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Iconic ska record label archives destroyed in climate disaster

Thom Dunn

Aug 30, 2024
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Image: Matt Flood / Asbestos Records (Used with permission)
Image: Matt Flood / Asbestos Records (Used with permission)

Asbestos Records is the longest-running independent record label based in Connecticut. That alone might sound like a strange accolade. But more importantly, it also has a lot of deep history in the ska music scene, frequently re-releasing new vinyl pressings of acclaimed but long out-of-print al…

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