Ladyslipper Catalog and Resource Guide Cords • Tapes • Videos by Women J 1987 About Ladyslipper
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Ladyslipper Catalog and Resource Guide cords • Tapes • Videos by Women J 1987 About Ladyslipper Ladyslipper is a North Carolina nonprofit, tax- 1982 brought the first release on the Ladys exempt organization which has been involved lipper label: Marie Rhines/ffirtans & ^Sagebrush, in many facets of women's music since 1976. originally released on the Biscuit City label. In Our basic purpose has consistently been to 1984 we produced our first album, Kay Gard heighten public awareness of the achievements ner/A Rainbow Path. In 1985 we released the of women artists and musicians and to expand first new wave/techno-pop women's music al the scope and availability of musical and liter bum, Sue Fink/Big Promise; put the new age ary recordings by women. album Beth York/li-ansformations onto vinyl; and released another new age instrumental al One of the unique aspects of our work has bum, Debbie Fiet/Firelight Our purpose as a been the annual publication of the world's most label is to further new musical and artistic direc comprehensive Catalog and Resource Guide of tions for women artists. Records and Tapes by Women—the one you now hold in your hands. This grows yearly as Our name comes from an exquisite flower the number of recordings by women continues which is one of the few wild orchids native to to develop in geometric proportions. This anno North America and is currently an endangered tated catalog has given thousands of people in species. formation about and access to recordings by an expansive variety of female musicians, writers, Donations are tax-deductible, and we do need comics, and composers. Many public and univer the help of friends to continue to grow. We also sity libraries have added large portions of the are seeking loans of at least $2000 for at least catalog to their collections; in this manner, the a year; if you have some extra money and would recordings are accessible to much larger popu like to invest it in a worthy endeavor, please write lations, and archived at the same time. for more information. We are part ot the WILD (Women's Indepen dent Label Distributors) network, and promote As a tax-exempt organization we are also eligi and distribute recordings by women on indepen ble for grants. If you are a grant-writer and can help us out, please write! dent labels in NC, SC, VA, DC, MD, DE, eastern PA, southern NJ, FL and GA. We also distribute many of these recordings to women's and alter If you would like us to send any of your native bookstores nationally and international friends, relatives or colleagues a free copy of this ly. Additionally, we handle sub-distribution catalog, please send us their names and address (distribution to distributors) of several women's es; stamps appreciated. labels and recordings to the WILD network. Among these are Women's Wax Works (Alix Dob We hope you enjoy reading this catalog, listen kin), Urana (Kay Gardner, Casse Culver, Alive!), ing to the recordings you purchase, and Even Keel (Kay Gardner), Biscuit City (Rosy's Bar celebrating with us the continuation of a rich & Grill), Mary Records (Mary Lou Williams), and diverse women's culture. WhysCrack (Kate Clinton), Freedom's Music (Deb bie Fier), Wild Patience (|udy Reagan), Coyote (Connie Kaldor), Mother of Pearl (Heather Bishop) Halcyon (Marian McPartland), T & R (Toshi Rea gon), West Virginia Woman (Karen Mackay), and others. In most of these cases, all of the records at each pressing are shipped from the pressing plant to be warehoused at and shipped from Ladyslipper, and in some cases Ladyslipper han dles the manufacturing arrangements. Write us if you are interested in booking any of these artists for a performance! and we'll point you in the right direction. Closer to home, we are involved in concerts and cultural events in the Triangle Area featur ing women artists. Often we produce the events; other times our role involves consulting, book ing, or publicity in coalition with other commu Laurie Fuchs nity groups. Reggae Dodson 2 LADYSLIPPER CATALOG '////////////////////////////////////^^^^ T&ble of Contents - v//////////////////////////////^^^^^ , Women's Music • Feminist Music 4 Spoken 59 Comedy 17 Children's 62 New Age 18 Videos 68 Classical 26 Kid's Videos 69 Reggae • Calypso 29 Compact Discs 69 Punk • New Wave 31 Songbooks 70 Rock 33 Books 70 Gospel 35 Calendars 71 Soul • R & B • Disco 35 Shirts 71 "Girl Groups" 36 Cards 71 Blues 36 Posters 71 |azz 39 Resources 71 Folk • Traditional 44 Ladyslipper Mailing List 74 Men's Music 52 Ordering Information 74 International: African 53 Order Blank 75 Arabic • Middle Eastern 53 Where to Buy Women's Music Locally 76 Asian 54 Gift Order Blank 77 European 54 Gift Certificates 77 Latin American • New Song 55 The Best of Ladyslipper Verbal Typo's 78 Native American 57 Artist Index 78 Jewish 58 Credits Coordinator: Laurie Fuchs Research: Laurie Fuchs, Sue Brown Annotations: Laurie Fuchs, Sue Brown Layout and Cover Design: Laurie Fuchs Front Cover Art; Reggae P.|. Dodson "Simply, A Fabulous Time," serigraph, 1985 If You'd Miss Us.. Friends, Hello and welcome to our new catalog! We hope you will enjoy reading about the exceptional recordings women have been creating over the past and present years; we're very proud, and you should be too! We want to discuss something serious for a moment, before you begin the fun of perusing these listings. Alternative and women's music is facing a financial How Listings are Organized crisis; stores are filling up on CD's and independent labels are being squeezed out. Sales often aren't high Recordings are organized into categories and then enough to make up for the losses. We at Ladyslipper alphabetically by first name We do this because as are feeling this crunch. We love producing this catalog women, our first names have been more tally our own, and want to continue being able to offer it free of since our last names were generally transferred from charge. In order to do this, WE NEED EVERYONE WHO male power figures or property owners (fathers, hus RECEIVES THIS CATALOG TO SEND US A LEAST ONE bands, slave owners, immigration officers). For your ORDER. Please know that everytime you do place an convenience, we are including an artist index, alpha betical by last name. order, you are helping us provide this catalog to the © 1986 Ladyslipper, Inc. public. We do not want to depend on outside funding Some artists have listings in more than one category. or paid subscriptions. So if you would miss us if we All rights reserved. No portion of this catalog may We don't have space to cross-reference them all, so weren't there, let us know by ordering from us! This be reproduced in any form without written per please be sure to check the index, in addition to read mission. ing through the entire catalog at least once! is critical, okay? Thank you. LADYSLIPPER CATALOG 3 Women's Music * Feminist Music Alive! Alix Dobkin, with Carol MacDonald City Life 7.95 Never Been Better (We Are Everywhere) "A triumph ol human and musical spirit—that is City Life at its (3-song EP) 4.95 best. Their individual and collective mastery of idioms—from Ever in a ground-breaking, controversial mode, Alix will now bebop and ballads to Afro-Cuban and pop—is abundantly evi shock her folkie fans! High-tech, highly electric music mixes with dent on this album"—this quote from their jacket sums it up. pointed and political content, .mainstream sound transmits un The reasons Alive! is gaining recognition and respect in the adulterated feminist and lesbian messages! With Carol Mac greater jazz world will be no mystery to listeners. Specify LP Donald and her women's band Witch, Alix does a rapping song: (Alive! 543) or cassette (Alive! C-543). Boy-Girt Rap.. alight, polished, Some Boys. with music you could hear on the radio, but like nothing on the radio today or Alive! ever. Also a re-recording of her classic The Woman in Your Life Caff it Jazz 7.95 Is You, transformed into a C&W/50's rock tune, with strains of Black church and Balkan music! EP only. (Women's Wax Works Recorded at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco A004) in May 1981. It's dynamite...this recording actually preserves that elusive, most magical spirit which Alive! embodies in per formance. Produced by Helen Keane. Specify LP (Alive! 8484) or cassette (Alive! C-8484). Alive! Alive! 7.95 Alive! is one of the most dynamic jazz ensembles ever to hit the Women's Music scene...& one of the most dynamic ensembles of any kind ever to hit the jazz scene. This 5-women band weaves instrumental & vocal improvisation with jazz & classical sounds, with traditional African & Latin polyrhythms, with female images Anne Steward, with Holly Fischer & feminist lyrics. Out of this blend has flowered some of the most Sweet Inspiration 8.95 revolutionary, unified & beautiful sounds being created these "If you don't walk the walk, don't talk the talk"...a spirited album days by anyone. Among the songs here are City Life, of original folk-rock-jazz fusion material with a contemporary Somebody's Talkin', Dark Side ot the Moon, & Spirit Healer. sound, by some midwestern women's music folks. Affirming Specify LP (Urana WWE 84) or cassette (Urana WWE C-84) songs, strong vocals, lots of harmonies, some erotic imagery, and Carol Comer (founding mother of women's jazz festival) on Alix Dobkin, Ova et al piano makes this '86 release is a welcome addition to our Vrouwenfestival 1979 9.95 catalog.