Cryptovision Records is a New York City based
independent record label
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that was founded by musicians James Talley, Mike Linn, Brian Beggs, and Gene Wood in 1979 and dissolved in 1990. In 2009
Dave Amels, A&R man for the original Cryptovision Records, restarted the
record label
"Big Three" music labels
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in New Jersey as Cryptovision Records LLC.
Cryptovision Records helped start the career of
Sam Coomes
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with his group
The Donner Party. Coomes went on to form
Quasi
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and play guitar for
Elliott Smith
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.
Cryptovision Records' debut release for their restart of the
record label
"Big Three" music labels
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in 2009 is
Dennis Diken
Dennis Diken (born February 25, 1957) is an American drummer, DJ, author, music historian, and founding member of the band the Smithereens, which he formed in 1980 with Pat DiNizio, Jim Babjak, and Mike Mesaros in Carteret, New Jersey. Besides ...
with Bell Sound - "Late Music".
Discography
Singles and EPs
* ''Deprogrammers'' - Midas Touch/Grim Reaper - 1981 - 7" - C-1001
* ''Stepford Husbands'' - Why Aren't You There/Yeah - 1984 - 7" - BR-1000-11-1
* ''Deprogrammers'' - Fear Of Success - 1985 - 12" - CR-2001
* ''Stepford Husbands'' - Rode Out/Seeing is Believing - 1985 - 7" - CR-300
* ''Flying Color'' - Look My Way/Dear Friend - 1985 - 7" - CR-400
* ''Desolation Angels'' - Border Patrol/Poison Streets - 1985 - 7" - CR-500
* ''Distraction Boys'' - Pay Off the Cops/Have a Nice Day/Home on the Missile Range - 1985 - 7" - CR-600
* ''
Mod Fun
Mod Fun are an American power pop/garage punk band from New Jersey. Mod Fun were originally active in the early to mid-1980s, and played an integral part in New York City's burgeoning garage rock revival scene at the time. By mid-1986, they were ...
'' - Mary Goes Round/Grounded - 1986 - 7" - CR-700
* ''Optic Nerve'' - Ain't That a Man/Mayfair/Happy Ever After - 1986 - 7" - CR-800
* ''Optic Nerve'' - Leaving Yesterday Behind/Kiss Her Goodbye - 1987 - 7" - CR-810
* ''Stepford Husbands'' - Seems Like Years/Kwik Way - 1988 - 7" - CR-310
* ''Black Orchids'' - Lunatics Ball - 1988 - 7" - CR-900
* ''Contact Obsession'' - Because It Seemed/The Other Side/The Same Obsession - 1989 - 7" - CR-1100
* ''Sultrees'' - Take Me As I Am/Contrails - 1990 - 7" - CR-1000
* ''Stepford Husbands'' - Building of Love For Sale/Bag Man/Tick Tock - 1990 - 7" - CR-320
Albums
* ''The Lyon in Winter'' - As Winter Falls - 1986 - 12" - CRL-1300
* ''
Mod Fun
Mod Fun are an American power pop/garage punk band from New Jersey. Mod Fun were originally active in the early to mid-1980s, and played an integral part in New York City's burgeoning garage rock revival scene at the time. By mid-1986, they were ...
'' - Dorothy's Dream - 1986 - 12" - CRL-1000
* ''Various Artists'' - Please Don't Adjust Your Set... - 1986 - 12" - CRL-1100
* ''The Stepford Husbands'' - New Ways of Seeing - 1987 - 12" - CRL-1200
* ''
The Donner Party'' - Donner Party - 1987 - 12" - CRL-1400
* ''The Corvairs'' - Rio Blanco - 1987 - 12" - CRL-1600
* ''Hector Penalosa
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* ''Various Artists'' - Havoc from Holland - 1989 - 12" - CRL-1800
* ''Dennis Diken with Bell Sound'' - Late Music - 2009 - CD - CRC-3000
See also
*List of record labels
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References
External links
Official siteReview by Bill Kopp
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