Off Centaur Publications
Encyclopedia
Off Centaur Publications was the first "commercial" filk label. It was founded in 1980 by Teri Lee, Jordin Kare
, and Catherine Cook. For a short time, Off Centaur produced high quality recordings of some of filk's best performers, and changed the course of filk music.
Like many other filk labels the name was a pun (see also Wail Songs).
Releases from this label are very difficult to find. At an Interfilk auction at FilKONtario, a copy of Horse-Tamer's Daughter was sold for CA$
400.00.
Off Centaur Publications was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 1995.
Jordin Kare
Jordin Kare is a physicist and aerospace engineer known for his research on laser propulsion. In particular, he was responsible for Mockingbird, a conceptual design for an extremely small reusable launch vehicle, and was involved in the Clementine lunar mapping mission.Kare is also known as...
, and Catherine Cook. For a short time, Off Centaur produced high quality recordings of some of filk's best performers, and changed the course of filk music.
Like many other filk labels the name was a pun (see also Wail Songs).
Releases from this label are very difficult to find. At an Interfilk auction at FilKONtario, a copy of Horse-Tamer's Daughter was sold for CA$
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
400.00.
Off Centaur Publications was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 1995.
Albums
- Minus Ten and CountingMinus Ten and CountingMinus Ten and Counting: Songs of the Space Age is an influential album of filk songs composed and performed by a variety of artists, released as a cassette tape in 1983 by Off Centaur Publications. It was the first anthology of space filk songs, and both inspired a flowering of performance of the...
: Songs of the Space Age - Horse-Tamer's Daughter
- Captain Jack and the Mermaid
- Time Winds Tavern
- Quarks & Quests
- Murder, Mystery and Mayhem (1985)
- Where No Man... — a collection of Star Trek filk songs (1987)