Latent Recordings
| Latent Recordings | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Cowboy Junkies |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder |
Michael Timmins Alan Anton Geoff Railton Brett Wickens |
| Distributor(s) |
MapleMusic (Canada) Zoë (U.S.) Strange Fruit (international) |
| Genre | Rock, alternative rock |
| Country of origin |
 Toronto, Canada |
| Official website | "Official site". Latent Recordings. |
Latent Recordings is a Canadian independent record label founded in 1981. The label was dormant during the 1990s and early 2000s while the Cowboy Junkies were signed to an American record label, but began to release independently produced albums in the mid-2000s. By the late 2000s, the label had a website selling downloads and CDs of its artists music catalogs.
History
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 Peter.
In Toronto, the label distributed Cowboy Junkies' first two albums before the band signed with RCA, which re-released 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 Zoë 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, Jerry Leger, Lee Harvey Osmond and Huron.
Catalogue
Most of Latent Recordings releases have been numbered, with the number preceded by "LATEX" (#s 1–5, V14), or "LATEX CD" (#s >5).[1][2][3]
| # | 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. |
| 4/4c | Whites Off Earth Now!! (LP/cassette) | Cowboy Junkies | 1986 Oct. |
| 5 | The Trinity Session (LP) | Cowboy Junkies | 1988 Nov. |
| 6 | Tell Your Friends There's Friends Around | The Corndogs | 1989 Apr. |
| 7 | Stone Boat | Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players | 1990 |
| 8 | 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. |
| ? | The Dark Monkey is Laughing | Jeff Bird | 1992 |
| ? | Songs with the Ornamental Hermits | John Bottomley | 1992 |
| 11 | Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes | Cowboy Junkies | 1999 Oct. |
| 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 May |
| ? | Open Road (DVD/CD) | Cowboy Junkies | 2002 Jun. |
| 16 | In the Time Before Llamas | Cowboy Junkies | 2003 Nov. |
| ? | One Soul Now | Cowboy Junkies | 2004 Jun. |
| 18 | Early 21st Century Blues | Cowboy Junkies | 2005 May. |
| ? | Dark Hollow | Finlayson / Maize | 2006 |
| ? | rink, the original motion picture soundtrack | Jeff Bird | 2007 |
| ? | Where the Bungalows Roam | Jim Bryson | 2007 Mar. |
| 20 | At the End of Paths Taken | Cowboy Junkies | 2007 Apr. |
| 21 | Well You | Ivy Mairi | 2007 |
| DVD22 | Trinity Revisited (DVD) | Cowboy Junkies | 2007 |
| ? | Yet Will I Be Merry | Ivy Mairi | 2008 |
| 23 | City of Sirens | Skydiggers | 2008 |
| 24 | A Quiet Evil | Lee Harvey Osmond | 2010 |
| 25 | Acoustic Junk | Cowboy Junkies | 2009 |
| ? | The Foundling | Mary Gauthier | 2010 Jun. |
| 26 | Huron | Huron | 2010 |
| 27 | The History of Forgetting | Andy Maize | 2010 |
| 28 | Renmin Park (The Nomad Series Vol. 1) | Cowboy Junkies | 2010 Jun. |
| 29 | Demons (The Nomad Series Vol. 2) | Cowboy Junkies | 2011 Feb. |
| 30 | Trail of Smoke | Cootes Leland | 2011 |
| 31 | Sing in My Meadow (The Nomad Series Vol. 3) | Cowboy Junkies | 2011 Oct. |
| 32 | No Talker | Ivy Mairi | 2011 |
| 33 | The Wilderness (The Nomad Series Vol. 4) | Cowboy Junkies | 2012 Mar. |
| 34 | The Nomad Series | Cowboy Junkies | 2012 Apr. |
| 35 | Northern Shore | Skydiggers | 2012 Apr. |
| 37 | The Folk Sinner | Lee Harvey Osmond | 2013 |
| 38 | Legion | The Potion Kings | 2013[4] |
| 39 | The Good Family Album | The Good Family | 2013 |
| 42 | The Kennedy Suite | Various artists | 2013 Nov. |
| 43 | She Comes into the Room | Skydiggers | 2013 |
| 44 | Angels | Skydiggers | 2014 Nov.[5] |
| 45 | Early Riser | Jerry Leger | 2014 |
| 47 | Beautiful Scars | Lee Harvey Osmond | 2015 |
| 48 | Notes Falling Slow | Cowboy Junkies | 2015 Oct. |
| 49 | Here Without You (The Songs of Gene Clark) | Skydiggers | 2016 |
- Hunger Project: Alan Anton (guitar), Geoff Railton (drums), Michael Timmins (guitar), & English born Liza Dawson-Whisker (vocals)
- Germinal: Alan Anton (bass), Geoff Railton (drums), Michael Timmins (guitar), & Richard O’Callaghan (soprano and tenor saxophone)
- Cowboy Junkies: Alan Anton (bass), Michael Timmins (guitar), Peter Timmins (drums), & Margo Timmins (vocals)
- The Corndogs: Brodie Lodge (drums, guitar, voice), & Greg Clarke (guitar, bass, voice). Produced by Peter Moore and Michael Timmins
- Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players ."Canadian Artists". New World Records. Produced by Michael Timmins
References
- ↑ "Latent Recordings". Rate Your Music. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Latent Recordings". MusicBrainz. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Latent Recordings". Discogs. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Legion – The Potion Kings". AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Program Logs". CBC Radio Show. November 18, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
See also
External links
- "Official site". Latent Recordings.
- "Germinal". JunkiesFan.com.