Small Stone Records
- This page is about the record label. For the Small Stone effect pedal, see Electro-Harmonix.
| Small Stone Records | |
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| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Scott Hamilton |
| Status | Active |
| Distributor(s) |
All That is Heavy AEC (USA) Allegro/Nail (USA) Bertus (Benelux) Cargo Records GmBH (Germany) Carrot Top Records (USA) GMR Music Group (Sweden) Sonic Unyon (Canada) ShellShock Distribution (UK) |
| Genre |
Stoner rock Indie Rock Acid rock/Psychedelic Rock 'n roll Southern rock Alt rock Blues rock Retro rock |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Detroit, MI |
| Official website |
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Small Stone Records is an American record label based in Detroit, MI. It was founded in 1995 by Scott Hamilton and is a self-dubbed "heavy rock" label.[1] The label has released a number of stoner rock compilation albums, as well as releases by Dozer, Five Horse Johnson, Los Natas, Halfway To Gone, Solace, and many others in the stoner rock, indie, blues-rock, and psychedelic genres.[2]
History
Small Stone Records was founded in Detroit, Michigan by Scott Hamilton in 1995, who remains owner and operator. Hamilton claims he mostly started the label to put out records by friends[1] and his favorite bands such as Big Chief, The Laughing Hyenas, Mule, and Slot.[3] Hamilton started the label with a $5000 loan and named it after the Small Stone effects pedal made by Electro-Harmonix.[2]
The label's first release was a single by 36-D, which had members of Big Chief, Born Without a Face, and Slot.[1] The label's first album release was a 1995 compilation titled Detroit Rust City, which sold 1,000 copies the first week, and featured Kid Rock[4] and Big Chief. Shortly afterward the label released Morsel's sophomore EP. In 1997 the label released an album by Perplexa, a band which included a member from WIG, who later went on to become West Indian Girl. Five Horse Johnson also signed to the label that year. The label initially featured a number of different rock genres but soon began focusing on the blues rock, psychedelic rock[3] and stoner rock genres,[5] and what Hamilton dubs "heavy rock."[4]
Besides albums by groups such as Acid King, Dozer, Greenleaf, and Los Natas,[1] the label has released a number of stoner rock compilations. The first, Right in the Nuts: A Tribute to Aerosmith, featured covers of Aerosmith, and was released in 2000.[4] In January 2002, the label released Sucking the 70s, a two disc collection of 1970s songs covered by stoner rock bands. In 2006, the label released the compilation Sucking the 70's - Back in the Saddle Again, which featured covers of various 1970s songs.[2]
According to Hamilton, early on the Small Stone bands relied on networking with other bands on the label to organize tours and musical projects.[4] In 2006, Small Stone began issuing the lost recordings of the band Slot, whose founder and guitarist had recently died. Remaining members of the band Sue Lott (bass) and Eddie Alterman (drums) were then joined by Phil Durr of Five Horse Johnson and Scott Hamilton on guitar to play at SXSW in the spring of 2007. The new reformation soon garnered Five Horse Johnson drummer Eric Miller, and formed the band Luder. Their first album, Sonoluminescence, was released on Small Stone in November 2009.[6] Reviews dubbed the style "grunge-gaze."[7]
The label continues to put out approximately 10 to 12 new releases a year.[2] Small Stone's newer bands, such as Lo-Pan, Backwoods Payback, and Freedom Hawk continue to maintain busy touring schedules.[8]
Beginning in February 2014, Small Stone Records entered into a distribution agreement with Alternative Distribution Alliance.
Artists
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Release History
| Year | No. | Artist[9] | Title |
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| 1995 | SS-001 | Various (Kid Rock, Big Chief, etc.) | Detroit Rust City |
| SS-002 | Morsel | EP | |
| 1996 | SS-003 | Wytchyker | Aspelunker |
| 1995 | SS-004 | 36D | Endomorphic Joy |
| 1996 | SS-005 | Mog Stunt Team | 555 |
| SS-006 | Five Horse Johnson | Double Down | |
| SS-007 | Perplexa | Perplexa | |
| SS-008 | Morsel | I'm a Wreck | |
| SS-00v3 | Morsel | Static (vinyl) | |
| 1997 | SS-009 | Various (Morsel, Wytchyker, Five Horse Johnson, Gravitar, Gondolier, Wiggle, Slot, 36D, etc.) | Full Blast: Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 1998 | SS-010 | Perplexa | This Glorious Forward |
| SS-011 | Soul Clique | Only One Division | |
| 1999 | SS-012 | Morsel | Wrecked and Remixed |
| 1998 | SS-013 | Five Horse Johnson | Fat Black Pussy Cat |
| SS-014 | Perplexa | The Sun and the Moon Getting it On | |
| 1999 | SS-015 | Roundhead | Creature Comfort |
| SS-016 | Soul Clique | Unification | |
| SS-017 | Various (Perplexa, Roundhead, Five Horse Johnson, Morsel, Big Chief, Mog Stunt Team, Soul Clique, etc.) | Here: Small Stone Records Label Sampler | |
| 2000 | SS-018 | Various (The Atomic Bitchwax, Electric Frankenstein, The Quill, Solace, Los Natas, etc.) | Right in the Nuts: A Tribute to Aerosmith |
| 2001 | SS-019 | Puny Human | Revenge is Easy |
| SS-020 | Halfway to Gone | High Five | |
| 2000 | SS-021 | Five Horse Johnson | The No. 6 Dance |
| 2001 | SS-022 | Novadriver | Void |
| SS-023 | Fireball Ministry | FMEP | |
| 2004 | SS-024 | Gideon Smith and the Dixie Damned | Southern Gentlemen |
| 2002 | SS-025 | Morsel | Para Siempre |
| SS-026 | Medusa Cyclone | Tangier | |
| SS-027 | Men of Porn | Experiments in Feedback | |
| SS-028 | Los Natas | Corsario Negro | |
| SS-029 | The Glasspack | Powderkeg | |
| SS-030 | Halfway to Gone | Second Season | |
| SS-031 | The Start | S/T | |
| SS-032 | Various (Five Horse Johnson, Dixie Witch, Los Natas, The Mushroom River Band, Spirit Caravan, Black NASA, etc.) | Sucking the 70s | |
| SS-033 | Tummler | Early Man | |
| 2003 | SS-034 | Milligram | This Is Class War |
| SS-035 | Erik Larson | The Resounding | |
| SS-036 | Puny Human | It's Not the Heat, It's the Humanity | |
| SS-037 | Dixie Witch | One Bird Two Stones | |
| SS-038 | Greenleaf | Secret Alphabets | |
| SS-039 | Throttlerod | Hell and High Water | |
| 2004 | SS-040 | Halfway to Gone | Halfway to Gone |
| SS-041 | The Glasspack | Bridgeburner | |
| 2003 | SS-042 | Five Horse Johnson | The Last Men on Earth |
| 2002 | SS-043 | Dixie Witch | Into the Sun (reissue) |
| 2004 | SS-044 | Sasquatch | Sasquatch |
| SS-045 | Lord Sterling | Today's Song for Tomorrow | |
| SS-046 | VALIS | Head of Pills | |
| SS-047 | Men of Porn | Wine, Women and Song... | |
| SS-048 | Acid King | Busse Woods (reissue w/bonus tracks) | |
| SS-049 | Axehandle | Axehandle | |
| SS-050 | Red Giant | Devil Child Blues | |
| SS-051 | Throttlerod | Starve the Dead | |
| 2005 | SS-052 | Sons of Otis | X |
| SS-053 | Bottom | you'rNext | |
| SS-054 | Acid King | Acid King III | |
| SS-055 | Novadriver | Deeper High | |
| SS-056 | Honky | Balls Out In | |
| SS-057 | Greatdayforup | Flores de Sangre | |
| SS-058 | Erik Larson | Faith, Hope, Love | |
| SS-059 | VALIS | Champions of Magic (reissue) | |
| 2007 | SS-060 | Roadsaw | Rawk N' Roll |
| 2006 | SS-061 | Dozer | Through the Eyes of Heathens |
| SS-062 | Dixie Witch | Smoke and Mirrors | |
| SS-063 | Throttlerod | Nail | |
| SS-064 | Antler | Nothing That a Bullet Couldn't Cure | |
| SS-065 | The Brought Low | Right On Time | |
| SS-066 | Los Natas | El Hombre Montana | |
| 2007 | SS-067 | Giant Brain | Plume |
| 2006 | SS-068 | Slot | The Sweet Black Bear |
| SS-069 | Five Horse Johnson | The Mystery Spot | |
| SS-070 | Various (Alabama Thunderpussy, Dozer, Acid King, etc.) | Sucking the 70's - Back in the Saddle Again | |
| 2007 | SS-071 | The Glasspack | Dirty Women |
| 2006 | SS-072 | Sasquatch | II |
| 2007 | SS-073 | Hackman | The New Normal |
| SS-074 | Greenleaf | Agents of Ahriman | |
| SS-075 | Mos Generator | Songs For Future Gods | |
| SS-076 | Puny Human | Universal Freak Out | |
| SS-077 | Brain Police | Beyond the Wasteland | |
| 2008 | SS-078 | A Thousand Knives Of Fire | The Last Train to Scornsville |
| SS-079 | Gideon Smith & the Dixie Damned | South Side of the Moon | |
| SS-080 | Shame Club | Come On | |
| SS-081 | Iota | Tales | |
| SS-082 | Roadsaw | See You In Hell | |
| SS-083 | Brain Police | Brain Police | |
| SS-084 | Brain Police | Electric Fungus | |
| SS-085 | Ironweed | Indian Ladder | |
| SS-086 | Whitey Morgan and the 78's | Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels | |
| SS-087 | Dozer | Beyond Colossal | |
| 2009 | SS-088 | Sons of Otis | Exiled |
| 2008 | SS-089 | Hackman | Enterprises |
| 2009 | SS-090 | Giant Brain | Thorn of Thrones |
| SS-091 | VALIS | Dark Matter | |
| SS-092 | Los Natas | El Nuevo Orden De La Libertad | |
| 2010 | SS-093 | Solace | A.D. |
| 2009 | SS-094 | Sun Gods in Exile | Black Light, White Lines |
| SS-095 | Various (Van Conner, Screaming Trees, etc.) | Northwest Mind Meld | |
| SS-096 | Throttlehead | Pig Charmer | |
| SS-097 | Obiat | Eye Tree Pi | |
| SS-098 | Tia Carrera | The Quintessential | |
| SS-099 | House of Broken Promises | Using the Useless | |
| SS-100 | Luder | Sonoluminescence | |
| 2010 | SS-101 | Skånska Mord | The Last Supper |
| SS-102 | The Brought Low | Third Record | |
| SS-103 | Sasquatch | III | |
| SS-104 | All Time High | Friends in High Places (remastered) | |
| SS-105 | Acid King | The Early Years | |
| SS-106 | Gozu | Locust Season | |
| SS-107 | Black Sleep of Kali | Our Slow Decay | |
| SS-108 | Red Giant | Dysfunctional Majesty | |
| SS-109 | Blackwolfgoat | Dragonwizardsleeve | |
| 2011 | SS-110 | Lo-Pan | Sasquanaut (remastered) |
| SS-111 | Suplecs | Mad Oak Redoux | |
| SS-112 | the Might Could | S/T | |
| SS-113 | Roadsaw | S/T | |
| SS-114 | Ironweed | Your World Of Tomorrow on joint release with Magnetic Eye Records | |
| SS-115 | Tia Carrera | Cosmic Priestess | |
| SS-116 | Lo-Pan | Salvador | |
| SS-117 | Freedom Hawk | Holding On | |
| SS-118 | Gideon Smith & the Dixie Damned | 30 Weight | |
| SS-119 | Backwoods Payback | Momantha | |
| SS-120 | Dixie Witch | Let It Roll | |
| 2012 | SS-121 | Infernal Overdrive | Last Rays Of The Dying Sun |
| SS-122 | Dwellers | Good Morning Harakiri | |
| SS-123 | Mangoo | Neverland | |
| SS-124 | Sun Gods In Exile | Thanks For The Silver | |
| SS-125 | Greenleaf | Nest Of Vipers | |
| SS-126 | Mellow Bravo | S/T | |
| SS-127 | Abrahma | Through The Dusty Paths of Our Lives | |
| SS-128 | Sons of Otis | Seismic | |
| SS-129 | Nightstalker | Dead Rock Commandos | |
| SS-130 | Larman Clamor | Frogs | |
| SS-131 | Skånska Mord | Paths To Charon | |
| SS-132 | Lord Fowl | Moon Queen | |
| SS-133 | Wo Fat | The Black Code | |
| 2013 | SS-134 | Mother of God | Anthropos |
| SS-135 | Five Horse Johnson | The Taking Of Blackheart | |
| SS-136 | Gozu | The Fury Of A Patient Man | |
| SS-137 | Deville | Hydra | |
| SS-138 | Sasquatch | IV | |
| SS-139 | Supermachine | Supermachine | |
| SS-140 | Isaak | The Longer The Beard The Harder The Sound | |
| SS-141 | Miss Lava | Red Supergiant | |
| SS-142 | Luder | Adelphophagia | |
| SS-144 | Larman Clamor | Alligator Heart | |
| SS-145 | Jeremy Irons & the Ratgang Malibus | Bloom | |
| 2014 | SS-146 | The Socks | The Socks |
| SS-147 | Green Leaf | Trails & Passes | |
| SS-148 | Dwellers | Pagan Fruit | |
| SS-149 | Jeremy Irons & the Ratgang Malibus | Spirit Knife | |
| SS-150 | Wo Fat | The Conjuring | |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Label Spotlight : Small Stone Records". Plug in Music. September 4, 2007. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
|first1=missing|last1=in Authors list (help) - 1 2 3 4 "Meet & Greet: Small Stone Records". Detour Mag. January 17, 2008. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- 1 2 Callwood, Brett (April 18, 2008). "Small Stone Records. Detroit's home-grown label". Metromix. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- 1 2 3 4 Smith, Brian (May 28, 2003). "Huge stones". Metro Times. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- ↑ Hackney, Luke Allen (November 9, 2005). "Stone aged". Metro Times. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- ↑ "Bio". Luder. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- ↑ "Album review: Luder - Sonoluminescene". The Dreaded Press. November 20, 2009. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
|first1=missing|last1=in Authors list (help) - 1 2 "Artists". Small Stone Recordings. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- ↑ "Releases". Small Stone Recordings. Retrieved 2011-09-07.