June 97 and WAAT001 arrives

June 97 and WAAT001 arrives

June 97 and WAAT001 arrives

June 97 and WAAT001 arrives

MELTING VINYL ALL-DAYER IN BRIGHTON

Monday 26 May 97, the day after seeing Mogwai and Arab Strap at Colchester Arts Centre, the Brighton Melting Vinyl All Dayer proved further inspiration for our DIY asperations and dreams with Gringo Records. It was an amazing line up and day.

WAAT001 IS PRESSED!

8 May 97. The pressing of our first record on Gringo Records: WAAT001, the Teebo / Lando split seven inch single.

LOVETRAIN ALL-DAYER

Sunday 6 April 1997 and the Lovetrain All-dayer at the Garage headlined by Urusei Yatsura and featuring Mogwai, Bob Tilton, Ligament, Scarfo and future Gringo Records superstars Eska.

the TEEBO / LANDO split single DAT

the infamous WAAT001 DAT mastered on 18 March 1997.

early GRINGO RECORDS artwork

early Gringo Records artwork as sketched at work or college by JGRAM. Yes, it is THAT terrible!

NO PICTURES FANZINE ISSUES TWO AND THREE

Fanzine Nation: issues three and four of No Pictures from 1997

DAMN YOU FANZINE ISSUE ONE

Fanzine Nation: the first issue of Damn You from late 1996

GRINGO RECORDS FIRST LABEL PLAN AND MEETING

three page record label plan for first Gringo Records meeting in Jan 97 held in Upminster with Tom Teebo/Hirameka, Joe Lando, Jimmy Lando and Jason Graham

KITTEN FRENZY fanzine DIY single guide

taken from Kitten Frenzy (Urusei Yatsura's fanzine) is the extract given to us by Roger Simian (Dawn Of The Replicants) in late 1996. It was incredibly helpful and useful in getting Gringo Records up and running

the night GRINGO RECORDS was born

Thursday 31 October 1996 and Gringo Records first crosses paths while onstage future Gringo Records superstars Eska wrestle with Urusei Yatsura and Colchester's own infamous Hugo Sanchez

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