| Missing Link | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1977 |
| Founder | Keith Glass David Pepperell |
| Distributor(s) | Shock Records (AUS) Ebulliton Records (US) |
| Genre | punk, new wave, post-punk |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Official Website | http://missinglink.net.au/ |
Missing Link Records was an Australian based independent record label. The Missing Link label was established by Keith Glass and David Pepperell, the owners of a Melbourne record store by the same name, in 1977. The name was taken from a 1960s Australian rock band, The Missing Links. The label's initial releases were two retrospective 7-inch singles featuring bands the shop's cofounders had been in the 1960s: The Union in the case of Pepperell and Cam-pact in the case of Keith Glass. The label continued to release 1960s retrospectives, local Australian contemporary punk and new wave, and licenced material from overseas. International licenced releases included those by Flying Lizards, The Residents and Dead Kennedys. In 1978 the label signed The Boys Next Door, a punk band featuring Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Phill Calvert and Tracey Pew for whom Glass was their manager. The band changing their name in 1980 to The Birthday Party. Other notable local artists released by Missing Link Records include Snakefinger, Bleeding Hearts, the Go-Betweens, Whirlywirld, the Laughing Clowns and Dynamic Hepnotics.
In 2006, the shop started releasing records again under the Missing Link name. The releases include local Australian acts such as Agents of Aborrence, Los Diablos, Terror Firma, The Focus, True Radical Miracle, Mutiny and licenced releases for the Australian market by Minus the Bear, Regulations, and Bouncing Souls.