Mother West

{{Infobox record label

| name = Mother West

| image =

| founded = 1990

| founder = Charles Newman & Paul Casanova

| genre =

| country = United States

| location = New York City

| url = http://motherwest.com/

}}

Mother West is a record label based in New York City. It was founded in 1990 by Charles Newman and Paul Casanova as a vehicle to release the first record, Noreally Thanks, for their band Please.{{Citation

| last1 = Rivera

| first1 = M. Alberto

| title = Nature vs. The Nature of the Major Record Labels: The Mother West Records Story

| journal = Thrust Magazine

| volume = 7

| issue = 11

| pages = 18–20

| date = November 2011

| url = http://data.axmag.com/data/201112/U6170_F63853/index.html

| issn =

| access-date = 2011-12-19

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062009/http://data.axmag.com/data/201112/U6170_F63853/index.html

| archive-date = 2012-04-25

| url-status = usurped

}} Since then and under the helm of Newman, Mother West has grown from a small label and recording studio to a full-service organization offering music licensing, publicity and promotions, customized distribution, online sales and state of the art recording facilities.{{Citation

| last1 = Rivera

| first1 = M. Alberto

| title = Nature vs. The Nature of the Major Record Labels: The Mother West Records Story

| journal = Thrust Magazine

| volume = 7

| issue = 11

| pages = 18–20

| date = November 2011

| url = http://data.axmag.com/data/201112/U6170_F63853/index.html

| issn =

| access-date = 2011-12-19

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062009/http://data.axmag.com/data/201112/U6170_F63853/index.html

| archive-date = 2012-04-25

| url-status = usurped

}} The company now works with artists including The Magnetic Fields, Flare,{{Citation

| last1 = Reighley | first1 = Kurt B.

| title = Flare for the Dramatic

| journal = The Advocate

| volume =

| issue = 890

| pages = 58

| date = 27 May 2003

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=s2QEAAAAMBAJ&q=charles+newman&pg=PA58

| issn =0001-8996

}} AM, Gospel Music, Kris Gruen,{{Citation

| title = Kris Gruen "Part of It All" (Mother West Records 2010)

| journal = Beat Surrender

| volume =

| issue =

| pages =

| date = 19 January 2011

| url = http://www.beat-surrender.com/2011/01/19/kris-gruen-part-of-it-all-mother-west-records-2010/

| issn =

}} The Davenports,{{Citation

| last1 = Diaz | first1 = Julio

| title = Speaking of the Davenports Mother West

| journal = Ink 19

| volume =

| issue =

| pages =

| date =

| url = http://www.ink19.com/issues/september2000/wetInk/musicCD/davenports.html

| issn =

}} and Dylan Trees.{{Citation

| last1 = Putnam | first1 = Jenna

| title = Best of L.A. 2011 #21 Dylan Trees

| journal = The Deli Magazine

| volume = 3

| issue = 8

| pages =

| date = Winter 2011

| url = http://www.thedelimag.com/deli-pdf/la8.pdf

| issn =

}}