99 Records
| 99 Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 |
| Defunct | 1984 |
| Genre | Post-punk, no wave |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Greenwich Village, New York |
99 Records (pronounced Nine Nine) was an American independent record label, active from 1980-1984. The label was home to several seminal musical artists in the no wave, post-punk, post-disco and avant garde scenes in New York City.
99 was operated out of a record store with the same name, located at 99 MacDougal Street in New York's Greenwich Village, and owned by Ed Bahlman.[1] Terry Tolkin, who ran the label No.6 Records, also worked there before becoming a VP of A&R at Elektra Records.
Since its demise, the reputation of the label and that of its groups has steadily grown. 99 artist Glenn Branca rose to prominence as a composer during the 1980s, and with new popularity in post-punk and post-disco, labelmates ESG and Liquid Liquid re-formed and have been featured guests at international music festivals.[1]
The label has been cited as a major influence of The Beastie Boys, Franz Ferdinand, Futureheads and LCD Soundsystem.
Complete discography
- 99-01 12" (1980) Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1
- 99-02 7" (1980) Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps//Snakes Crawl/You Taste Like The Tropics (also on Fetish UK)
- 99-03 7" (1980) Y Pants - Off The Hook/Beautiful Food//Favorite Sweater/Luego Fuego
- 99-04 12" (1981) ESG - You're No Good/Moody/UFO//Earn It/ESG/Hey! (B side live at Hurrah 12/80)
- 99-05 12" (1981) Vivien Goldman- Dirty Washing EP
- 99-06 12" (1981) The Congos ("Ashanti" Roy) - At The Feast EP
- 99-07 12" (1981) Liquid Liquid - Group Me Group//New Walk (live)/Lub Dupe (live)//Bell Head (live)/Rubbermiro
- 99-08 12" (1981) Maximum Joy - Stretch/Silent Street/Silent Dub (licensed from UK label Y Records)
- 99-09 12" (1981) Liquid Liquid - Successive Reflexes EP (Lock Groove (in) /Lock Groove (out)//Push/Zero/Eyes Sharp)
- 99-001LP LP (1981) Glenn Branca - The Ascension
- 99-002LP LP (1981) Singers & Players - War of Words (also released on On-U Sound UK)
- 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
- 99-003LP LP (1983) ESG - Come Away With ESG
- 99-LL1 12" (1984) Liquid Liquid - Dig We Must/Flextone/D.D.Dig We Must (Remix)