PopLlama Records

{{Short description|American record label}}

{{Infobox record label

| name = PopLlama Records

| image = Popllama Records logo.jpg

| image_size =100

| founded = {{start date|1984}}

| founder = Conrad Uno

| genre = Alternative rock, grunge, hardcore punk, indie rock

| country = U.S.

| location = Seattle, Washington

| website = https://sites.google.com/view/popllama/home

}}

PopLlama Records is an independent record label founded by record producer Conrad Uno in Seattle, Washington, in 1984.{{cite web | last = Kurutz | first = Steven | title = Conrad Uno Biography | publisher = Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi) | accessdate = 2011-07-28 | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p133606/biography|pure_url=yes}}}} After making several of his own demos in his basement studio, Uno would produce The Young Fresh Fellows' debut album The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest at the band's request.{{cite web | last = Wilson| first = Kathleen | title = Some Candy Talking | work = The Stranger | date = January 8–14, 2004 | accessdate = 2011-07-28 | url = http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/some-candy-talking/Content?oid=16827}} When the band decided to release their own albums, Uno founded PopLlama Records to help,{{cite web | last = Cassidy | first = Laura | title = For he's a jolly good fellow | work = Seattle Weekly | publisher = Village Voice Media | date = March 14, 2011 | accessdate = 2011-07-28 | url = http://www.seattleweekly.com/2001-03-14/music/for-he-s-a-jolly-good-fellow/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121009172558/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2001-03-14/music/for-he-s-a-jolly-good-fellow/ | archive-date = October 9, 2012 | url-status = dead }} releasing their debut album as well as the follow-up Topsy Turvy. Uno would continue to produce, usually for friends, and release albums through PopLlama throughout the 1980s.

PopLlama has been credited as the "label [that] helped start the Seattle scene",{{cite web | last = A. Martin | first = Richard | title = On the Fringe or Up-and-Coming | work = Seattle Weekly | publisher = Village Voice Media | date = February 24, 1999 | accessdate = 2011-07-28 | url = http://www.seattleweekly.com/2001-03-14/music/for-he-s-a-jolly-good-fellow/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121009172558/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2001-03-14/music/for-he-s-a-jolly-good-fellow/ | archive-date = October 9, 2012 | url-status = dead }} along with other Pacific Northwest labels such as C/Z Records, Regal Select Records, Estrus Records and EMpTy Records,Pray, D., Helvey-Pray Productions (1996). Hype! Republic Pictures. due to the release of albums by the Young Fresh Fellows and The Posies in the 1980s. The label has also released albums by groups such as Dharma Bums, Nevada Bachelors, the Presidents of the United States of America,{{cite web | author = Thomas Erlewine, Stephen | author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine | title = The Presidents of the United States of America Biography | publisher = Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi) | accessdate = 2011-07-28 | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p165738/biography|pure_url=yes}}}}{{cite web | last = Phalen | first = Tom | title = Presidents Call It Quits So Ballew Can Go Solo | work = The Seattle Times | publisher = The Seattle Times Company | date = December 17, 1997 | access-date = 2011-07-28 | url = https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19971217/2578535/presidents-call-it-quits-so-ballew-can-go-solo}} the Squirrels and the Smugglers among others.{{cite web | last = Koss | first = Ian | title = Nevada Bachelors - Carrots and So On | work = Ink 19 | date = December 17, 1997 | accessdate = 2011-07-28 | url = http://www.ink19.com/issues_F/98_12/wet_ink/music_lo/124_nevada_bachelors_nf.html}}