Dewdrops Records

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::summary Defunct American alternative rock label ::

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Field	Value
name	Dewdrops Records
founded
founder	Brant Nelson
Pat Mannion
defunct
status	Inactive
distributor	Plan Eleven (Canada)
genre	Alternative rock
country	United States
location	Los Angeles, California
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Dewdrops Records, an outgrowth of an "uncommon music" fanzine run by members of a Cocteau Twins fanclub, was an alternative-rock record label active from 1993 until 2002. It was the joint project of Brant Nelson and Pat Mannion.

History

Dewdrops Records' first release was Thurtene (1993), a tribute to the British record label 4AD featuring 13 bands and 13 covers. Unsigned bands such as Hover, Red Zoo, and Orange appeared on the CD with covers of well-known 4AD songs like "Gigantic," "I Melt with You," and "Where Is My Mind?" Splashed With Many a Speck (1997) came not long after and was a second tribute album, this one featuring Faith & Disease, Lanterna, Love Spirals Downwards, The Curtain Society, and Chicklet. This compilation was notable in that it featured the exclusive US release of a Cocteau Twins track "Touch Upon Touch" that had previously only been included on British compilation Volume 5. The label's final release was Half Gifts: A Tribute to the Cocteau Twins, released in 2003.

Discography

• Thurtene - A Collection of 4AD Covers (1993)
  • Featuring: The Moon Seven Times, Hover, Immer Essen, Livia, Red Zoo, Independent Mechanical Industry, GLE, Clarity, Orange, The Gosh Guys, Floral Majority, Firecracker, and Tel Basta
• Orange (1994) - Orange
• Glisten (1995) - Elysium
• Almost Everything (1995) - Hover
• Dewdrops Primer 1996 (1996)
  • Featuring: Elysium, Hover, Orange, The Moon Seven Times
• Splashed With Many a Speck (1997)
• Mandorla (2002) - Jane Rigler and Agustí Fernández
• Half-Gifts: A Tribute to the Cocteau Twins (2002)
  • Featuring: Trance to the Sun, Translucia, An April March, Numeralia, Sugar Hiccup, Bethany Curve, Siddal, Subdew, Neil Impelluso, Halou, The Von Trapps, and Pumalin

References

References

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5. Nelson, Brant. (1998-08-29). "Subject: Orange Dewdrops clearance". EVO.
6. . (1993). ["Various Artists, Thurtene: A Tribute to 4AD"](https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=THM19930901.1.16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------). *Virginia Chronicle*.
7. (1998). "Sordid Reviews Archive May 1998". Sorted Magazine.
8. (n.d.). "Splashed With Many a Speck". MusicBrainz.
9. (n.d.). "Discography". deardarkhead.
10. (2018-11-20). "NEWS: CALIFORNIA SHOEGAZERS BETHANY CURVE RETURN FROM 15-YEAR HIATUS - "FRONTIER" DIGITAL SINGLE – OUT NOW". Rock Out Stand Out.
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12. Nelson, Brant. (1997-01-17). "Subject: Dewdrops update 1/97". Eyesore.

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