Tolotta Records was a record label run by Joe Lally of

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. It was based in

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, and distributed through

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. The label has released bands from

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, and the surrounding area, such as

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and

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. The label was founded in 1994 and came to an end in 2002 when Spirit Caravan broke up and Dead Meadow moved to

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. Shortly after Lally set-up the label, the German label Hellhound Records (who were heavily vested in the Maryland

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scene) disbanded, leaving Tolotta to pick up some of the slack.''Doomed from the Start''

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May 6th, 2005 (Retrieved May 20, 2008) Tolotta re-released

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's first album (originally released by Hellhound) and picked up Scott Weinrich's new band, Shine, who later changed their name to Spirit Caravan.

Discography

*Tol 01 – Sevens – "Hammer" 7" *Tol 02 – Stinking Lizaveta – "War of the Worlds" 7" *Tol 03 – Shine – "Lost Sun Dance" 7" *Tol 04 –

– '' Jug Fulla Sun'' CD *Tol 05 –

– ''

'' CD *Tol 06 –

– ''

'' CD *Tol 07 –

– '' Elusive Truth'' CD/LP *Tol 08 – Stinking Lizaveta – ''III'' CD *Tol 09 – Orthrelm – ''Iorxhscimtor'' CDEP/12" EP *Tol 10 –

– ''Howls from the Hills'' CD/LP *Tol 10.5 – Joe Lally – ''

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'' CD/LP *Tol 11 –

– "So Mortal Be" 7" *Tol 12 – Stinking Lizaveta – ''...Hopelessness and Shame.'' CD *Tol 13 – Stinking Lizaveta –'' Slaughterhouse'' CD

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Tolotta Records
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