Missing Link

Missing Link Records was an Australian-based independent record label established in 1977. The Missing Link label was created by Keith Glass (singer-guitarist, ex- Cam-Pact ) and David Pepperell (journalist and vocalist, ex-The Union) who were the owners of a Melbourne record store of the same name. The name was taken from a 1960s Australian rock band, the Missing Links . The label's initial releases were two retrospective 7-inch singles, "The Ultimate Garage Band" by the Union and "Living in the 60's" by Cam-Pact, both of which were bands from the 1960s that the owners had respectively performed with. Following a few more releases, Pepperell departed and the label took on a new contemporary release program to reflect the punk-new wave movement of the late 1970s. According to the rock music historian Ian McFarlane "[it] was a cornerstone organisation on Melbourne's independent scene of the late 1970s". The label became influential through the release of both Australian and overseas material, scoring a top 20 hit single with the local release of the Flying Lizards ' kitchen electronic version of " Money " (1979) when it was passed over by Festival Records .

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