Vitamin Records

Infobox record label
name = Vitamin Records


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parent = CMH Records
founded = 1999
founder = David Haerle
defunct =
distributor =
genre = String quartet
country = United States
location = Los Angeles, CA
url = http://www.vitaminrecords.com

Vitamin Records is a US-based record label founded in 1999 as a subsidiary of CMH Records. They produce tribute albums in many styles of music including string quartet, lounge and electronic tributes to major pop and rock artists.

Over the years, Vitamin Records has released over 185 albums, honoring mainstream and indie groups alike, putting a classical spin on bands from all genres of music, including rock, pop, punk, techno, hardcore, country, metal and rap. Their first release was "The String Quartet Tribute to Led Zeppelin." Vitamin Records has released tributes to many different artists including Tool, Dream Theater, The Beatles, Bad Religion, Bob Marley etc. Styles of tributes include string quartet, electronic, piano, industrial, dance, dub, surf, Hawaiian, lounge and swing.

The Vitamin String Quartet Tribute is a series of string quartet tribute albums, released by Vitamin Records and performed by several different groups of musicians. These string quartet tributes are commonly referred to as "VSQ"," or "Vitamin String Quartet" by fans. Albums generally focus on one band per record, and perform classical versions of that band's songs, generally note for note. They use a wide array of instruments but primarily use violins, violas, and cellos.

Some bands that have recognized the string quartet tributes include Tool, The Mars Volta, Dream Theater and Underoath who mentioned "Strung Out On Underoath" on their Official Website with great response from fans. [ [http://www.underoath777.com/news.php?id=100 Underoath Official Website ] ]

Artists & Collaborators

*The Section Quartet has recorded many albums for Vitamin Records including string quartet tributes to Marilyn Manson, Radiohead, The Cure, Tool, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, Nine Inch Nails, Incubus, Clapton, Coldplay, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Enya, Interpol, Björk, etc. [ [http://www.thesection.net/ the section quartet ] ] Maynard James Keenan from Tool asked them to play strings on A Perfect Circle's Thirteenth Step after hearing the String Quartet Tribute to Tool. [ [http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/printDS/220651 Just enjoy the ride | www.azstarnet.com ® ] ] The Section Quartet leader Eric Gorfain toured with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant before working on Vitamin Records' release "The String Quartet Tribute to Led Zeppelin". [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485965/20040324/evanescence.jhtml Coldplay, Korn Strung Out In Tribute Series - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News ] ]

*Todd Mark Rubenstein has led one of several groups of players that have released albums in the series. This includes "Exit... Stage Right: String Quartet Tribute to Rush" which was nominated for a Grammy. [ [http://www.cakewalk.com/Artist/TMR.asp Artist Interview: Todd Mark Rubenstein ] ]

Media & Press

*The Vitamin String Quartet Tribute to "Control" by Janet Jackson was aired on FOX's So You Think You Can Dance on July 29th, 2008 during a hip-hop routine by Chelsie and Twitch, [http://eclairefare.wordpress.com/] and recently again on the same programme with the tribute to "Halleujah" by Paramore on August 6, 2008 during a top 4 group routine.

Partial discography

0-9

* String Quartet Tribute to 2Pac
* String Quartet Tribute to 3 Doors Down
* String Quartet Tribute to 30 Seconds To Mars
* String Quartet Tribute to 311

A

* String Quartet Tribute to A Perfect Circle
* Back In Baroque: The String Tribute to AC/DC
* String Quartet Tribute to Aerosmith
* In the Chamber: The String Quartet Tribute to AFI
* Precious Things: The String Quartet Tribute to Tori Amos
* String Quartet Tribute to Alicia Keys
* String Quartet Tribute to Alison Krauss
* Idol Worship: The String Quartet Tribute to American Idol
* String Quartet Tribute to Arcade Fire's Funeral
* String Quartet Tribute to Atreyu
* String Quartet Tribute to Audioslave
* String Quartet Tribute to Audioslave (Re-Release)
* String Quartet Tribute to Avenged Sevenfold

B

* String Quartet Tribute to Bad Religion (2007)
* String Quartet Tribute to The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
* String Quartet Tribute to The Beatles
* String Quartet Tribute to Beyoncé
* String Quartet Tribute to Billy Joel
* Ice: The String Tribute to Björk
* Violently: The String Quartet Tribute to Björk
* String Quartet Tribute to Black Sabbath
* String Quartet Tribute to Bob Dylan
* Count Me In: The String Quartet Tribute to Bon Jovi
* String Quartet Tribute to Breaking Benjamin
* String Quartet Tribute to Bright Eyes: Beautiful In The Morning
* String Quartet Tribute to Garth Brooks
* String Quartet Tribute to Jeff Buckley
* String Quartet Tribute to Jimmy Buffett

C

* String Quartet Tribute to Casting Crowns
* String Quartet Tribute to Celine Dion
* String Quartet Tribute to Chevelle
* String Quartet Tribute to Chris Cornell
* String Quartet Tribute to Clay Aiken
* String Quartet Tribute To The Clash
* String Quartet Tribute to Coheed and Cambria's
* String Quartet Tribute to Coldplay
* Scorched Earth Orchestra Plays Cradle of Filth: The Orchestral Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to Creed
* String Quartet Tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
* The String Quartet Tribute to Crossfade
* String Quartet Tribute to The Cure

D

* String Quartet Tribute to Dark Side of the Moon
* String Quartet Tribute to The Darkness
* Songs You Have Come To Love The Most: A String Quartet Tribute to Dashboard Confessional
* String Quartet Tribute to Dave Matthews Band
* String Quartet Tribute to David Bowie
* String Quartet Tribute to David Gray
* Ghost: The String Quartet Tribute to Death Cab for Cutie
* String Quartet Tribute to Deftones
* String Quartet Tribute to Depeche Mode
* String Quartet Tribute to Diana Krall
* String Quartet Tribute to Dido
* Are You Breathing: The String Quartet to Disturbed
* String Quartet Tribute to the Dixie Chicks
* String Quartet Tribute to The Doors
* The String Quartet Tribute to Dream Theater [The first run of the album was printed with incorrect album art, as well as listing in the wrong order the tracks— which were hand picked by Mike Portnoy and covered the band's history from "When Dream And Day Unite" to "Train Of Thought". This was corrected in later prints of the album. People with the incorrect art could contact Vitamin Records for a replacement copy. James Curtiss, the Project Coordinator of Vitamin Records, said that the incorrect packaging should be called "a collector's item and leave it at that", as well as stating that "sonically we nailed the sucker, but on the manufacturing side of things, we dropped the ball." (see the official Dream Theater site [http://www.dreamtheater.net/news_dreamtheater.php#stringquartet here] and [http://www.dreamtheater.net/news_dreamtheater.php#stringquartet2 here] .) ]
* String Quartet Tribute to Duran Duran

E

* String Quartet Tribute to The Eagles
* Oceans: The String Quartet Tribute to Enya
* Dreams: The String Quartet Tribute to Enya Vol. 2
* String Quartet Tribute to Eric Clapton
* String Quartet Tribute to Evanescence
* String Quartet Tribute to Evanescence 2

F

* String Quartet Tribute to Fall Out Boy
* Strung Out on Fiona Apple: A String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to The Flaming Lips
* String Quartet Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
* Rumours: The String Quartet Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
* Resident Adolescence: The String Quartet Tribute to the Foo Fighters
* Shape and Colour of My Heart: The String Quartet Tribute to Foo Fighters
* Ordinary Heroes: The String Quartet Tribute to Foo Fighters
* String Quartet Tribute to The Fray

G

* String Quartet Tribute to Peter Gabriel
* String Quartet Tribute to Garbage
* String Quartet Tribute to Godsmack'S Godsmack (2008)
* Anthem: The String Quartet Tribute to Good Charlotte
* String Quartet Tribute to Guitar Hero
* String Quartet Tribute to Guns N' Roses
* String Quartet Tribute to Guns N' Roses(Reissue with 4 bonus tracks)

H

* String Quartet Tribute to PJ Harvey
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* String Quartet Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
* String Quartet Tribute to Faith Hill
* Uninhibited: String Quartet Tribute to Hinder
* Leave Nothing Behind: Strung Out on Hoobastank - The String Quartet Tribute
* The String Quartet Tribute to HIM

I

* String Quartet Tribute to Incubus
* New Skin: The String Quartet Tribute to Incubus Vol. 2
* Anatomy of Evil: The String Quartet Tribute to Iron Maiden
* Interstellar: The String Quartet Tribute to Interpol

J

* String Quartet Tribute to Janet Jackson
* String Quartet Tribute to Jane's Addiction
* String Quartet Tribute to Jet
* String Quartet Tribute to Jewel
* String Quartet Tribute to Elton John
* String Quartet Tribute to John Lennon

K

* String Quartet Tribute to Kasabian : Processed string
* String Quartet Tribute to The Killers
* The String Quartet Tribute to Kirk Franklin (2008)
* String Quartet Tribute to KISS
* Hurt Inside: A String Quartet Tribute to KoЯn

L

* String Quartet Tribute to Lacuna Coil: Spiral Sounds
* Baroque Tribute to Led Zeppelin
* String Quartet Tribute to Led Zeppelin
* String Quartet Tribute to Led Zeppelin Vol. 2
* String Quartet Tribute Bleeding Love (Single) (2008)
* Break Stuff: The String Quartet Tribute to Limp Bizkit
* In The Chamber with Linkin Park: The String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute Linkin Park's Meteora
* String Quartet Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd - This Sweet Home

M

* String Quartet Tribute to Madonna
* A Taste of Chaos Ensemble Performs Mastodon's Leviathan
* String Quartet Tribute to Paul McCartney
* String Quartet Tribute to Tim McGraw
* String Quartet Tribute to Sarah McLachlan
* String Quartet Tribute to Marilyn Manson
* Under Your Skin: The String Quartet Tribute to Maroon 5
* String Quartet Tribute to The Mars Volta
* String Quartet Tribute to Massive Attack
* String Quartet Tribute to Matchbox Twenty
* String Quartet Tribute to The Matrix
* Restrung: The String Quartet Tribute to The Matrix
* Heavier Strings: A String Quartet Tribute to John Mayer’s Heavier Things
* String Quartet Tribute to John Cougar Mellencamp
* Say Your Prayers, Little One: The String Quartet Tribute to Metallica
* String Quartet Tribute to Van Morrison
* String Quartet Tribute to Alanis Morissette
* Strung Out On Jagged Little Pill: The String Quartet Tribute to Alanis Morissette
* In The Chamber with Mudvayne: The String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to Muse
* Funeral: The String Quartet Tribute to My Chemical Romance

N

* String Quartet Tribute to Natasha Bedingfield
* String Quartet Tribute to New Order & Joy Division
* Someday: The String Quartet Tribute to Nickelback
* String Quartet Tribute to Nine Inch Nails
* String Quartet Tribute to Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine
* String Quartet Tribute to Nirvana
* String Quartet Tribute to Nirvana's Nevermind
* String Quartet Tribute to No Doubt
* String Quartet Tribute to Norah Jones

O

* String Quartet Tribute to The Offspring
* Decadence & Vanity: The String Quartet Tribute to Oasis
* String Quartet Tribute to Opeth

P

* Revolution: The String Quartet Tribute to P.O.D.
* Strung Out on Panic! at the Disco: A String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to Panic at the Disco's Pretty. Odd.
* Perfect Murder: Strung Out on Papa Roach
* String Quartet Tribute to Paramore
* String Quartet Tribute to Pearl Jam
* String Quartet Tribute to Phish
* String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd
* More Bricks: The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's The Wall
* String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's the Dark Side of the Moon
* String Quartet Tribute to Pixies
* Symphonic Tribute to Prince's Purple Rain
* String Quartet Tribute to Puddle of Mudd

Q

* String Quartet Tribute to Queen
* Strings For The Deaf: The String Quartet Tribute to Queens of the Stone Age
* String Quartet Tribute to Queens of the Stone Age Vol.2

R

* Enigmatic: The String Quartet Tribute to Radiohead
* Strung Out on Kid A: The String Quartet Tribute to Radiohead
* Strung Out on OK Computer: The String Tribute to Radiohead
* String Quartet Tribute to R.E.M.
* String Quartet Tribute to R.E.M. Vol. 2
* String Quartet Tribute to Red Hot Chili Peppers
* String Quartet Tribute to Relient K
* String Quartet Tribute to Rod Stewart
* String Quartet Tribute to The Rolling Stones
* String Quartet Tribute to The Roots
* Baroque Tribute to Rush
* Exit Stage Right: The String Tribute to Rush
* String Quartet Tribute to Rush’s 2112
* String Quartet Tribute to Rock Squadron.

* String Quartet Tribute to Sade
* String Quartet Tribute to Saliva
* String Quartet Tribute to Santana
* String Quartet Tribute to Senses Fail
* String Quartet Tribute to Shinedown
* String Quartet Tribute to Simple Plan
* String Quartet Tribute to Jessica Simpson`s musicians
* Evil You Dread: The String Quartet Tribute to Slayer
* String Quartet Tribute to Elliott Smith
* String Quartet Tribute to The Smiths
* String Quartet Tribute to Snow Patrol
* String Quartet Tribute to Sonic Youth
* Hometown: The String Quartet Tribute to Bruce Springsteen
* In The Chamber with Staind: The String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to Gwen Stefani
* Tall In The Saddle: The String Quartet Tribute to George Strait
* Embracing the heaviness: The String Quartet Tribute to Stone Sour
* String Quartet Tribute to Sum 41
* String Quartet Tribute to Switchfoot
* String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down
* The String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down's Mezmerize
* The String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down's Hypnotize
* String Quartet Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins

T

* Strung Out On Three Days Grace: A String Quartet Tribute
* Strung Out On Taking Back Sunday: A String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to James Taylor
* Strung Out On Thrice: A String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to Rob Thomas/Matchbox Twenty
* Anotomica: The String Quartet Tribute to Tool
* Chamber Made: The Baroque Tribute to Tool
* Finding Beauty In The Dissonance: A Piano Tribute To Tool
* Metamorphic: The String Quartet Tribute to Tool Vol. 2
* String Quartet Tribute to Tool
* The String Quartet Tribute to Tool's Ænima
* Third Eye Open: The String Quartet Tribute to Tool
* String Quartet Tribute to Train
* String Quartet Tribute to Shania Twain

U

* String Quartet Tribute to U2's "The Joshua Tree"
* Strung Out On U2: The String Quartet Tribute
* Still Strung Out On U2: The String Quartet Vol. 2
* Painted Red: Strung Out on Underøath
* The String Quartet Tribute to The Used

V

* String Quartet Tribute to Velvet Revolver
* String Quartet Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico

W

* Dad Get Me Out Of This!: The String Quartet Tribute to Warren Zevon
* Come On And Kick Me!: The String Quartet Tribute to Weezer
* Pull This String: String Quartet Tribute to Weezer (Re-Release)
* The String Quartet Tribute to Kanye West
* String Quartet Tribute to The White Stripes

Y

* Olympus: The String Quartet Tribute to Yanni
* The String Quartet Tribute to Tony Yayo
* String Quartet Tribute to Yellowcard
* Rusted Moon: The String Quartet Tribute to Neil Young

Misc. & Compilations

* DJ Snake Machine Reconstructs The Hot Dance Hits of 2007: Volume 3 (2007)
* My Metal Valentine (2008)
* Radical Re-Interpretations Volume 3 (2008)
* Slumber Party Sing-Along Volume 1 & 2 (2008)
* Songs In The Key of Simlish: The Musical Tribute to The Sims (2008)
* Strung Out: The String Quartet Sampler
* Strung Out on Indie Rock Vol. 1: The String Quartet Tribute (2008)
* The String Quartet Tribute to Valentine's Day (2008)
* The Gay Wedding Collection (2008)
* The Gothic Wedding Collection (2008)
* The Rock 'n' Roll Wedding Collection (2008)
* The Rock 'n' Roll Valentines Day Collection (2008)
* Valentine's Day Massacre: The Emo Anti-Valentine's Day Collection

ee also

* CMH Records

External links

* [http://www.vitaminrecords.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.vitaminrecords.com/web/page.asp?pgs=abtus/ About Vitamin Records]
* [http://www.tmrpro.com/ Todd Mark Rubenstein's Website]
* [http://www.cakewalk.com/Artist/TMR.asp] An Interview with Todd Mark Rubenstein

Notes