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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Paul DeLouisiana on May 03, 2011, 07:50:21 AM
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What some of your favorite record labels? Do you have any up your sleeve that are just amazing? I love Drag City, Goner, In the Red, Matador and Sub Pop. I got a few 7"s from K and Trouble in Mind which were really good. And Sun and Stax are good old ones. I love when you can trust a label. Drag City does this $8 Item of the Week thing that I buy blindly when it's something I don't have. Well I listen to samples on Amazon. This week is a Bill Fay LP.
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Scam, Warp, and Capitol.
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Rob's House
Sing Sing
Douchemaster
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Matador
Dischord
There was a time when I loved Wax Trax and Touch n' Go.
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Merge
Saddle Creek
Team Love
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KDJ
Soul Jazz
Panzerfaust
Sound Signature
Jazzman
Harmonie Park
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Schematic
Planet Mu
MEGO
Rephlex
Total (the label that put out indie compilations called Volume, and dance compilations called Trance Europe Express)
Deviant (the Total Record Company renamed, put out The Orb remix albums and other dance compilations)
(a label that is just named 'or')
n5MD
I had to include the last two, because they released some music just on MiniDisc, forcing you to buy a MiniDisc player.
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In addition to those mentioned above:
Stones Throw
Numero Group (can't believe no one's mentioned these two yet)
Bear Family
Sympathy For The Record Industry
Hyped 2 Death
Burger (I can only play cassettes in my car, and they seem like the only label selling 'em nowadays)
Cherry Red
Stiff
Siltbreeze
SST
Rockathon
Daptone
Norton
Flying Nun
Homestead
Vampisoul
Sublime Frequencies
Mo' Wax
B-Music
I think I'm starting to just list every label I've ever heard of.
And Paul DePhiladelphia - I'm advising you to buy that Bill Fay LP. Even if you think you don't need it, YOU DO.
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I almost said Stones Throw.
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Sun
Reprise
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Matador
Anti- (Neko Case, Tom Waits)
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Sun
Finding Sun 45's is so much fun. I went back home to Louisiana for Easter and in a flea market I found Jerry Lee Lewis "Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On" for a quarter.
@Matt - I ordered it this morning. I've trusted Drag City for years. I just tried out High Llamas. Really good. Also I like labels websites that have sound clips. It's tough making a blind buy on a $6 7".
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Anti- (Neko Case, Tom Waits)
Yeh I like everything I have by Anti-. I also like a lot of what's on Lost Highway.
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Scotti Bros.
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No Idea
Plan-It-X
Prison Jazz (RIP)
Umm that's some of the ones I haven't seen posted yet.
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Numero Group (can't believe no one's mentioned these two yet)
I have yet to hear a release from them that I didn't like a lot.
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Sublime Frequencies
Numero Group
Analog Africa
Soundway
Strut
Blue Note
SST
Chess
Stax
Rhino
In The Red
ESP Disk
Norton
Revenant
Sundazed
Stern's Africa
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Sublime Frequencies
Numero Group
Analog Africa
Soundway
Strut
Blue Note
SST
Chess
Stax
Rhino
In The Red
ESP Disk
Norton
Revenant
Sundazed
Stern's Africa
Impulse
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Psychopathic
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Casablanca
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K-Tel
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Numero Group (can't believe no one's mentioned these two yet)
I have yet to hear a release from them that I didn't like a lot.
This is making my mouth water. Thanks!
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Trojan
Rykodisc
Sire
Labels I loved as a teenager:
Epitaph
Fat Wreck Cords
Nitro
Hopeless
Hellcat
Vagrant
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Swami Records
Dirtnap/Green Noise
Trouble In Mind
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Numero
Trunk
Sundazed
Finders Keepers
Beat
CAM
DeWolfe
Coloursound
Montparnasse 2000
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Dirtnap/Green Noise
That was my first thought too!
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I've never paid attention to what label a band is on. I should though because I probably miss out on some good stuff if I found out that a bunch of my favorite bands are on the same label.
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Lookout! was another one with a ton of great bands.
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Swami Records
Dirtnap/Green Noise
Trouble In Mind
i forgot HoZac
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Numero Group (can't believe no one's mentioned these two yet)
I have yet to hear a release from them that I didn't like a lot.
This is making my mouth water. Thanks!
They obviously have a treasure trove of soul/gospel releases but Titan: It's All Pop! is an awesome power-pop compilation.
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Trojan
Rykodisc
Sire
Labels I loved as a teenager:
Epitaph
Fat Wreck Cords
Nitro
Hopeless
Hellcat
Vagrant
Two excellent choices. Rykodisc is a quality label. Love their Meat Puppets reissues.
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Anticon
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Is this the rykodisc you're tqalking about? http://www.rykodisc.com/artists (http://www.rykodisc.com/artists)
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Is this the rykodisc you're tqalking about? http://www.rykodisc.com/artists (http://www.rykodisc.com/artists)
I picked Rykodisc for their reissues. Like, the David Bowie reissues are better than their EMI counterparts (which have no bonus tracks).