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Mammoth Cave Recording Co. was a Canadian independent record label, active from 2009 to 2015.. ''
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'', February 26, 2015.
Formed in
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, Alberta by Evan Van Reekum and Paul Lawton, the label later moved to Toronto, Ontario when Lawton moved to that city with his band Ketamines."Lethbridge's Mammoth Cave Recording Co. find success in Toronto"
. Aux, August 21, 2013.
The label released new music by artists including Ketamines, The Famines, B.A. Johnston, Needles//Pins and Nervous Talk, as well as reissues by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and
Simply Saucer Simply Saucer is a Canadian rock band formed during the 1970s. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, the band consisted of guitarist and vocalist Edgar Breau, keyboardist John LaPlante (billed by the stage name Ping Romany), bass guitarist Kevin Christoff an ...
. The label announced its closure in February 2015."R.I.P. Mammoth Cave"
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Exclaim! ''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 ...
'', February 26, 2015.
Its statement announcing the closure stated that the production cost of vinyl albums had become prohibitive, and that they were facing significant backlogs at pressing plants because "the vinyl comeback and Record Store Day disproportionately favour
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reissues" over small independent companies.


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