| Latent Recordings | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Cowboy Junkies |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder | Michael Timmins Alan Anton Geoff Railton Brett Wickens |
| Distributor(s) | MapleMusic (Canada) Zoe Records (U.S.) Strange Fruit (international) |
| Genre | rock, alternative rock |
| Country of origin | Toronto, Canada |
| Official Website | http://www.latentrecordings.com/ |
Latent Recordings is a Canadian independent record label owned and operated by Cowboy Junkies. The label's current incarnation is a downloading website where tracks from the old catalog, and new releases can be purchased and downloaded for play on computers and portable devices.
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The label was formed in London by Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Geoff Railton, and Brett Wickens to produce and distribute their music. After their first three releases, they returned to Canada, where Timmins and Anton formed Cowboy Junkies with Timmins’ siblings Margo and Pete.
In Toronto, the label distributed Cowboy Junkies' first two albums before the band signed with RCA, which rereleased The Trinity Session internationally. For the next few years the label's releases were sporadic offerings produced by Michael Timmins and/or Peter Moore.
After Cowboy Junkies was released from their record contract—by then with Geffen Records— following their 1998 album Miles From Our Home, they revived Latent Recordings and have released their subsequent albums on that label in Canada. The records have been licensed to other independent labels, such as Zoe Records in the United States and Strange Fruit Records in the UK, for international release.
In recent years, the label has again become active in releasing work by other artists as well, including Jim Bryson, Ivy Mairi, Finlayson/Maize, Lee Harvey Osmond and Huron.
Most of Latent Recordings releases have been numbered, with the number preceded by “LATEX” (#s 1–5, V14), or “LATEX CD” (#s >5).
| # | Album title | Artist | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germinal 1 (chrome cassette) | Germinal | 1983 Aug. |
| 2 | DIN (LP) | Germinal | 1984 |
| 3 | Hunger Project (LP) | Hunger Project | 1982 Mar. |
| 4 | Whites Off Earth Now (LP) | Cowboy Junkies | 1986 June |
| 4c | Whites Off Earth Now (cassette) | Cowboy Junkies | 1986 June |
| 5 | The Trinity Session (LP) | Cowboy Junkies | 1987 Nov. |
| 6 | Tell Your Friends There’s Friends Around | The Corndogs | 1989 Apr. |
| 7 | Stone Boat | Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players | 1990 |
| ? | Library of the Sun | John Bottomley | 1990 |
| 9 | What the Hell is Going on? | The Corndogs | 1991 |
| 10 | Connecting Lines | Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players | 1991 Jan. |
| ? | Songs With The Ornamental Hermits | John Bottomley | 1992 |
| 11 | Rarities, B-sides and slow, sad waltzes | Cowboy Junkies | 1999 Jun. |
| 12 | Rabbit (2-disc) | The Corndogs | 1995 Nov. |
| 13 | Waltz Across America | Cowboy Junkies | 2000 Oct. |
| 14 | The Radio One Sessions | Cowboy Junkies | 2002 July |
| V14 | Live in Toronto (VHS) | Cowboy Junkies | 2000 Oct. |
| ? | Open | Cowboy Junkies | 2001 |
| 16 | In The Time Before Llamas | Cowboy Junkies | 2003 Oct. |
| ? | One Soul Now | Cowboy Junkies | 2004 |
| 18 | Early 21ST Century Blues | Cowboy Junkies | 2005 Mar. |
| ? | Dark Hollow | Finlayson / Maize | 2006 |
| ? | rink, the original motion picture soundtrack | Jeff Bird | 2007 |
| ? | Where The Bungalows Roam | Jim Bryson | 2007 |
| ? | At the End of Paths Taken | Cowboy Junkies | 2007 |
| ? | Well You | Ivy Mairi | 2007 |
| 26 | Huron | Huron | 2010 |