24 Hour Service Station
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| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder | Marshall Dickson |
| Distributor(s) | MVD / IODA |
| Genre | Alternative/Indie/Electronic |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Tampa |
| Official Website | http://24hourservicestation.com |
24 Hour Service Station [1] is an independent record label founded by Marshall Dickson in Tampa, Florida in 1993.[2][3]
24 Hour Service Station's first signing in 1994 was Rosewater Elizabeth,[4] an up and coming ethereal group in the Tampa Bay area music scene. The label then went on to release records by Shoemaker Levy 9, Questionface, and a tribute album to The Smiths entitled Godfathers of Change.
In 1997, Dickson put the label “underground” to take a different path in the music business, starting a sales and marketing career with Sony Music.
In 2007, Dickson decided to re-launch the record label while also maintaining the helm as General Manager[5] of Reax Music Magazine.[6]
The label then released the Car Bomb Driver album Evacuate, and by 2008, 24 Hour Service Station had put out a total of 17 releases and signed 13 bands including History, Win Win Winter and The Beauvilles.[7]
In 2009, the label undertook a charitable project, a New Order tribute album [1] entitled Ceremony - A New Order Tribute, benefiting the Salford Foundation Trust's Tony Wilson Award.[8] The album is dedicated to the founder of Factory Records who died in 2007 from cancer. Dickson was inspired by Tony Wilson to start 24 Hour Service Station. CEREMONY - A New Order Tribute gained the attention of artists worldwide who donated their time and recordings to support the charity which assists young people who demonstrate a special talent or ambition in the arts or creative skills.[9][10]
Contents |
[edit] Catalog
- Freebass - Peter Hook of Joy Division & New Order, Gary "Mani" Mounfield of The Stone Roses & Primal Scream, Andy Rourke of The Smiths, Phil Murphy of Man Ray, Paul Kehoe of Monaco and Gary Briggs of Haven
- Man Ray - Peter Hook & Phil Murphy
- John Ralston
- Fritz von Runte
- Tommy Simms
- Noah Kussack
- Pocket (Richard Jankovich) collaborating with Robyn Hitchcock, Steve Kilbey of The Church, Yuki Chikudate of Asobi Seksu, Craig Wedren of Shudder to Think, Dave Smalley, Mark Burgess of The Chameleons UK, Danny Seim of Menomena, Tanya Donelly
- XOXO
- Kites With Lights
- The Beauvilles
- Daddy Lion
- The Fantastiques (Minsk, Belarus)
- Mother Night
- Win Win Winter
- Car Bomb Driver
- John Wesley
- Rosewater Elizabeth
- Shoemaker Levy 9
- Mosley
- Non-aggression Pact
- Questionface
- Underwater
- History
- Simon Said
- Skinnys 21
- Blue Eyes
[edit] Distribution
24 Hour Service Station's distribution arm, 24 Hour Distribution, is a worldwide digital distribution network [2] that delivers content to over 250 international digital music outlets including iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody and Napster via a partnership with Independent Online Distribution Alliance. It also makes physical recorded product available to every major music retailer in the United States and Canada including chains such as Best Buy, Borders and F.Y.E., independent music stores, including the independent store coalitions (A.I.M.S., C.I.M.S, and Music Monitor Network) and all domestic One-Stop distributors including Alliance Entertainment Corporation (A.E.C.), EDGE Entertainment Distribution, Baker & Taylor Inc. and Super D. 24 Hour Distribution also exports physical goods to Europe and markets in Asia and the South Pacific.
[edit] References
- ^ "24 Hour Service Station". All Records Labels.com. http://www.allrecordlabels.com/db/0/24140.html. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ a b Snider, Eric (25 March 2009). "Tampa music label 24 Hour Service Station embraces the digital frontier". Creative Loafing.com. http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/tampa_music_label_24_hour_service_station_embraces_the_digital_frontier/Content?oid=671511. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ Tampa Bay.com website. Accessed 17 September 2009.
- ^ http://kzsu.stanford.edu/eklein/artist/artistro.html
- ^ "News - Joran on TBO's "Couch Potatoes" Podcast". Southeast Music Alliance. 3 August 2008. http://www.smaflorida.com/news.htm. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ "Reax staff". Reax Music Magazine. http://www.reaxmusic.com/staff_titles. Retrieved 17 September 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Beauvilles record deal". Red Room recorders.com. 30 October 2008. http://www.redroomrecorders.com/studio-news/3-current-news/58-beauvilles-record-deal-103008.html. Retrieved 17 September 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Salford Foundation Trust's Tony Wilson Award.
- ^ Eliezer, Christie (3 March 2009). "Wanna be on a New Order tribute album?". TheMusic.com.au. http://www.themusic.com.au/imm_display.php?s=christie&id=1034&d=. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ "Ceremony - A New Order Tribute". New Order Tribute. http://newordertribute.com/. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
