A DIY label. Z.I.P. - 'Zoned In Plastic' - was owned by Alternative Punk band the Twilight Zoners, and run in co-operation with David Henderson's 'Dining Out' records (q.v.). It appears to have issued just two records, both of them by the band themselves. The first was an EP entitled, 'Zero Zero One', which is sometimes known as 'Hospital'; it came out in September 1979. The catalogue number, logically enough, was ZEROZERO-1. A single, 'Brighton Rock', followed in March 1980 and was numbered 'ZIP-002'. Z.I.P is also credited on a Dining Out EP by Occult Chemistry (TUX-4; 1980). Thanks to Pat McLarnon for supplying the scans.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.