lowe 'Extensionz Of Da Mindz'/'Galaxy Blues'(12" vinyl, released March 2003. Cat no: PINA1202) Headspace 'Fly Away'(instrumental mix)b/w Fanatica 'Scent Of Love'(12" vinyl, released November 2004.Cat. no: PINA1203)

- 'Dance The Dance Electric' (their debut full-length album.CD released 14 February 2004.Cat. no: Pinacolada Records PINACD02) Pig Out - 'Club Poems'(Pinacolada Records Cat. no: PINACD03. Released 20 November 2006) Tiger Tones - 'Tiger Tones'(Pinacolada Records Cat no: PINACD04,released 21 April 2008) New Zealand independent record labels {{NewZealand-record-label-stub