| Author | Message | ||
     kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 201 Registered: 05-2005 |
Donats post about Television Personalities being his "5th favourite Rough Trade label artistes" got me thinking, whats everybodys favourite record labels? mine in no particular order are: rough trade pressure sounds domino factory postcard | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 258 Registered: 05-2005 |
Postcard Oporto Harvest Trojan Sanctuary | ||
| julia motzko Member Username: Julia Post Number: 16 Registered: 05-2005 |
among them are--- secretly canadian domino (geographic) rough trade matador Morr music/Hausmusik city slang schinderwies productions (regensburg), alientransistor (the label of the Notwist brothers), monika enterprise (berlin) chemical underground records | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 202 Registered: 08-2004 |
Creation & Mute. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 202 Registered: 05-2005 |
... oh and sire, between 1976-80 | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 216 Registered: 10-2004 |
Rough Trade Factory (and affiliated labels Crepuscule & Benelux) Les Temps Modernes 4AD (in the 80s) Cherry Red/El Postcard Mute Beggars Banquet (late 70s and 80s) Island (in the 70s) Sire (countless good 80s records from English bands were licensed to Sire in the US) | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 100 Registered: 03-2006 |
I have to give a shout out to Stiff! Records, who featured the immortal advertising slogan, "If it ain't Stiff, it ain't worth a f___.".... There's an excellent box set available of the Sire stuff, called "Just Say Sire".... | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 189 Registered: 04-2005 |
You guys have nailed most of the best. In addition, I'd add a few from the States: Merge, Kill Rock Stars, Sub Pop, and Jetset. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 261 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff, I knew it would be you! I forgot about em all!!!!!!!! Crepuscule WAS amazing, same reason I am fond of el! LTM, do you remember them in the early days? '84 I think my first purchase was, a compilation called heures Sans Soleil. I actually love 4AD, but felt it was a tad overrated in areas, This Mortal Coil, Pixies et al, obviously stand out and hatrs off to Ivo for his vision, but certain acts like Wolfgang Press and Deadcan dance didn't float my boat. I liked the way you could have the rough AND the smooth on 4AD. Cherry Red, well, Pillows and Prayers, sume it up, and its off shoots. Nice one anyhow. | ||
| Thomas Keitsch Member Username: Thokei Post Number: 5 Registered: 06-2005 |
FLYING NUN | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 238 Registered: 05-2005 |
Flying Nun. Peerless for great swathes of the 90s. | ||
| mingus Member Username: Mingus Post Number: 31 Registered: 06-2005 |
Soul Jazz Impulse! SLR W Minc Citadel | ||
| Andrewnz Member Username: Andrewnz Post Number: 9 Registered: 08-2005 |
Flying Nun were pretty peerless for most of the 80s too! A few more: Xpressway, Matador, Ajax | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 14 Registered: 04-2005 |
No order here:- Factory Fierce Panda Creation Mute Postcard Cheers Jon | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 139 Registered: 03-2006 |
SST - at one time home to Sonic Youth, Husker Du and the Meat Puppets... | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 210 Registered: 04-2005 |
Good call, Hardin. Lots of great bands were on SST for awhile there--add the Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Black Flag, Dinosaur Jr., and many others to your list. However, they were notorious for screwing over their artists regarding money, right? | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 142 Registered: 03-2006 |
Not sure, Kurt...wouldn't be surprised - there's a lot of that going around. And yeah, those are some awe-inspiring bands SST had there - the Minutemen, in particular, are subject to an almost obscene level of reverence aren't they? Not that it isn't deserved... Vaguely related: a journalist friend of mine did an article a while back on some of the great old N.O. soul men (Earl King, Huey Smith, Ernie K-Doe, etc.) and found that virtually all of them had been ripped and had received basically bupkes for their hits - it was the rule and not the exception...criminal and tragic.. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 275 Registered: 05-2005 |
Captain, there are doubts! | ||
| Lawrence Mikkelsen Member Username: Simplythrilledhoney Post Number: 18 Registered: 03-2006 |
Postcard Flying Nun Rough Trade (sometimes) Factory (as much for their aesthetic as for the music) Candle Records (how come no one mentioned these guys?) and a plug for the label I help run ... Lil' Chief Records | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 55 Registered: 01-2005 |
Blue Note Stiff Records IRS Rough Trade Yep Roc 4AD beggar's banquet Impulse! (Coltrane!) Reprise Verve | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 216 Registered: 08-2004 |
Heavenly & One Little Indian |