Catbird Records is an

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formed in September 2005 in

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, Ohio. It is based in New York City. It was founded and is run by Ryan Catbird of music blog The Catbirdseat. The label is financed solely by advertising revenue generated by the Catbirdseat music blog.

Discography

* CBR001

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/ Michael Holt - Someone Still Loves You Michael Holt: A Scrapbook For You * CBR002 Pet Politics - In My Head * CBR003 Hemstad - Hemstad * CBR004

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- Do As I Tell You * CBR005

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- Lanzafame * CBR006 Maestro Echoplex - Last Night I Saw God On The Dancefloor * CBR007 Pet Politics - The Spring * CBR008 Mathew Sawyer & The Ghosts - Blue Birds Blood * CSP001 Fulton Lights - Fulton Lights (Limited Edition Version) * CBR009

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- Psychic Love Star * CBR010 Moviola - Dead Knowledge * CB7001

- There's A Guy 7" * CSP002 The Underpainting - The Underpainting (Limited Edition Version) * CSP003

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- In The Co. Of Ghosts: Music For Jason McLean * CSP004 Prairie Cat - Attacks! * CBR011 Clear Tigers - EP * CBR012

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- East To East * CBR013 PWRFL Power - EP * CBR014 Air Waves - EP * CBR015

- Survival * CSP005 Fulton Lights - The Way We Ride * CSP006

- Roses $9.99 Dozen * CBR016 George Washington Brown - EP * CBR017

Apollo Ghosts Apollo Ghosts is a Canadian indie rock Jangle-punk band formed in Nanaimo in 2009 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The original band was singer and guitarist Adrian Teacher, bassist Jason Oliver, and drummer Amanda Panda. Jarrett K (Jarr ...

- Forgotten Triangle * CSP007

- Hastings Sunrise

Co-Releases

In Catbird catalog numbering, 'CSP' ("Catbird Special Projects) denotes a special release of some kind, or a co-release with another label, typically wherein Catbird provides a limited special-edition version of an album with a larger-scale release. Co-releases: * CSP001 Split release with Android Eats Records * CSP002 Split release with Tower Of Song Records * CSP004 Split release with

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Bonus items

Catbird Records offers limited bonus materials with many releases, including bonus discs, special packaging variations and the like: * CBR001 Unique hand-painted covers * CBR002 Various cover colors * CBR003 First 200 copies included 5-song bonus disc, in unique sleeves handcrafted by Hemstad * CBR004 Various cover colors, various insert variations * CBR005 First 200 copies in hand-bound, cloth-covered book, with 3-song bonus disc * CBR006 First 100 copies included 4-song bonus disc, Songs About Planes * CBR007 Various cover colors, various insert stamps * CBR008 First 200 copies included 3-song bonus disc * CBR009 Various cover colors * CBR010 200 copies included bonus DVD with videos, photos, and demos * CSP003 3 prints of art by Jason McLean included, in varying colors * CSP004 Unique hand-painted covers * CBR012 First 100 copies included 4-song bonus disc, in hand-decorated sleeves * CBR013 Various cover colors * CBR015 Available in 'Giant Size' (12" x 12") edition * CSP005 Variant white cover * CSP006 Unique hand-colored covers * CBR017 25 copies with variant photo/acetate cover

T-Shirts

Catbird Records has done several limited-edition T-shirt pressings. * Logo Tee (Summer 2006) - Edition of 50. Colors: red, blue, green, brown, grey, black * Tap Tap Elephant Tee - Edition of 50. Colors: navy * Hemstad Tee - Edition of 15. Colors: pink * Logo Tee (Fall 2006) - Edition of 50. Colors: brown * Logo Tee (Summer 2007) - Edition of 50. Colors: green, purple, aqua, slate, black

External links

Catbird Records

The Catbirdseat

Catbird Records on Myspace

Catbird Records on Virb

Behance Magazine Feature on Catbird Records

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Discography

Co-Releases

Bonus items

T-Shirts

See also

External links