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'''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=Archived copy |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.
'''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=Archived copy |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>{{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>
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 ==
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http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-12-16/music/direct-miss/
http://www.dallasobserver.com/1994-12-15/music/home-grown/
http://www.dallasobserver.com/1994-12-15/music/home-grown/
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2010/08/this_week_in_dallas_music_hist_23.php
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2010/08/this_week_in_dallas_music_hist_23.php

Revision as of 06:49, 13 September 2021

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

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2010-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.

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