Sundazed Records

Sundazed Music
Founded 1989 (1989)
Founder Bob Irwin, Mary Irwin
Distributor(s) Redeye Distribution[1]
Genre Garage rock, surf music, psychedelic rock
Country of origin U.S.
Location Coxsackie, New York
Official website www.sundazed.com

Sundazed Music is an American independent record label based in Coxsackie, New York. It specializes in obscure and rare recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s.[2] In 2000, Sundazed had a staff of 15 and two mixing studios, including a vintage audio equipment collection.

History

Label founders Bob Irwin and his wife Mary started the label in 1989. Irwin's skill at restoring old vinyl records for the (then new) CD format, attracted the attention of major labels, who increasingly solicited him to help them re-issue material from their back catalogs. He helped Sony Music release their archival Legacy Records label. Later, his restoration work included early material by the likes of Bob Dylan, Nancy Sinatra, and the Byrds. Irwin also worked at Arista for a time.

The first Sundazed releases were 1960s recordings by the Knickerbockers and the Five Americans, and reflected Irwin's personal preference for garage rock and surf music. Later releases included the albums of the Turtles, the Challengers, Liverpool Five, and Jan and Dean's long-lost album Save for a Rainy Day. The company reissued the complete catalog of LPs by New Orleans funk pioneers the Meters on vinyl and CD. The label later ventured into country music, including extensive reissues of Capitol Records albums by Buck Owens and other acts including Jimmy Bryant. Sundazed also issued vintage jazz guitar albums through their Euphoria label.

Sundazed also reissued the Columbia Moby Grape albums, but were immediately forced to withdraw the first three albums due to legal disputes. They also reissued Oar by Skip Spence, and released the long-lost Columbia sessions by the group Love.

In 2009, they signed Morly Grey to reissue The Only Truth.[3]

In 2015, after a conversation with former Kentucky Headhunters guitarist Greg Martin about Groovy Grubworm, an old instrumental record of which both were fond, Bob Irwin decided to create subsidiary label Sundazed RFD, a label exclusively for instrumental 45 RPM recordings. "Groovy Grubworm" by Harlow Wilcox And The Oakies, "Shark Country" by the SloBeats (a band composed of Kenny Vaughan, Dave Roe and Maxwell Schauf) and "The Lonely Bull" by The East Nashville Teens were among the first records to be released by the new label.[4]

On June 24, 2018, it was reported that Sundazed Records will be reissuing Mike Nesmith's recordings with First National Band, originally released after his band, The Monkees' television series was canceled in 1969. The three albums, Magnetic South, Loose Salute and Nevada Fighter were originally recorded and released between 1970 and 1971. The band featured Nesmith on guitar and vocals, with John Ware on drums, John London on bass and O.J. "Red" Rhodes on pedal steel guitar.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Labels". redeyeworldwide.com. Redeye Worldwide. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  2. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/label/38445-Sundazed-Music
  3. ↑ Archived March 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13059755/instrumental-music-label-sundazed-rfd-brings-the-beat-of-music-city
  5. ↑ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/michael-nesmith-first-national-band-reissue/
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