what is the most consistently good record label that you know of?

[mark414]

the kind of label that you trust their tastes and will give anyone they sign at least the chance of a listen?

stax-volt? blue note? dischord? motown? SST?

all of those are good examples...

do you have a favorite label?

[Squeech]

1. Cuneiform

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Univers Zero, Doctor Nerve, the Muffins, Hugh Hopper; what's not to like?

[taterguy]

2. Merge

But only because I'm a slack motherfucker

[bif]

3. Concord & Prestige

[Phillycat]

4. I enjoyed subpop for a long time

Then I was over it a bit.

I think blue note is consistently good.

[mark414]

5. i used to own a large number of seven inches

from their singles club...until i sold them on ebay a month ago

...i needed the money

[Phillycat]

7. Stuff is just stuff.

I know how you feel, if I ever had to get rid of my books I would cry my eyes out, but I would trade every one of them for the love of my family and friends, or even the love of my cat. You know what I mean.

[mark414]

8. exactly

in a couple months i'll forget i even had the things, so it's all good.

my book collection would probably be the last thing that i would sell though...

[GOPisEvil]

18. Subpop is still pretty good, but these days, I think Barsuk is quite good.

[johnnie]

6. Sun

They had the coolest records ever on their label.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

9. Merge

Dunno what it is, but I generally like most Merge artists.

So, if I see that an artist/group is on Merge, I'll generally at least give them a listen just cause I'll end up liking the band more often than not.

[mark414]

10. where are all the other music nerds when you need em?

[flvegan]

11. Fat Wreck Chords is pretty cool with me.

I'd give just about anyone they signed a listen.

[Mojambo]

13. Same here

Plan-It-X and Dirtnap as well.

[ghostsofgiants]

12. I'm a big Saddle Creek fan.

And Distort/Dine Alone usually deliver as well, though they're really small labels.

[Broken_Hero]

14. RoadRunner...nt

[Richardo]

15. Rounder

Alison Krauss, Brave Combo, Tish Hinojosa, The Blazers, Austin Lounge Lizards in my collection.

[wildhorses]

17. you beat me...

but yeah, good label, damn good label

[wildhorses]

16. Rounder, is it still around?

or did somebody buy it out?

[Shine]

19. Putumayo, they put out all sorts of cool things.

mostly, their stuff tends to be lots of compilations of specific genre's of music: ie, Afro-cuban, Celtic, Brazilian, etc...

http://www.putumayo.com /

edit: included linky poo...

[flvegan]

20. Oh, and how could I forget Grand Royal???

The Beastie Boys label...now sorta gone.

[mark414]

21. ohh that was a good label

and i should probably throw touch and go records of chicago in there...who recently celebrated a big anniversary