Talk:RRRecords

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RRRecords

SMERSH were also a fairly influential experimental band in the mid to late 80s. I would think that it deserves at least a mention. What say you fine folks? ;-)

Oh, yes:Johnny Claw is cool. And the Beat of the 20,000 Fathoms record cover too.--Hlamerz (talk) 13:40, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

...and what about mentioning RRRon's Radio Shows?--Hlamerz (talk) 13:40, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

6 August 2008 - What is the guideline here?

I am unsure how to address the notability issue because there doesn't seem to be a guideline for record labels in particular. Is there one?
The thing about this article is that RRRecords is kinda obscure by nature. Nobody is getting media attention and fame from it. That doesn't mean that RRRecords have not released important things. They certainly have. There are many artists in their back catalogue that are relatively well-known within the noise and experimental scenes now. I have been trying to find articles and sites that refer to RRRecords, so I will link them here, and hopefully someone can help out with them.
Their discogs.com profile is the best list of releases I can find that isn't on their own site.
http://www.discogs.com/label/RRRecords
Their own site, for comparison:
http://www.rrrecords.com/label-az.php
Searching Wikipedia for "rrrecords" will give similar results. Artists such as Prurient, Merzbow, Sutcliffe Jugend, Nurse With Wound, and Masonna have released albums on the label, and this can be confirmed by looking at their discographies here or elsewhere.

The RRRecords is hosted by Brainwashed.com, and RRRecords has participated in some events such as the Brainwaves festival:
http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5300&Itemid=67

Here is a link to a site on the history of locked grooves, which mentions RRR-100 and RRR-500:
http://www.kempa.com/blog/archives/000046.html

Here is a July 2008 article about RRRecords and 4 artists:
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A260522

A review of a recent release:
http://outerspacegamelan.blogspot.com/2006/12/various-artists-portland-rrrecords-3xlp.html

Another review:
http://tinymixtapes.com/Various-Artists-RRRecords

A guy who cut records for RRRecords:
http://www.aardvarkmastering.com/personal.htm

Their catalog is included in an archive at the University of Iowa:
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/msc/tomsc800/msc779/q-z.htm

NME has a large number of videos filmed there:
http://www.nme.com/video/search/rrrecords

An artist who has been on a RRRecords compilation: http://www.thomasdimuzio.com/discography.html Another artist: http://www.sixthstation.com/fi/fi2.html Another: http://www.silentrecords.net/html/dan_burke.html Another artist, this one also mentions a show held at RRRecords with well-known artists Emil Beaulieau, Xome, and Prurient: http://www.ulniindustries.com/hifinfo.html

I don't know quite what to do about all this, though. I can't think of any way to get more information that wouldn't be original research. Hopefully some of these links will be helpful? It would be a shame to see this page get deleted... BecauseWhy? (talk) 03:06, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

I removed the claim that RRRecords is pronounced "Triple R records". There was no citation given, and I do not recall ever hearing anyone use this pronunciation when I lived in Lowell (1985-1990 (I realize that was quite a while ago)). There is also this:" 12. Taking the commuter rail line from Boston to Lowell, Mass. to find the RRRecords store and pick up an armload of amazing records. When I asked the store's owner Ron Lessard if he preferred the store/label being called "R-R-R" (as I have always done) "or triple R" records (as I often hear people say), he threw his arms in the air like Tony the Tiger and said "Rrr-ekids!" (Nov. 22)." from https://creativeloafing.com/content-150916-Reflecting-on-2013:-Highlights-from-my-year-of-musical-tourism . I figure if Ron doesn't call it Triple R (and I do not remember him ever doing so myself either) then that's not how it "is pronounced", but I imagine other cases can be made. Cheers, Doctormatt (talk) 02:09, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]