Fogarty's Cove Music is a Canadian

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founded by

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in 1978, surrounding the production of Rogers' second album, '' Turnaround''. Fogarty's Cove Music is based in

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, Canada.

History

Stan Rogers' first album was not recorded under the Fogarty's Cove label, but under Barn Swallow Records. Barn Swallow Records was a studio purchased by

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. Podolak offered to record an album for Rogers after hearing him perform at

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in the Summer of 1975. Stan began recording '' Turnaround'' under Barn Swallow Records in 1977, but Podolak was unable to continue producing the record due to financial issues. With help from his parents, Rogers purchased Barn Swallow records from Podolak. The studio was renamed to Fogarty's Cove Music and a new logo was designed by

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. Despite the poor public reception of ''Turnaround'', Rogers was able to break even on the record, and continued to record albums under Fogarty's Cove for the rest of his career. Following Stan Rogers' death in 1983, ownership of Fogarty's Cove Music passed to his wife, Ariel. By 2011, all of Rogers' albums were licensed to

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, but Fogarty's Cove Music continues to produce the work of his son,

Nathan Rogers Nathan Rogers (born July 16, 1979 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian folk musician/songwriter. Early life Rogers is the son of Stan and Ariel Rogers. His father, a folk musician and songwriter, died in a fire aboard Air Canada Flight 797 on ...

, as well as various other Canadian folk artists.

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Fogarty's Cove Music
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