- Thrill Jockey
Infobox record label
name = Thrill Jockey Records
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founded = 1992
founder =Bettina Richards
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genre =Indie rock ,Post-rock ,Electronic music
country =United States
location =Chicago, Illinois
url = http://www.thrilljockey.comThrill Jockey Records is an American
independent record label established in 1992 inNew York City by formerAtlantic Records A&R employeeBettina Richards . Richards started the label with $35,000 of personal and family capital, while working at a Hoboken, N.J., record store, and ran it from her apartment in Manhattan.cite news
last = Pareles
first = Jon
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title = It's Her Label and She'll Sign Who She Wants To
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publisher =New York Times
date = September 23, 1998
url = http://www.nytimes.com/specials/entrepreneurs/23pare.html
accessdate = 2007-05-09 ]In 1995, she moved the label to
Chicago, Illinois , where "rent and taxes are considerably cheaper".Thrill Jockey offers full-length streaming of every song on every release in its catalog. "I believe if people can listen to the albums, they tend to buy them," Richards said in a 2006 interview with "Chicago Reader". [cite news
last = Margasak
first = Peter
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title = "Making eLemonade: Thrill Jockey's Bettina Richards isn't thrilled about the digital revolution, but she's determined to meet it head-on"
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publisher =Chicago Reader
date = October 27, 2006
url = http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/themeter/061027/
accessdate = 2007-05-09 ]Artists who have recorded on the label include Tortoise,
The Sea and Cake , Trans Am,Mouse on Mars ,ADULT. ,Nobukazu Takemura ,Bobby Conn ,Tom Verlaine ,Freakwater ,The Zincs , The National Trust,Eleventh Dream Day ,Califone ,Chicago Underground Duo , Howe Gelb/Giant Sand , Oval, Town & Country,Archer Prewitt ,Sam Prekop ,The Lonesome Organist ,OOIOO ,Pit er Pat ,The Fiery Furnaces , andBoredoms , amongst others. Artists on the label have often collaborated with other artists on the label to form spin-off groups.15th Birthday
In 2007, Thrill Jockey bands old and new have recorded songs for a boxed set to celebrate the label's 15th birthday. Bands were asked to choose a song to cover by any other act on their roster. "Plum 7" Box Set" compilation will be released December 4, 2007 on ten 7-inch vinyl singles. Some notable tracks include: Directions covering Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker's "Toy Boat," while Pullman tackles the Chicago Underground Quartet's "3 A.M." Bobby Conn, Califone and Thalia Zedek all cover Freakwater songs, while the Sea & Cake reworks a version of Califone's "Spider's House." Tortoise covers Japanese artist Nobukazu Takemura's "Falls Lake," and ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne contributes a cover of the Fiery Furnaces' "Ex-Guru." [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003655369 Billboard.com - "Thrill Jockey Bands Cover Each Other On Boxed Set" By Jonathan Cohen] ]
See also
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List of record labels
*Thrill Jockey discography References
External links
* [http://www.thrilljockey.com/ Official site]
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