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{{Short description|American independent record label}}
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Lookout Records
| image       = Lookout Records logo.png
| founded     = {{start date and age|1987}}
| founder     = [[Larry Livermore]], David Hayes
| defunct     = {{end date and age|2012}}
| status      = Defunct
| distributor = [[Mordam Records]]
| genre       = {{hlist|[[Punk rock]]|[[hardcore punk]]|[[pop-punk]]|[[melodic hardcore]]|[[ska punk]]}}
| country     = U.S.
| location    = [[Laytonville, California]]
| website     = {{URL|lookoutrecords.com}}
}}

'''Lookout Records''' (stylized as '''Lookout! Records''') was an [[independent record label]], initially based in [[Laytonville, California]], and later in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], focusing on [[punk rock]]. Established in 1987, the label is best known for having released [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]]’s only album, [[Energy (Operation Ivy album)|''Energy'']], and [[Green Day]]'s first two albums, ''[[39/Smooth]]'' and [[Kerplunk (album)|''Kerplunk'']].

Following the departure of co-founder [[Larry Livermore]] in 1997,<ref name=closure /> the label departed from its "East Bay sound" and proved unable to match early success. In 2005 the label ran into financial difficulties after several high-profile artists rescinded the rights to their Lookout Records material. After a period of rapid contraction the label slowly expired, terminating operations and removing its music from online distribution channels early in 2012.<ref name=closure />