Credential Recordings Explained

Credential Recordings
Parent:	EMI CMG^[1]
Country:	United States
Location:	Nashville, Tennessee

Credential Recordings is a pop and rock record label in Nashville, Tennessee. The label branched out after a distribution agreement with Lowercase People Records for Switchfoot singer Jon Foreman's solo EPs, which tend to be more folk-acoustic in style.^[2] They also have agreements with the label to release its Switchfoot and Fiction Family releases to the Christian market.

Roster

Present

• Jon Foreman (since 2007)
• Fiction Family (since 2009, distribution agreement only)
• The New Respects (since 2016)

Past

• Dizmas (Moved to Forefront Records, then went on hiatus)
• Edison Glass (Disbanded)
• Future of Forestry (Active, currently unsigned)
• Lost Ocean (Active, currently unsigned)
• Sixpence None the Richer (Active, currently unsigned)
• Turn Off the Stars (Disbanded)
• Patty Griffin (currently with New West Records)
• Seabird (Active, currently Independent)

Compilation albums

• Stereocilia Vol. 1 (June 10, 2006)
• The Tour EP (January 23, 2007)

Lowercase People Records

Credential Recordings handles the distribution for Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman's solo EPs under an exclusive partnership with the band's label, Lowercase people records.^[3]

See also

• List of record labels

Further reading

• Swartzendruber . Jay . March 2007 . Industrybeat: Chris York's Credentials . . 1524-7848 . 29 . 9 . 24 .

External links

• MySpace page
• PureVolume page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edison Glass: Long Island music graduates become thinking man's rockers - Edison Glass. 2020-12-31. www.crossrhythms.co.uk.
2. http://insiderevolution.net/?p=275 November 4, 2007
3. Web site: Credential Recordings Main . 2008-03-26 . 2008-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080409181824/http://www.credentialrecordings.com/ . dead .