What started in 2015 as a simple Discogs list by Jesse Bass has grown into the definitive archive of privately pressed, vanity, and hyper-local records ever made in the state of Arizona.
The original goal was straightforward: document every Arizona record that never saw proper commercial distribution — high-school battle-of-the-bands LPs, one-off garage 45s, church choirs, outlaw country vanity pressings, desert psych weirdness, Native American field recordings, polka orchestras, teen folk masses, even the occasional tax-scam custom album. If it was cut in Arizona (or by an Arizonan) and the major labels never touched it, it belongs here.
Ten years and thousands of hours later, the list now stands at over 1,244 verified entries and keeps growing. Every title is cross-referenced with Discogs where possible, and new discoveries — from dusty thrift-store bins to attic-stored acetate demos — are added whenever they surface.
This site is the public face of that decade-long obsession: a clean, searchable database, a growing collection of mixes built from the rarest sides, and an open invitation to anyone who has a missing piece of the puzzle.
Found something that should be here? Have a better scan, a story, or just a lead? Get in touch — this list only works because the Arizona weird-vinyl community keeps it alive.
Want to help? Found something missing? Just hit CONTACT or email direct at info@arizonaprivatepress.com.
— AZPP