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Posterity Records was a Canadian record label established by Harvey Glatt, that was started in 1963 and existed, in corporate form, from 1975 to 1981.

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Harvey Glatt, an Ottawa-based music manager, promoter, retailer and radio station owner, formally established Posterity Records in 1976, following a 1963 release, under the Posterity label, of a record by Canadian poet Irving Layton. During its approximate six-year existence in the 1970s and early 1980s, the label released records by Lenny Breau, the Downchild Blues Band, Ian Tamblyn, and others. It was distributed by Glatt-owned TCD Records and Tapes, short for "Treble Clef Distribution". [1] During this period, the label also distributed, as Posterity-Woodshed, records produced by Woodshed Records, a private label owned by Canadian singer-songwriter and producer David Essig. Included in Posterity-Woodshed releases was the seminal album, Blackie and the Rodeo King , by Willie P. Bennett, released in 1978. Posterity Records ceased issuing new releases in 1981 and assigned its distribution rights to Phonodisc Limited, at the time Canada's largest independent manufacturer and distributor of records and tapes. [2] The Posterity-Woodshed label continued to issue new releases until Posterity Records completely ceased operations in 1984. Woodshed Records was thereafter reestablished by David Essig as a separate entity. [3]

Posterity Records' first release was a recording of poet Irving Layton reading at Le Hibou Coffee House in 1963, produced by William Hawkins, with liner notes by Roy MacSkimming. Layton was reading from his book A Red Carpet From The Sun. [4]

Album releases [5]

Posterity

Posterity-Woodshed [10] [11] [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Particulars of Posterity Records; Rateyourmusic. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  2. ↑ Profile of Phonodisc Limited; Discogs. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  3. ↑ The Canadian Encyclopedia, Profile of David Essig. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  4. ↑ Library and Archives Canada Description of Irving Layton, Live at Le Hibou; retrieved 2013-12-22.
  5. ↑ Primarily from Posterity Records Album Releases; Discogs. Retrieved 2013-12-17, and from Posterity Records Album Releases; Rateyourmusic. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  6. ↑ Biography of Joe Hall Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine ; www.joehall.org. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  7. ↑ Year of Canadian release. Released in the United States in 1977. See Release particulars - Side Pocket Shot; Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  8. ↑ Canadian Pop Encyclopedia, Profile of Quarrington/Worthy [usurped] . Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  9. ↑ Release history of Sisteron; dougmcarthur.ca. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
  10. ↑ Posterity-Woodshed Album Releases; Discogs. Retrieved 2014-01-10;
  11. ↑ Discography of Willie P. Bennett; www.marcogiunco.com. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  12. ↑ Discography of David Essig; www.marcogiunco.com. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  13. ↑ Woodshed Records Album Releases; rateyourmusic. Retrieved 2014-01-11
  14. ↑ Originally released in 1975, as the second release on Woodshed Records. See David Essig Recordings; davidessig.com. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  15. ↑ Originally released in 1974 as the first release of Woodshed Records. See David Essig Recordings; davidessig.com. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
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