Half A Cow

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Half a Cow Records

Founded	1990
Founder(s)	Nic Dalton Robyn St Clare
Distributing label	MGM Distribution Shock Records
Genre(s)	Various
Country of origin	Australia
Location	Strawberry Hills, New South Wales
Official Website	Half a Cow Records

Half A Cow is an independent record label from Australia, established in 1990 by Sydney musician and music identity Nic Dalton.

1 History
2 Past and present roster
3 See also
4 References
5 External link

[edit] History

In 1990 Dalton owned a bookshop in the Sydney suburb of Glebe called Half A Cow. Dalton's then girlfriend, Robyn St Clare from The Hummingbirds had some time on her hands while that band were on hold (due to their label, rooArt, refusing to release the band's second album Va Va Voom). The two got together for a project they called Love Positions and released an album Billiebup (HAC01) on the newly formed label. That was the label's second release, the first (COW01) being a 10" EP called Pleasure by the Craven Fops at the end of 1990.

In 1991 Half a Cow released the single Don't Want To Be Grant McLennan by Smudge (about Go-Betweens co-founder Grant McLennan), which was an indie hit, and single of the week in music magazine NME

In late 1991 Evan Dando asked Dalton to join the Lemonheads. An offer he initially turned down, but as Dando pointed out that it'd make his label known worldwide, and with persuasion from friends he did indeed join, and as expected in 1992 it gave a huge boost for Half a Cow.

Since then Half A Cow has put out over a hundred releases by a long line of bands, including work by Dalton and bands he has been in (such as Sneeze, Godstar and the Plunderers). Currently, the label is based in outer Melbourne, following Dalton's move there in mid-2005 where he continues to release contemporary Australian music as well as a series of re-issues by bands from the 1960s (like The Missing Links, The Purple Hearts and The Coloured Balls.)