Important Records

{{Infobox record label

| name = Important Records

| image = Important Records logo.png

| founded = {{start date|2001}}

| founder = John Brien

| distributor = Forced Exposure, Cargo{{cite web |url=http://importantrecords.com/distribution |title=Distribution |publisher=Important Records |access-date=April 5, 2013}}

| genre = Contemporary classical, experimental, electronic, rock, folk, jazz

| country = U.S.

| location = Groveland, Massachusetts

| website = {{URL|www.importantrecords.com}}

}}

Important Records is an American independent record label based in Groveland, Massachusetts.{{cite web |url=http://importantrecords.com/contact |title=Contact |publisher=Important Records |access-date=April 5, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://nshoremag.com/important-records/ |title=Important Records |author=Jeanne O'Brien Coffey |date=August 27, 2012 |work=Northshore Magazine |access-date=April 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521185138/http://nshoremag.com/important-records/ |archive-date=May 21, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

History

John Brien started Important Records in 2001 out of his Newburyport, Massachusetts apartment, initially as an online store. Important's first two releases were Impossible Love by the American songwriter Daniel Johnston and Amlux by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.{{cite web |url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/02357999.htm |title=State of the art |author=Mike Miliard |date=July 2002 |work=Boston Phoenix |access-date=April 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406032624/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/02357999.htm |archive-date=April 6, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://igloomag.com/profiles/microview-important-records |title=MICROVIEW :: Important Records |author=TJ Norris |date=April 29, 2004 |work=Igloo Magazine |access-date=April 5, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://behindthewallofsleep.com/2011/04/20/important-records-10-years-on/ |title=Important Records – 10 Years on… |date=April 20, 2011 |work=Behind the Wall of Sleep |access-date=April 5, 2013}} In 2003, Important released A Is for Accident, the debut album of The Dresden Dolls.{{cite web |url=http://importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec015 |title=imprec015 The Dresden Dolls, A is for Accident |publisher=Important Records |access-date=September 16, 2014}}

Important also operates two sublabels: Cassauna, started in 2011, which releases cassettes in letterpress packaging; and Saltern, started in September 2014, curated by Tashi Wada.{{cite web |url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/tashi-wada-debuts-new-label-saltern-duets-record-with-charles-curtis-and-judith-hamann |title=Tashi Wada debuts new label Saltern with a duets record featuring Charles Curtis and Judith Hamann |date=September 16, 2014 |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=September 16, 2014}}