Latent Recordings

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Latent Recordings
Parent company Cowboy Junkies
Founded1981
FounderMichael Timmins
Alan Anton
Geoff Railton
Brett Wickens
Distributor(s) MapleMusic (Canada)
Zoë (U.S.)
Strange Fruit (international)
Genre Rock, alternative rock
Country of origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Official website http://www.latentrecordings.com/

Latent Recordings is a Canadian independent record label founded in 1981. It was dormant in the 1990s while the Cowboy Junkies were signed to American labels, but began to release independently produced albums in the 2000s. By the late 2000s, it sold downloads and CDs online.

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History

The label was formed in London by Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Geoff Railton, and Brett Wickens to produce and distribute their music. After their first three releases, they returned to Canada, where Timmins and Anton formed Cowboy Junkies with Timmins' siblings Margo and Peter.

In Toronto, the label distributed Cowboy Junkies' first two albums before the band signed with RCA, which re-released The Trinity Session internationally. For the next few years the label's releases were sporadic offerings produced by Michael Timmins and/or Peter Moore.

After Cowboy Junkies was released from their record contract—by then with Geffen Records— following their 1998 album Miles from Our Home , they revived Latent Recordings and have released their subsequent albums on that label in Canada. The records have been licensed to other independent labels, such as Zoë Records in the United States and Strange Fruit Records in the UK, for international release.

In recent years, the label has again become active in releasing work by other artists as well, including Ivy Mairi, Finlayson/Maize, Jerry Leger, Lee Harvey Osmond and Huron.

Catalogue

Most of Latent Recordings releases have been numbered, with the number preceded by "LATEX" (#s 1–5, V14), or "LATEX CD" (#s >5). [1] [2] [3]

#Album titleArtistRecorded
1Germinal 1(chrome cassette)Germinal1983 Aug.
2DIN(LP)Germinal1984
3Hunger Project(LP)Hunger Project1984 Nov.
4 Whites Off Earth Now!! (LP)Cowboy Junkies1986 Oct.
5 The Trinity Session (LP)Cowboy Junkies1988 Nov.
CD6Tell Your Friends There's Friends AroundThe Corndogs1989 Apr.
CD7Stone BoatPat Temple and the High Lonesome Players1990
CD8Library of the Sun John Bottomley 1990
CD9What the Hell is Going On?The Corndogs1991
CD10Connecting LinesPat Temple and the High Lonesome Players1991 Jan.
CD11 Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes Cowboy Junkies1999 Oct.
CD12Rabbit(2-disc)The Corndogs2000 May [4]
CD13 Waltz Across America Cowboy Junkies2000 Oct.
CD14 The Radio One Sessions Cowboy Junkies2002 July
V14Live in Toronto(VHS)Cowboy Junkies2000 Oct.
CD15 Open Cowboy Junkies2001 May
DVD15 Open Road (DVD/CD)Cowboy Junkies2002 June
CD16 In the Time Before Llamas Cowboy Junkies2003 Nov.
CD17 One Soul Now Cowboy Junkies2004 June
CD18 Early 21st Century Blues Cowboy Junkies2005 May
DVD19 Long Journey Home Cowboy Junkies2005
CD20 At the End of Paths Taken Cowboy Junkies2007 Apr.
CD21Well YouIvy Mairi2007 Apr.
DVD22 Trinity Revisited (DVD)Cowboy Junkies2007 Oct.
CD23City of Sirens Skydiggers 2008 Jun.
CD24A Quiet Evil Lee Harvey Osmond 2010 Mar.
CD25Acoustic JunkCowboy Junkies2009
CD26Huron Huron 2010
CD27The History of Forgetting Andy Maize 2010 June
CD28 Renmin Park (The Nomad Series Vol. 1)Cowboy Junkies2010 June
CD29 Demons (The Nomad Series Vol. 2)Cowboy Junkies2011 Feb.
CD30Trail of SmokeCootes Leland2011 Aug.
CD31 Sing in My Meadow (The Nomad Series Vol. 3)Cowboy Junkies2011 Oct.
CD32No TalkerIvy Mairi2011 Sept.
CD33 The Wilderness (The Nomad Series Vol. 4)Cowboy Junkies2012 Mar.
CD34 The Nomad Series Cowboy Junkies2012 Apr.
CD35Northern ShoreSkydiggers2012 Apr.
CD36Northern Shore(Deluxe box set)Skydiggers2012 Apr. [5]
CD37The Folk SinnerLee Harvey Osmond2013 Jan.
CD38LegionThe Potion Kings2013 Feb.
CD39The Good Family AlbumThe Good Family2013 Apr. [6]
CD40All of our Dreaming: Skydiggers Live, 1988, 2000 & 2012Skydiggers2013 Mar. [7]
CD41No. 1 NorthernSkydiggers2013 July
CD42The Kennedy SuiteVarious artists2013 Nov.
CD43She Comes into the RoomSkydiggers2013 Oct.
CD44Angels(EP)Skydiggers2013
CD45Early Riser Jerry Leger 2014 Apr.
CD46Angels(album)Skydiggers2014 Nov. [8]
CD47Beautiful ScarsLee Harvey Osmond2015 Apr.
CD48 Notes Falling Slow Cowboy Junkies2015 Oct.
CD49Here Without You (The Songs of Gene Clark)Skydiggers2016 May
CD50/LP50LampsHarpAcash & the Morals2016 Sept. [9]
CD51/LP51Nonsense and HeartacheJerry Leger2017 Mar. [10]
CD52A Short History of Decay John Murry 2017 July [11]
CD53/LP53Warmth of the SunSkydiggers2017 Oct. [12]
Di54Live from Latent Lounge(Digital only)Lee Harvey Osmond2017 Nov. [13] [14]
CD55/LP55 All That Reckoning Cowboy Junkies2018 July
CD56/LP56Major LoveMajor Love2018 Aug.
CD57/LP57MohawkLee Harvey Osmond2019 Jan.
CD58/LP58Time Out for TomorrowJerry Leger2019 Nov.
LP59 All That Reckoning / Ghosts Cowboy Junkies2021 Mar.
CD63/LP63Songs of the RecollectionCowboy Junkies2022 Mar.
LP66Such Ferocious BeautyCowboy Junkies2023 Jun.

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