FRE Records, a.k.a. Flood Ross Entertainment, Inc., was a

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based

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in the 1990s. It was originally formed by former employees Terry Flood and Derrick Ross of

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after that label's Canadian operations folded. The best-known bands on FRE were

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and

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. In 1996, FRE filed for bankruptcy, and many of the records that had been released on the label, including Skydiggers' ''

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'' (one of the bestselling Canadian indie records of the 1990s), ceased to be available in record stores. In 1999, the Skydiggers recorded a new version of ''Restless'', titled '' Still Restless: The Lost Tapes'', since they still could not obtain their original master tapes from the label.

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