Category: Record Labels

'My Secret World' to tell story of indie-pop label Sarah Records — watch the trailer

‘My Secret World’ to tell story of indie-pop label Sarah Records — watch the trailer

Sarah Records — which released music from bands such as The Field Mice, Another Sunny Day and Boyracer between 1987 and 1995 — is the subject of a new feature-length documentary that aims to show how “you can run a successful business without surrendering personal ethics.”

ZTT Records to celebrate 30th anniversary with new 'Organization of Pop' compilation

ZTT Records to celebrate 30th anniversary with new ‘Organization of Pop’ compilation

Trevor Horn’s groundbreaking electro-pop label ZTT Records is commemorating a major milestone this fall with The Organization of Pop: Music From The First Thirty Years of ZTT Records, a new 2CD, 28-track compilation that collects tracks from Propaganda, Art of Noise, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, 808 State and more.

LIVE: Watch Mudhoney, J Mascis celebrate Sub Pop's 25th anniversary atop the Space Needle

LIVE: Watch Mudhoney, J Mascis celebrate Sub Pop’s 25th anniversary atop the Space Needle

The venerable Sub Pop Records is kicking things off by teaming up with Seattle’s KEXP to broadcast all afternoon from the Space Needle — atop which Mudhoney, J Mascis and more will perform throughout the afternoon. Check out full live video of today’s festivities here, via KEXP radio.

Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays on Factory Records 10-inch for Record Store Day

Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays on Factory Records 10-inch for Record Store Day

Rhino Records will follow up its 2010 Record Store Day limited-edition Factory Records sampler with a second 10-inch label sampler for this year’s event: a 4-track EP that will feature one song each from Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays and The Durutti Column, according to Wax Poetic.

Beat Delete: Labels launch Kickstarter-like site to bring lost vinyl 'back into the world'

Beat Delete: Labels launch Kickstarter-like site to bring lost vinyl ‘back into the world’

In the wake of the 2011 Sony warehouse fire in London, a group of U.K. record labels has launched Beat Delete, a Kickstarter-like website designed “for the rescue of potentially lost releases” by allowing labels to gauge fan demand for reissues before actually re-pressing niche vinyl titles.

Wax Trax! Records documentary to chronicle 'rise and fall' of legendary record label

Wax Trax! Records documentary to chronicle ‘rise and fall’ of legendary record label

Fans still waiting for the long-promised DVD of 2011’s Wax Trax! Records Retrospectacle: 33⅓ Year Anniversary concert got good and bad news this week: While the concert film still isn’t finished, a new documentary is in the works that promises to chronicle the “rise and fall of Wax Trax! Records.”