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4 unusual facts about Norton Records


Norton Records

Norton's Red Hook, Brooklyn warehouse and mail order operation was heavily water damaged by Hurricane Sandy (October 29, 2012).

In 2009, Linna launched her paperback book company, Kicks Books, with Sweets and Other Stories, followed by This Planet Is Doomed (2011).

After finding a copy at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History bookstore, Dr. Ink (aka Dr. Roy Peter Clark) highlighted the importance of Rocco's work in an April 2, 2003 review, "Jukin' with Eddie Rocco".

We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988–2001

The book also touches on the importances of independent labels like Norton Records, Crypt Records and In the Red Records.


Miriam Linna

Miriam Linna (b. Sudbury, Ontario) has run the Brooklyn-based independent record label Norton Records since 1986 with her husband—the producer and singer-songwriter Billy Miller.


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