Mississippi Records [OR / IL]
LOCATION:
1.) Portland, OR (2003 - 2019)
2.) Chicago, IL (2019 +)
OWNER(s):
1.) Alex Yusimov (founder)
2.) Gordon Ashworth & Cyrus Moussavi (2019+)
TIMESPAN:
2003 +
MISC NOTES:
Mississippi Records was founded during 2003 in Portland, OR primarily as a reissue label focusing on "Americana, international and punk. It was subsequently operated by Eric Isaacson (Portland) and Warren Hill (Montreal, Canada). The company's first "release" (MR-2005) was in 2005.
During 2011 the label split into Mississippi/Change Records and Mississippi/Little Axe Records. (Mississippi/Little Axe later became Little Axe Records.)
In 2019 ownership of the label was transferred to Cyrus Moussave and Gordon Ashworth. Near that time "home base" for the label was moved Chicago, IL, However, there still is an affiliated Mississippi Records retail record store located at 4007 North Mississippi Avenue in Portland, OR.
Initial label numbering began with an MR prefix. After the company split in 2011 the MRP numbers appeared. In 2019, along with ownership change and the move to Chicago, came the MRI prefix. Other product prefixes include MRC for an on-going line of cassette tapes and EJ which has been characterized as "a kind of random designation for some releases."
Turning to "releases," some discs/product is re-issued on a Mississippi label. Other re-issues feature the original label, but a Mississippi prefix and number. Finally, there are albums presenting the original label and record number, but with a Mississippi notation on the record jacket (?)
SEE ALSO:
1.) Mo-Shee Records
MISC NOTES:
Previously unreleased recordings from 1985
2018. Reissued by Mississippi Records (MR - 063)
Side A
1.) The Two Of Us
2.) Fast Freight Train
3.) Thunder Road
4.) Lonely
5.) Prison Train
Side B
1.) Honky Tonkin
2.) Over The Gun
3.) Range Rats Theme
4.) Won't Come Back
5.) Blues Coming Down *
6.) Vaya Con Dios *
LOCATION: Portland, OR
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Fred Cole [guitar, vocal]; Toody [bass. vocal]; Sten [gutar]; Louie Samora [drums]; Rollie [Roland drum unit].
RECORDING STUDIO: Fresh Tracks (except * Fred & Toody's Bedroom) 1985
RECORDING ENGINEER: John Lindahl
FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 12"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
DISC NOTES:
Label features Whizeagle Records logo, but no label name
A-SIDE MATRIX: 29049.1 (2)... (etched wax)
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: MRP - 063 A (etched wax); MR - 063 (label)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: All Songs By Fred Cole
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Dead Moon Music (BMI)
B-SIDE MATRIX: 29049.2 (2)... (etched wax)
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: MRP - 063 B (etched wax); MR - 063 (label)
B-SIDE COMPOSER: All Songs By Fred Cole
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: Dead Moon Music (BMI)
MISC NOTES:
Reissue of Tombstone #T - 11 (1988)
Also available in cd format [MR 089)
Side A
1. Graveyard (F. Cole)
2. Out On A Wire (F. Cole)
3. Can't Help Falling In Love (Weiss - Peretti - Caratore)
4. Parchment Farm (Allison)
5. Dead In The Saddle (F. Cole)
Side B
1. Hey Joe (Public Domain)
2. Don't Burn The Fires (F. Cole)
3. Where Did I Go Wrong (F. Cole)
4. Remember Me (F. Cole)
5.I Hate The Blues (F. Cole)
LOCATION: Portland, OR / Portland, OR
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Fred Cole [guitar, vocals]; Toody Cole [bass, vocals]; Andrew Loomis, Louis Samora [drums]
RECORDING STUDIO: Fresh Tracks / River Recording
RECORDING ENGINEER: John Undahl / Steve Parker
FORMAT: disc
SIZE:12"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
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Mono / Mono
(2019) Reissued a second time on Mississippi Records [MR 089]
A-SIDE MATRIX: MR - 089 - A (etched wax)
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A-SIDE PUBLISHER: All F. Cole Songs (ASCAP)
B-SIDE MATRIX: MR - 089 - B (etched wax)
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B-SIDE PUBLISHER: All F. Cole Songs (ASCAP)
MISC NOTES:
Toody. Clackamas, OR. Nickname of Kathleen Alice Cole, wife and music partner of the late Fred Cole.
Album front jacket photo taken from picture sleeve of 1985 Whizeagle Records 45 by TOODY. (W - 8502)
Side 1
1.) Coming On Strong - TOODY
2.) I'd Rather Be Your Lover - TOODY
3.) Clementine - THE WESTERN FRONT
Side 2
1.) Looking Back At Me - THE WESTERN FRONT
2.) Orygun - THE WESTERN FRONT
3.) Stampede - THE WESTERN FRONT
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SIZE: 10"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
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MISC NOTES: http://sadhorse.com/
LOCATION: Portland
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Geoff Soule; Elizabeth Venable
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Reissue.
For song titles see Tombstone Records
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SIZE: 12"
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MISC NOTES: Two lps that accompanied the book Dead Moon
Some book packages reportedly also included 45 rpm disc.
Side A
1.) Graveyard
2.) D.O.A.
3.) The Way It Is
4.) These Times With You
5.) Over The Edge
6.) Fire In The Western Front
7.) Out In The Blue
Side B
1.) It's O.K.
2.) Day After Day
3.) Black September
4.) A Miss Of You
5.) Jane
6.) Dagger Moon
7.) Down The Road
Side C
1.) Dead Moon Night
2.) Clouds Of Dawn
3.) I'm Out Nine
4). Running Out Of Time
5.) Walking On My Grave
6.) Cast Will Change
7.) Claim To Fame
Side D
1.) Don't Burn The Fires
2.) Can't Do That
3.) Demons
4.) Johnny's Got A Gun
5.) 54/40 Or Fight
6.) Somewhere Far Away
7.) Unknown Passage
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE:12"
SPEED:33 1/3 rpm
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A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: MRP - 202 A R "MY LIFE WAS A KILLER" - FRED COLE 29335 - 1 (2) TELEGRAPH - GONSA (etched wax)
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE:MRP - 202 B R "LIFE IS GOOD 'CEPT THE PARTS THAT SUCK" - ANDREW LOOMIS 29335 - 2 (2) TELEGRAPH - GONSA (etched wax)
C-SIDE STAMPER CODE: MRP - 202 C R "IT ALL REINVENTS ITSELF" - TOODY COLE 293353 - 3 (2) TELEGRAPH - G0NSA (etched wax)
D - SIDE STAMPER CODE: MRP - 202 D R DEAD MOON LIVES 29335 - 4 (2) TELEGRAPH - GONSA6038