Alternative Records is an

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based in Eugene, Oregon. The label started in 1989. Formed from its previous incarnation as a mail order record company starting in 1979, Randy Layton started the label as an outlet for former

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artists Steve Scott and

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to release back catalogue and unreleased works. The label took on other artists over time, and after distribution deals with

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and Word Canada ended, the company would begin to focus more on fan club releases and reissues. Since 1998, Alternative Records has been known for its many collector's versions of its albums. ''More Miserable Than You'll Ever Be'' by The 77s was issued as a

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with a 7" single, a 3-track CD single, and a 4-track cassette as a numbered, signed edition of 1,000 before being reconfigured for CD with a different track listing. A successful fundraising campaign allowed Layton to reissue the 1977 Pantano-Salsbury ''Hit The Switch'' album on CD in the early 2020s. Despite poor health issues, Randy would also continue record sales through online sales forums. His speaking engagements would include TrueTunes podcasts and others.

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* Pantano-Salsbury * Sonny Richter * Steve Scott * The Scratch Band * Two Pound Planet * Robert Vaughn & The Shadows * The Western Gentlemen * Sam White

Discography

*Steve Scott - ''Lost Horizon'' (ES 4001) (1989) *7&7iS; The 77s - ''More Miserable Than You'll Ever Be'' (ES 4002) (1989 box set, 1990, 1992 reissues) *Various Artists - ''The Summer Sampler'' (ES PR-4006) (1990) *Steve Scott - ''Magnificent Obsession'' (ES 4007) (1991) *Robert Vaughn & The Shadows - ''Songs From The Riverhouse'' (ES 4009) (1991) *Two Pound Planet - ''Songs From The Hydrogen Jukebox'' (ES 4010) (1992) *''White Trash Supper Club'' (ES 4011) (1992) *Various Artists - ''No Sense of History''/''Shirley, Goodness, & Misery'' (ES 4013 A/B) (1992, released with

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) *Various Artists - ''Bootlevel'' (ES 4014) (LP version, 1992) *Two Pound Planet - ''Whispering Delicious'' (ES 4015) (1993) *Various Artists - ''Bootlevel'' (ES 4017) (1994, cd version; aka "Bootlevel 2") *Robert Vaughn - ''Decayed'' (ES 4018) (1994) *Skeleton Closet - ''Skeleton Closet'' (ES 4019;SW 9501) (1996) *Lightweight - ''Lightweight'' (ES 4020) (1996) *Eagle Park Slim - ''Northwest Blues'' (ES 4029) (1998) *Robert Vaughn & The Shadows - ''Love And War'' (ES-4023) (2000 reissue, Special Edition) *Au Go-Go's - ''All Over Town - Rare & Unreleased'' (AR PRO AU-66) (2005 compilation reissue) *Sonny Richter - ''Sonny Sings! Standards & Practices'' (AltNote 84152) (2018 reissue) *Sam White - ''Sweet Dreams: The Sam White Anthology'' (SW 4001 PRO) (2018 compilation) *Sonny Richter - ''Sonny Richter's Guitar Lounge Volume Two: 1958-1992'' (SS-1929) (2020 live compilation) *The Western Gentlemen - ''Live At The Cowboy Bar, 1958'' (AR WG 4002-RM) (2020 live release) *Robert Vaughn & The Shadows - ''Love And War'' (ES-4030) (2022 reissue, 35th Anniversary Edition) *Josh Rude - ''A Rock So Big I Cain't'' (PR 101, not AR) (2023, Randy Layton guest appearances) *Pantano-Salsbury - ''Hit The Switch'' (2023, CD reissue of 1977 Solid Rock release)Pantano-Salsbury HIT THE SWITCH - 2023 CD Reissue
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References

External links

Alternative Records on Bandcamp

Alternative Records on Discogs

Artist: Randy Layton on Discogs

Randy Layton's Discogs Storefront

Randy Layton's YouTube Channel

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