water records (search and destroy)

reissue-only label, that seems to release mostly CDs. an anachronism? maybe. but whoever is behind this label has spectacular and diverse tastes.

check it out:

WATER
Holy Modal Rounders - The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders CD
The Zodiac - Cosmic Sounds CD
Albert Ayler - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght CD
Sonny and Linda Sharrock - Paradise CD
John Hammond - Sooner Or Later CD
John Hammond - Southern Fried CD
Terry Reid - River CD
Terry Reid - Silver White Light: Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 CD
Bob Neuwirth - Bob Neuwirth CD
Joseph Spence - Happy All The Time CD
Pearls Before Swine - These Things Too CD
Pearls Before Swine - The Use Of Ashes CD
Pearls Before Swine - City Of Gold CD
Pearls Before Swine - Beautiful Lies You Could Live In CD
Byard Lancaster - It's Not Up To Us CD
Eugene McDaniels - Outlaw CD
Eddie Gale - Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music CD
Eddie Gale - Black Rhythm Happening CD
Jack Palance - Palance CD
Steve Marcus - Tomorrow Never Knows CD
Clarence Reid - Dancin' With Nobody But You Babe CD
Melvin Van Peebles - What The... You Mean I Can't Sing?! CD
William S. Fischer - Circles CD
Ian Matthews - Valley Hi / Some Days You Eat The Bear, Some Days The Bear Eats You
Tom Rapp - Familiar Songs
Chris Ethridge/John Barbata/Joel Scott Hill - L.A. Getaway CD
Barbara Keith - Barbara Keith CD
Roland Kirk - Here Comes The Whistleman CD
Charles Mingus - Tonight At Noon CD
Holy Modal Rounders - Bird Song: Live 1971 CD
Alexis Korner & Snape - Accidentally Borne In New Orleans CD
Lou Johnson - Sweet Southern Soul CD
Duke Pearson - The Phantom (Featuring Bobby Hutcherson) CD
Reuben Wilson - A Groovy Situation CD
Young-Holt Unlimited - Born Again / Mellow Dreamin' 2CD
Pearls Before Swine - The Wizard Of Is 2CD
Patty Waters - You Thrill Me: A Music Odyssey 1962-1969 CD
Les McCann - Invitation To Openness CD
John Fahey - The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick CD
Betty Wright - Hard To Stop CD
Baby Huey - Living Legend: The Baby Huey Story CD
Lou Donaldson - Say It Loud! CD
Jack McDuff - Who Knows What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring CD
John Simon - John Simon's Album CD
Leo Wright - Soul Talk CD
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Watts 103rd Rhythm Band CD
Freddie Roach - Brown Sugar CD
Plainsong - Plainsong 2CD
Gene McDaniels - Headless Heroes Of The Apocalpyse CD
Pearls Before Swine - Jewels Were The Stars 4CD Box
Albert Ayler - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght 1970 Vol. 1 LP
Albert Ayler - Nuits De La Fondation Maeght 1970 Vol. 2 LP
Betty Wright - First Time Around CD
Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman CD
Jackie Lomax - Home Is In My Head CD
Jackie Lomax - Three CD
Edison Electric Band - Bless You, Dr. Woodward CD
Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno CD
The Watts Prophets - Things Gonna Get Greater: The Watts Prophets 1969-1970 CD
Judee Sill - s/t CD
Judee Sill - Heart Food CD
Cluster - Cluster 71 CD
Eno / Moebius / Roedelius - After The Heat CD
Eno / Moebius / Roedelius / Plank - Begegnungen CD
Eno / Moebius / Roedelius / Plank - Begegnungen II CD
Fred Neil - Fred Neil CD
Allen Ginsberg - First Blues 2CD
Ruthann Friedman - Constant Companion CD
Franco Battiato - Fetus CD
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - You're So Beautiful CD
Allen Ginsberg - Kaddish CD
Lucio Battisti - Amore E Non Amore CD
Milton Nascimento - Milagre Dos Peixes CD
Milton Nascimento - Minas CD
Franco Battiato - Pollution CD
Lucio Battisti - Unamamente Uomo: Il Sogno CD
Allen Toussaint - Life, Love And Faith CD
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights CD

...and there's a lot more, i believe, that has lapsed out of print.

who's behind this label? are all of their reissues quality? anything mastered from dodgy vinyl?

f'r instance, they had reissued a bunch of brazilian LPs that don't seem to be in their catalog anymore.

There was a piece in the SF Bay Guardian a while ago. Pretty sure all their stuff is legit and the sound quality on everything I've bought has been top notch.

link?

love this label--they stuff i do know that they release makes me really want to learn about the stuff i don't know.

*the stuff

xxp Yeah I'm trying to find it.

Oh man, great label. The Sonny and Linda Sharrock "Paradise" record is so fucking awesome, highly recommended!

u listen to black woman?

This is the issue, I think. Looks like they do a S&D actually.

http://www.sfbg.com/index.php?volume_id=254&issue_id=303&volume_num=41&issue_num=39

Oh okay this is the piece I was thinking of:

http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=3944&catid=107&volume_id=254&issue_id=303&volume_num=41&issue_num=39

Anyway I have Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music, a Harmonia Live album and a After The Heat all on this label. Each one is stellar.

Yes I'd love the reissues on this label. Barbara Keith, Bob Neuwirth, Plainsong ....

some of the best reissues they've released I have on vinyl. I'd like to get the double Ian Matthews cd. Anyone heard this Chris Ethridge/John Barbata/Joel Scott Hill - L.A. Getaway ?

i like this label, but the stuff i have feels like it could use more in the way of informative liner notes or bonus tracks or something. i like bonus tracks, why does water people not like to bonus track?

finally tracked down a copy of that la getaway record
just as great as i hoped it would be

Destroy them for letting Wm. S Fischer go out of print before I could get a copy.