Duke Street Records was a Canadian

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"Barren ground for Canada's gutsy record labels". ''

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'', May 10, 1990. established in 1984 by Andrew Hermant, but the record label ceased operating in 1994. The

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took over the label when it halted operations. The label released albums in a wide variety of genres by artists such as Art Bergmann,

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, Jane Siberry, FM, Rik Emmett, Willie P. Bennett,

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, Scott Merritt,

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, Valdy, Manteca, Don Ross,

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, and Barbara Lynch.Duke Street Records
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. In 1995, Hermant donated his entire archive of Duke Street material to the Music Archives at the

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. This 24-year collection includes over 2,100 audio tapes and a 30 cm stack of textual records, including promotional material and photographs.Music Division Archival Guide - DUKE STREET RECORDS (1984- )
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