End-Of-Year lists are always fun this time of year….here are some snapshots of favored records around the GGR house. Not all employees participated, and it would be nearly impossible to list all of the amazing records we pressed in 2014 without starting a new website devoted strictly to the subject. Be sure to check out these records!
Greg Bailey
Real Regular- Self Titled
Gregory Rubella
Primeval Genius- Machinist in the Underworld
Ejecutor- Tiempo Profano…Tiempo Divino
Muura- Self titled
Lawrence English- Wilderness of Mirrors
Matt Chasney
Bob Carpenter- Silent Passage
Nowhere- Diamond
Buffalo Killers- Fireball of Sulk
Kizzy Hall- A Touch of Kizz in the Night
New God- Firework
Hologram Kizzie- Hug Life
The Men- Tomorrow’s Hits
Hurricane of Love- Quintorian Blues
Herzog- Boys
Blonde Redhead- Barragan
Various Artists- Folk Box set
79rs Gang- Fire on the Bayou
Chook Race- About Time
Matt Lindsay
Modey Lemon- House on Haunted Hill
Wetbrain- self- titled
Lite- Installation
Tom Dechristofaro
Green- Self titled
Modey Lemon- House on Haunted Hill
49th Parallel- Self-titled
Roy Orbison- In Dreams
Roy Orbison- Lonely and Blue
Moreno Velono- Coisa Boa
The Plastic Cloud- Self-titled
Leroi Conroy- Remember When- 7″
Lawrence English- Wilderness of Mirrors
Caroline Eyck and Christopher Tarlow- Improvisation for Theremin and Piano
Various Artists- A Day in My Mind’s Eye- The Kiwi Psychedelic Scene
Else Marie Pade- Electronic Waves
Lowtide-Self-titled
Various Artists- Breaking Glass, Garage rock from Toledo, Ohio
Mary Monday- Out in the Alley 7″
Judy Collins- I’ll Keep it with Mine- 7″ Folk box Bonus
The Chosen Few- I Wanna Be Your Dog- 7″
Various Artists- Diggin in a Colemine
Vince Slusarz (in no particular order)
Ray Charles- Newport 1960
Grant Hart- Every Everything, and Some Something
Sons of Bill- Love and Logic
Roy Orbison- In Dreams
Leo Welch-Sabougla Voices
Green- Self titled
Bob Carpenter- Silent Passages
Buffalo Killers- Fireball of Sulk
Loose Pills-RX
Mr. Gnome- The Heart of a Dark Star
Wussy- Attica
St. Paul and the Broken Bones- Half the City
Chris Allen-Everything Changes But the Rodeo
Various Artists- Breaking Glass, Garage rock from Toledo, Ohio
The Plastic Cloud- Self-titled
Modey Lemon- Self-titled
Charles Hill Jr.- Shootin’ Man
JP Harris and the Tough Choices- Home is Where the Hurt Is
Tim Easton- Special 20
Michaela Anne-Ease My Mind
Afghan Whigs- Gentlemen at 21
Herzog- Boys
BA Johnston-My Heart is a Blinking Nintendo
Jerry Lee Lewis- Rock and Roll Time
45 Spider- Shotgun/Dark Room 7″
(Note from Vince: “I preface my list with the reality that I only am able to listen to a relatively low percentage of everything we press, so there are undoubtedly many records that would be on it if I had the time for repeated listening”)
Chris Smith
ULTRA FAUX / Ultra Faux
TELECULT POWERS / Black Meditations
BONGRIPPER / Miserable
VARIOUS ARTISTS / Cellar Selections volume 4
UNO LADY / Amatuer Hour
SUZUKI JUNZO / 7
CAROLINA EYCK AND CHRISTOPHER TARNOW / Improvisations For Theremin And Piano
MY NADA BRAHMA / Mission To Mount Everest
THE GREAT SABATINI- Dog Years
(CONFUSING SYMBOLS) A.K.A. NIGHT TOILET / A HOUSE NO BOOKS NO CLOCKS
Heather Gmucs
Mr. Gnome- The Heart of a Dark Star
Bongripper- Miserable
Youth Code- A Place to Stand
Various Artists- Lost legends of the Surf Guitar
Various Artists- More Lost Legend of the Surf Guitar
John Kalman- A Drive, Awake
Obnox- Boogalou Reed
Herzog- Boys
Blonde Redhead- Barragan
Uno Lady- Amateur Hour
Tim Thornton
Giant Claw – Dark Web (Orange Milk)
Kyle Bobby Dunn – Kyle Bobby Dunn & The Infinite Sadness (Students Of Decay)
Telecult Powers – Black Meditations (Experimedia)
Jerry Paper – Big Pop For Chameleon World (Orange Milk)
Art Crime – Never Look Back (WT)
Octo Octa – Where Did You Go? (Argot)
Grasshopper – Dark Sabbath: Symbols Of Evil (Hausu Mountain)
Headboggle – Serge Modular In Hi-Fi (Experimedia)
Cody Yantis, Nathan McLaughlin, Josh Mason And Joe Houpert – Line Drawings (Desire Path)
Lejsovka & Freund – Mold On Canvas (Bark & Hiss)
Horse Lords – Hidden Cities (NNA)
Youth Code – A Place To Stand (Dais)
Royer – Tough Questions (Tasteful Nudes)
Sean McCann & Maxwell Croy – I (Students of Decay)
Doom Asylum – Stress Techno (Hot Releases)
Carolina Eyck & Christopher Tarnow – Improvisations For Theremin & Piano (Butterscotch)
Dougie Simpson – Rumors (Reissue, Chilly Pepper)
Else Marie Pade – Electronic Works 1958-1995 (Important)
Catherine Christer Hennix – 2LP (Important)
Bongripper – Miserable (Great Barrier)
Surachai – Ritual (Bl_k Noise)
Colleen Green – 4 Loko 2 Kayla (Philthy Phonographic)
Nihilist Spasm Band – No Record (Reissue, Lion Productions)
Matt Earley (no particular order)
Ron Warren Ganderton — Guitar Star (One Kind Favor Records)
49th Parallel — S/T and Singles Collection (Lion Productions)
Yays & Nays — S/T (Lion Productions)
Plastic Cloud — S/T (Lion Productions)
St. Paul & The Broken Bones — Half The City (Single Lock)
Chook Race — About Time (Self Release)
Velvet Underground — Live MCMXCIII (Rhino)
Chuck Mead — Free State Serenade (Plowboy Records)
JP Harris and the Tough Choices — Home Is Where The Hurt Is (Cow Island Music)
The Men — Tomorrow’s Hits (Sacred Bones Records)
Dream Police — Hypnotized (Sacred Bones Records)
Jade — Faces of Jade (Shake-It Records)
Modey Lemon — S/T and House On Haunted Hill (Mind Cure Records / Omentum Records)
Olas — Cada Nueva Ola (Self Release)
Mordecai — III (Richie Records)
Pagans — What’s This Shit? (Thermionic / Lion Productions)
Octagrape — Emotional Oil (Sounds Familyre)
Jack Ruby — I and II (Feeding Tube Records)
Modern Mothers — S/T (Self Release)
Sons of Bill — Love & Logic (Thirty Tigers)
Audio One — An International Report and The Midwest School (Audiographic Records)
Paul Nilssen-Love Large Unit — Erta Ale Box Set (Self Release)
Charlie Hunter & Dionne Farris — Dionne Dionne (Self Release)
Charles Mingus — Tijuana Moods (ORG)
Acid Mothers Temple — Have You Seen The Other Side Of The Sky? (Nod and Smile)
David Bazan — Strings (Undertow Music)
White Lighter — S/T (Northern Records)
Son of A Gun — No Bread (Tall Pat Records)
Psychic TV — Snakes (Angry Love Productions)
Breaking Glass — A History of Toledo Garage Rock (Culture Clash)
Bonnie Montgomery — S/T (Fast Weapons)
Watsky — S/T (Steel Wool)
