Almost Ready Records

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Almost Ready Records
Genre punk, garage, psych, glam, country
Founded2007 (2007)
Founder Harry Howes
Headquarters Brooklyn, New York
Website www.almostreadyrecords.com

Almost Ready Records is an independent record label and brick and mortar record store in Brooklyn, New York both owned and operated by Harry Howes.

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Record label

Almost Ready Records began as an independent record label in 2007 shortly after Howes left his native Massachusetts for Hilo, Hawaii. [1] The first release, a 7" garage rock compilation titled "The World's Lousy With Ideas" was named for a line in a book by French author Louis Ferdinand Celine. To date, there are nine releases in "The World's Lousy With Ideas [2] " series including songs from Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Vivian Girls, Thee Oh Sees, and Cheater Slicks.

In 2008 Howes relocated to Brooklyn, New York and released eight 7-inches under the Almost Ready Records name, building the label's catalogue of punk and garage rock offerings.

Almost Ready Records has over 100 releases to date including various titles under its sub-labels, Last Laugh [3] and Mighty Mouth Music. In 2011 garage rock band Cheater Slicks' "Our Food Is Chaos" was released for the first time on vinyl on Almost Ready Records. In 2013 under sub-label Mighty Mouth Music, Howes released a never-before heard demo of Laurice Marshall's garage band Grudge's classic "When Christine Comes Around." [4]

Record store

In January 2017, Howes opened Almost Ready Records, [5] a brick-and-mortar record store in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The store sells a combination of new and used vinyl records and cassette tapes. The selection includes a wide variety of garage rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock, hip hop, reggae, jazz, and more.

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