Test Tube Records
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Test Tube Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was started by Chris Trent in 1978. One of the very first of the small indie labels to exclusively record and promote underground artists and punk rock music.
[edit] Releases
- First release – a 4-song 7" EP by Extremes which featured a four color folded sleeve in a plastic drop bag modeled after Dangerhouse Records releases. A total of 1000 copies were pressed and officially about 50 sold through Bomp! Records mail order distribution.
- Second release – a 2-song 7" single by The Zeros, featuring the tunes "Getting Nowhere Fast" b/w "They Say That (Everything's Alright)". Total pressing was 1000 copies of which 200 were lost when shipped. The pressing sold out in a few weeks and was never repressed.
[edit] External links
- "Test Tube – since 1979 L.A.'s Premier Independent Label". 2009. http://testtuberecords.com/. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
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