Mammoth Cave Recording Co. was a Canadian independent

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, active from 2009 to 2015.. ''

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'', February 26, 2015. Formed in

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by Evan Van Reekum and Paul Lawton, the label later moved to

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when Lawton moved to that city with his band Ketamines."Lethbridge's Mammoth Cave Recording Co. find success in Toronto"
. Aux, August 21, 2013. The label released new music by artists including Ketamines, The Famines, B.A. Johnston, Needles//Pins and Nervous Talk, as well as reissues by

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and Simply Saucer. The label announced its closure in February 2015."R.I.P. Mammoth Cave"
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'', February 26, 2015. Its statement announcing the closure stated that the production cost of vinyl albums had become prohibitive, and that they were facing significant backlogs at pressing plants because "the vinyl comeback and

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disproportionately favour

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reissues" over small independent companies.

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Canadian independent record labels Record labels established in 2009 Record labels disestablished in 2015 2009 establishments in Alberta 2015 disestablishments in Ontario Companies based in Alberta Companies based in Toronto Defunct record labels of Canada {{Independent-record-label-stub