Everloving Records

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Everloving Records was founded in 2003, having been Enjoy Records from 2000. With the success of Jack Johnson's debut Brushfire Fairytales the original, though defunct, Enjoy Records phoned up to reclaim their moniker. Everloving began with Jack's album, which was produced by co-founder J. P. Plunier. The company began when A&R veteran Andy Factor and Plunier partnered, after having worked together for Ben Harper. Plunier is Harper's manager and Factor was his A&R man.

Shortly after "Brushfire Fairytales", Everloving had a hit with Mad World from the film Donnie Darko . That was composed by Tears for Fears and arranged by Michael Andrews and featured the vocals of Gary Jules. It went #1 in the UK at Christmas 2003, two years after the film had come out.

Additional forays into film brought the soundtrack to "Dogtown and Z-Boys" and the score to "Me and You and Everyone We Know"

Canadian band Metric debuted on Everloving, as did Lowell George's daughter Inara George. Both were produced by Michael Andrews.

Everloving's most recent success has been with Costa Mesa psychedelic/surf rock band The Growlers. The Growlers released five studio albums on Everloving: Are You In Or Out? (2009), Hot Tropics EP (2010), Hung at Heart (2013), Gilded Pleasures EP (2013), Chinese Fountain (2014) and The Jack Moves Cruiserweight (2022)

Everloving also has management and consulting divisions.

Everloving Records discography
ArtistAlbum NameRelease Date (MM/DD/YYYY)
Jack Johnson Brushfire Fairytales 4/12/2001
Elgin ParkElgin Park5/15/2001
Michael Andrews (musician) Donnie Darko Original Score4/2/2002
Metric Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? 9/30/2003
Inara George All Rise2/25/2005
Michael Andrews (musician) Me and you and Everyone We Know 7/12/2005
Wan Santo CondoWan Santo Condo10/2/2006
Ritmo Y CantoRitmo Y Canto10/2/2006
Piers FacciniTearing Sky11/7/2006
Roxy Saint Underground Personality Tapes10/2/2006
Cornelius Sensuous 4/24/2007
Culver City Dub CollectiveDos7/31/2007
Cornelius Gum (EP)1/15/2008
Various artistsBippp: French Synth Wave 1979-852/12/2008
Don CavalliCryland4/22/2008
Inara George/Van Dyke Parks An Invitation8/12/2008
Cornelius Sensurround + B-Sides9/9/2008
Herman DuneNext Year in Zion10/21/2008
Chris DarrowChris Darrow/Under My Own Disguise3/10/2009
The Growlers Are You In or Out?10/6/2009
The Growlers Hot Tropics10/12/2010
Jack Johnson Brushfire Fairytales (remastered)4/12/2011
The Growlers Gay Thoughts/Good Feelings4\16\2011
AdanowskyAmador11/8/2011
Jeans WilderTotally06/20/2012
Michael Andrews (musician) Spilling a Rainbow08/14/2012
The Growlers Hung at Heart 01/22/2013
Don CavalliTemperamental08/13/2013
The Growlers Chinese Fountain 09/23/2014
Adam TopolRegardless of the Dark07/22/2016
DeepakalypseFloating On A Sphere07/08/2016
Super Furry Animals Fuzzy Logic (20th anniversary edition04/22/2017
Dana BuoyIce Glitter Gold02/23/2018
Jupiter & OkwessKin Sonic06/29/2018
The Jack MovesFree Money10/19/2018
Adam TopolCuando08/02/2019
Soft PalmsSoft Palms07/31/2020
Dana BuoyExperiments in Plant Based Music Vol. 111/04/2022
The Jack MovesCruiserweight10/21/2022

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