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Alarma Records

US record label; imprint of Newpax Records and Frontline Records

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 4, 2025
Entity authorityQ3607809 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alarma Records was an imprint of Newpax Records and Frontline Records. Alarma! Records and Tapes was formed in 1983 by the band Daniel Amos with musician Tom Howard for the release of their Doppelgänger album. The name of the label comes from the band's 1981 album ¡Alarma!.

It was reformed by the Frontline Music Group in the late 1980s.

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Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Alarma Records” as uS record label; imprint of Newpax Records and Frontline Records. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983, 1981—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983. The account is most persuasive where Alarma, Records and label can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as uS record label; imprint of Newpax Records and Frontline Records. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 4, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3607809. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983 and 1981.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alarma Records” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.