Alive Naturalsound Records (also known simply as Alive Records) started in 1994 in Los Angeles, California, by Patrick Boissel, is an independent record label specializing in garage rock, punk blues, garage punk, psychedelic rock, power pop and blues rock music. It grew out of Boissel’s association with the US label Bomp! Records. (More from Wikipedia)
One name that has come up repeatedly in these 40-odd posts is Greg Shaw, a widely respected music historian and the founder of Bomp! Records – which also includes the labels AIP Records, Voxx Records, Total Energy Records, and Alive Naturalsound Records (usually just called Alive Records) – and their associated Bomp! mailorder music service. It would not surprise me at all if I haven’t mentioned Greg Shaw in a third of these UARB articles. In addition, more than a few of the Under-Appreciated Rock Bands have released albums or EP’s on one of the Bomp!-affiliated labels. If I also included the albums on non-Bomp labels that I ordered through the Bomp! mailorder service, close to half of the UARB’s and UARA’s would likely have a Bomp! connection.
(May 2013)
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In the mid-1990’s, Patrick Boissel moved to Los Angeles in order to work for Bomp! Records. Right away he formed his own label called Alive Naturalsound Records (usually shortened to Alive Records). He and Suzy Shaw married, and they now run the Bomp! empire together.
(March 2015)
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