Vitamin Records

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Vitamin Records
Parent company CMH Records
Founded 1999
Founder David Haerle
Genre String Quartet
Country of origin United States
Location Los Angeles, CA
Official website http://www.vitaminrecords.com

Vitamin Records is a US-based record label founded in 1999 as a subsidiary of CMH Records. They produce tribute albums in many styles of music including string quartet, lounge and electronic tributes to major pop and rock artists.

The String Quartet Tributes are a series of string quartet tribute albums, released by Vitamin Records and performed by several different groups of musicians. These string quartet tributes are commonly referred to as "VSQ," or "Vitamin String Quartet" by fans. Albums generally focus on one band per record, and perform classical versions of that band's songs, generally note for note. They use a wide array of instruments but primarily use violins, violas, and cellos.

Over the years, Vitamin Records has released over 185 albums, honoring mainstream and indie groups alike, putting a classical spin on bands from all genres of music, including rock, pop, punk, techno, hardcore, country, metal and rap. Their first release was "The String Quartet Tribute to Led Zeppelin." Vitamin Records has released tributes to many different artists including Tool, Dream Theater, The Beatles, Bad Religion, Bob Marley etc. Styles of tributes include String Quartet, Electronic, Piano, Industrial, Dance, Dub, Surf, Hawaiian, Lounge and Swing.

Some bands that have recognized the string quartet tributes include Tool, The Mars Volta, Dream Theater and Underoath who mentioned Strung Out On Underoath on their Official Website with great response from fans.[1]

Contents

[edit] Artists & Collaborators

  • Todd Mark Rubenstein has led one of several groups of players that have released albums in the series. This includes Exit... Stage Right: String Quartet Tribute to Rush which was nominated for a Grammy.[5]

[edit] Partial discography

[edit] 0-9

  • String Quartet Tribute to 2Pac
  • String Quartet Tribute to 3 Doors Down
  • String Quartet Tribute to 311

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[edit] B

[edit] C

[edit] D

[edit] E

[edit] F

[edit] G

[edit] H

[edit] I

  • String Quartet Tribute to Incubus
  • New Skin: The String Quartet Tribute to Incubus Vol. 2
  • Anatomy of Evil: The String Quartet Tribute to Iron Maiden
  • Interstellar: The String Quartet Tribute to Interpol

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[edit] K

  • String Quartet Tribute to Kasabian : Processed string
  • String Quartet Tribute to The Killers
  • The String Quartet Tribute to Kirk Franklin (2008)
  • String Quartet Tribute to KISS
  • Hurt Inside: A String Quartet Tribute to KoЯn

[edit] L

[edit] M

[edit] N

[edit] O

  • String Quartet Tribute to The Offspring
  • Decadence & Vanity: The String Quartet Tribute to Oasis

[edit] P

[edit] Q

[edit] R

[edit] S

[edit] T

  • Strung Out On Three Days Grace: A String Quartet Tribute
  • Strung Out On Taking Back Sunday: A String Quartet Tribute
  • String Quartet Tribute to James Taylor
  • Strung Out On Thrice: A String Quartet Tribute
  • String Quartet Tribute to Rob Thomas/Matchbox Twenty
  • Anotomica: The String Quartet Tribute to Tool
  • Chamber Made: The Baroque Tribute to Tool
  • Finding Beauty In The Dissonance: A Piano Tribute To Tool
  • Metamorphic: The String Quartet Tribute to Tool Vol. 2
  • String Quartet Tribute to Tool
  • The String Quartet Tribute to Tool's Ænima
  • Third Eye Open: The String Quartet Tribute to Tool
  • String Quartet Tribute to Train
  • String Quartet Tribute to Shania Twain

[edit] U

  • String Quartet Tribute to U2's The Joshua Tree
  • Strung Out On U2: The String Quartet Tribute
  • Still Strung Out On U2: The String Quartet Vol. 2
  • Painted Red: Strung Out on Underøath
  • The String Quartet Tribute to The Used

[edit] V

[edit] W

  • Dad Get Me Out Of This!: The String Quartet Tribute to Warren Zevon
  • Come On And Kick Me!: The String Quartet Tribute to Weezer
  • Pull This String: String Quartet Tribute to Weezer (Re-Release)
  • The String Quartet Tribute to Kanye West
  • String Quartet Tribute to The White Stripes

[edit] Y

  • Olympus: The String Quartet Tribute to Yanni
  • The String Quartet Tribute to Tony Yayo
  • String Quartet Tribute to Yellowcard
  • Rusted Moon: The String Quartet Tribute to Neil Young

[edit] Misc. & Compilations

  • DJ Snake Machine Reconstructs The Hot Dance Hits of 2007: Volume 3 (2007)
  • My Metal Valentine (2008)
  • Radical Re-Interpretations Volume 3 (2008)
  • Slumber Party Sing-Along Volume 1 & 2 (2008)
  • Songs In The Key of Simlish: The Musical Tribute to The Sims (2008)
  • Strung Out: The String Quartet Sampler
  • Strung Out on Indie Rock Vol. 1: The String Quartet Tribute (2008)
  • The String Quartet Tribute to Valentine's Day (2008)
  • The Gay Wedding Collection (2008)
  • The Gothic Wedding Collection (2008)
  • The Rock 'n' Roll Wedding Collection (2008)
  • The Rock 'n' Roll Valentines Day Collection (2008)
  • Valentine's Day Massacre: The Emo Anti-Valentine's Day Collection

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Underoath Official Website
  2. ^ the section quartet
  3. ^ Just enjoy the ride | www.azstarnet.com ®
  4. ^ Coldplay, Korn Strung Out In Tribute Series - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
  5. ^ Artist Interview: Todd Mark Rubenstein
  6. ^ The first run of the album was printed with incorrect album art, as well as listing in the wrong order the tracks— which were hand picked by Mike Portnoy and covered the band's history from When Dream And Day Unite to Train Of Thought. This was corrected in later prints of the album. People with the incorrect art could contact Vitamin Records for a replacement copy. James Curtiss, the Project Coordinator of Vitamin Records, said that the incorrect packaging should be called "a collector's item and leave it at that", as well as stating that "sonically we nailed the sucker, but on the manufacturing side of things, we dropped the ball." (see the official Dream Theater site here and here.)