Bearsville Records
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Bearsville Records | |
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Founded | 1970 |
Founder | Albert Grossman |
Defunct | 1984 |
Status | Defunct |
Distributor(s) | Rhino Records |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Bearsville Records was founded in 1970 by Albert Grossman. Artists included Todd Rundgren, Elizabeth Barraclough, Foghat, Halfnelson/Sparks, Bobby Charles, Randy VanWarmer, Paul Butterfield's Better Days, Lazarus, Jesse Winchester, and NRBQ. The label closed in 1984, two years before Grossman's death. Sally Grossman, Albert Grossman’s widow, was running Bearsville Records from 2010 until her death in March 2021, at the age of 81.[1]
Bearsville's initial distributor was Ampex Records. From 1972 until its folding, the label was distributed by Warner Bros. Records in most countries. In the UK it was distributed by Warner until 1979, and then Island until 1981; its last few British releases were licensed to independent labels Avatar and Lamborghini. Rhino Records currently distributes the Bearsville catalog.
Many of the artists on the roster recorded at Grossman's Bearsville Studios.
Notable artists[]
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- Elizabeth Barraclough
- Paul Butterfield
- Jonathan Cain
- Felix Cavaliere
- Bobby Charles
- The dB's
- Foghat
- Jesse Frederick
- Jeff Greene
- Nick Jameson
- Norma Jean Wright
- Lazarus
- Liar
- Willie Mitchell
- NRBQ
- Roger Powell
- Todd Rundgren
- Utopia
- Randy Vanwarmer
- Jesse Winchester
- Sparks
Discography[]
1970 (under AMPEX distribution)[]
- The American Dream -
- Gil Evans -
- Great Speckled Bird - Great Speckled Bird
- Jesse Winchester -
- Todd Rundgren - Runt 1005
1971[]
- Jericho -
- Todd Rundgren - Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren 10116
Switched from AMPEX distribution to Warner Bros. using Reprise Records 2000 catalog number sequence.
- Jesse Frederick - This was the first album to be released by Bearsville under Warner Bros. distribution. This release was a Bearsville / Reprise records release as noted on the back cover but used a Bearsville label on the LP.
- Lazarus - Lazarus[2]
1972[]
- Sparks - Half Nelson
- Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? 2BX 2066
- -
- Foghat - Foghat BR 2077
- Jesse Winchester -
- Bobby Charles -
- Paul Butterfield -
1973[]
- Sparks - A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing
- Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star BR 2133
- Lazarus - A Fool's Paradise
- Foghat - Foghat (Rock & Roll) BR 2136
- -
- Paul Butterfield -
- Todd Rundgren - 2BV 2156 (Unreleased two record set of Rundgren's first two solo albums "Runt" and "Runt - The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren")
- Foghat - Energized BR 6950 First Bearsville release using its own 6000 catalog number sequence
1974[]
- Todd Rundgren - Todd 2BR 6952 (ORIGINAL NUMBER 2BR 2169, DELAYED 1973 RELEASE)
- Jesse Winchester -
- Todd Rundgren - Todd Rundgren's Utopia BR 6954
- Felix Cavaliere - Felix Cavaliere BR 6955
- Foghat - Rock and Roll Outlaws BR 6956
1975[]
- Todd Rundgren - Initiation BR 6957
- Felix Cavaliere - BR 6958
- Foghat - Fool For the City BR 6959
- Paul Butterfield - BR 6960
- Utopia - Another Live BR 6961
1976[]
- Foghat - Night Shift BR 6962
- Todd Rundgren - Faithful BR 6963
- Jesse Winchester - BR 6964
1977[]
- Utopia - RA BR 6965
- Tony Wilson - I Like Your Style
- Jesse Winchester -
- Jonathan Cain Band - Windy City Breakdown
- Utopia - Oops! Wrong Planet BR 6970
- Foghat - Foghat Live BR 6971
- Nick Jameson - Already Free BR 6972
1978[]
- Foghat - Stone Blue BRK 6977
- Foghat - Fool For The City BRK 6980 (Re Issue)
- Jesse Winchester -
- Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow BRK 6981
- Elizabeth Barraclough - BRK 6978
- Liar -
- Norma Jean Wright - Norma Jean
- Todd Rundgren - Back to the Bars 2BRX 6986
1979[]
- Tony Wilson -
- Randy Vanwarmer - Warmer
- Elizabeth Barraclough -
- Foghat - Boogie Motel BRK 6990
- Utopia - Adventures In Utopia BRK 6991
1980[]
- Roger Powell - Air Pocket BRK 6994
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- Randy Vanwarmer -
- Foghat - Tight Shoes BRK 6999
- - First release using the Warner Bros 3000 catalog number sequence
- -
- Utopia - Deface the Music BRK 3487
1981[]
- Paul Butterfield - North-South
- - Some People
- Jeff Greene A Caged Bird
- Todd Rundgren - Healing BHS 3522
- Jesse Winchester -
- Donald O'Connor -
- Willie Mitchell -
- Randy Vanwarmer -
- Foghat - Girls to Chat and Boys to Bounce BRK 3578
1982[]
- -
- Jeff Greene -
- Utopia - Swing To The Right BRK 3666
- Todd Rundgren - The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect 23732 First release to us the 5 digit Warner Bros. number sequence
- Foghat - In The Mood for Something Rude 23747
1983[]
- -
- Randy Vanwarmer -
- NRBQ -
- Foghat - Zig-Zag Walk 23888
1984[]
- - 23995
- - 23999
- Jeff Greene - Day Dreamin'
- Todd Rundgren - A Cappella 25128 (Originally slated for release in the Summer of 1984 but delayed until after Bearsville folded. Released in October 1985 on the Warner Bros. Label using Bearsville Catalog Number)
- The dB's - Like This (album) 25146
See also[]
- Bearsville Studios
- List of record labels
References[]
- ^ "Sally Grossman, Widow of Dylan Manager Who Famously Posed on Album Cover, Dies". Bestclassicbands.com. 12 March 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "Lazarus | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
External links[]
- Official website
- Bearsville Records discography at Discogs
- Todd Rundgren at AllMusic
- Nazz at AllMusic
- Utopia at AllMusic
- Todd Rundgren & Utopia at AllMusic
- Bearsville Records albums
- Record labels established in 1970
- Record labels disestablished in 1984
- Rock record labels
- Pop record labels
- Blues record labels
- Defunct record labels of the United States
- 1970 establishments in the United States
- 1984 disestablishments in the United States