Mammoth Cave Recording Co. was a |Canadian independent record label, active from 2009 to 2015.[1] Formed in Lethbridge, Alberta by Evan Van Reekum and Paul Lawton,[1] the label later moved to Toronto, Ontario when Lawton moved to that city with his band Ketamines.[2]
The label released new music by artists including Ketamines, The Famines, B. A. Johnston, Needles//Pins and Nervous Talk, as well as reissues by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Simply Saucer and Crash Kills Five.[1]
The label announced its closure in February 2015.[3] Its statement announcing the closure stated that the production cost of vinyl albums had become prohibitive,[3] and that they were facing significant backlogs at pressing plants because "the vinyl comeback and Record Store Day disproportionately favour Beatles reissues" over small independent companies.[1][3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "RIP Mammoth Cave Recording Co. or Why An Indie Label Can’t Survive in 2015". ChartAttack, February 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Lethbridge's Mammoth Cave Recording Co. find success in Toronto". Aux, August 21, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "R.I.P. Mammoth Cave". Exclaim!, February 26, 2015.