Stockfisch Records is a German
independent record label
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, aimed at
audiophile
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fans of guitar-oriented singer-songwriter music and was formed in 1974 by
Günter Pauler. Based in Germany, the main focus is European artists, but there are also American musicians working with Stockfisch, some of them expatriates living in Germany.
Stockfisch releases vinyl editions of albums and
Direct Stream Digital
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-recordings released as hybrid
Super Audio CD
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s.
History
The two artists with which Stockfisch Records started out in 1974 were
Werner Lämmerhirt and
David Qualey. They as guitar-playing singer-songwriters set the tone for many of their kind to come. Over the years, however, other instrumentalists apart from guitarists signed to Stockfisch.
In 2001, Pauler managed to get the "Queen of Audiophile"
Sara K. to sign to Stockfisch Records after her contract with
Chesky Records had expired. Sara K. mentions that she was convinced to sign after Pauler had gotten
Chris Jones as accompaniment and sent her a fair but unheard of one-page record contract. The live album ''Live in Concert'' (2003) which resulted from her 2002
Bowers & Wilkins–sponsored "Nautilus" tour was chosen as the best audiophile CD of 2003 by the readers of the German magazine ''AUDIO/stereoplay'' and received their "Hifi Music Award 2003".
Roster
* Duo Balance
* Peter Finger
* Haugaard & Høirup
* Hein & Oss
* Chris Jones
* Sara K.
* Werner Lämmerhirt
* Brooke Miller
* David Munyon
* David Qualey
* Peter Ratzenbeck
* David Roth
* Mike Silver
* The Spirit of Gambo
* Paul Stephenson
* Steve Strauss
* Allan Taylor
* The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet/ The Tiptons
* Péter Tóth
* Christian Willisohn
References
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Audiophile record labels
Record labels established in 1974
Rock record labels
German jazz record labels
Folk record labels
Blues record labels