The Atomic Cafe opened in 1946 in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles by Minoru and Ito Matoba. During the late 70’s to mid 80’s their daughter, Nancy, quickly transformed the quiet neighborhood bar/ cafe in to one of L.A.’s most popular hang outs for the local punk rock scene, politicians, and the Japanese mafia. On any given night you could see the likes of Blondie, The Go-Go’s, Devo, X, Warhol, David Byrne, Bowie sitting down having a bowl of noodles in the company of old Japanese men with full body tattoos. The legendary jukebox played everything from The Germs to Mori Shinichi until 4 in the morning as crazy waitresses would be jumping on top of tables trying to serve food. The Atomic Cafe closed its doors on November 23, 1989.

John Williams – End Title (Theme from “Jaws”) – Jaws Original Soundtrack 7 inch – MCA Records

Henry Mancini – The Music from Peter Gunn – Peter Gunn Original SOundtrack 7 inch – RCA Victor

PIL – Seattle – Seattle / Selfish Rubbish 7 inch – Virgin

Yuzo Kayama – ? – ? 7 inch – Toshiba Records

Fear – I love Livin in the City – I love Livin in the City / Now Your Dead (Musta Bin SOmthin YOu Said) 7 inch – Criminal Records

Weirdos – Soliatrty Confinement – We Got the Neutron Bomb / Soliatrty Confinement 7 inch – Dangerhouse

Roman Holliday – Don’t Try to Stop it – Don’t Try to Stop it / Beat my Time 7 inch – Jive

Roman Holliday – Stand by Me – Stand By / Round and Round 7 inch – Jive

DOn’t Hang Up – The Orlons – The Conservative / Don’t Hang Up 7 inch – Cameo

Bags – Babylonian Gorgon – Survive / Babylonian Gorgon 7 inch – Dangerhouse

The Alley Cats – Too Much Junk- Too Much Junk / Night Along the Blvd. 7 inch – Time Coast

Bowwowwow – Work – Work / C-30, C-60, C-90 Anda! 7 inch – EMI

Jim Basnight – She Got Fucked – Live in the Sun / She Got Fucked 7 inch – Precedent Records

The Cramps – Human Fly – Human Fly / Domino 7 inch – Vengeance

The Cramps – Drug Train – Drug Train / Garbage Man 7 inch – Illegal Records

The Normal – T.V.O.D – T.V.O.D / Warm Leatherette 7 inch – Mute

Snakefinger – What Wilbur – What Wilbur / Kill the Great Raven 7 inch – Ralph Records

Wall of Voodoo – Back in the Laudromat – Laudromat / DO it Again 7 inch – I.R.S Records

The Clash – 1977 – 1977 / White Riot 7 inch – CBS

Madness – One Step Beyond… – One Step Beyond… / Mistakes 7 inch – Stiff Recordings

The Selecter – Carry Go Bring Come – Nissing Words / Carry Go Bring Come 7 inch – Two-Tone Records

The Waitresses – I Know What Boys Like – I Know What Boys Like / No Guilt 7 inch – Antilles

Jerry Lee Lewis – Breathless – Breathless / Down the Line 7 inch – Sun Records

x – Breathless – Breathless / Riding With Mary 7 inch – Elektra

Bo Diddley – I’m a Man – I’m a Man / Bo Diddley 7 inch – Chess Records

The Yardbirds – I’m a Man / Still I’m Sad 7 inch – Epic

The Channels – Bye Bye Baby – Bye Bye Baby / My Love Will Never Die 7 inch – Oldies 45

Little Richard – Rip it Up – Rip it Up / Ready Teddy 7 inch – Specialty

Red Prysock – What’s the Word? Thunderbird! – What’s the Word? Thunderbird!/ Satellite 7 inch – Mercury

Joe Houston – All Night Long – All Night Long / Time Out 7 inch – Modern Oldies

Frankie Ford – Sea Cruise – Sea Cruise / Roberta 7 inch – Oldies 45

Fats Domiono – Blueberry Hill – Blueberry Hill / Bo Weevil 7 inch -United Atrtists

Lavern Baker – Tweedlee Dee – Tweedlee Dee / Tomorrow Night 7 inch – Atlantic

Buddy Holly – Everyday – Everyday / Peggy Sue 7 inch – MCA

Gene Vincent – Be-Bop-A-Lula – Be-Bop-A-Lula / Lotta Lovin’ 7 inch – Capitol

Marilyn Monroe – I Wanna Be Loved By You – I Wanna Be Loved By You / Running Wild / I’m Thru With Love 7 -inch – United Artists

Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford – Need Your Lovin’- Need Your Lovin’/ Tell Me 7 inch – Fire

Elvis Presley – All Shook Up – All Shook Up / That’s When Your Heartaches 7 inch – RCA

Suzi Quatro – All Shook Up – All Shook Up / Glycerine Queen 7 inch – Bell

Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock – Jailhouse Rock 7″ – RCA

Mae West – Am I too Young – Am I too Young 7″ – Plaza Records

The New Seekers – Buy the World a COke – Buy the World a COke / Little Bit of Sunshine / It’s the Real Thing 7 inch – Coca Cola

Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass – Zorba the Greek / Tijuana Taxi 7 inch – A&M

The Ventures – Hawaii Five-0 – Soul Breeze / Hawaii Five-0 7inch – Liberty

the Singing Nun – Dominique – Dominique 7″ – Philips

Audio Lingual Materials – French Language Practice Record: Level One

German – Pronounce is Correctly Records

Annie Cordy – Fliedertree – Rendezvous mit Annie Cordy – Electrola

Larry Shayne – Bonanza – Bonanza/Girl Talk 7″ – Larry Shayne Music Inc.

G.C. Hopi Dancer – Hopi Hoop Dance – the Grand Canyon Hopi Indian Dancers – Hiway

Roy Rodgers – Happy Trails – Happy Trails – 20th Century Records

Nancy at the Atomic Cafe back in the day.