Latent Recordings


Latent Recordings is a Canadian independent record label founded in 1981. The label was dormant in the mid-1990s while the Cowboy Junkies were signed to an American record label, but began to release independently produced albums in the 2000s. By the late 2000s, the label had a website selling downloads and CDs of its artists music catalogs.

History

The label was formed in London by Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Geoff Railton, and Brett Wickens to produce and distribute their music. After their first three releases, they returned to Canada, where Timmins and Anton formed Cowboy Junkies with Timmins' siblings Margo and Peter.
In Toronto, the label distributed Cowboy Junkies' first two albums before the band signed with RCA, which re-released The Trinity Session internationally. For the next few years the label's releases were sporadic offerings produced by Michael Timmins and/or Peter Moore.
After Cowboy Junkies was released from their record contract—by then with Geffen Records— following their 1998 album Miles from Our Home, they revived Latent Recordings and have released their subsequent albums on that label in Canada. The records have been licensed to other independent labels, such as Zoë Records in the United States and Strange Fruit Records in the UK, for international release.
In recent years, the label has again become active in releasing work by other artists as well, including Ivy Mairi, Finlayson/Maize, Jerry Leger, Lee Harvey Osmond and Huron.

Catalogue

Most of Latent Recordings releases have been numbered, with the number preceded by "LATEX", or "LATEX CD".
#Album titleArtistRecorded
1Germinal 1 Germinal1983 Aug.
2DIN Germinal1984
3Hunger Project Hunger Project1984 Nov.
4Whites Off Earth Now!! Cowboy Junkies1986 Oct.
5The Trinity Session Cowboy Junkies1988 Nov.
CD6Tell Your Friends There's Friends AroundThe Corndogs1989 Apr.
CD7Stone BoatPat Temple and the High Lonesome Players1990
CD8Library of the SunJohn Bottomley1990
CD9What the Hell is Going On?The Corndogs1991
CD10Connecting LinesPat Temple and the High Lonesome Players1991 Jan.
CD11Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad WaltzesCowboy Junkies1999 Oct.
CD12Rabbit The Corndogs2000 May
CD13Waltz Across AmericaCowboy Junkies2000 Oct.
CD14The Radio One SessionsCowboy Junkies2002 July
V14Live in Toronto Cowboy Junkies2000 Oct.
CD15OpenCowboy Junkies2001 May
DVD15Open Road Cowboy Junkies2002 June
CD16In the Time Before LlamasCowboy Junkies2003 Nov.
CD17One Soul NowCowboy Junkies2004 June
CD18Early 21st Century BluesCowboy Junkies2005 May
DVD19Long Journey HomeCowboy Junkies2005
CD20At the End of Paths TakenCowboy Junkies2007 Apr.
CD21Well YouIvy Mairi2007 Apr.
DVD22Trinity Revisited Cowboy Junkies2007 Oct.
CD23City of SirensSkydiggers2008 Jun.
CD24A Quiet EvilLee Harvey Osmond2010 Mar.
CD25Acoustic JunkCowboy Junkies2009
CD26HuronHuron2010
CD27The History of ForgettingAndy Maize2010 June
CD28Renmin Park Cowboy Junkies2010 June
CD29Demons Cowboy Junkies2011 Feb.
CD30Trail of SmokeCootes Leland2011 Aug.
CD31Sing in My Meadow Cowboy Junkies2011 Oct.
CD32No TalkerIvy Mairi2011 Sept.
CD33The Wilderness Cowboy Junkies2012 Mar.
CD34The Nomad SeriesCowboy Junkies2012 Apr.
CD35Northern ShoreSkydiggers2012 Apr.
CD36Northern Shore Skydiggers2012 Apr.
CD37The Folk SinnerLee Harvey Osmond2013 Jan.
CD38LegionThe Potion Kings2013 Feb.
CD39The Good Family AlbumThe Good Family2013 Apr.
CD40All of our Dreaming: Skydiggers Live, 1988, 2000 & 2012Skydiggers2013 Mar.
CD41No. 1 NorthernSkydiggers2013 July
CD42The Kennedy SuiteVarious artists2013 Nov.
CD43She Comes into the RoomSkydiggers2013 Oct.
CD44Angels Skydiggers2013
CD45Early RiserJerry Leger2014 Apr.
CD46Angels Skydiggers2014 Nov.
CD47Beautiful ScarsLee Harvey Osmond2015 Apr.
CD48Notes Falling SlowCowboy Junkies2015 Oct.
CD49Here Without You Skydiggers2016 May
CD50/LP50LampsHarpAcash & the Morals2016 Sept.
CD51/LP51Nonsense and HeartacheJerry Leger2017 Mar.
CD52A Short History of DecayJohn Murry2017 July
CD53/LP53Warmth of the SunSkydiggers2017 Oct.
Di54Live from Latent Lounge Lee Harvey Osmond2017 Nov.
CD55/LP55All That ReckoningCowboy Junkies2018 July
CD56/LP56Major LoveMajor Love2018 Aug.
CD57/LP57MohawkLee Harvey Osmond2019 Jan.
CD58/LP58Time Out for TomorrowJerry Leger2019 Nov.
Di59?GhostsCowboy Junkies2020 Mar.