Cryptovision Records is a New York City based independent record label 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 in New Jersey as Cryptovision Records LLC.
Cryptovision Records helped start the career of Sam Coomes with his group The Donner Party. Coomes went on to form Quasi and play guitar for Elliott Smith.MTV - Elliott Smith Exclusive Photos By Autumn de Wilde
Cryptovision Records' debut release for their restart of the record label in 2009 is Dennis DikenLate Music, The Debut Album From Dennis Diken With Bell Sound, Brings Classic Pop Echoes 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 - 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 FunMod Fun DiscographyMod Fun MySpace - 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 PenalosaPower Pop Criminal's Blog "HECTOR PENALOSA - HECTOR (1988)" - Hector - 1988 - 12" - CRL-1700 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
References
External links Official site Review by Bill Kopp New Retro-Rock with Dennis Diken Modern Guitars