Dewdrops Records
Dewdrops Records, an outgrowth of an "uncommon music" fanzine run by members of a Cocteau Twins fanclub, was an alternative-rock record label active from 1993 until 2002. It was the joint project of Brant Nelson and Pat Mannion.
Dewdrops Records
- Name
- Dewdrops Records
- Founded
- 1993
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Dewdrops Records. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q16835168 · wikipedia · Dewdrops Records
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Dewdrops Records • Founded — 1993 • Founder — Brant Nelson Pat Mannion • Defunct — 2002 • Status — Inactive • Distributor — Plan Eleven (Canada) • Genre — Alternative rock • Country — United States • Location — Los Angeles, California
History
History
Dewdrops Records' first release was Thurtene (1993), a tribute to the British record label 4AD featuring 13 bands and 13 covers. Unsigned bands such as Hover, Red Zoo, and Orange appeared on the CD with covers of well-known 4AD songs like "Gigantic," "I Melt with You," and "Where Is My Mind?" Splashed With Many a Speck (1997) came not long after and was a second tribute album, this one featuring Faith & Disease, Lanterna, Love Spirals Downwards, The Curtain Society, and Chicklet. This compilation was notable in that it featured the exclusive US release of a Cocteau Twins track "Touch Upon Touch" that had previously only been included on British compilation Volume 5. The label's final release was Half Gifts: A Tribute to the Cocteau Twins, released in 2003.
Discography
• Thurtene - A Collection of 4AD Covers (1993) • Featuring: The Moon Seven Times, Hover, Immer Essen, Livia, Red Zoo, Independent Mechanical Industry, GLE, Clarity, Orange, The Gosh Guys, Floral Majority, Firecracker, and Tel Basta • Orange (1994) - Orange • Glisten (1995) - Elysium • Almost Everything (1995) - Hover • Dewdrops Primer 1996 (1996) • Featuring: Elysium, Hover, Orange, The Moon Seven Times • Splashed With Many a Speck (1997) • Mandorla (2002) - Jane Rigler and Agustí Fernández • Half-Gifts: A Tribute to the Cocteau Twins (2002) • Featuring: Trance to the Sun, Translucia, An April March, Numeralia, Sugar Hiccup, Bethany Curve, Siddal, Subdew, Neil Impelluso, Halou, The Von Trapps, and Pumalin
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Dewdrops Records, revision 1238604950 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Dewdrops. What is Dewdrops?. n.d.
- 2.Music Brainz. Dedrops Records. n.d.
- 3.Dewdrops. Status Of Fanzine. 2000-07-14.
- 4.Dewdrops. dew 001 Thurtene - A Tribute to 4AD [Ordering Information]. n.d.
- 5.Nelson, Brant. Subject: Orange Dewdrops clearance. EVO. 1998-08-29.
- 6.Virginia Chronicle. Various Artists, Thurtene: A Tribute to 4AD. ThroTTle Magazine. 112. 1993.
- 7.Sorted Magazine. Sordid Reviews Archive May 1998. 1998.
- 8.MusicBrainz. Splashed With Many a Speck. n.d.
- 9.deardarkhead. Discography. n.d.
- 10.Rock Out Stand Out. NEWS: CALIFORNIA SHOEGAZERS BETHANY CURVE RETURN FROM 15-YEAR HIATUS - "FRONTIER" DIGITAL SINGLE – OUT NOW. 2018-11-20.
- 11.Dewdrops Records.
- 12.Nelson, Brant. Subject: Dewdrops update 1/97. Eyesore. 1997-01-17.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Music memorabilia
44,045 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Devon SproulePerson
- Devy ErlihPerson
- Dew ProcessOrganisation
- Dewa BudjanaPerson
- Dewey BalfaPerson
- Dewey RedmanPerson
- Dexter EdgePerson
- Dexter GordonPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Dewdrops Records?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.