Direct Hit Records: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Latest revision as of 14:36, 13 October 2024

Direct Hit Records was a record label and store based in Dallas, Texas.^[1] The record label is notable for releasing early recordings by North Texas musicians who would eventually go on to prominence at a national level (Darlington (singer) (as the band MESS), Bedhead, Baboon, Brutal Juice, UFOFU, Slowpoke, the Grown-Ups, and Dooms UK). The label went on to release recordings by out-of-Texas artists, including Secession Movement, Malachai and Michael W. Dean, between 1998 and 1999.

The label operated in Dallas's Exposition Park from 1989 to 1995. One critic compared the label's early outlook to other prominent record labels and the cities associated with them: "For a few years, it looked as though Direct Hit could have been to Dallas what Sub Pop was to Seattle or Twin/Tone was to Minneapolis-St. Paul."^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Page Title". Archived from the original on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
^ "Direct Hit, or Miss". 8 July 1999.
^ "Direct miss". 1999-12-16. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2021-09-12.

External links

This article about a United States record label is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Page Title". Archived from the original on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2010-07-16.

[2] "Direct Hit, or Miss". 8 July 1999.

[3] "Direct miss". 1999-12-16. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2021-09-12.

[1]

[2]

[3]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{Short description|Record label and store in Dallas, Texas}}
-'''Direct Hit Records''' was a record label and store based in [[Dallas, Texas]].<ref>http://www.direct-hit.com/index.html</ref> The record label is notable for releasing early recordings by North Texas musicians who would eventually go on to prominence at a national level ([[Bedhead (band)|Bedhead]], [[Baboon]], [[Brutal Juice]], [[UFOFU]], [[Slowpoke (band)|Slowpoke]], the [[Grown-Ups]] and [[Dooms UK]]). The label went on to release recordings by out-of-Texas artists, including [[Secession Movement]], Malachai and [[Michael W. Dean]], between 1998 and 1999.
+'''Direct Hit Records''' was a record label and store based in [[Dallas, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.direct-hit.com/index.html |title=Page Title |access-date=2010-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011034854/http://direct-hit.com/index.html |archive-date=2010-10-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The record label is notable for releasing early recordings by North Texas musicians who would eventually go on to prominence at a national level ([[Darlington (singer)]] (as the band MESS), [[Bedhead (band)|Bedhead]], Baboon, [[Brutal Juice]], [[UFOFU]], Slowpoke, the Grown-Ups, and Dooms UK). The label went on to release recordings by out-of-Texas artists, including Secession Movement, Malachai and Michael W. Dean, between 1998 and 1999.
-The label operated in [[Dallas]]'s [[Exposition Park, Dallas, Texas|Exposition Park]] from 1989 to 1995. One critic compared the label's early outlook to other prominent record labels and the cities associated with them: "For a few years, it looked as though Direct Hit could have been to [[Dallas]] what [[Sub Pop]]  was to [[Seattle]] or [[Twin/Tone]] was to [[Minneapolis-St. Paul]]."<ref>http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-07-08/music/direct-hit-or-miss/</ref>
+The label operated in [[Dallas]]'s [[Exposition Park, Dallas, Texas|Exposition Park]] from 1989 to 1995. One critic compared the label's early outlook to other prominent record labels and the cities associated with them: "For a few years, it looked as though Direct Hit could have been to [[Dallas]] what [[Sub Pop]] was to [[Seattle]] or [[Twin/Tone]] was to [[Minneapolis-St. Paul]]."<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-07-08/music/direct-hit-or-miss/ | title=Direct Hit, or Miss| date=8 July 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-12-16/music/direct-miss/ |title=Direct miss |date=1999-12-16 |access-date=2021-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103074128/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-12-16/music/direct-miss/ |archive-date=2014-11-03}}</ref>
-==References==
+== References ==
 {{Reflist}}
+== External links ==
-http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-12-16/music/direct-miss/
-http://www.dallasobserver.com/1994-12-15/music/home-grown/
-==External links==
 *[http://direct-hit.weebly.com/ Direct Hit Records]
+*http://www.dallasobserver.com/1994-12-15/music/home-grown/{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
+*http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2010/08/this_week_in_dallas_music_hist_23.php
+*https://web.archive.org/web/20121104082410/http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2012/08/for-your-weekend-listening-pleasure-the-night-in-may-1990-the-dallas-pd-chased-fugazi-fans-into-canton-street.html/
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:American record labels]]
-[[Category:Companies based in Dallas, Texas]]
+[[Category:Companies based in Dallas]]
 [[Category:Record labels disestablished in 1995]]
 [[Category:Record labels established in 1989]]