Dionysus Records

Garage, rockabilly, surf, punk, exotica label originally based in Burbank, California, founded at the end of 1983 by [a544148]. The label started as [l87707] as an extension of a cassette-only label run out of the Roads to Moscow record store in Tucson, Arizona, 1981-83. In 1984, Lee moved to Los Angeles and, with the help of Suzy and [a2362939] at [l33810], established the Dionysus Records label. In 2013, the label relocated to Joshua Tree, CA. Their warehouse location was changed in late 2018.

Circa 1992, most vinyl lacquers for Dionysus Records (including sublabels [l63349], [l156508], and [l74155]) were cut at [l1524601] in Culver City, CA, by [a544158], where the mastering and lacquer cutting facilities are often referred to as [l433344] or HRS Studios. Pressing was handled by Alberti Record Manufacturing Company, then [l66649], and now primarily by [l100643]. Some releases may have been pressed at [l267029] (eventually purchased by United), [l238322], or [l66254]. After relocating to Joshua Tree, all process steps were handled by [l100643].