Dewdrops Records Explained

Dewdrops Records
Founder:	Brant Nelson Pat Mannion
Status:	Inactive
Distributor:	Plan Eleven (Canada)
Genre:	Alternative rock
Country:	United States
Location:	Los Angeles, California

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.^{[1] [2]} It was the joint project of Brant Nelson and Pat Mannion.^[3]

History

Dewdrops Records' first release was Thurtene (1993), a tribute to the British record label 4AD featuring 13 bands and 13 covers.^{[4] [5]} 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?"^[6] 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.^{[7] [8]} 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.^[9] The label's final release was Half Gifts: A Tribute to the Cocteau Twins, released in 2003.^[10]

Discography

• Thurtene - A Collection of 4AD Covers (1993)^[11]
  • 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^[11]
• Glisten (1995) - Elysium^[11]
• Almost Everything (1995) - Hover^[11]
• Dewdrops Primer 1996 (1996)^[12]
  • Featuring: Elysium, Hover, Orange, The Moon Seven Times
• Splashed With Many a Speck (1997)^[11]
• Mandorla (2002) - Jane Rigler and Agustí Fernández^[11]
• Half-Gifts: A Tribute to the Cocteau Twins (2002)^[11]
  • Featuring: Trance to the Sun, Translucia, An April March, Numeralia, Sugar Hiccup, Bethany Curve, Siddal, Subdew, Neil Impelluso, Halou, The Von Trapps, and Pumalin

Notes and References

1. Web site: What is Dewdrops? . n.d. . Dewdrops . 2022-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000819033456/http://techmart.com/dewdrops/fanzine.html . 19 August 2000 . dead.
2. Web site: Dedrops Records. n.d.. Music Brainz. 2022-03-16.
3. Web site: Status Of Fanzine . 2000-07-14 . Dewdrops . 2022-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000919012629/http://www.techmart.com/dewdrops/news.html . 19 September 2000 . dead.
4. Web site: dew 001 Thurtene - A Tribute to 4AD [Ordering Information] ]. n.d. . Dewdrops . 2022-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000925124408/http://techmart.com/dewdrops/label.html . 25 September 2000 . dead.
5. Web site: Subject: Orange Dewdrops clearance. 1998-08-29. EVO. Nelson. Brant. 2022-03-16.
6. . Various Artists, Thurtene: A Tribute to 4AD. ThroTTle Magazine. Virginia Chronicle. 1993. 112. 2022-03-16.
7. Web site: Sordid Reviews Archive May 1998. 1998. Sorted Magazine. 2022-03-16.
8. Web site: Splashed With Many a Speck. n.d.. MusicBrainz. 2022-03-17.
9. Web site: Discography. n.d.. deardarkhead. 2022-03-17.
10. Web site: NEWS: CALIFORNIA SHOEGAZERS BETHANY CURVE RETURN FROM 15-YEAR HIATUS - "FRONTIER" DIGITAL SINGLE – OUT NOW. 2018-11-20. Rock Out Stand Out. 2022-03-17.
11. Web site: Dewdrops Records. 2022-03-17.
12. Web site: Subject: Dewdrops update 1/97. Nelson. Brant. 1997-01-17. Eyesore. 2022-03-15.