| Lookout! Records discography |
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The discography of Lookout! Records, an independent record label active from 1987 to 2012, consists of xx releases: xx studio albums, xx live albums, xx compilation albums, xx EPs, xx singles, xx video albums, and xx box sets.
Early releases
editThe first release to bear the "Lookout! Records" name was the debut album by punk rock band the Lookouts, One Planet One People, released in April 1987.[1][2] No such record label existed at the time, but band leader Larry Livermore, who had financed the recording and manufacture of the album, "just slapped the name on there to make it look more 'official'", naming the fictitious label after his zine, Lookout!, which he had been self-publishing since 1984.[1] When he partnered with Maximumrocknroll staffer David Hayes in late 1987 to put out records by several punk rock bands associated with the 924 Gilman Street venue in Berkeley, California, Livermore convinced Hayes that they should use the name Lookout! Records for their fledgling label, believing it would benefit from the name recognition that Lookout! magazine and Livermore's Maximumrocknroll column ("Lookout! It's Lawrence Livermore!") had gained in the area. One Planet One People, which had not carried a catalog number, retroactively became the label's first release, while the first four records produced by the new partnership—EPs by the bands Corrupted Morals, Operation Ivy, Crimpshrine, and Isocracy—were assigned catalog numbers 2–5.
Formats
editLookout!'s early releases were phonograph records, in the 7-inch format for EPs and the LP record format for full-length albums. This was primarily out of financial necessity, since records (also known as "vinyl") were less expensive to manufacture than Compact Cassettes or compact discs (CDs), the two then-dominant formats for music, and had the ancillary benefit of being perceived as "warmer" in sound and less commercial in nature by punk rock fans. Lookout! would continue to issue releases on vinyl for the rest of the label's lifespan. The first Lookout! release to also be issued on cassette was Operation Ivy's lone studio album, 1989's Energy (LK 10), and the label began issuing its full-length releases in this format as well.
Its first CD release was the Mr. T Experience's 1990 album Making Things with Light (LK 37); additional tracks were added to the CD version both to take advantage of the format's longer running time and to justify its higher sale price relative to the LP and cassette versions. The CD version outsold the other formats, causing Lookout! to embrace compact discs; moving forward, the label's full-length releases and many of its EPs would be released on CD as well as on LP and cassette. CD reissues of Lookout!'s highest-selling earlier releases were prepared, starting with Green Day's first album, 39/Smooth (LK 22), which was repackaged with additional tracks under the title 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. Energy received a similar treatment, being repackaged with additional tracks under the title Operation Ivy. Both reissues retained the original albums' respective catalog numbers, and—along with a 1992 CD reissue of Green Day's second album, Kerplunk (LK 46), also with added tracks—became Lookout!'s highest-selling releases and remained so for over ten years. As CDs replaced cassettes as the dominant format in the market, Lookout! eventually ceased issuing releases on cassette; its last release in this format was Black Fork's 1997 album Rock for Loot (LK 172).
Re-releases
editOn some occasions Lookout! acquired the rights to re-release a band's earlier material. First was the Mr. T Experience; after the positive sales of Making Things with Light, Lookout! re-released the band's first album, Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion (LK 39, originally released on Disorder Records). Similarly, after releasing Screeching Weasel's My Brain Hurts (LK 50), Lookout! re-released the band's prior album, Boogadaboogadaboogada! (LK 062, originally on Roadkill Records). Upon signing Avail in 1994, Lookout! re-released their 1992 debut Satiate (LK 82), which the band had originally released on their Catheter-Assembly imprint. Having released two albums by the Queers, in 1994 Lookout! acquired the rights to the band's 1990 debut, Grow Up (LK 90, originally on Shakin' Street Records). Pinhead Gunpowder's Carry the Banner EP (LK 132) was also a re-release, having been previously issued by Too Many Records. In 1996 and 1997, after releasing several more albums by the Mr. T Experience, Lookout! re-released their second album, 1988's Night Shift at the Thrill Factory (LK 144, originally on Sixth International Records), and their 1989 EP Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood (LK 145, originally on Rough Trade Records), the latter as an expanded CD with numerous additional tracks. Upon signing the Groovie Ghoulies in 1996, Lookout! swiftly re-released their first two albums, 1989's Appetite for Adrenochrome (LK 148, originally on Crimson Corpse Records) and 1994's Born in the Basement (LK 149, originally on Green Door Recording Co.).
Joint and subsidiary releases
editIn 1995 Lookout! partnered with another independent label, Kill Rock Stars, for a compilation that would serve as both labels' hundredth releases: A Slice of Lemon (LK 100/KRS 100). Later that year Lookout! released Citizen Fish's album Millennia Madness (Selected Notes from the Late 20th Century) (LK 123) jointly with the band's own imprint, Bluurg Records (FISH 24). Wat Tyler's 1995 compilation album Tummy (LK 125) was another joint release, this time with Rugger Bugger Discs (SEEP 14) and Gap Recordings (GAP 025). A partnership with Canadian independent label Mint Records was also established that year, with the aim of allowing both labels to take advantage of the others' distribution networks to increase Lookout's distribution in Canada and Mint's in the United States. This resulted in series of joint releases with Mint, including releases by Cub, the Potatomen, the Mr. T Experience, the Smugglers, the Hi-Fives, and Pansy Division. Other joint releases included the Crumbs 1997 single "Shakespeare" (LK 166), released in partnership with Recess Records (RECESS #35), and a reissue of the Phantom Surfers' 1994 album The Exciting Sounds of Model Road Racing (LK 183) in partnership with its original label, Hobby Hut Raceways (HH 124).
Releases sharing catalog numbers
editCanceled releases
editIn the label's history, three releases were planned and assigned catalog numbers but were canceled, and their catalog numbers were never assigned to other releases. First was a planned EP by the band East Bay Mud in 1990, which would have been LK 33. The second was a planned split EP with the bands Rancid and Avail in 1994 (LK 083),
Rescinding and returns of publishing rights
editReleases
edit| Year | Artist | Title | Format | Type | Catalog | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Lookouts | One Planet One People | LP | studio album | LK 001 | |
| 1988 | Corrupted Morals | Chet | 7" | EP | LK 002 | |
| 1988 | Operation Ivy | Hectic | 7" | EP | LK 003 | |
| 1988 | Crimpshrine | Sleep, What's That? | 7" | EP | LK 004 | |
| 1988 | Isocracy | Bedtime for Isocracy | 7" | EP | LK 005 | |
| 1988 | Stikky | Where's My Lunchpail? | LP | studio album | LK 006 | |
| 1988 | Plaid Retina | Plaid Retina | 7" | EP | LK 007 | |
| 1988 | Sewer Trout | Songs About Drinking | 7" | EP | LK 008 | |
| 1988 | Yeastie Girlz | Ovary Action | 7" | EP | LK 009 | |
| 1988 | various artists | The Thing That Ate Floyd | double LP | compilation album | LK 011 | Re-released on CD in 2002 with the same catalog number. |
| 1989 | Operation Ivy | Energy | LP, CS | studio album | LK 010 | First Lookout! release on cassette. Re-released in 1991 as Operation Ivy, with the same catalog number. |
| 1989 | Neurosis | Aberration | 7" | EP | LK 012 | |
| 1989 | Surrogate Brains | Surrogate Serenades | 7" | EP | LK 013 | |
| 1989 | Eyeball | Prosthetic Head | 7" | EP | LK 014 | |
| 1989 | Crimpshrine | Quit Talkin' Claude... | 7" | EP | LK 015 | |
| 1989 | Kamala and the Karnivores | Girl Band | 7" | EP | LK 016 | |
| 1989 | Green Day | 1,000 Hours | 7" | EP | LK 017 | |
| 1989 | The Lookouts | Spy Rock Road | LP, CS | studio album | LK 018 | |
| 1989 | Corrupted Morals | Cheese-It | LP | studio album | LK 019 | |
| 1989 | Plaid Retina | Pink Eye | LP | studio album | LK 020 | |
| 1990 | Neurosis | The Word as Law | LP, CS | studio album | LK 021 | Re-released on CD in 1991 with additional tracks, with the same catalog number. |
| 1990 | Green Day | 39/Smooth | LP, CS | studio album | LK 022 | Re-released in 1991 as 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, with the same catalog number. |
| 1990 | The Mr. T Experience | "So Long, Sucker" | 7" | single | LK 023 | |
| 1990 | Samiam | I Am | 7" | EP | LK 024 | |
| 1990 | Cringer | Karin | 7" | EP | LK 025 | |
| 1990 | Fuel | Take Effect | 7" | EP | LK 026 | |
| 1990 | Monsula | Nickel E.P. | 7" | EP | LK 027 | |
| 1990 | The Lookouts | Mendocino Homeland | 7" | EP | LK 028 | |
| 1990 | The Skinflutes | Sawhorse | 7" | EP | LK 029 | |
| 1990 | Filth | Live the Chaos | 7" | EP | LK 030 | |
| 1990 | Blatz | Cheaper Than the Beer | 7" | EP | LK 031 | |
| 1990 | Vagrants | Gone | 7" | EP | LK 032 | |
| 1990 | East Bay Mud | LK 033 | Release was planned but canceled. | |||
| 1990 | Fifteen | Fifteen | 7" | EP | LK 034 | |
| 1990 | Green Day | Slappy | 7" | EP | LK 035 | |
| 1990 | Brent's T.V. | Lumberjack Days | 7" | EP | LK 036 | |
| 1990 | The Mr. T Experience | Making Things with Light | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 037 | First Lookout! release on compact disc. |
| 1990 | Monsula | Structure | LP, CS | studio album | LK 038 | |
| 1990 | The Mr. T Experience | Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 039 | Re-release of 1986 album originally released as an LP on Disorder Records (DR 001). |
| 1991 | Fifteen | Swain's First Bike Ride | LP, CS | studio album | LK 040 | Re-released on CD in 1992, with additional tracks, with the same catalog number. |
| 1991 | Scherzo | Scherzo | 7" | EP | LK 041 | |
| 1991 | The Lookouts | IV | 7" | EP | LK 042 | |
| 1991 | Blatz / Filth | The Shit Split | LP | split album | LK 043 | Re-released on CD in 1996 with additional tracks, with the same catalog number |
| 1991 | The Mr. T Experience | "Love American Style" | 7" | single | LK 045 | |
| 1991 | Green Day | Kerplunk | LP, CD | studio album | LK 046 | Re-released on cassette in 1992 with same catalog number. |
| 1991 | Nuisance | Confusion Hill | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 048 | |
| 1991 | Screeching Weasel | My Brain Hurts | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 050 | |
| 1991 | Neurosis | The Word as Law | CD | studio album | LK 021 | CD re-release of 1990 album with additional tracks, with the same catalog number. |
| 1991 | Green Day | 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours | CS, CD | compilation album | LK 022 | Re-release of 39/Smooth with the same catalog number and with additional tracks, including those from LK 017 and LK 035. |
| 1991 | Operation Ivy | Operation Ivy | CS, CD | compilation album | LK 010 | Re-release of Energy with the same catalog number and with additional tracks, including those from LK 003. |
| 1992 | Fifteen | Swain's First Bike Ride | CD | studio album | LK 040 | CD re-release of 1991 album, with the same catalog number and with the tracks from LK 034 added. |
| 1992 | Green Day | Kerplunk | CS | studio album | LK 046 | Cassette re-release of 1991 album, with the same catalog number. |
| 1992 | various artists | Can of Pork | double LP, CD | compilation album | LK 044 | |
| 1992 | Scherzo | Suffering and Joy | LP, CD | studio album | LK 047 | |
| 1992 | The Mr. T Experience | Milk Milk Lemonade | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 049 | |
| 1992 | Spitboy | Spitboy | 7" | EP | LK 051 | |
| 1992 | The Wynona Riders | Some Enchanted Evening | 7" | EP | LK 052 | |
| 1992 | Jüke | Don't Hate Us Because We're Beautiful | 7" | EP | LK 053 | |
| 1992 | Fun Bug | Tezbinetop EP | 7" | EP | LK 054 | |
| 1992 | Monsula | Sanitized | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 055 | |
| 1992 | Crimpshrine | Duct Tape Soup | LP | compilation album | LK 057 | Re-released on CD in 1998 with the same catalog number. |
| 1992 | Pinhead Gunpowder | Fahizah | 7" | EP | LK 058 | |
| 1992 | Rancid | Rancid | 7" | EP | LK 059 | |
| 1992 | Citizen Fish | "Disposable Dream" / "Flesh and Blood II" | 7" | single | LK 060 | |
| 1992 | Tilt | Tilt | 7" | EP | LK 061 | |
| 1992 | Screeching Weasel | Boogadaboogadaboogada! | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 062 | Re-release of 1988 album originally released as an LP on Roadkill Records (RDK 001). |
| 1992 | Fifteen | The Choice of a New Generation | LP | studio album | LK 065 | Re-released on cassette and CD in 1994 with the same catalog number. |
| 1992 | The Mr. T Experience | Gun Crazy | 7" | EP | LK 068 | |
| 1992 | Pansy Division | Fem in a Black Leather Jacket | 7" | EP | LK 069 | |
| 1993 | Screeching Weasel | Wiggle | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 063 | |
| 1993 | Jack Acid | Destroy the Boat | 7" | EP | LK 056 | |
| 1993 | Nuisance | Sunny Side Down | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 064 | |
| 1993 | The Queers | Love Songs for the Retarded | LP, CS,CD | studio album | LK 066 | |
| 1993 | Ne'er Do Wells | Hello, It Is I, thee Intolerable Bastard Child Genius | 7" | EP | LK 067 | |
| 1993 | Pansy Division | Undressed | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 070 | |
| 1993 | Tilt | Play Cell | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 071 | |
| 1993 | Raooul | Fresh and Nubile | 7" | EP | LK 072 | |
| 1993 | Screeching Weasel / Born Against | Screeching Weasel / Born Against | 7", CD | EP | LK 073 | |
| 1993 | Pansy Division | "Touch My Joe Camel" | 7" | single | LK 074 | |
| 1993 | Screeching Weasel | You Broke My Fucking Heart | 7" | EP | LK 075 | |
| 1993 | Screeching Weasel | Anthem for a New Tomorrow | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 076 | |
| 1993 | Ne'er Do Wells / Judy & the Loadies | Gift of Knowledge | CD | split album | LK 078 | |
| 1993 | Pot Valiant | "Loud Street" | 7" | single | LK 079 | |
| 1993 | The Mr. T Experience | Our Bodies Our Selves | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 080 | |
| 1993 | Pansy Division | The Nine Inch Males E.P. | 7" | EP | LK 085 | |
| 1994 | Fifteen | The Choice of a New Generation | CS, CD | studio album | LK 065 | Cassette and CD re-release of 1992 album, with the same catalog number. |
| 1994 | various artists | Punk USA | LP, CS, CD | compilation album | LK 077 | |
| 1994 | The Queers | Beat Off | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 081 | |
| 1994 | Avail | Satiate | CD | studio album | LK 082 | Re-release of 1992 album originally released as an LP and cassette on Catheter-Assembly Records (CATH 1). |
| 1994 | Rancid / Avail | Rancid / Avail | 7" | EP | LK 083 | Release was planned but canceled; printed record labels were given away through mail order. |
| 1994 | Wat Tyler | I Wanna Be Billie Joe | 7" | EP | LK 084 | |
| 1994 | Screeching Weasel | "Suzanne Is Getting Married" | 7" | single | LK 086 | |
| 1994 | Pansy Division | Deflowered | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 087 | |
| 1994 | Raooul / Skinned Teen | Jail-Bait Core / Bazooka Smooth! | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 088 | |
| 1994 | The Vindictives | Rocks in My Head | 7" | EP | LK 089 | |
| 1994 | The Queers | Grow Up | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 090 | Re-release of 1990 album originally released as an LP on Shakin' Street Records (YEAH-HUP 010). |
| 1994 | The Frumpies | Tommy Slich | 7" | EP | LK 091 | |
| 1994 | The Tourettes | Hidden Keys to Loving Relationships | 7" | EP | LK 092 | |
| 1994 | Rice | Fuck You, This Is Rice | LP, CD | studio album | LK 093 | |
| 1994 | Big Rig | Expansive Heart | 7", CD | EP | LK 094 | |
| 1994 | Screeching Weasel | How to Make Enemies and Irritate People | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 097 | |
| 1994 | The Potatomen | On the Avenue | 7", CD | EP | LK 098 | |
| 1994 | Downfall | Get Ready for Action | LP, CD | studio album | LK 099 | Release was planned but canceled. |
| 1994 | Avail | Dixie | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 103 | |
| 1994 | The Mr. T Experience | "Tapin' Up My Heart" | 7" | single | LK 106 | Released in conjunction with ...And the Women Who Love Them, with the same catalog number. |
| 1994 | The Mr. T Experience | ...And the Women Who Love Them | CD | EP | LK 106 | Released in conjunction with "Tapin' Up My Heart", with the same catalog number. Re-released in 2001 as ...And the Women Who Love Them – Special Addition (LK 273). |
| 1994 | Couch of Eureka | This Lifes EP | 7" | EP | LK 107 | |
| 1995 | Screeching Weasel | Kill the Musicians | CD | compilation album | LK 095 | |
| 1995 | The Invalids | Punker Than Me | 7" | EP | LK 096 | |
| 1995 | various artists | A Slice of Lemon | double LP, double CD | compilation album | LK 100 | Joint release with Kill Rock Stars (KRS 100). |
| 1995 | The Potatomen | Now | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 101 | |
| 1995 | The Wynona Riders | J.D. Salinger | LP, CD | studio album | LK 104 | |
| 1995 | Pinhead Gunpowder | Jump Salty | CD | compilation album | LK 105 | |
| 1995 | The Queers | Surf Goddess | 7", CD | EP | LK 108 | |
| 1995 | Pansy Division | James Bondage | 7" | EP | LK 109 | |
| 1995 | Pansy Division | Pile Up | CD | compilation album | LK 110 | |
| 1995 | The Bomb Bassets | Please Don't Die | 7" | EP | LK 111 | Released on CD as Dress Rehearsal with additional tracks, with the same catalog number. |
| 1995 | The Bomb Bassets | Dress Rehearsal | CD | EP | LK 111 | CD release of "Please Don't Die" with additional tracks, with the same catalog number. |
| 1995 | The Vindictives | "Alarm Clocks" | 7" | single | LK 112 | |
| 1995 | The Hi-Fives | Welcome to My Mind | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 113 | |
| 1995 | The Queers | Move Back Home | LP, CD | studio album | LK 114 | |
| 1995 | Riverdales | "Fun Tonight" / "I'm a Vegetable" | 7" | single | LK 115 | |
| 1995 | The Vindictives | The Many Moods of the Vindictives | double LP, CS, CD | compilation album | LK 116 | |
| 1995 | Riverdales | "Back to You" | 7" | single | LK 117 | |
| 1995 | Squirtgun | Shenanigans | 7", CD | EP | LK 118 | |
| 1995 | Riverdales | Riverdales | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 120 | |
| 1995 | Worst Case Scenario | Worst Case Scenario | 7" | EP | LK 121 | |
| 1995 | The Shotdowns | This Party Is a Frat House | 7" | EP | LK 122 | |
| 1995 | Citizen Fish | Millennia Madness (Selected Notes from the Late 20th Century) | LP, CD | studio album | LK 123 | Joint release with Bluurg Records (FISH 34). |
| 1995 | Cub / The Potatomen | Cub / The Potatomen | 7", CD | EP | LK 124 | Joint release with Mint Records (MRS 013/MRD 008). |
| 1995 | Wat Tyler | Tummy | CD | compilation album | LK 125 | Joint release with Rugger Bugger Discs (SEEP 14) and Gap Recordings (GAP 025). |
| 1995 | The Mr. T Experience | "Alternative Is Here to Stay" | 7", CD | single | LK 126 | Joint release with Mint Records (MRS 014/MRD 009) |
| 1995 | Pansy Division | "Valentine's Day" | 7" | single | LK 127 | |
| 1995 | Squirtgun | Squirtgun | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 128 | |
| 1995 | Sludgeworth | Losers of the Year | CD | compilation album | LK 131 | |
| 1995 | Pinhead Gunpowder | Carry the Banner | CD | EP | LK 132 | Re-release of 1994 EP originally released as an LP on Too Many Records (TM 63) |
| 1995 | The Vindictives | "Eating Me Alive" / "Johnny, Where Are You?" | 7" | single | LK 141 | |
| 1996 | Blatz / Filth | The Shit Split | double CD | studio album | LK 043 | CD re-release of 1991 split album with additional tracks, with the same catalog number. |
| 1996 | Brent's T.V. / Sweet Baby | Hello Again | CD | compilation album | LK 102 | |
| 1996 | The PeeChees | Scented Gum | 7" | EP | LK 119 | |
| 1996 | The Smugglers / The Hi-Fives | Summer Games | 7", CD | EP | LK 129 | Joint release with Mint Records (MR 015) |
| 1996 | The Queers | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | CD | compilation album | LK 130 | |
| 1996 | Pansy Division | Wish I'd Taken Pictures | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 133 | Joint release with Mint Records (MR 018) |
| 1996 | The Mr. T Experience | Love Is Dead | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 134 | |
| 1996 | The Smugglers | Selling the Sizzle | LP, CD | studio album | LK 136 | Joint release with Mint Records (MR 016) |
| 1996 | Go Sailor | Don't Go | 7" | EP | LK 137 | |
| 1996 | Avail | 4am Friday | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 138 | |
| 1996 | various artists | Punk Uprisings | CD | compilation album | LK 139 | |
| 1996 | The Queers | Don't Back Down | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 140 | |
| 1996 | Couch of Eureka | Year of the Zombie | LP, CD | studio album | LK 142 | |
| 1996 | Cub | Box of Hair | LP, CD | studio album | LK 143 | Joint release with Mint Records (MR 021) |
| 1996 | The Mr. T Experience | Night Shift at the Thrill Factory | CD | studio album | LK 144 | Re-release of 1988 album originally released as an LP and cassette on Sixth International Records (SILO 8). |
| 1996 | Groovie Ghoulies | "The Island of Pogo Pogo" | 7" | single | LK 146 | |
| 1996 | Pansy Division | For Those About to Suck Cock | 7" | EP | LK 147 | |
| 1996 | Groovie Ghoulies | Appetite for Adrenochrome | LP, CD | studio album | LK 148 | Re-release of 1989 album originally released as an LP and cassette on Crimson Corpse Records (CCR 2002). |
| 1996 | Groovie Ghoulies | Born in the Basement | LP, CD | studio album | LK 149 | Re-release of 1994 album originally released as a CD on Green Door Recording Co. (GDRC 90210). |
| 1996 | Fifteen | Ooze | 7" | EP | LK 150 | Released in conjunction with There's No Place Like Home (Good Night), with the same catalog number. |
| 1996 | Fifteen | There's No Place Like Home (Good Night) | CD | EP | LK 150 | Released in conjunction with Ooze, with the same catalog number. |
| 1996 | Groovie Ghoulies | World Contact Day | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 151 | |
| 1996 | Citizen Fish | Thirst | LP, CD | studio album | LK 152 | |
| 1996 | Go Sailor | Go Sailor | CD | compilation album | LK 153 | |
| 1996 | The Phantom Surfers | The Great Surf Crash of '97 | LP, CD | studio album | LK 155 | |
| 1996 | The Phantom Surfers | "Istanbul" | 7" | single | LK 156 | |
| 1996 | Sweet Baby | It's a Girl! | CD | studio album | LK 157 | Re-release of 1989 album originally released as an LP on Ruby Records (25822). |
| 1996 | The Queers | Bubblegum Dreams | 7" | EP | LK 158 | |
| 1996 | The Hi-Fives | "It's Up to You" | 7" | single | LK 159 | |
| 1996 | The Potatomen | All My Yesterdays | LP, CD | EP | LK 160 | |
| 1996 | Furious George | Goes Ape! | 7", CD | EP | LK 163 | |
| 1996 | Squirtgun | Mary Ann | 7", CD | EP | LK 164 | |
| 1996 | various artists | Heide Sez | CD | compilation album | LK 169 | Lookout! sampler album |
| 1996 | Auntie Christ | "Bad Trip" | 7" | single | LK 173 | |
| 1997 | The Hi-Fives | And a Whole Lotta You! | LP, CD | studio album | LK 135 | |
| 1997 | The Mr. T Experience | Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood | LP, CD | EP, compilation album | LK 145 | Re-release of 1989 EP originally released as an LP and cassette on Rough Trade Records (RT US 68). CD version released as a compilation album with 24 additional tracks. |
| 1997 | various artists | More Bounce to the Ounce | double LP, double CD | compilation album | LK 154 | |
| 1997 | The Crumbs | The Crumbs | LP, CD | studio album | LK 161 | |
| 1997 | The Wynona Riders | Artificial Intelligence | LP, CD | EP | LK 162 | |
| 1997 | The Bomb Bassets | Take a Trip with the Bomb Bassets | LP, CD | studio album | LK 165 | |
| 1997 | The Crumbs | "Shakespeare" | 7" | single | LK 166 | Joint release with Recess Records (RECESS #35) |
| 1997 | Squirtgun | Another Sunny Afternoon | LP, CD | studio album | LK 167 | |
| 1997 | Pinhead Gunpowder | Goodbye Ellston Avenue | LP, CD | studio album | LK 168 | |
| 1997 | The Criminals | Never Been Caught | LP, CD | studio album | LK 170 | |
| 1997 | Parasites | "Hang Up" | 7" | single | LK 171 | |
| 1997 | Black Fork | Rock for Loot | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 172 | |
| 1997 | Pansy Division | Queer to the Core | 7" | EP | LK 174 | |
| 1997 | Pansy Division | More Lovin' from Our Oven | CD | compilation album | LK 175 | |
| 1997 | Auntie Christ | Life Could Be a Dream | LP, CD | studio album | LK 176 | |
| 1997 | Groovie Ghoulies | Running with Bigfoot | 7", CD | single, EP | LK 177 | Released on 7" as a 2-track single, and on CD as a 4-track EP. |
| 1997 | The Go-Nuts | The Go-Nuts | 7" | EP | LK 178 | |
| 1997 | (Young) Pioneers | On Trial | 7", CD | EP | LK 179 | Released as a 5-track 7" and 9-track CD. |
| 1997 | The Mr. T Experience | Revenge Is Sweet, and So Are You | LP, CD | studio album | LK 180 | |
| 1997 | Uranium 9 Volt | "Split Derision" | 7" | single | LK 181 | Released in conjunction with Wild Seven, with the same catalog number. |
| 1997 | Uranium 9 Volt | Wild Seven | CD | EP | LK 181 | Released in conjunction with "Split Derision", with the same catalog number. |
| 1997 | Groovie Ghoulies | Re-Animation Festival | LP, CD | studio album | LK 182 | |
| 1997 | The Phantom Surfers | The Exciting Sounds of Model Road Racing | CD | studio album | LK 183 | Re-release of 1994 album originally released as an LP and CD on Hobby Hut Raceways (HH-124); reissued on LP in 1998 as a joint release between Lookout! and Hobby Hut, with the same catalog numbers. |
| 1997 | The Mr. T Experience | "...And I Will Be with You" | 7" | single | LK 184 | |
| 1997 | The Smugglers | Buddy Holly Convention | 7", CD | EP | LK 185 | Released as a 4-track 7" and a 6-track CD. Joint release with Mint Records (MR 028). |
| 1997 | Groovie Ghoulies | "Graveyard Girlfriend" | 7" | single | LK 186 | |
| 1997 | various artists | (You're Only As Good As) The Last Great Thing You Did | CD | compilation album | LK 187 | Lookout! sampler album |
| 1997 | The Potatomen | Iceland | LP, CD | studio album | LK 188 | |
| 1997 | Avail / (Young) Pioneers | The Fall of Richmond | LP, CD | EP | LK 189 | Released as a 5-track 7" and an 8-track CD. |
| 1998 | Crimpshrine | Duct Tape Soup | CD | compilation album | LK 057 | CD re-release of 1992 LP album, with the same catalog number. |
| 1998 | The Phantom Surfers | The Exciting Sounds of Model Road Racing | LP | studio album | LK 183 | LP reissue of 1997 release, with the same catalog number. Joint release with Hobby Hut Raceways (HH-124). |
| 1998 | Screeching Weasel | Major Label Debut | LP, CD | EP | LK 190 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 260). |
| 1998 | The Donnas | American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine | LP, CD | studio album | LK 191 | |
| 1998 | Avail | Live at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco | CD | live album | LK 192 | |
| 1998 | various artists | All Punk Rods! | LP, CD | compilation album | LK 193 | Joint release with Gearhead Records (no catalog number). |
| 1998 | Crimpshrine | The Sound of a New World Being Born | LP, CD | compilation album | LK 194 | |
| 1998 | Avail | Over the James | LP, CD | studio album | LK 195 | |
| 1998 | The Donnas | "Rock 'n' Roll Machine" | 7" | single | LK 196 | |
| 1998 | Servotron | Entertainment Program for Humans (Second Variety) | LP, CD | studio album | LK 197 | |
| 1998 | Pansy Division | Absurd Pop Song Romance | CD | studio album | LK 198 | |
| 1998 | The Smugglers | Growing Up Smuggler | LP, CD | live album | LK 199 | Joint release with Mint Records (MR 032), 1+2 Records (1+2 116), and Imposible Records (IMP 043). |
| 1998 | The Donnas | The Donnas | CD | studio album | LK 201 | Re-release of 1997 album originally released as an LP on Super*Teem (REMO 001). |
| 1998 | The Mopes | Lowdown, Two-Bit Sidewinder! | CD | EP | LK 202 | |
| 1998 | Boris the Sprinkler | "I've Been Hittin' on a Russian Robot" | 7" | single | LK 203 | |
| 1998 | The Phantom Surfers and Davie Allan | Skaterhater | LP, CD | studio album | LK 204 | |
| 1998 | The Hi-Fives | Get Down | LP, CD | studio album | LK 205 | |
| 1998 | (Young) Pioneers | Free the (Young) Pioneers Now! | LP, CD | studio album | LK 206 | |
| 1998 | Moral Crux | Something More Dangerous | LP, CD | studio album | LK 207 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 272). |
| 1998 | Screeching Weasel | Formula 27 | 7" | EP | LK 208 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 271). Re-release of 1997 EP originally released as a 7" on Vermiform Records (VMFM 31). |
| 1998 | The Crumbs | Low and Behold | LP, CD | studio album | LK 210 | |
| 1998 | Screeching Weasel | Beat Is on the Brat | CD | compilation album | LK 213 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 273). CD re-release of 1993 album originally released as an LP on Selfless Records under the title Ramones (SFLS 17), with the tracks from LK 208 added. |
| 1998 | The Lillingtons | Death by Television | LP, CD | studio album | LK 221 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 275). |
| 1999 | Citizen Fish | Habit | 7" | EP | LK 209 | |
| 1999 | various artists | Four on the Floor | LP, CD | compilation album | LK 211 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 274). |
| 1999 | Citizen Fish | Active Ingredients | LP, CD | studio album | LK 212 | |
| 1999 | The Donnas / Toilet Böys | "Get You Alone" / "You Got It" | 7" | single | LK 214 | |
| 1999 | various artists | Forward 'Til Death | CD | compilation album | LK 215 | Lookout! sampler album |
| 1999 | The Queers | Later Days and Better Lays | CD | compilation album | LK 216 | |
| 1999 | Avengers | Died for Your Sins | LP, CD | compilation album | LK 217 | |
| 1999 | various artists | Turn-On...Tune-In...Lookout! | VHS | video album | LK 218 | Compilation of 19 Lookout! Records music videos. |
| 1999 | Me First and the Gimme Gimmes | Garf | 7" | EP | LK 219 | |
| 1999 | Groovie Ghoulies | Fun in the Dark | LP, CD | studio album | LK 220 | |
| 1999 | Dr. Frank | Show Business Is My Life | LP, CD | studio album | LK 222 | |
| 1999 | The Cuts | "Heart Attack" | 7" | single | LK 223 | |
| 1999 | Cleveland Bound Death Sentence | Cleveland Bound Death Sentence | CD | compilation album | LK 224 | |
| 1999 | The Donnas | Get Skintight | LP, CD | studio album | LK 225 | |
| 1999 | Common Rider | Last Wave Rockers | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 226 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 277). |
| 1999 | Screeching Weasel | Emo | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 227 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 276). |
| 1999 | The Basicks | Little Thing | 7" | EP | LK 228 | |
| 1999 | The Jackie Papers | I'm in Love | LP, CD | EP | LK 229 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 278). |
| 1999 | The Mopes | Accident Waiting to Happen | LP, CD | studio album | LK 230 | |
| 1999 | American Steel | Rogue's March | LP, CD | studio album | LK 231 | |
| 1999 | The Mr. T Experience | Alcatraz | LP, CD | studio album | LK 232 | |
| 1999 | Towards an End | Change and Pass Through... | 7" | EP | LK 233 | |
| 1999 | Ann Beretta | To All Our Fallen Heroes | LP, CD | studio album | LK 234 | |
| 1999 | The Donnas / Kiss | "Strutter" / "Detroit Rock City" | 7" | single | LK 238 | Single from the soundtrack to the 1999 film Detroit Rock City. |
| 1999 | The Splash 4 | "Rules of Life" | 7" | single | LK 241 | |
| 2000 | various artists | Lookout! Freakout | CD | compilation album | LK 235 | Lookout!/Panic Button sampler album |
| 2000 | The Smugglers | Rosie | LP, CD | studio album | LK 236 | |
| 2000 | Enemy You | Where No One Knows My Name | LP, CD | studio album | LK 237 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 279). |
| 2000 | Screeching Weasel | Thank You Very Little | double CD | compilation album | LK 239 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 280). |
| 2000 | The Phantom Surfers | XXX Party | LP, CD | studio album | LK 240 | |
| 2000 | The Jimmies | Let the Fat Men Plunder | CD | studio album | LK 242 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 281). |
| 2000 | The Go-Nuts | Dunk and Cover! | LP, CD | studio album | LK 243 | |
| 2000 | The Eyeliners | Here Comes Trouble | LP, CD | studio album | LK 244 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 282). |
| 2000 | Groovie Ghoulies | Travels with My Amp | LP, CD | studio album | LK 246 | |
| 2000 | Gene Defcon featuring the Genettes | "Liz" and Other Songs | 7" | EP | LK 247 | |
| 2000 | Moral Crux | The Side Effects of Thinking | CD | studio album | LK 248 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 283). CD re-release of 1989 album originally released as an LP on Polemic Records (POLEMIC 001). |
| 2000 | Black Cat Music | "One Foot in the Grave" | 7" | single | LK 249 | |
| 2000 | Pinhead Gunpowder | 8 Chords, 328 Words | 7" | EP | LK 250 | |
| 2000 | Zero Boys | Livin' in the 80's | 7" | EP | LK 251 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 284). Re-release of 1980 EP originally released on Z-Disc (ZD 714). |
| 2000 | Bratmobile | Ladies, Women and Girls | LP, CD | studio album | LK 252 | |
| 2000 | Zero Boys | Vicious Circle | LP, CD | studio album | LK 253 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 286). Re-release of 1981 album originally released as an LP on Nimrod Records (NIM 001), with additional tracks. |
| 2000 | The Mr. T Experience | The Miracle of Shame | LP, CD | EP | LK 254 | |
| 2000 | Gaza Strippers | 1000 Watt Confessions | LP, CD | studio album | LK 256 | |
| 2000 | Screeching Weasel | Teen Punks in Heat | LP, CS, CD | studio album | LK 257 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 285). |
| 2001 | The Donnas | The Donnas Turn 21 | LP, CD | studio album | LK 255 | |
| 2001 | The Lillingtons | The Backchannel Broadcast | LP, CD | studio album | LK 259 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 287). |
| 2001 | The Queers | Today | CD | EP | LK 260 | |
| 2001 | The Enemies / Pitch Black | The Enemies / Pitch Black | CD | studio album | LK 261 | |
| 2001 | Ann Beretta | New Union...Old Glory | LP, CD | studio album | LK 262 | |
| 2001 | Bis | Music for a Stranger World | CD | EP | LK 263 | American release of 2000 EP originally released on LP and CD in the United Kingdom on Wiiija (WIJ EP 116) and in Japan on V2 Records (V2CI 81). |
| 2001 | Alkaline Trio | "Hell Yes" | 7" | single | LK 264 | |
| 2001 | American Steel | Jagged Thoughts | LP, CD | studio album | LK 265 | |
| 2001 | The Wanna-Bes | The Wanna-Bes | CD | studio album | LK 266 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 288). |
| 2001 | Yesterday's Kids | Everything Used to Be Better | CD | studio album | LK 267 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 289). |
| 2001 | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Tyranny of Distance | LP, CD | studio album | LK 268 | |
| 2001 | Black Cat Music | Hands in the Estuary, Torso in the Lake | LP, CD | studio album | LK 269 | |
| 2001 | Common Rider | Thief in a Sleeping Town | 7" | EP | LK 271 | |
| 2001 | The Eyeliners | Sealed with a Kiss | LP, CD | studio album | LK 272 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 290). |
| 2001 | The Mr. T Experience | ...And the Women Who Love Them – Special Addition | CD | compilation album | LK 273 | Re-release of LK 106 with additional tracks. |
| 2001 | One Time Angels | Tricks and Dreams | CD | EP | LK 274 | |
| 2001 | various artists | Lookout! Freakout Episode 2 | CD | compilation album | LK 275 | Lookout!/Panic Button sampler album |
| 2001 | The Pattern | Immediately | CD | EP | LK 276 | |
| 2001 | various artists | Boys Lie | CD | compilation album | LK 277 | |
| 2002 | various artists | The Thing That Ate Floyd | double CD | compilation album | LK 011 | CD re-release of 1988 double LP compilation, with same catalog number. |
| 2002 | The Queers | Pleasant Screams | LP, CD | studio album | LK 270 | |
| 2002 | The Enemies | Seize the Day | LP, CD | studio album | LK 278 | |
| 2002 | Pretty Girls Make Graves | Good Health | LP, CD | studio album | LK 279 | |
| 2002 | Bratmobile | Girls Get Busy | LP, CD | studio album | LK 280 | |
| 2002 | Yesterday's Kids | Can't Hear Nothin' | LP, CD | studio album | LK 281 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 291). |
| 2002 | Ben Weasel | Fidatevi | LP, CD | studio album | LK 282 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 292). |
| 2002 | The Cost | Chimera | LP, CD | studio album | LK 284 | |
| 2002 | The Pattern | Real Feelness | LP, CD | studio album | LK 285 | |
| 2002 | The Washdown | The Washdown | CD | EP | LK 286 | |
| 2002 | The Oranges Band | On TV | CD | EP | LK 287 | |
| 2002 | The Donnas | Spend the Night | LP | studio album | LK 288 | Produced under license from Atlantic Records, who released the CD version of the album. |
| 2002 | Communiqué | A Crescent Honeymoon | CD | EP | LK 289 | |
| 2002 | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | Hearts of Oak | LP, CD | studio album | LK 290 | |
| 2003 | Pinhead Gunpowder | Compulsive Disclosure | CD | compilation album | LK 258 | |
| 2003 | Moral Crux | Pop Culture Assassins | CD | studio album | LK 283 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 293). |
| 2003 | various artists | Lookout! Freakout Episode 3 | CD | compilation album | LK 291 | Lookout!/Panic Button sampler album |
| 2003 | The Oranges Band | All Around | CD | studio album | LK 292 | |
| 2003 | various artists | Punk Seven Inch CD Volume One: 1988–1989 | CD | compilation album | LK 293 | Compilation of LK 002, LK 005, LK 007, LK 009, LK 013, and LK 016. |
| 2003 | Even in Blackouts | Myths & Imaginary Magicians | CD | studio album | LK 294 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 294). Re-release of 2002 album originally released on Hope And Nonthings. |
| 2003 | Small Brown Bike | The River Bed | CD | studio album | LK 295 | |
| 2003 | The Donnas | "Who Invited You" | 7" | single | LK 296 | Produced under license from Atlantic Records, who released the CD version of the single. |
| 2003 | various artists | Turn-On...Tune-In...Lookout! | DVD | video album | LK 297 | DVD re-release of LK 218 with an alternate set of music videos. |
| 2003 | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead | CD | EP | LK 298 | |
| 2003 | The Mr. T Experience | Yesterday Rules | CD | studio album | LK 299 | |
| 2004 | Green Day | 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours | CD | compilation album | LK 300 | Re-release of LK 022 with added CD-ROM content. |
| 2004 | The Washdown | Yes to Everything | CD | studio album | LK 301 | |
| 2004 | Evening | Other Victorians | CD | studio album | LK 303 | |
| 2004 | The Reputation | To Force a Fate | CD | studio album | LK 304 | |
| 2004 | Communiqué | Poison Arrows | LP, CD | studio album | LK 305 | LP version released jointly with Sabot Productions (ACT 008). |
| 2004 | The Smugglers | Mutiny in Stereo | CD | studio album | LK 306 | Joint release with Mint Records (MRS 074). |
| 2004 | Black Cat Music | October Novermber | CD | studio album | LK 307 | |
| 2004 | The Lashes | The Stupid Stupid | CD | EP | LK 308 | |
| 2004 | The Dollyrots | Eat My Heart Out | CD | studio album | LK 309 | Panic Button Records subsidiary release (PB 309). |
| 2004 | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | Shake the Sheets | LP, CD | studio album | LK 310 | |
| 2004 | Engine Down | Engine Down | CD | studio album | LK 311 | |
| 2004 | The Washdown | "Right Foot" | 7", CD | single | LK 701 | Released as a 2-track 7" and a 3-track CD. |
| 2004 | various artists | Second-Hand Suit Jacket Racket | CD | compilation album | LK 702 | |
| 2005 | The Oranges Band | The World & Everything in It | CD | studio album | LK 313 | |
| 2005 | Mary Timony | Ex Hex | CD | studio album | LK 314 | |
| 2005 | Hockey Night | Keep Guessin' | CD | studio album | LK 315 | |
| 2005 | Troubled Hubble | Making Beds in a Burning House | LP, CD | studio album | LK 316 | Joint release with Eenie Meenie Records (EM 021). |
| 2005 | various artists | This Is My Bag | CD/DVD | compilation album | LK 317 | Lookout!/Panic Button sampler album packaged with a DVD compilation of 9 music videos. |
| 2005 | various artists | Then Is the New Now | CD | compilation album | none | Lookout! sampler album. |
| 2005 | Troubled Hubble | The Sir Chenjuns EP | download | EP | none | |
| 2005 | The Donnas | Early Years | download | compilation album | none | |
| 2009 | various artists | Be on the Lookout! | download | compilation album | none | Lookout! sampler album. |
References
edit- Livermore, Larry (2015). How to Ru(i)n a Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Don Giovanni Records. ISBN 978-0-9891963-4-5.
- Livermore, Larry (2013). Spy Rock Memories. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Don Giovanni Records. ISBN 978-0-9891963-0-7.
- Prested, Kevin (2014). Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout! Records. Portland, Oregon: Microcosm Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62106-612-5.