- Prawn Song Records
Prawn Song Records is the
record label owned byLes Claypool of Primus. The name and logo are a parody ofLed Zeppelin 's famous labelSwan Song Records .The label was created in 1989 for the initial limited release of the Primus
live album "Suck On This ". To fund the release, the band borrowed some money from Claypool's father and pressed one thousand vinyl copies of the record. The album was later licensed toindependent record label Caroline Records in 1990 for its second pressing, the same label that released the "Frizzle Fry " album the same year. Primus signed toInterscope Records before their third album "Sailing the Seas of Cheese " in 1991, who released all of their subsequent albums.Prawn Song was resurrected in 1993 as a subsidiary of Interscope (at the time 50% owned by
Atlantic Records , the parent company of the original Swan Song label) for the use of Claypool'sside project s, Sausage and The Holy Mackerel. At this point, Prawn Song was also made a sister label to the Atlantic imprintMammoth Records , working together with them to launch the musical projects of many of Claypool's friends, including the Charlie Hunter Trio (featuringJay Lane ) and the bandsM.I.R.V. , Porch (featuringTodd Huth ) and Laundry (also featuring Tim Alexander).During this time, Primus' albums continued to be released solely by Interscope. In 1998 & 1999, however, Primus also started utilising the Prawn Song imprint to release the albums "Rhinoplasty" and "
Antipop ". By 2001, Prawn Song had dropped its association with Mammoth and branched out from Interscope to become a fully independent label, whilst also remaining as Primus' liaison to Interscope for the release of their EP/DVD "Animals Should Not Try to Act like People " in 2003. It should be noted that the 2006compilation album "They Can't All Be Zingers " was released only by Interscope, separate from Prawn Song.As an independent label, so far it has been used to release Claypool's most recent side projects and to re-issue the early,
out-of-print , pre-Interscope Primus albums. It has also been used to launch the artist Gabby La La's debut album "Be Careful What You Wish For... ", on which Claypool produces and provides therhythm section .When operating independently of Interscope, the Prawn Song label is based in
San Francisco, California , and distribution is handled byRed Distribution in theUnited States , andEssential Music and Marketing inEurope .Catalogue
Initial inception
*RED 22 - Primus - "
Suck On This " (1989)As an Interscope Records subsidiary
*INTD-92361 - Sausage - "
Riddles Are Abound Tonight " (1994)
*INTD-90085 - Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel - "Highball with the Devil " (1996)
*490214-2 - Primus - "Rhinoplasty" (1998)
*490414-2 - Primus - "Antipop " (1999)
*0602498613603 - Primus - "Animals Should Not Try to Act like People " (2003)As a Mammoth Records associate
*MR0065-2 -
M.I.R.V. - "Cosmodrome" (1994)
*MR0066-2 - Charlie Hunter Trio - "Charlie Hunter Trio" (1993)
*MR0082-2 - Alphabet Soup - "Layin' Low in the Cut " (1995)
*MR0094-2 - Porch - "Porch" (1994)
*MR0098-2 - Laundry - "Blacktongue" (1994)
*(unknown) - Eskimo - "The Further Adventures of Der Shrimpkin " (1995) [ [http://www.dropsy.net/eskimo/discog.htm Eskimo discography] .]As an independent label
*PSR-0001-2 -
Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade - "Live Frogs Set 1 " (2001)
*PSR-0002-2 - Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade - "Live Frogs Set 2 " (2001)
*PSR-0003-2 - Primus - "Suck On This" (2002 re-issue)
*PSR-0004-2 - Primus - "Frizzle Fry " (2002 re-issue)
*PSR-0005-2 - The Les Claypool Frog Brigade - "Purple Onion " (2002)
*PSR-0006-2 -Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains - "The Big Eyeball in the Sky " (2004)
*PSR-0008-2 - Primus - "" (2004)
*PSR-0009-2 -Gabby La La - "Be Careful What You Wish For... " (2005)
*PSR-0010-2 -Les Claypool - "5 Gallons Of Diesel " (2005)
*PSR-0011-2 - Les Claypool - "Of Whales and Woe " (2006)
*PSR-0012-9 - Primus - "Blame It on the Fish " (2006)
*PSR-0013-9 - Les Claypool - "Fancy" (2007)ee also
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List of record labels References
External links
* [http://www.prawnsong.com Official site]
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