Shangri-La Records
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Shangri-La Projects is a record label
in Memphis, Tennessee
that grew out of and split off from the Shangri-la Record store in Memphis, Tennessee, and released several of the seminal records of the early 90's Memphis indie scene. It also
manufactured and distributed records for the Sugar Ditch label among others.
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
that grew out of and split off from the Shangri-la Record store in Memphis, Tennessee, and released several of the seminal records of the early 90's Memphis indie scene. It also
manufactured and distributed records for the Sugar Ditch label among others.
Label roster
- 611
- Citizen's Utilities
- Cornfed
- Jim DickinsonJim DickinsonJames Luther "Jim" Dickinson was an American record producer, pianist, and singer who fronted, among others, the Memphis based band, Mudboy & The Neutrons.- Biography :...
(on Sugar Ditch) - The Everlasting Doug EasleyEasley McCain RecordingEasley McCain Recording is an American recording studio, based in Memphis, Tennessee, notable for recording musicians such as Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Grifters, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Come, White Stripes, Townes Van Zandt, Pezz, Jeff Buckley, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Guided by Voices, Lydia...
Experience - For Her And The Snow
- The Grifters
- Hot Monkey
- Ross JohnsonTav Falco's Panther BurnsTav Falco's Panther Burns, sometimes shortened to Panther Burns, is a rock band originally from Memphis, Tennessee, United States, led by Tav Falco...
(on Sugar Ditch) - The Kelley Deal 6000Kelley DealKelley Deal is an American musician. The identical twin sister of Kim Deal, she is the lead guitarist of The Breeders, besides having a solo career.- Early days :...
- Man With Gun Lives Here
- The Memphis Goons
- Othar Turner & His Rising Star Fife & Drum BandOthar TurnerOthar "Otha" Turner was one of the last well-known fife players in the vanishing American fife and drum blues tradition...
(on Sugar Ditch) - Will Roy Sanders
- The Simple Ones
- The Strapping FieldhandsThe Strapping FieldhandsThe Strapping Fieldhands are an American indie rock band based in Pennsylvania, and are associated with the Siltbreeze label and American lo-fi psych scene. The band's first live incarnation was a three-piece opening for The Frogs...