The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label (TAKRL) was one of the first
bootlegging record labels in
America. Kornyfone was based in
Southern California in the 1970s.
It released albums from such artists as
The Beatles,
David Bowie,
Bob Dylan,
The Grateful Dead,
Led Zeppelin,
Elton John,
Joni Mitchell,
Pink Floyd,
Genesis, and others. Kornyfone was noted for their packaging, with interesting artwork and informative covers. According to Heylin, "Though Dub's output [at
TMQ] in the five years separating
Great White Wonder from
Tales from The Who had outstripped any of his competitors, TMQ's catalogue pales alongside what Ken and co. unleashed between 1974 and the end of 1976. A hundred-plus titles from the flagship label, The Amazing Kornyphone Record Label, were supplemented by represses of
Smokin' Pig titles, thirty-two titles on TKRWM (The Kornyphone Records for the Working Man), a dozen double-albums on Singer's Original Double Discs (SODD) and sixteen releases on Highway High Fi Collector's Edition Records (HHCER) (which regularly appeared with TAKRL or Smokin' Pig labels - just to add to the confusion)."