Mail Order Catalog
Lloyd, Florida, USA
By the mid 80s, the DIY revolution (music, zines, and art) was well underway but very few were distributing alternative and underground Christian music, so in 1986, to fill a void, Jeani Bond started Key Records Catalog. It began with a few 7-inch records like The Lead's EP and Talking Drums single, along with cassettes such as Crazed Bunnyz Achtungt Musik Klirrfaktor and Blackhouse Hope Like a Candle. Eventually the catalog included comic books from Safe Comix and James Rubino, chapbooks from Jason Underground, and Natch! zine, imported from the United Kingdom. Over the years, Key Records Catalog carried The Sonic Hope artists, imports from Sticky Music, Mark Krischak's bands on the new Key Records label like The Coolers' flexi-disc Simply & Dead and The Lifesavors Us Kids, among many others. The explosion of underground Christian art, music, and writing eventually received wider distribution. Outlets like Long's Christian Music in Orlando carried titles from the Key Records label. It was a time when the Xerox machine, the typewriter, the cassette recorder, and the US Mail were vital, linking underground Christians and creating a unique community of artists, writers, and musicians.