Erika Records Discography?

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:42 pm

Split the Erika Records list into a seperate thread. /Mod

Does anyone have a discog for ERIKA
They pressed tons of stuff but Imean the things that were on the Erika label

Barren Cross - Believe
Traitor
Jester
Jeckal & Hyde
Dirty Deal
Mistreater
California Metal
Holy Right
There might have been a Knightmare LP

doomedplanet · Post by **doomedplanet** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:10 pm

Traitor "Shot Down"
Stone Vengeance test pressing 5 copies only

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:19 pm

The funny thing is that her web site says Erika Records started as a Heavy Metal Label in 1980 and in 81 she purchased here own press.

Strange as I think all of the above releases were 85-86

That is were Azra (Dave Richards) pressed ALL his stuff and I know his story and conection to the pressing plant but not to Erika the Label.

Prowler · Post by **Prowler** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:49 pm

glockose wrote:Does anyone have a discog for ERIKA
They pressed tons of stuff but Imean the things that were on the Erika label

Barren Cross - Believe
Traitor
Jester
Jeckal & Hyde
Dirty Deal
Mistreater
California Metal
Holy Right
There might have been a Knightmare LP

The Wild - Pic MLP 83
Fast Forward - Message to America LP 87

I know these were at least manufactured at Erika Records:
ZZYZX - Running
Rhoads - Into the future

Wasn't there any Znowhite Testpressing or something too?

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:55 pm

Your right I forgot these

The Wild - Pic MLP 83
Fast Forward - Message to America LP 87
Znowhite - Live Suicide

Khnud · Post by **Khnud** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:15 pm

Knightmare II - The Edge Of Knight

doomedplanet · Post by **doomedplanet** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:29 pm

Can anyone add more details like catalog & matrix to this list? discogs entry for this label sure is weird, they haveDark Angel and Ruthless listed in their list, gotta love it..

Barren Cross - Believe
Traitor "Shot Down" matrix: ER1003, spine: blank
Jester
Jeckal & Hyde
Dirty Deal
Mistreater spine: ERG-1101, matrix: AC1474
California Metal
Holy Right
The Wild - Pic MLP 83
Fast Forward - Message to America LP 87
Znowhite - "Live Suicide" spine: ZER-606, Matrix: ZER-1001
Knightmare II - The Edge Of Knight

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:39 pm

I really dont kow if it was a REAL label,
It might have just been like MARK records in NY (ShadowFox, Tritium.....)

As tons of stuff were pressed there from 83-88 but not much on Erika.

doomedplanet · Post by **doomedplanet** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:47 pm

back of the Mistreater it says "mfg and Released By Erika Records" so they were trying to be a label.

Mike from Stone Vengeance told me the reason there is a test pressing of their demo is that they sent the master to have cassettes made at Erika. Next thing they received the test pressing AND the contract in the mail at the same time. I guess the contract was a joke since the band didn't do it (though they said in hindsight they should have just for the exposure). Oddly the tape was made at Lilac Records in La Verne, CA, not too far from Bellflower, not sure the connection.

Glockose · Post by **Glockose** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:56 pm

The tape might have just been farmed out. That might have been the protocal back then for Erika, They might not have had a tape system.

I know A&R for years would do 45's but never in house. They would farm it out to the cheapest bidder

Prowler · Post by **Prowler** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:08 pm

doomedplanet wrote:Can anyone add more details like catalog & matrix to this list? discogs entry for this label sure is weird, they haveDark Angel and Ruthless listed in their list, gotta love it..

Continuing the list:

Barren Cross "Believe" -
Traitor "Shot Down" - matrix: ER1003, spine: blank
Jester - spine: blank, matrix: DEL 1617 & S - 14576/S - 14576
Jeckal & Hyde -
Dirty Deal - spine: ER 1102, matrix: S - 14562/S - 14563
Mistreater - spine: ERG-1101, matrix: AC1474
California Metal -
Holy Right -
The Wild - Pic MLP 83 - spine: blank, matrix ER/26
Fast Forward - Message to America LP 87 -
Znowhite - "Live Suicide" - spine: ZER-606, Matrix: ZER-1001
Knightmare II - The Edge Of Knight -

Furthermore the matrix of The Wild says "D.T. did it"!

tbieri · Post by **tbieri** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:23 pm

Continuing the list:

Barren Cross - Believe, Spine: nothing, Label and Matrix: BC-1001
It's just manufactured by Erika Records !
Traitor "Shot Down" - matrix: ER1003, spine: blank
Jester - spine: blank, matrix: DEL 1617 & S - 14576/S - 14576
Jeckyll & Hyde, Spine: nothing, Label: nothing, Matrix: L-22726
Dirty Deal - spine: ER 1102, matrix: S - 14562/S - 14563
Mistreater - spine: ERG-1101, matrix: AC1474
California Metal, Spine: ER-1061, Label: ER-1061, Matrix: nothing
Holy Right, Spine: ER-7771, Label: ER-7771, Matrix: nothing
The Wild - Pic MLP 83 - spine: blank, matrix ER/26
Fast Forward - Message to America, Spine: ER-1002, Label: ER-1070 Matrix: nothing
Spine is wrong, the name of the Band is Fast Forword and NOT Forward !!!
Znowhite - "Live Suicide" - spine: ZER-606, Matrix: ZER-1001
Knightmare II - The Edge Of Knight -

tbieri · Post by **tbieri** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:36 pm

Knightmare II is on Masque Records MSQ 8704
just manufacured by Erika lika many others
The Picture Disc of it is on Raucus/Azra i think,
as seen on the scans from Strappado

Here you can find 2 singles (not Metal) on Erika too ! ("April B" and "Kool ROck Jay")
http://rateyourmusic.com/label/erika_records/

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:55 pm

isnt the saying that the richards azra guy worked at erika and did all those ridiculous shapes/pics/colors after work? at least the d.t. did it matrix appears on some of the jag panzer records, i think.

Northwinds · Post by **Northwinds** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:38 pm

I always assumed Azra/Ironworks and the other labels in that area used the same pressing plant (Erika). Azra is known for crazy shaped releases, Erika records did a lot of testpressings, in fact, I think they still do. Is Rainbo Records some how affiliated also? I have many testpressings from them including Cirith Ungol's King of the Dead