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Endpoint records their first album, If the Spirits Are Willing
Band
members are pictured here at Juniper Hill Studios in Louisville
with engineer Todd Smith during the sessions for their Slamdek
debut.
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Spot Reunion Show
Nov.
16, 1991
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Quicktime video (6:23)
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Spot (1987)
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Slamdek Record Company was an independent label based in Louisville,
Kentucky, which operated from 1986 through 1995.
The
label was known for launching bands like Crain, Rodan, Endpoint,
Metroschifter and Sunspring, and documenting the music of
Louisville.
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addition to music, Slamdek promoted Louisville pride and community
involvement. The label sponsored a weekly live radio broadcast,
a high school girls' field hockey team, a music festival,
and published a 126-page daily planner that recounted fifteen
years of local scene history. Slamdek
assisted in opening a dialogue between the independent music
community and city government via the Mayor's office. This
contributed to laying a groundwork for today's environment
in Louisville in which public facilities, funding and city-sponsored
events are more accessible to the area's youth and music. |
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Slamdek folded in 1995, most of the material the label produced
went out of print.
This
website was established in 2000 in conjunction with Emusic.com,
a company that offers visitors the opportunity to download
high quality, licensed music for a nominal fee.
Our
agreement with Emusic.com expired in late 2003. We will
be offering a new way to order and/or download Slamdek music
in the near future. |
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complete story of Slamdek's records and projects are detailed
in Slamdek A to Z, a 220-page chronological book. The
book was written by label founder Scott Ritcher and includes
contributions from 30 other writers.
All
forty-five of Slamdek's releases are discussed in a narrative
form, with track listings, band rosters, anecdotes, excerpts
from liner notes, recording dates, and each band's history
as it pertained to the label.
The
book includes over 250 photographs and illustrations, and
comes with a 21-song compact disc that serves as a sampling
of the label's output. A majority of the disc's tracks are
unavailble elsewhere. |
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Slamdek
A to Z
book and CD set available
from K Composite
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Telephone Man (1993)
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"The
history of this label is an interesting read. You will dig
this book."
- Punk Planet
"I'm
completely overwhelmed by the detail of it all. If you want
to see how a punk scene formed, live, and [was] passed on,
this is a great documentary of such. From punk rock field
hockey teams to riots, you'll read about it all."
- Change Zine
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"Slamdek
A to Z is a fan's encyclopedia and a trainspotter's wet
dream.
- Alternative Press
"The
label was integral in documenting one of the most creative
times in Louisville music history. Slamdek A to Z
is both the ultimate extension of the Slamdek philosophy
and its crowning moment."
- Louisville Courier-Journal
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Sunspring
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"Christmas
Morning"
video from 1992
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Quicktime video (3:32)
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Sunspring (1991)
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14
YEARS AGO : JANUARY 1991
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Protest
march in Washington DC against the war in Iraq.
In
the foreground are Joe Mudd (Crawdad) and Greta Ritcher (Sister
Shannon), and in the background are J Robbins and Kim Coletta (both
of Jawbox) and Sohrab Habibion (Edsel). Photo by Breck Pipes (Crawdad).
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The
Zodiac Club on Main Street (1990)
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updated March 28, 2005. Music contained here has been included
with the authorization of the primary artists or songwriters.
Slamdek titles that do not appear on this site are not yet included
generally because of difficulty in locating the artists. Any assistance
is appreciated.
The
Slamdek Record Company | slamdek.com
| We welcome your questions
and comments
©1986-2005 K
Composite Media, Box 43551, Louisville KY 40253.
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