Harlan Records

Harlan Records is a DIY punk record label owned by Nate Powell and based out of the punk community of Little Rock, Arkansas.

The label's roots date to September 1992, when Powell began self-publishing the comic book "D.O.A." with fellow artists Mike Lierly and Nathan Wilson. Lierly dubbed the small publishing imprint Food Chain Productions and a dozen more books were published under its banner. In May 1994 Powell and bandmate Eli Monster opted to expand the name by releasing the band Soophie Nun Squad's demo tape on Food Chain Records. March 1995 saw the label's first vinyl release as a Soophie Nun Squad 7". Eli and Nate operated the label together through the summer of 1995.

In Spring 1997, friend and entrepreneur Noah Goodwyn Young (producer of "To Tell You The Truth: The Eugene Andosek story", drummer of punk bands Heads I Kill You - Tails You Die!, The Traitors, The Connection, Benchmark, and Hug) stepped in to fund the struggling label. Young supplied funds for half of the label's ninth and tenth releases in exchange for renaming it Harlan Records, in honor of Young's late father David Harlan Young, whose small inheritance to Young provided the $300 necessary to complete the pressing of Soophie Nun Squad's "Dino" 7".

Harlan Records focused its releases on the diversity of sounds within the Arkansas punk scene. Until 2004, all releases contained members originally from Arkansas. Harlan Records continues to release a variety of independent music rooted in DIY punk and hardcore. Powell's label operation is inspired by 1990s punk labels Gravity, Repercussion, File 13, and Council.

Discography

*1.Soophie Nun Squad "We Ate Slayer" demo. May 1994. 50 copies.
*2.Soophie Nun Squad "We Rule the World" demo. August 1994. 150 copies.
*3.K "The Experience" demo. September 1994. 5 copies.
*4.Dentistry "Pulling Teeth" demo. October 1994. 2 copies.
*5. no release.
*6.Soophie Nun Squad "vs. the USA" 7". March 1995. 500 copies.
*7."The Dogtown Chronicles" tape compilation. May 1995. 50 copies.
*8.Soophie Nun Squad "Takes Manhattan" demo. August 1995. 40 copies.
*9.Soophie Nun Squad "Dino" 7". April 1997. 500 copies.
*10.Shake Ray Turbine "The Sauce of Solution" CD. November 1997. 1000 copies.
*11."Heartbreakers and Rumpshakers" compilation 7". August 1998. 500 copies.
*12.Soophie Nun Squad "Don't Let Them Take You Alive" CD. March 1998. 1000 copies.
*13.William Martyr 17 "The Celebration of Forever" CD. May 1999. 1043 copies.
*14.Red Forty discography CD. August 1999. 2160 copies.
*15.Rainy Day Regatta "The Music is On" CD. January 2000. 952 copies.
*16.Tem Eyos Ki 7". March 2000. 1500 copies.
*16.5.Gioteens demo. July 2000. 50 copies.
*17.Tem Eyos Ki/Hundred Years War 7". August 2000. 1000 copies.
*18.Soophie Nun Squad "The Devil, The Metal, The Big Booty Beats" LP. September 2000. 1310 copies (3000 CDs released on Phyte Records and Plan It X Records).
*19.Boomfancy 7". January 2001. 500 copies.
*19.5.Abe Froman "Baltimore is Scum" 7". 500 copies. (not officially co-released but heavily carried by Harlan)
*20.The Stranger Steals "The Goals of Misbehavior" CD. September 2001. 1000 copies.
*20.5.Abe Froman LP. (also not officially co-released but heavily carried) 1000 copies (1000 CDs released on Plan It X).
*21.Tem Eyos Ki LP. July 2002. 1000 copies.
*21.5.The Good Good/Cha Cha Cha split 12". December 2002. 500 copies.
*22.Soophie Nun Squad/Abe Froman split LP. April 2003. 1000 copies (1000 CDs released on Plan It X).
*23.The Insides "Endangered Young'uns" CD. May 2003. 500 copies.
*24.Halo Perfecto "Hospitals in Other Countries" LP. July 2003. 1000 copies.
*25.Soophie Nun Squad "Passion Slays the Dragon" LP. January 2004. 1000 copies (700 European LP's released by Narshardaa, 2000 CDs released by Plan It X).
*26.Slang CD. July 2004. 1000 copies (500 LP's released by Obscurist Press).
*27.Mt. Gigantic "Old Smiler" CD. November 2004. 1000 copies (600 LP's released by Friends and Relatives Records).
*28.The Good Good "A Fem Era" LP. March 2005. 600 copies (200 cassettes self-released).
*28.5The Good Good 8-song CD. August 2005. 500 copies (300 LP's pressed as split with Chocolat Billy, repressed on "Furrows" CD on Menlo Park Records).
*29.Lovesick "Discography" CD. December 2005. 1000 copies.
*29.5Callers CDep. September 2005. 500 copies.
*30.v/a "All The Days Are Numbered So" CD/zine. March 2006. Music by Tem Eyos Ki, Pants Party, Tiny Hawks, Fiya, Callers, Soophie Nun Squad, Lava Lava, Reactionary 3, Dave Dean's Musical Forklift, Erin Tobey, Rainy Day Regatta, Anton Bordman, The Good Good, Nate Powell, Siren Cult, Sinaloa, Cassette, Abe Froman, The Insides, and Matty Pop Chart. Comics and writing by Al Burian, Travis Fristoe, Erin Tobey, Nate Powell, Emil Heiple, Farel Dalrymple, Mike Taylor, and Meredith Gaydosh. 1000 copies.
*30.5.The Good Good/Querent split 7". March 2006. 500 copies.
*31.5.The Good Good/Api Uiz split LP. May 2006. 500 copies (released on "Furrows" CD on Menlo Park Records).
*31.Mt. Gigantic "Gleanings and Gatherings" LP/CD. July 2006 (CD), September 2007(LP). 1000 CDs pressed, 300 LPs pressed.
*32.WAIT "Say It, Come True" CD. October 2006. 1000 copies.
*33. Flaws LP. December 2007.

See also

* List of record labels