Editing Lookout Records (section)

===Background===
[[File:Lookout-32.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Cover of the Summer 1988 issue of ''Lookout!'' magazine, published in Laytonville, California by Lawrence Livermore.]]

During the fall of 1984 [[Larry Livermore]] (née Larry Hayes), a resident of the small town of [[Laytonville, California]], of countercultural proclivities, felt the urge to opine about the problems of his community and the world in a [[desktop publishing|small-circulation periodical]].<ref>Larry Livermore, [https://archive.org/details/HowIBecameACapitalist ''How I Became a Capitalist: The Lookout Records Story, Part One.''] [1994] Corvallis, OR: 1000 Flowers Publishing, 2014; pp. 2-3.</ref> Thus in October of that year was launched a circulation magazine called ''Lookout,'' the first issue of which was typed and photocopied with a "press run" of just 50 copies.<ref>Livermore, ''How I Became a Capitalist: The Lookout Records Story, Part One,'' pg. 3.</ref> Opposition emerged to the controversial local topics upon which Livermore opined and so he turned to the theme [[punk rock]], a form of music he had followed in the late 1970s.<ref>Livermore, ''How I Became a Capitalist: The Lookout Records Story, Part One,'' pg. 4.</ref>

Livermore began to reacquaint himself with the ongoing punk music scene by listening to the [[Maximum Rocknroll]] (MRR) radio show, broadcast weekly from [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]] and featuring prominent scenester and future fanzine publisher [[Tim Yohannan]] and his cohorts.<ref name=LL5>Livermore, ''How I Became a Capitalist: The Lookout Records Story, Part One,'' pg. 5.</ref> Livermore also decided to start a band, drafting a 12-year-old neighbor to play drums — given the [[pseudonym|punk rock name]] "[[Tré Cool]]" by Livermore.<ref name=LL5 /> Cool would later gain fame as the drummer of [[Green Day]].<ref name=LL5 />

After a few ill-attended shows in 1985 Livermore took his band, [[The Lookouts]], into a local recording studio to record their songs, with a 26-song [[demo tape]] resulting.<ref>Livermore, ''How I Became a Capitalist: The Lookout Records Story, Part One,'' pp. 5-6.</ref> He also began living part-time in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], splitting his time between the city and his home in the mountains of [[Mendocino County]].<ref>Livermore, ''How I Became a Capitalist: The Lookout Records Story, Part One,'' pp. 6-7.</ref>

The Lookouts began playing out more in San Francisco and Berkeley and began to develop a fan following and to make the acquaintance of other local bands, including a melodically friendly group called [[The Mr. T Experience]].<ref>Livermore, ''How I Became a Capitalist: The Lookout Records Story, Part One,'' pg. 7.</ref> A vibrant local scene began to congeal, based around the [[924 Gilman Street|Gilman Street Project]], an all-ages venue inspired, bankrolled, and coordinated by the popular ''Maximum Rocknroll,'' launched the night of December 31, 1986.<ref>Livermore, ''How I Became a Capitalist: The Lookout Records Story, Part One,'' pp. 7-8.</ref>

Early in 1987 Livermore decided that it was time for The Lookouts to release a record.<ref>Livermore, ''How I Became a Capitalist: The Lookout Records Story, Part One,'' pg. 8.</ref> Livermore chose to take the [[DIY|Do It Yourself]] route to create such an album, self-releasing the one-off LP under "Lookout Records." At the same time, the new bands emerging around the vibrant 924 Gilman Street venue, including [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]], [[Crimpshrine]], [[Sewer Trout]], [[Isocracy]], and others were documented for the first time by local scenester [[David Hayes (record producer)|David Hayes]] on a 17-song double 7-inch compilation entitled ''Turn It Around,'' released through [[Mordam Records|Mordam Distribution]] on the Maximum Rocknroll Records label.<ref>Kevin Prested, ''Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records.'' Portland, OR: Microcosm Publishing, 2014; pg. 9.</ref> The duo would soon join forces as co-founders of a permanent label.