Finding Aid for Hammerhead Records Business Records, 1992-2000 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Scott Schwartz and Rory Grennan

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Biographical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Administrative Records

Box 1

Folder 1: Album Art, 1996, undated

Folder 2: Correspondence, 1994-98

Folder 3: Forms, Letterhead, Logos, undated

Folder 4: Hammerhead Records Festival, July 2, 1998

Folder 5: Handbills and Tickets, ca. 1997-98

Folder 6: Invoices, 1998-2000

Folder 7: Mail Order Catalog, ca. 1994

Folder 8: Notebooks, ca. 1993-96

General label activities; includes notebooks on Caines Fabel and Third Stone

Folder 9: Photographs, undated

Folder 10: Press, 1993-98

Folder 1 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6

Folder 11: Press, 1993-98

Folder 2 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6

Folder 12: Press, 1993-98

Folder 3 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6

Box 2

Folder 1: Press, 1993-98

Folder 4 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6

Folder 2: Press, 1993-98

Folder 5 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6

Folder 3: Press, 1993-98

Folder 6 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6

Folder 4: Press, 1993-98

Folder 7 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6

Folder 5: Press, 1993-98

Folder 8 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6

Folder 6: Receipts, 1995-2000

Folder 7: Recording Sessions, 1994-97

Folder 8: Submissions to Label, 1995, undated

Folder 9: T-Shirts & Promotional Items, 1993-96

Folder 10: Uncharted Waters (newsletter), Spring 1995

Folder 11: Video Production, 1994-95

Box 4

Item 1: Third Stone "The Stuff" canvas bag, ca. 1993

Item 2: Third Stone button, ca. 1994

Item 3: Hammerhead Productions crew badge, undated

Item 4: VIP bracelet, the Metro, Chicago, IL, undated

Box 5

Folder 1: Press - Magazines, 1993-97

Folder 2: Press - Magazines, 1993-97

Folder 3: Press - Magazines, 1994-98

Box 6

Folder 3: Press - Newspapers, 1995

Folder 4: Transparencies - Original Logos and Illustrations, undated

Folder 5: Posters, ca. 1993-97

Series 2: Recording Artists Files

Box 3

Folder 1: Absinthe Blind, 1997-2000

Folder 2: The Blackouts, 1999

Folder 3: The Bludgers/Free Range Chicken - Split CD, ca. 1994

Folder 4: The Bludgers/Free Range Chicken - Split CD - Contracts, 1994

Folder 5: The Bludgers, 1994-96

Folder 6: The Bludgers - Publisher Correspondence, 1996

Folder 7: The Bludgers - Original Press - "History of the World" and "Better Off At Home", 1994-96

Folder 8: The Bludgers - "Better Off At Home" - Album Art Layouts

Folder 9: The Bludgers - "Better Off At Home" - Press, 1996

Folder 1 of 2; see also Oversized Materials, Box 6

Folder 10: The Bludgers - "Better Off At Home" - Press, 1996

Folder 2 of 2; see also Oversized Materials, Box 6

Folder 11: Caines Fabel, 1993

Folder 12: Caines Fabel - Original Press, ca. 1993

Folder 13: Free Range Chicken - Original Press, 1994-96

Folder 14: Funky Butt Drum Club, ca. 1998

Folder 15: Kai Mera, 1997

Folder 16: Laurie McColley, 1998

Folder 17: The Mess - "Plankton Comes Alive" Album, ca. 1994-95

Folder 18: My Brother's Keeper, ca. 1997

Folder 19: Swoon, 1996-97

Folder 20: Third Stone - Flyer Masters, undated

Folder 21: Third Stone - "The Stuff" - Major Label A&R, 1993-94

Folder 22: Third Stone - "The Stuff" - Retail Invoices, 1993-94

Folder 23: Third Stone - "The Stuff" - Reviews, 1994-95

Folder 1 of 3

Folder 24: Third Stone - "The Stuff" - Reviews, 1994-95

Folder 2 of 3

Folder 25: Third Stone - "The Stuff" - Reviews, 1994-95

Folder 3 of 3

Folder 26: Third Stone - Up to 2nd Album, 1992-95

see also Oversized Materials, Box 6

Folder 27: Third Stone, 1995-96

Folder 28: Third Stone - Kindred Spirit Films, 1999

Folder 29: Three Dudes and a Dead Chick, 1998

Folder 30: Three Dudes and a Dead Chick - Press, 1998

Folder 31: The Vibe Tribe, 1998

Contract, album notes, album art, photos, invoices

Box 6

Folder 1: The Bludgers - "Better Off At Home" - Press - Oversized, 1996

see also Box 3

Folder 2: Third Stone - Up to 2nd Album, 1992-95

see also Box 3

Series 3: Sound Recordings

Box 4

Item 5: Test Pressings, 1993

three 7" sound disks; possibly for Caines Fabel release "Drop It/N-Yor-I"

Item 6: Absinthe Blind - "solarshift", c1998

audio CD

Item 7: Absinthe Blind - "music for security", c2000

audio CD

Item 8: Bantha - "the finest of silks", c1997

audio CD

Item 9: The Bludgers - "Better Off At Home", c1996

audio CD

Item 10: The Bludgers - "Set Your Sights Low", 1997

audio CD

Item 11: The Bludgers/Free Range Chicken - "History of the World"/"Uberwensch", c1994

audio CD

Item 12: Caines Fabel - "Drop It/N-Yor-I", c1993

7" sound disk

Item 13: Kai Mera - eponymous, c1997

audio CD

Item 14: Laurie McColley - "gypped by gyne", ca. 1998

audio CD

Item 15: Swoon - eponymous, c1997

audio CD

Item 16: Third Stone - "The Stuff", c1993

audio CD

Item 17: Third Stone - "Hack", c1995

audio CD

Item 18: U.S. Sings 1994 Country Music Singing Contest, c1994

two audiocassettes

Item 19: The Vibe Tribe - "Drive", c1998

audio CD