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Porter Records is a United States record label that specializes in jazz, hiphop, electronic, world, and experimental music. Its catalog is self-described as "music for the eclectic listener", with albums by artists Henry Grimes, Joe Chambers, Pregnant, Matthew Welch, Heikki Sarmanto, Chll Pll, and Mason Lindahl, among others. [1]

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WOLF CALL, MARK ANTHONY 1957 Porter records release