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HQ is still in Coxsackie as far as the sources tell. Redeye Distribution has been acquired by Exceleration Music and now they are the distributor.
 
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{{Short description|American independent record label}}
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{{Infobox record label
| name = Sundazed Music
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| founded ={{start date|1989}}
| founder = Bob Irwin, Mary Irwin
| distributor = Exceleration Music<ref>[https://shorefire.com/releases/entry/exceleration-music-expands-operations-through-acquisition-of-redeye Exceleration Music Expands Operations through Acquisition of Redeye (Shore Fire Media)] Accessed on Jan. 7, 2025</ref><ref>[https://www.excelerationmusic.com/#music Exceleration Music - Our Music] Accessed on Jan. 7, 2025</ref>
| distributor = [[Redeye Distribution]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Labels |url=http://www.redeyeworldwide.com/redeye-labels/ |website=redeyeworldwide.com |publisher=Redeye Worldwide |accessdate=2018-06-30}}</ref>
| genre = [[Garage rock]], [[surf music]], [[psychedelic rock]]
| country = U.S.
| location = [[Coxsackie, New York]]<ref name="linkedin">[https://www.linkedin.com/company/sundazed-music-inc/ Sundazed Music Inc (LinkedIn)] Accessed on Jan. 7, 2025</ref><ref name="discogs">[[Discogs]] - [https://www.discogs.com/label/38445-Sundazed-Music Sundazed Music]</ref>
| location = [[Coxsackie, New York]]
| website = {{URL|www.sundazed.com}}
}}
 
'''Sundazed Music''' is an American [[independent record label]] founded and based in [[Coxsackie, New York]]. It specializeswas ininitially obscureknown as a '60s-centric [[surf music|surf]], [[garage rock|garage]], and rare[[psychedelic recordingsrock|psych]] fromlabel. theOver 1950stime towith the 1970s.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/label/38445-Sundazed-Music</ref>additions Inof 2000imprints such as Modern Harmonic, SundazedAmericana hadAnthropology, aBeat staffRocket, ofDot 15Matrix Recordings, and twoLiberty mixingSpike studiosRecordings, includingtheir areach vintagespans [[audiomost equipment]]genres collectionand many decades while still firmly rooted as an archival label.<ref name="discogs" />
 
==History==
Label founders Bob Irwin and his wife Mary started the label in 1989. Irwin's skill at restoring old vinyl records for the (then new) [[CD]] format, attracted the attention of [[major label]]s, who increasingly solicited him to help them [[re-issue]] material from their back catalogs. He helped [[Sony Music]] release their archival [[Legacy Records]] label. Later, his restoration work included early material by the likes of [[Bob Dylan]], [[Nancy Sinatra]], and [[the Byrds]]. Irwin also worked at [[Arista Records|Arista]] for a time.
 
The first Sundazed releases were 1960s''The recordingsGreat Lost Knickerbockers Album!'' by [[theThe Knickerbockers]] and ''Western Union'' by [[the Five Americans]], and reflected Irwin's personal preference for [[garage rock]] and [[surf music]]. Later releases included the albums of [[the Turtles]], [[The Challengers (band)|the Challengers]], [[Liverpool Five]], and [[Jan and Dean]]'s long-lost album ''Save for a Rainy Day''. The company reissued the complete catalog of [[LP album|LPs]] by [[New Orleans]] [[funk]] pioneers [[the Meters]] on vinyl and CD. The label later ventured into country music, including extensive reissues of [[Capitol Records]] albums by [[Buck Owens]] and other acts including [[Jimmy Bryant]]. Sundazed also issued vintage jazz guitar albums through their Euphoria label.
 
==Reissues==
Sundazed also reissued the [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] [[Moby Grape]] albums, but were immediately forced to withdraw the first three albums due to legal disputes. They also reissued ''[[Oar (Skip Spence album)|Oar]]'' by [[Skip Spence]], and released the long-lost Columbia sessions by the group [[Love (band)|Love]].
While Sundazed does license many of their releases from labels including [[Universal Music Group]], [[Sony]], and [[Rhino]], they do a large amount of licenses direct with the artists or the artists' estates.
 
Additionally, Sundazed Music has purchased catalogs over the years. These catalog purchases include the 1995 purchase of the 1966 [[Jan And Dean]] concept album ''Save For A Rainy Day'' from [[Dean Torrence]], the 1996 purchase of The [[Golden State Recorders]] studio masters, the 2000 acquisition of both the Edison International label (home to The [[Music Emporium]] and the recordings of [[Abnak Records]], the home to [[The Five Americans]], [[Bobby Patterson (musician)|Bobby Patterson]] and [[Jon and Robin]]. In 2002, they purchased the Best Records, United International, Cedwicke and Wickwire catalogs, including the recordings of [[The Pyramids (band)|The Pyramids]] and [[The Daisy Chain (band)|The Daisy Chain]]. In 2019, they purchased Salem, Oregon-based Garland Records. In 2021, they acquired the exclusive rights to the Shiloh Records (''[[Safe At Home]]'' by The [[International Submarine Band]], [[The Kentucky Colonels]]) catalog. In 2021, they also purchased an extensive tape archive of the [[Kay Bank Studios]] to strengthen their partnership with [[The Trashmen]].
In 2009, they signed [[Morly Grey]] to reissue ''[[The Only Truth (Morly Grey album)|The Only Truth]]''.<ref>[http://www.morlygrey.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308094619/http://www.morlygrey.com/ |date=March 8, 2008 }}</ref>
 
In 1995, Sundazed released a 20-track CD by The Pyramids, ''Penetration! The Best of the Pyramids''. Bob Irwin worked closely with [[John Hodge (music producer)|John Hodge]], the manager and producer for the Pyramids. Hodge owned the masters for the original recordings, which included the unissued music. Hodge also had a strong love of the music. Irwin was also planning a second release of their work. It was to be a "Lost Pyramids" album of unreleased material.<ref name="auto">''Billboard'', August 10, 1995 - [https://books.google.com/books?id=xgsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22The+Pyramids%22Penetration+Billboard&pg=PA87 Page 87 REVERSE TAKEOFF: SURF'N'ROD MUSIC REVIVALS INTENSIFIES]</ref> He also did the same for [[The Revels]], the [[Impact Records (California)|Impact Records]] recording artists who had a hit with "[[Church Key]]."<ref>''Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986-2014'', By Greil Marcus - [https://books.google.com/books?id=0XWhCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22The+Revels%22Church+Key%22Hit&pg=PA403 Page 403]</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>''Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963'', By James B. Murphy - [https://books.google.com/books?id=iYneCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22The+Revels%22Impact+Records%22&pg=PA260 Page 260]</ref> Working with The Revels' original [[music director]] [[Tony Hilder]] and band members Sam Eddy and [[Norman Knowles]], he had their work which was recorded years before re-released.<ref name="auto"/>
In 2015, after a conversation with former [[Kentucky Headhunters]] guitarist [[Greg Martin (musician)|Greg Martin]] about [[Groovy Grubworm]], an old instrumental record of which both were fond, Bob Irwin decided to create subsidiary label Sundazed RFD, a label exclusively for instrumental 45 RPM recordings. "Groovy Grubworm" by [[Harlow Wilcox (musician)|Harlow Wilcox]] And The Oakies, "Shark Country" by the SloBeats (a band comprised of [[Kenny Vaughan]], Dave Roe and Maxwell Schauf) and "[[The Lonely Bull]]" by The East Nashville Teens were among the first records to be released by the new label.▼
 
They reissued ''[[Oar (Skip Spence album)|Oar]]'' by [[Skip Spence]] in 1999.<ref>[[Observer.com]], July 19, 1999 - [https://observer.com/1999/07/bonus-tracks-cant-sink-oar-beck-tom-waits-sing-in-praise/ Bonus Tracks Can't Sink Oar – Beck, Tom Waits Sing in Praise By David Bowman]</ref>
On June 24, 2018, it was reported that Sundazed Records will be reissuing [[Mike Nesmith]]'s recordings with [[First National Band]], originally released after his band, [[The Monkees]]' [[The Monkees (TV series)|television series]] was canceled in 1969. The three albums, Magnetic South, Loose Salute and Nevada Fighter were originally recorded and released between 1970 and 1971. The band featured Nesmith on guitar and vocals, with [[John Ware (musician)|John Ware]] on drums, [[John London]] on bass and O.J. "Red" Rhodes on [[pedal steel guitar]].<ref>http://ultimateclassicrock.com/michael-nesmith-first-national-band-reissue/</ref>▼
 
Sundazed reissued the [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] [[Moby Grape]] albums, but were immediately forced to withdraw the first three albums due to legal disputes involving the band's ex-manager Matthew Katz.<ref>[[NPR]], December 21, 2007 - [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17498799 MUSIC INTERVIEWS, Moby Grape Just Can't Catch a Break, Legal Woes]</ref> In 2009, they signed [[Morly Grey]] to reissue ''[[The Only Truth (Morly Grey album)|The Only Truth]]'',{{Citation needed|reason=Reference needed for date of signing to Sundazed Records|date=March 2020}} which came out on Sundazed SC 11216.<ref>Internet Archive Wayback Machine - [https://web.archive.org/web/20080308094619/http://www.morlygrey.com/ MORLY GREY®, "THE ONLY TRUTH"©]</ref><ref>''[[Record Collector]]'', Issue #385 - [https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/the-only-truth Morley Grey - The Only Truth, Unholy Rollers - Reviewed by Marco Rossi]</ref> Also that year, they released the long-lost Columbia sessions by the group [[Love (band)|Love]].<ref>The Second Disc, August 7, 2013 - [https://theseconddisc.com/2013/08/07/from-love-lost-to-found-love-new-digital-compilation-showcases-arthur-lees-rarities/ NEWS, From “Love Lost” to “Found Love”: New Digital Compilation Showcases Arthur Lee's Rarities - Mike Duquette]</ref>
 
▲On June 24, 2018, it was reported that Sundazed Records willwould be reissuing [[Mike Nesmith]]'s recordings with [[First National Band]], originally released after his band, [[The Monkees]]' [[The Monkees (TV series)|television series]] was canceled in 1969. The band's three albums, ''[[Magnetic South (album)|Magnetic South]]'', ''[[Loose Salute]]'', and ''[[Nevada Fighter]]'', were originally recorded and released on [[RCA Victor]] between 1970 and 1971. The band featuredfeaturing Nesmith on guitar and vocals, with [[John Ware (musician)|John Ware]] on drums, [[John London]] on bass, and O.J. "Red" Rhodes on [[pedal steel guitar]].<ref>Ultimate Classic Rock, January 24, 2018 - [http://ultimateclassicrock.com/michael-nesmith-first-national-band-reissue/ Michael Nesmith's First National Band Albums Set for Reissue By Dave Swanson]</ref>
 
==New releases==
▲In 2015, after a conversation with former [[Kentucky Headhunters]] guitarist [[Greg Martin (musician)|Greg Martin]] about "[[Groovy Grubworm]]", an old instrumental record of which both were fond, Bob Irwin decided to createcreated subsidiary label Sundazed RFD, a label exclusively for instrumental 45 RPM recordings. "Groovy Grubworm" by [[Harlow Wilcox (musician)|Harlow Wilcox]] And The Oakies, "Shark Country" by the SloBeats (a band comprisedcomposed of [[Kenny Vaughan]], Dave Roe and Maxwell Schauf) and "[[The Lonely Bull (song)|The Lonely Bull]]" by The East Nashville Teens were among the first records to be released by the new label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/instrumental-music-label-sundazed-rfd-brings-the-beat-of-music-city/article_849c188c-bc99-510d-8d59-d895e36228d0.html|title=Instrumental music label Sundazed RFD brings the beat of Music City|first=Randy|last=Fox|date=25 June 2015|website=Nashvillescene.com|access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[:Category:Sundazed Records artists]]
* [[List of record labels]]
 
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==External links==
* [http://www.sundazed.com/ Official website]
 
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