Homestead Records was a Long Island, New York–based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading that operated from 1983 to 1996.

[1] The label was created and named by Sam Berger while he worked as the American Independent buyer at Dutch East India.

Berger saw that many bands had already recorded tapes ready to be put out and just needed somebody to press them and distribute them.

Tenenbaum had established an extensive distribution network, called Dutch East India Trading, so when the Copyright Act of 1976 curtailed his ability to import artists who already had U.S. labels, he began licensing records for release and created the Homestead Records imprint for this purpose.

Berger left Homestead in 1984 and was replaced by Gerard Cosloy, the creator of the underground art fanzine Conflict.