99 Records
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99 Records was an independent record label
active from 1980-1984. 99 was run out of a record store with the same name, located at 99 MacDougal Street
in New York City's Greenwich Village
, and owned by Ed Bahlman
. Terry Tolkin
, later an Elektra Records
vice president and No.6 Records
label head worked there.
Since its demise, the reputation of the label and that of its groups has steadily grown. The label has been cited as a major influence of Franz Ferdinand
, Futureheads and LCD Soundsystem
, while in 2004, ESG played at All Tomorrows Parties. Liquid Liquid continue to perform periodically.
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
active from 1980-1984. 99 was run out of a record store with the same name, located at 99 MacDougal Street
MacDougal Street
MacDougal Street is a one way street in Greenwich Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The approximate six-block street is bound by Prince Street and West 8th Street. It has been the subject of many songs, poems, and other forms of artistic expression. MacDougal Street has been...
in New York City's Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
, and owned by Ed Bahlman
Ed Bahlman
Ed Bahlman is founder of the independent record shop 99 Records in New York. This was also the name of the record label he started. 99 specialised in Indie/dub/new wave music and was founded in 1980....
. Terry Tolkin
Terry Tolkin
Terry Tolkin was the Vice President of A&R at Elektra Records from 1992 to 1996. He signed a number of critically acclaimed alternative rock bands, including Luna, Stereolab, Afghan Whigs, Scrawl, Jennyanykind and Nada Surf...
, later an Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
vice president and No.6 Records
No.6 Records
No.6 Records was an independent record label, started in 1989 as a subsidiary of Rough Trade Records by A&R representative and booking agent Terry Tolkin...
label head worked there.
Since its demise, the reputation of the label and that of its groups has steadily grown. The label has been cited as a major influence of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand (band)
Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish post-punk revival band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The band is composed of Alex Kapranos , Bob Hardy , Nick McCarthy , and Paul Thomson .The band first experienced chart success when their second single, "Take Me Out", reached #3 in...
, Futureheads and LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...
, while in 2004, ESG played at All Tomorrows Parties. Liquid Liquid continue to perform periodically.
Complete Discography
- 99-01 12" (1980) Glenn BrancaGlenn BrancaGlenn Branca is an American avant-garde composer and guitarist known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series. In 2008 he was awarded an unrestricted grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.-Beginnings: 1960s and early 1970s:Branca...
- Lesson No. 1 - 99-02 7" (1980) Bush TetrasBush TetrasBush Tetras are an American post-punk band from New York City, popular in the Manhattan club scene in the early 1980s but never achieving much mainstream success. Their music combined funk rhythms and dissonant guitar riffs.-History:...
- Too Many Creeps//Snakes Crawl/You Taste Like The Tropics (also on Fetish UK) - 99-03 7" (1980) Y PantsY PantsY Pants were an all-female No Wave band from New York City active from 1979 to 1982. The trio, made up of photographer/musician Barbara Ess , visual artist Virginia Piersol, and filmmaker Gail Vachon, developed a unique sound via their acoustic toy instrumentation of toy piano, ukulele and a...
- Off The Hook/Beautiful Food//Favorite Sweater/Luego Fuego - 99-04 12" (1981) ESGESG (band)ESG are a band that emerged from the South Bronx, New York, U.S. in the early 1980's. Trouser Press called it "one of the most dynamic bands that New York could offer at the top of the '80s." ESG have been influential across a wide range of musical genres, including hip hop, post punk, disco,...
- You're No Good/Moody/UFO//Earn It/ESG/Hey! (B side live at Hurrah 12/80) - 99-05 12" (1981) Vivien GoldmanVivien GoldmanVivien Goldman is a British journalist, writer and musician. She was born in London, the child of two German-Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. She studied English and American literature at the University of Warwick...
- Dirty Washing EP - 99-06 12" (1981) The CongosThe CongosThe Congos are a reggae vocal group from Jamaica active on and off from the mid-1970s until the present day. They are best known for their Heart of the Congos album, recorded with Lee "Scratch" Perry.-History:...
("Ashanti" RoyRoydel JohnsonRoydel Anthony Johnson , better known as Congo Ashanti Roy is a Jamaican reggae singer best known as a member of The Congos but who also recorded solo and as a member of Ras Michael's Sons of Negus.-Biography:...
) - At The Feast EP - 99-07 12" (1981) Liquid LiquidLiquid LiquidLiquid Liquid is a New York City post-punk, post-disco band, originally active from 1980 to 1983. They are perhaps best known for their track, "Cavern", which was covered by the Sugar Hill Records house band as the backing track for Grandmaster + Melle Mel's old school rap classic, "White Lines "...
- Group Me Group//New Walk (live)/Lub Dupe (live)//Bell Head (live)/Rubbermiro - 99-08 12" (1981) Maximum JoyMaximum JoyMaximum Joy were a post-punk band from Bristol, England.When the Glaxo Babies split in 1979, Tony Wrafter formed Maximum Joy with Janine Rainforth , and they were later joined by Dan Catsis and Charlie Llewellin , and John Waddington...
- Stretch/Silent Street/Silent Dub (licensed from UK label Y RecordsY RecordsY Records was an independent record label set up in 1980 by Dick O’Dell in the United Kingdom, and distributed by Rough Trade.-History:Artists included The Slits, Shriekback and a number of groups that were associated with the Bristol Indie Bands from the late 1970s: The Pop Group, Glaxo Babies,...
) - 99-09 12" (1981) Liquid Liquid - Successive Reflexes EP (Lock Groove (in) /Lock Groove (out)//Push/Zero/Eyes Sharp)
- 99-11EP7 7" (1981) Liquid Liquid - Bellhead//Push (extremely rare 7" 45 of re-recordings by Liquid Liquid, recorded, mixed & mastered in one day - Nov. 24, 1981. The band destroyed most copies and it was never made available, but some still exist.)
- 99-10 12" (1982) ESG - Dance//The Beat/Moody
- 99-11 12" (1983) Liquid Liquid - Optimo/Cavern//Scraper Out
- 99-LL1 12" (1984) Liquid Liquid - Dig We Must/Flextone/D.D.Dig We Must (Remix)
- 99-001LP LP (1981) Glenn Branca - The AscensionThe Ascension (Glenn Branca album)The Ascension is the second album released by Glenn Branca, it was re-released by Acute Records in 2003 with new artwork, and again in 2010 by Fortissimo Records on limited edition 180g white vinyl.-Track listing:# "Lesson No...
- 99-002LP LP (1981) Singers & PlayersSingers & PlayersSingers & Players were a reggae collective made up of vocalists and musicians associated with Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound Records. They recorded five albums between 1981 and 1988....
- War of Words (also released on On-U Sound UK) - 99-003LP LP (1983) ESG - Come Away With ESG