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Lookout Records

Lookout Records (stylized as Lookout! Records) was an independent record label, initially based in Laytonville, California, and later in Berkeley, focusing on punk rock. Established in 1987, the label is best known for having released Operation Ivy’s only album, Energy, and Green Day's first two albums, 39/Smooth and Kerplunk.

Lookout Records

1987 (1987)

Larry Livermore, David Hayes

2012 (2012)

Defunct

U.S.

Following the departure of co-founder Larry Livermore in 1997,[1] the label departed from its "East Bay sound" and proved unable to match early success. In 2005 the label ran into financial difficulties after several high-profile artists rescinded the rights to their Lookout Records material. After a period of rapid contraction the label slowly expired, terminating operations and removing its music from online distribution channels early in 2012.[1]

List of record labels

Mordam Records

Chris Appelgren, Lookout Records official website, June 2010.

"Hard to Say Goodbye,"

Matthew Artz, Berkeley Daily Planet, Aug. 5, 2005.

"Green Day Bolts from Berkeley's Lookout Records,"

Rob Harvilla, , East Bay Express, Sept. 14, 2005.

"Kerplunk: The Rise and Fall of the Lookout Records Empire,"

Larry Livermore, Lookout magazine no. 39 (Summer 1994). —Only part published.

"How I Became a Capitalist: The Lookout Records Story, Part One,"

Matthew Perpetua, Rolling Stone, Jan. 17, 2012.

"Lookout Records Shuts Down Completely,"

Maria Sherman, Billboard, Jan. 19, 2012.

"Lookout Records Co-Founder Larry Livermore on Label's Shuttering,"

Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 6, 2005.

"Green Day Pulls the Plug on Iconic Berkeley Indie Label Lookout Over Unpaid Royalties,"

publishing catalog at MusicBrainz

Lookout Records

Big Bombo Punk webzine, Aug. 17, 2013.

"Interview with Larry Livermore (Lookout Records),"